Other Resources

Related Links

• American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT) - Promotes assisted-living community services for the disabled so that they can live independently.
• American Association of People with Disabilities - A national membership organization founded in 1995 by a group of cross-disability leaders to help unite the diverse community of people with disabilities - including their family, friends and supporters.
• American Council of the Blind - General information about the Council, including recent issues of the monthly publication, The Braille Forum.
• Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Central - BPD Central is a list of resources for people who care about someone with borderline personality disorder (BPD).
• The Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy - Contains training materials, policy papers and policy briefs prepared by Robert "Bobby" Silverstein. Bobby is the Director of the Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy (CSADP) in Washington, D.C. and former staff director and chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy, chaired by Senator Tom Harkin.
• Gallaudet University - Undergraduate and graduate programs for deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing students.
• Ican! (The Leading Disability Community) - A place where people affected by disabilities can take advantage of the community building power of the Internet. A one-stop resource for information, guidance, conversation and companionship.
• Independent Living Research Utilization - The ILRU program is a national center for information, training, research, and technical assistance in independent living. Its goal is to expand the body of knowledge in independent living and to improve utilization of results of research programs and demonstration projects in this field. It is a program of TIRR (The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research), a nationally recognized medical rehabilitation facility for persons with disabilities.
• National Council on Independent Living - NCIL advances independent living and the rights of people with disabilities through consumer-driven advocacy. NCIL envisions a world in which people with disabilities are valued equally and participate fully.
• National Organization on Disability - The mission of the N.O.D. is to expand the participation and contribution of America’s men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life and thus close the participation gap by raising disability awareness through programs and information.
• New York State Independent Living Council, Inc. - The NYSILC is a not-for-profit, non-Governmental, consumer controlled organization which monitors the federally funded Independent Living Centers (ILCs) in New York State, promotes the independent living philosophy statewide, and provides support and technical assistance to the entire network of ILCs in New York State.
• On a Roll! (Radio Talk on Life and Disability)
• Rochester Accessible Transportation - A local list to share disability and accessible transportation information in the Rochester, New York area! To subscribe, send e-mail to:
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  RAT_rochester_accessible_transportation-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Books

• The Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation.
  By Frieda Zames & Doris Zames Fleischer
• The New Disability History.
  Edited by Paul Longmore and Lauri Umansky.
• Moving Violations.
  John Hockenberry, 1995.
• FDR's Splendid Deception.
  Hugh Gregory Gallagher, 1985.
• By Trust Betrayed: Patients, Physicians and the License to Kill in the Third Reich (Nazi euthanasia program against disabled).
  Hugh Gregory Gallagher, 1995 revised edition.
• Staring Back: The Disability Experience From the Inside Out.
  Edited by Kenny Fries, 1997.
• No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement. Joseph A. Shapiro, 1993
• The Hidden Minority: A Profile of Handicapped Americans
  Sonny Leinfield, 1979.
• Handicapping America: Barriers to Disabled People
  Frank Bowe, 1978.
• Rehabilitating America: Toward Independence for Disabled and Elderly People. Frank Bowe, 1980.
• Pride Against Prejudice: Transforming Attitudes to Disability.
  Jenny Morris, 1991.
• Helen and Teacher: The Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy. Joseph P. Lash, Delacorte Press 1980.
• Power Over Pain. Wesley, J. Smith and Dr. Eric Chevlin.
• Movie Stars and Sensuous Scars: Essays on the Journey from Disability Shame.
  Steven E. Brown, Co-Founder Institute on Disability Culture

Magazines

• Ragged Edge, The - views public issues from a disability-rights perspective; politics, culture, technology, society, issues that affect us all.
• Mouth Magazine - Voice of disability rights.