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  • Institute on Disability / UAP - Durham, NH
    Provides information to improve knowledge, policy, and practice related to including people with disabilities.
  • Disability Challenge
    Studies of disability in India.
  • National Communication Association's Caucus on Disability Issues
    Encourages quality scholarship on issues concerning disability and communication.
  • A Bibliography for Parents and Students
    Bibliography on residential care, community integration, and leisure for developmentally disabled persons. A resource for parents, students, and researchers.
  • Institute on Disability Culture
    Promoting pride in the history, activities, and cultural identity of individuals with disabilities throughout the world.
  • Center for Disability Studies
    A Hawaii University program to promote improved quality of life for persons with disabilities through core functions of interdisciplinary training, research, service, and dissemination of products and promising practices.
  • 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 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.
  • Barbara Robertson's Disability Research Resources
    On-line resources for disability research from a socio-political perspective, and the emerging interdisciplinary field of Disability Studies.
  • Developmental Disability and Mental Retardation Research
    Laboratory aims at medical,sociological and educational research of developmental disabilities-mental retardation with chromosomal abnormality,autistic disorders,physical developmental disorders,intoxication.
  • Research Alliance for Children with Special Needs
    RACSN is a community-university alliance researching ways to enhance the quality of life of school-aged children with special mobility, communication, and fine motor skill needs. (Ontario)
  • National Rehabilitation Information Center
    Collects and disseminates the results of federally funded research projects to anyone who is interested in disability and rehabilitation.
  • Centre for Disability Studies
    An interdisciplinary centre for teaching and research in the field of disability studies at the University of Leeds. (England)
  • New Paradigm of Disability Bibliography
    An annotated resource introducing and explaining the social and civil rights perspective of disability.
  • Center for Disabilities
    Focuses on academic and community training, technical assistance, research, and information dissemination as they relate to people with developmental disabilites. University of South Dakota.
  • Disability History Museum
    Promotes understanding about the historical experience of people with disabilities by recovering, chronicling, and interpreting their stories.
  • Research and Training Center on Rural Rehabilitation Services
    RTC:Rural strives to improve the ability of rural Americans with disabilities to live independently in their own communities. Researchers focus on employment, independent living, health, accessible transportation and telecommunications. (Montana)
  • Canadian Centre on Disability Studies
    A consumer-directed, university-affiliated centre involved in research and education on disability issues. Committed to fostering a spirit of collaboration between the disability and academic communities and other interested parties on initiatives of mutual interest and benefit nationally and internationally.
  • Disability Research Institute
    A national resource fostering high quality research, dissemination of information, and training and education related to disability policy. (Illinois)
  • SS Blueprints
    ADA consultants define and create strategies for accessible designs and concepts to complete the Utilitarian Design Theory.
  • Diligio
    Dedicated to all aspects of Social Role Valorization - history, education, and practice. Includes academic and photographic resources.
  • 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.
  • Disability Studies Programs in North America
    A continuously updated list of programs which deal in some way with the cultural and political determinants of the disability experience.
  • The Review of Disability Studies
    This International journal focuses on disability research and education. Features articles, essays, and bibliographies relating to the culture of disability.
  • Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities
    Persons with disabilities, family members, researchers, and service providers join policy-makers and nationally recognized speakers in the field of disabilities to participate in the conference.
  • The Center for the Study of Religion and Disability
    A resource for those looking for information relating to the natural support given by local churches to individuals with disabilities.
  • Disability Studies Online Magazine
    Online magazine publishing topics relating to the field of disability studies.
  • Dept. of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago
    Dedicated to the scholarly, interdisciplinary study of disability and related aspects of human development. It critically examines current and prospective disability policies, conceptual models, and intervention strategies.

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  • Disability studies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    URL : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_studies
    Disability studies is based on the premise that the disadvantage typically ... disabled reflects primarily the way society defines and responds to certain ...[2008/11/08]
  • The Chronicle: Colloquy: Background
    URL : chronicle.com/colloquy/99/disability/background.htm
    ... scholars in disability studies resist including the mentally disabled in the field. ... The implication is that disability studies belongs to disabled people. ...[2008/11/25]
  • Disability - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    URL : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability
    Disability studies. Disabled robotics. Disabled sports. DisAbled Women's Network Canada ... An Introduction to Disability Studies, 2001, 2nd edition, ISBN ...[2008/11/29]
  • Disabled Women on the Web
    URL : www.disabilityhistory.org/dwa/library_c.html
    Disability Studies. Disabled Women of Color. Economics & Employment. Education. Feminism ... Co-editor and contributor of Disability Studies: Enabling the Humanities. ...[2004/05/25]
  • Disability Studies - Disability Support Services - Montgomery College, MD
    URL : www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/dispsvc/diversity.htm
    Disability Support Services, Montgomery College, MD - How to contact, student guide to services provided for students ... integration faced by disabled people ...[2007/05/15]
  • Disability Studies: Disabled at Canadian Content
    URL : www.canadiancontent.net/dir/Top/Society/Disabled/Disability_Studies
    Canadian Content explores Disability Studies. Includes free listings and information about Disability Studies from the CanConDir.[2008/11/30]
  • Disability Studies in Education
    URL : www.disabilitystudiesineducation.org/index.htm
    Includes disabled people in theorizing about disability ... from the homepage of the Disability Studies in Education (DSE) special interest ...[2008/09/17]
  • Institute on Disabilities
    URL : disabilities.temple.edu/programs/ds/facultyherald2.htm
    Studies (SDS) Google Web Directory. Additional Links. Disability Culture - What ... the 'Disability Studies' project is to weave disabled people back into the ...[2007/03/12]
  • Disability Planner: Social Security Protection If You Become Disabled
    URL : www.ssa.gov/dibplan/index.htm
    This page describes Social Security benefits for people who become disabled ... Studies show that a 20-year-old worker has a 3-in-10 chance of becoming disabled ...[2008/11/02]
  • Disabled Women on the Web
    URL : www.disabilityhistory.org/dwa/library_k.html
    Disability Studies. Disabled Women of Color. Economics & Employment. Education. Feminism ... Disability Studies Quarterly, Fall 2002, 22(4), 81-101. ...[2004/05/21]
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