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On the Web
- Certification of Disability Management Specialists Commission (CDMSC) - Disability management as defined by the Certification of Disability Management Specialists Commission is the practice of providing preventive and remedial services to minimize the impact and cost of disability and to enhance the client's productivity.
- Disability Studies at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA - Graduate Certificate and Undergraduate Courses in Disability Studies. A course of studies exploring the historical, cultural and socio-political challenges and accomplishments of the disability community and culture.
- NZ Health and Disability Email Discussion and Chat Group - A group designed to help others who have health or disability issues, and for parents of disabled kids, children with disabled parents, friends or family.
- Disabled Hellas and Disability Now Magazine - This is the first Hellenic internet site for disability rights and culture with the Disability Now Magazine online and Lavda the first Center for the Independent Living.
- Disability Data - On-line versions of InfoUse's Chartbooks on Disability, Work and Disability, and Women and Disability; statistics, charts, and analysis of other disability data.
- Disability Online - The Victorian governments portal to help people with a disability, their families and carers find information and services provided in the state of Victoria. There is a service directory, disability and health information, an events calendar, disability related news and links to other relevant disability information.
- Disability Law Resource Project - Resource on the Americans with Disabilities Act, related laws and making Information Technology accessible to people with disabilities.
- Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program - Protection and Advocacy program serving eligible individuals with disabilities in Alabama. Responds to allegations of abuse, neglect and violations of rights of persons with disabilities or discrimination based on their disability. Excellent database of Alabama disability resources, online special education publications, description of services, and links.
- Disability Social History Project - Disability civil rights movement, other important events and people with disabilities in history, and the representation of disabled people in the mass media throughout time.
- Employers' Forum on Disability - British employers' organisation focused on disability as it affects business, and which works to make it easier to recruit and retain disabled employees and serve disabled customers. Site includes association directories and background, agenda, list of publications, and event information.
Wikipedia Articles
- Administration on Developmental Disabilities - The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) is the Federal agency responsible for implementation and administration of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act) and the disability provisions of the Help America Vote Act. Organizationally, the Administration on Developmental Disabilities is located within the U.
- The Disabilities Trust - The Disabilities Trust is a UK charity based in Burgess Hill, West Sussex providing care, rehabilitation and support for people with profound physical impairments, acquired brain injury] (through its Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust division, BIRT) and learning disabilities, as well as children and adults with [[autism.Welcome - The Disabilities Trust
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a United States federal law that governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to children with disabilities. It addresses the educational needs of children with disabilities from ages birth to 26 20 U.
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is the short title of United States (), codified at et seq. It was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H.
- Bright Future Group for People with Disabilities - Bright Future Group for People with Disabilities - non-profit organization of people with mobility impairments, who work as volunteers for people with disabilities. Established in 1988 by Hanoi former students and based in Vietnam.
Related Books and Items
- Blame Game: Are We a Country of Victims? [FS] : In his second original primetime special, ABC's John Stossel examines the excesses of the "victim's movement" and how this tendency to blame our misfortunes on anyone but ourselves affects public policy and the workplace. More and more often, we claim to be "victims" of bad parents, an unjust society or a disability. Why should we accept responsibility for what happens to us? "The Blame Game" probes the "victim mentality" from three different angles. The first segment looks at victims that seek compensa...
- No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement by Joseph P. Shapiro, ISBN 0812924126 : People with disabilities forging the newest and last human rights movement of the century.
- Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris, ISBN 0441008534 : Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana, but she keeps to herself and doesn't date much because of her "disability" to read minds. When she meets Bill, Sookie can't hear a word he's thinking. He's the type of guy she's waited for all of her life, but he has a disability, too--he's a vampire with a bad reputation. When one of Sookie's coworkers is killed, she fears she's next.
- Learning Outside the Lines: Two Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD Show You How They Got to the Top of Their Class-And How You Can Too by Jonathan Mooney, ISBN 068486598X : Mooney, a dyslexic student, and Cole, who has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder describe their early academic failures and the limits of the education system for such students. Includes guidelines for learning disabled and ADHD students for academic success.