Full page photo print - Harvard Law School Project on Disability

testing at the DPI World Assembly in Seoul are due to Dr. Christan Park, Dr. Ick-Lee, and
Mr. Joseph Juhn, as well as the many participants who attended the workshop sessions and
provided invaluable feedback.
• The <strong>Harvard</strong> <strong>Project</strong> on Disability served as a collaborator and project partner, providing
intensive manuscript review, expertise in the design of field testing workshops and materials,
coordination and facilitation for field testing and overall responsiveness, and guidance in
every respect. Our appreciation and heartfelt thanks are acknowledged in particular to
Michael Stein, Executive Director of the <strong>Harvard</strong> <strong>Project</strong> on Disability; William Alford, Vice
Dean, <strong>Harvard</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>; and Penelope Stein, Center for East Asian Legal Studies,
<strong>Harvard</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>.
• The University of Minnesota Human Rights Center has been a truly remarkable project
partner. Kristi Rudelius-Palmer’s support for the project never faltered, notwithstanding
our several false starts and seemingly endless periods of silence as the treaty negotiation
proceeded, chipping away at the time needed to start writing. She always stood ready to reengage
at a moment’s notice and generously contributed her time and extensive expertise
in human rights education to advance our work. Rima Reda worked patiently with the team
on the professional design and <strong>print</strong>ing details and is responsible for the outstanding cover
design. Patrick Finnegan and John Colombo provided tireless assistance in the final editing
and citation review.
We gratefully acknowledge the thoughtful review and important insights provided by Simon
Walker, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Thanks are also due to Akiko
Ito and Thomas Schindlmayer in the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs for their
support for this project.
We acknowledge Julie Mertus, American University, whose book Local Action/Global Change:
Learning about the Human Rights of Women and Girls served as an important guide for our
own work. Her enthusiasm and expertise contributed greatly to the realization of this book.
Tazreena Sajjad of American University also provided outstanding written contributions as well
as research assistance during the Baltimore writing retreat in 2007.
A cohort of friends and colleagues supported us in numerous ways, sharing their experiences,
expertise, and materials on human rights education as well as friendship ad creature comforts:
Theodore Andersson; Marca Bristo, Access Living; the team at Brown Lloyd James in New
York; Philip French, People with Disabilities Australia; Joan Durocher, National Council on
Disability; Luis Gallegos, Ecuadorian Ambassador to the United States; Nora Groce, Yale
<strong>School</strong> of Public Health; Diane Hoffman, University of Maryland <strong>School</strong> of <strong>Law</strong>; Paul Stephen
Miller, University of Washington <strong>School</strong> of <strong>Law</strong>; Carole O’Leary and Betty Sitka, Center for
Global Peace, American University; Gerard Quinn, University of Galway Faculty of <strong>Law</strong>;
Winston von Licktenstein, New York City; John West, Washington, DC; and our parents: Bruce
and Donna Balfe, Tim and Pat Guernsey William and Kathie Karr and Peggy Lord.
We gratefully acknowledge the members of the Human Rights. YES! Review Board who took
time out of their intense schedules to review draft chapters and provide thoughtful feedback
based on their wealth of expertise and experience in human rights and disability. Professor
Michael Stein of the <strong>Harvard</strong> Disability <strong>Project</strong> served as the Principal Reviewer, providing
comments on the manuscript in its entirety and working individually with each author as we
made revisions to the text. We alone, of course, take responsibility for the final text and any
errors that appear therein.
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