
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
CONTACT: GEORGIA ECONOMOU |
| January
21, 2005—No.4 |
(202)
785-8430 |
The Washington Post diplomatic column cites
speech given by Greek Parliament Member Eleftheria Bernidaki-Aldous
at AHI
WASHINGTON, DC—On January 19, 2005, The Washington Post diplomatic
column by Nora Boustany referred as follows to the speech that Greek
Parliament Member Eleftheria Bernidaki-Aldous gave at the American
Hellenic Institute on January 13, 2005:
"A Model for EU
Some European countries want to take a leaf from America’s
book. Speaking from personal experience in Greece and the United
States, Greek legislator Eleftheria Bernidaki-Aldous said during
a visit to Washington that American law on the treatment of the disabled
should be a model for legislation in the European Union and Greece.
She praised the regulations introduced under the Americans
with Disabilities Act, which outlaw discrimination and offer opportunities
in the public and private sectors for the personal and professional
advancement of people with disabilites.
Bernidaki-Aldous, who was elected to Parliament last March,
was in town last week to give two lectures. Last Tuesday she spoke
at American University’s Washington College of Law on ‘Attitudes
Toward the Handicapped from Ancient Greece to Modern USA: Problems
and Solutions.’
Visually impaired since the age of 3 as a result of an accident,
Bernidaki-Aldous holds a doctorate in classics from Johns Hopkins
University and has taught in colleges in the United States and Greece.
Last Thursday she addressed an audience at the American Hellenic
Institute with a talk entitled ‘Exchange of Values and Ideas between
Greece and the United States.’"
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