General Information and Directories

Yahoo! - Society and Culture:Disabilities

Deafness/Hard of Hearing on About.com—Brought to you by Jamie Berke.

The Disability Resources Monthly (DRM) Guide to Disability Resources on the Internet—Probably the largest directory of disability-related resources I've ever discovered on the Internet. A must-see.

Disabilities/Health/Medical Newsgroups—A large listing of usenet newsgroups on a wide variety of disability-related subjects.

Jim Lubin's Directory of Disability Resources

Cornucopia of Disability Information—Fabulous directory site hosted by the University of Buffalo.

The Disability Link Barn—Presented by Access Unlimited.

Rights, Advocacy, Radical and Cultural

Crip Commentary—Writer and activist Laura Hershey gives her spin on issues that affect all people with disabilities.

Push the System—Laura Hershey again guides us through the labyrinth of managing benefits, such as navigating the Social Security System.

Justice for All E-mail Network—If you're not on this E-mail list, sign up now! It is an alert-based e-mail listserver that keeps us apprised of what is happening in the disability community on a national level. They keep us informed on issues that affect us all!

U.S. Department of Justice ADA Home Page

National Council on Disability—NCD is an independent U.S. Federal agency comprised of 15 members appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. NCD makes recommendations to the President and Congress on disability issues.

Project Action—Accessible Community Transportation In Our Nation. Created by the U.S. Congress in 1991 to promote cooperation between the disability community and the transportation industry.

Directory of Statewide Independent Living Councils

National Council on Independent Living—This site now features a national directory of independent living centers (CILs). There's probably one near you! CILs can be an important link to community resources, advocacy, and support.

American Disabled for Attendent Programs Today—ADAPT - the original!

Not Dead Yet!—"Dr. Death, you can't hide; what you want is homicide!"

Welcome to the AAPD!—The American Association of People with Disabilities

National Museum of American History: The Disability Rights Movement—Visit the Smithsonian's exhibit on the American Disability Rights Movement at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. Most of the exhibit is available online.

The Nth Degree Check out Dan's extensive catalog of wearable disability culture. Includes T-Shirts, buttons, and lots of other stuff, in something for just about every mood.

Books, Magazines, Newsletters

No Pity : People With Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement—by Joseph P. Shapiro. A chronicle of the disability rights movement in the U.S. Joseph Shapiro writes on social policy issues for U.S. News & World Report and The Washington Post. He also writes for The Progressive, The Disability Rag & Resource and many other publications. We've read this book, and highly recommend it.

FDR's Splendid Deception: The Moving Story of Roosevelt's Massive Disability-And the Intense Efforts to Conceal It from the Public—by Hugh Gregory Gallagher. An intensely personal view of the most successful disabled person in the U.S., and its only four-term President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. While most books on FDR devote a chapter (if that) to his disability, this book tells the story of his life as a person with a disability. We've read this book also, and highly recommend it both to the disability community as well as anyone with an interest in FDR.

By Trust Betrayed: Patients, Physicians, and the License to Kill in the Third Reich—by Hugh Gregory Gallagher. Everybody knows about the the concentration camps. But not everyone knows that the Nazi holocaust actually began under the guise of euthanasia - the elimination of "useless eaters" living "hopeless lives." Or that the first gas chamber "showers" were installed in hospitals and extended-care facilities. Many medical journals in the U.S. praised Hitler's euthanasia program and lamented the fact that he took it "too far." It's no secret that the medical community places less value on life with a disability than do those who are actually living with a disability. We haven't read this book (yet), but it seems particularly poignant in light of the "assisted suicide" debate.

Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence—by John Hockenberry. The memoirs of John Hockenberry, National Public Radio foreign correspondent, ABC News reporter, and now a contributing reporter on Dateline NBC. From his rehab experiences following his injury at 19, to his years as a middle east correspondent, to punching out a taxicab in New York City, there's never a dull moment. Highlights include what to do when someone on the subway asks you why your legs aren't more shrivelled up, how to get into the Ayatollah's funeral (find someone chanting "death to America!" and ask him to push) and why he's not afraid of bees.

Assistive Technology Resources

AbleData—The Premier Source for Information on Assistive Technology, Sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education

CSUN Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program—Excellent week-long course that provides an overview of assistive technology applications and how they can be used or applied in educational and work settings. The course is offered in citites throughout the United States each year.

Would you like to suggest a link? Send an E-mail to Trish@trishday.com. All suggestions are subject to review and might or might not be added to the directory.