Disability Links and Information

DePaul University – Chronic Illness Initiative (education for those living with limitations due to chronic illness) snl.depaul.edu/current/chronic.asp

Disability Training (Disability related videos, books, etc) www.disabilitytraining.com

Disability Facts www.disabilityfacts.com

Health and Human Services: www.dhhs.gov

Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA): Medicare and Medicaid information. www.cms.gov

HMO Hardball www.hmohardball.com

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): www.osha.gov

Physicians’ Disability Services and Pds Disability Facts Newsletter: Web Links
www.disabilityfacts.com/weblinks.html

Welfare to Work: Links welfare recipients to State Web pages which include links to sites containing information and employment openings; information on the status of government welfare-to-work programs www.doleta.gov

Able Magazine Online www.ablemagazine.co.uk

Abilities Magazine- Canada’s foremost cross-disability lifestyle magazine.

Ability Magazine- a bimonthly featuring celebrity interviews with emphasis on health and disABILITY issues. News and resources related to assistive technology, medical research, the ADA, personal empowerment and employment for individuals of all ages with a mental or physical disability.

AbleTV.net- multimedia network for people with disabilities.

Action Alerts and Legislative Updates- The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law web site offers regularly updated “alerts” about legal and advocacy issues affecting people with mental disabilities.

Active Living Magazine- healthy lifestyles for today’s amputees

Audacity Magazine- a news and entertainment magazine geared toward the disabled community in the United States and the world.

BusinessWeek Online; Assistive Technology- a wide range of disability news items and issues relating to assistive technology.

Careers And The Disabled Magazine- career-guidance and recruitment magazine for people with disabilities who are at undergraduate, graduate, or professional levels.

Caregiver- magazine for caregivers, about caregivers, by caregivers.

Closing the Gap- newspaper highlights hardware and software products appropriate for people with special needs, and explains how this technology is being implemented in education, rehabilitation, and vocational settings around the world.

Deaf Digest- newsletter for the deaf and the hearing-impaired.

Disability News and Information Service- a fortnightly news service on the Indian disability sector.

Disability Now- UK news pertaining to topics for people with disabilities.

DO-IT Newsletters- disabilities, opportunities, internetworking, and technology.

Employers’ Forum on Disability Employers’ Forum on Disability is the world’s leading employers’ organisation focused on disability as it affects business.

Enabled Online- News of people with disabilities, special reports, and opinions.

Exceptional Parent Magazine- parenting those with disabilities or special needs.

HomeCare Magazine- electronic news service of the home medical equipment industry.

Inclusion Daily Express- The daily disability rights email news service

International Disability News Ticker- Disability-themed news from around the world.

Justice for All E-Mail Network- formed by American Association Of People with Disabilities, to defend and advance disability rights and programs in the 104th Congress. One JFA goal is to work with national and state organizations of people with disabilities to get the word from Washington D.C. out to the grassroots.

Mainstream Magazine- news and advocacy in disability rights.

Metropolitan Washington Ear- free services for blind, visually impaired, and physically disabled people who cannot effectively read print.

Mouth Magazine- Dedicated to disability rights and discrimination issues.

National Council on Disability Bulletin- monthly publication on the latest issues and news affecting people with disabilities.

National News- news provided by The Council for Disability Rights

New Horizons Newsletters- a nonprofit newsletter published twice a year by and for ventilator users, their families and those that care for them.

New Mobility Magazine- New Mobility magazine’s site for wheelchair users includes a wealth of articles, active message boards, chat rooms, a calendar of events, links and classifieds.

Physicians’ Disability Services and Pds Disability Facts Newsletter: www.disabilityfacts.com

Ragged Edge Magazine Online- publication of The Advocado Press, Inc. a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization founded in 1981 to publish materials on disability rights.

Reach Out Magazine- Bringing People With disAbilities Together Online.

Spinal Cord Injury Update Newsletter- covers topics related to spinal cord injury (SCI) for both health care providers and consumers.

Suite101 Disabilities- Exploration of the online Disability World, varied topics.

The Med-Psych Network- Recent news stories on areas where medicine and psychiatry overlap, a discussion forum regarding medical education, and a large collection of medical jokes and cartoons.

The PDG E-news Monthly Internet Newsletter- monthly edition of the PDG E-news dealing with disability issues, concerns, sharing, and fun.

