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Last year, Action des femmes handicapées de Montréal set up its first French discussion group on the Internet. This group is open to all disabled women who wish to exchange ideas and share their experiences with other disabled women.

To join this group, go to

http://cf.groups.yahoo.com/group/afhm
and click "join" on top of the page.

Mélanie Rabatte

Estiol

There is new information on the hormone known as "estiol" and pregnancy among women with Multiple Sclerosis. Information is available from MS Canada's newsletter (Nov. 2002,Vol. 29 No. 4) or from their web page at
www.mscanada.ca.

Claire Chénard is now in charge of women's issues at the OPHQ. Action des femmes handicapées met with her in April 2001.

Breast cancer project

Action des femmes handicapées de Montréal is doing a survey on the accessibility of 14 breast cancer screening centres and five designated centres for investigation and research on breast cancer. We are conducting this survey in cooperation with the Table sur le dépistage du cancer du sein de Relais-femmes and l'Équipe cancer de la Direction de la Santé publique Montréal-Centre. The results of this survey will be made public on this web site in the months to come. This project is subsidized by the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (Programme de contribution pour la santé de femmes).

In Quebec, we have four disabled women's organizations

Action des femmes handicapées de Montréal
La Maison des femmes sourdes
Comité d'aide aux femmes sourdes de Québec
Collectif femmes et handicap (This was the first disabled women's organization in Quebec and probably in North America.)

Disabled women's manifesto

Disabled women throughout the world have gathered together to join us. Not long ago, women in Seoul, Korea formed an organization and drew up a manifesto which declares, "We are not disabled people. We are disabled WOMEN!"

Action des femmes handicapées de Montréal invites you to let us know any news regarding women with disabilities.

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