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Editor's Note: Many of us unknowingly carry prejudices and misconceptions about people with disabilities. Sometimes, these are magnified in the media. This page was developed to put the media in touch with credible sources on people with disabilities and related issues. Most of the resources are contributions of Dr. Clyde Shideler, executive director of CE Disabled Services in San Luis Rey, Calif., and Marcia Carlson and Thomas Link of the University of Wisconsin.


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Poynter: Tips on Covering Disabilities

Disaboom Politcal Blog
Focuses on interests and issues of people with disabilities.

Americans With Disabilities Act Home Page

Department of Justice: Disabilities Online News

Department of Justice: Formal ADA Settlements

Department of Justice: Accessible Sports Stadiums

Department of Justice: ADA Guide for Small Towns

Department of Justice: ADA Status Report

Special Olympics
Volunteer, coaching information, stories, press releases, etc.

Disabled Sports, USA
DS/USA now offers nationwide sports rehabilitation programs to anyone with a permanent physical disability.

National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury
Several statistics and studies on the topic.

John P. Kennedy Foundation for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Volulunteer, coaching information, stories, press releases, etc.

Text-To-Speech Sites

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Telecommunication Access

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Statistics

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Chartbook on Disability in the United States

Recent Publications and Statistics
HEATH publications such as this one can be obtained via this George Washington University site.

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Mobility Access

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Miscellaneous

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Alliance for Technology Access

Poynter: Tips on Covering Disabilities

National Center for Disabilities and Journalism

AEJMC: Mass Media & Disability Links
Links to many areas, including news, web accessibility, publications, international disability links, etc.

AboutDisability.com
Maintained by Anthony Tusler, this site is an annotated bibliography of books organized by categories.

Americans With Disabilities Act Home Page

Department of Justice: Disabilities Online News

Department of Justice: Formal ADA Settlements

Department of Justice: Accessible Sports Stadiums

Department of Justice: ADA Guide for Small Towns

Department of Justice: ADA Status Report

Institute for Community Inclusion: State Data Online
This Web site generates customized charts of state, national, and individual disability data. Accessible text versions are automatically created by the charting software. The site currently includes data sets from state mental retardation/developmental disabilities agencies, the Rehabilitation Services Administration, the Social Security Administration, and the U.S. Department of Labor.

National Rehabilitation Information Center
An abundance of disability and rehabilitation-oriented information organized in a variety of formats designed to make it easy for users to find and use.

Not Dead Yet
Spearheaded by Coleman and Drake, this group organizes people with disabilities nationally to protest assisted suicide.

Center for Research on Women with Disabilities
Focuses on issues related to health, aging, civil rights, abuse, and independent living. Located at the Baylor College of Medicine in Texas.

Women with Disabilities Australia
This Australian site has papers, articles and reports archived as well as links to related disability sites and general sites. They also have an extensive section for further reading.

Disability Rights Advocates
Dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities.

Disabled Sports, USA
DS/USA now offers nationwide sports rehabilitation programs to anyone with a permanent physical disability.

California Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Representing 92 rape crisis/rape prevention programs and allied members, this association offers resources and staff to answer questions on sexual abuse of persons with disabilities.

The Center for an Accessible Society
This site claims to "help journalists find quality information and sources."

E-Library

Little People of America, Inc.

MadNation
A mental health site.

Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation
EDS is a connective tissue disorder that can be severely disabling and, in one form, deadly.

EDS Today
EDS is a connective tissue disorder that can be severely disabling and, in one form, deadly.

Ehlers-Danlos Support Group (UK)
EDS is a connective tissue disorder that can be severely disabling and, in one form, deadly.

University of Wisconsin: Family Village
A global community of disability-related resources.

Wright State University: Creating Laboratory Access for Students in Science (CLASS)
The project's purpose is to raise awareness about the challenges faced by persons with disabilities in a lab environment and how Wright State University can help overcome some of these obstacles. Wright State has been awarded a Federal Grant by the National Science Foundation to help research and minimize these problems.

Yahoo!'s Reference Library

National Institute on Disability and Rehab Research

Migraines/ Headache

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Mental Health

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Legal

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Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund

Disability Law: Attorney Pete Wright

U.S. Department of Justice: ADA and Law
Legal assistance for people with disabilities.

Findlaw.com: Case Law
Legal assistance for people with disabilities.

Learning Disabilities

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PBS: Misunderstood Minds
This companion site to the documentary "explores the controversial realm of learning disabilities with video, case studies, and tests that demonstrate what it's like to live with a learning problem."

LD Workshops, Training, Conferences

The Blind Readers' Page
List of sources of information in alternative formats accessible to people with print disabilities, either visual disabilities or reading disabilities.

Dyslexia Awareness & Resource Center

International Dyslexia Association

Learning Disability Association

LD Online
Parents, children and teachers.

National Resources for Adults with Learning Disabilities

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