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DESCRIPTION:"Disability in China: Challenges and Opportunities." Chinese wi
 th disabilities have more opportunities for assistance than in the past\, 
 but they still face many challenges. What is the state of research and pub
 lic awareness? What services are available to individuals\, teachers\, and
  families? How can foreigners work with Chinese colleagues to help the fie
 ld of disability services to be effective\, efficient\, and culturally app
 ropriate? Helen McCabe has studied education for children with autism sinc
 e 1992\, working to provide intervention services\, family support\, and t
 eacher training. Currently with the Perkins School for the Blind\, she is 
 responsible for special education training projects in Yunnan\, Sichuan\, 
 Shanxi\, and other parts of China. She holds a BA from Middlebury College\
 , MA from Washington University in St. Louis\, and PhD in special educatio
 n and international/comparative education policy from Indiana University. 
 Lunch Will Be Provided Speaking: Helen McCabe Project Coordinator for Chin
 a Perkins School for the Blind Sponsor: Moynihan Institute of Global Affai
 rs\, Co-Sponsor East Asia Program\, Co-Sponsor
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SUMMARY:East Asia Program presents: Helen McCabe 
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:"Disability in China: Challenges and Opportuni
 ties." Chinese with disabilities have more opportunities for assistance th
 an in the past\, but they still face many challenges. What is the state of
  research and public awareness? What services are available to individuals
 \, teachers\, and families? How can foreigners work with Chinese colleague
 s to help the field of disability services to be effective\, efficient\, a
 nd culturally appropriate? Helen McCabe has studied education for children
  with autism since 1992\, working to provide intervention services\, famil
 y support\, and teacher training. Currently with the Perkins School for th
 e Blind\, she is responsible for special education training projects in Yu
 nnan\, Sichuan\, Shanxi\, and other parts of China. She holds a BA from Mi
 ddlebury College\, MA from Washington University in St. Louis\, and PhD in
  special education and international/comparative education policy from Ind
 iana University. Lunch Will Be Provided Speaking: Helen McCabe Project Coo
 rdinator for China Perkins School for the Blind Sponsor: Moynihan Institut
 e of Global Affairs\, Co-Sponsor East Asia Program\, Co-Sponsor
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