~Number of persons with limitation(s) in usual activities due to chronic conditions: 34.3 million (2003). Percent of persons with limitation(s) in usual activities due to chronic conditions: 12.1 (2003)

Source: Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2003

~Number of adults with hearing trouble: 30.8 million (2002). Percent of adults with hearing trouble: 15.0 (2002)

~Number of adults with vision trouble: 19.1 million (2002). Percent of adults with vision trouble: 9.3 (2002)

~Number of adults unable (or very difficult) to walk a quarter mile: 12.4 million (2002). Percent of adults unable (or very difficult) to walk a quarter mile: 6.2 (2002)

~Number of adults with any physical functioning difficulty: 28.3 million (2002). Percent of adults with moderate mobility difficulty:  13.8 (2002)

Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults, National Health Interview Survey, 2002

~Percent of adults aged 65 years and over who need help with personal care from other persons: 6.5 (2003)

Source: Early release of selected estimates based on data from the January-September 2004 National Health Interview Survey

~Number of children age 3-17 years ever told had a learning disability: 4.6 million (2003). Percent of children age 3-17 years ever told had a learning disability: 7.5 (2003)

Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children, National Health Interview Survey, 2003

~Limitation of activity caused by chronic conditions: United States, 1997-2002 Health, United States, 2004, table 56

~Nursing home residents 65 years of age and over, according to selected functional status and age, sex, and race:  United States, 1985, 1995, and 1999 Health, United States, 2004, table 100

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (asthma and allergy stats only)
www.aaaai.org/media/statistics/default.stm

Auto Immune Disease in Women (article) www.aarda.org/women_and_autoimmunity.php

Autoimmunity Named a Leading Cause of Death Among Women in New Study (article) www.aarda.org/press_release_display.php?ID=10

Autoimmune diseases: a leading cause of death among young and middle-aged women in the United States (article)

Census Bureau: Americans with Disabilities 1994 Click Here

Census Bureau: Americans with Disabilities 2004 Click Here

Census Bureau: Current Population Reports 94-95 Click Here

Census Bureau: Disability Reports and Briefs Click Here

Census Bureau: Disabilities Affect One-Fifth of All Americans Click Here

Census Bureau: Disability Data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Click Here

Census Bureau: Disability Status 2000 Click Here

DisabilityInfo.gov The new freedom’s Initiative’s online resource for Americans with disabilities www.disabilityinfo.gov

Disability and Health (CDC) www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dh/default.htm

Center for Research on Chronic Illness www.unc.edu/depts/crci

Emerging Infectious Disease Journal www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm

Health, United States 2004 (report) www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus04trend.pdf#056

Interagency Committee on Disability Research www.icdr.us

Limitation of Activity Caused by Chronic Conditions- Table 56 (report) www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus04trend.pdf#056

Limitations in Usual Activity, ADL, IADL and Work: Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Health Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2003. Overview -pages 4 and 5. Statistics page 10+ (report) www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_224.pdf

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDP) www.cdc.gov/nccdphp

National Center for Health Statistics www.cdc.gov/nchs

National Center for Health Statistics- Disabilities
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/disable.htm

National Center for Health Statistics
National Health Interview Survey on Disability NHIS-D (report): www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhis_dis/nhis_dis.htm

National Institute of Nursing Research http://ninr.nih.gov/ninr/

National Institutes of Health Autoimmune Disease Research Plan www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/autoimmune/Documents/adccfinal.pdf

Partnership for Solutions (Chronic Conditions) www.partnershipforsolutions.com

Statistics and Surveys on Disability www.nod.org/stats

Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Health Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2002. Types of disabilities (report). www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_222.pdf

US Census Bureau www.census.gov

US Census Bureau- Disability www.census.gov/hhes/www/disability/disability.html

US Dept of Health and Human Services http://aspe.hhs.gov

Women With Disabilities www.4woman.gov/wwd/index.htm

Women and Autoimmune Disease (article) www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no11/04-0367.htm

Women’s Health Statistics- 4Woman.gov www.4woman.gov/HealthPro/statistics/index.htm WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES

AbilityHub – Assistive Technology for computers and disability www.abilityhub.com

Accommodation Information by Disability www.jan.wvu.edu/media/atoz.htm

Accommodation Issues for Employees with Hidden Disabilities (webcast) http://breeze.jan.wvu.edu/p38549011/

ADA and Rehabilitation Act Compliance and Other Disability Related Laws www.jan.wvu.edu/links/other.htm

ADA Organization  www.ada-infonet.org

ADA Helpline  1-800-949-4232

disABLED person.com (resources + employment) www.disABLEDperson.com

EEOC  www.eeoc.gov/index.html

Ideas for Writing an Accommodation Request Letter www.jan.wvu.edu/media/accommrequestltr.html

Information, Resources And Support For Today’s Women
www.womansdesktop.com

Injured Workers Bill of Rights www.workerscompensationinsurance.com/articles/billofrights.htm

Job Accommodation Network www.jan.wvu.edu

Pre-Offer, Disability-Related Questions: Do’s and Don’ts www.jan.wvu.edu/media/preofferfact.doc

Reasonable Accommodations  www.eeoc.gov/facts/accommodation.htm

Women’s Desktop- Work at home community www.womansdesktop.com

Workers Compensation Agencies  www.cms.gov/WorkersCompAgencyServices/

Workers Compensation Information and Forum: WC information by state, message board, good links. www.workerscompensationinsurance.com

 

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