Disabilities

Incapacitation conditions and the period of such a condition; a physical or mental impairment that prevents or restricts normal achievement.

Sub-headings:

Disability/Accessibility Blogs

Written for, by and/or about people living with disabilities and covering all types of accessibility issues.

Developmental and Learning Disorders/Disabilities

Mental or physical impairments, or a combination of such, occurring in children.

Resources in this category:

American Occupational Therapy Association
http://www.aota.org/

"The American Occupational Therapy Association is a national professional society established in 1917 to represent the interests and concerns of occupational therapy practitioners, and to improve the quality of occupational therapy services."

This very informative site has separate areas for current OT professionals, students, consumers, and members. The site includes information on accreditation, upcoming conferences, continuing education, news, and more.

British Society for Disability and Oral Health
http://www.bsdh.org.uk/

"The national society for everyone interested in the oral health of people with disabilities. Advice and help available for disabled people or their careers. (Formerly British Society of Dentistry for the Handicapped)"

The DRM Guide to Disability Resources on the Internet
http://www.disabilityresources.org/

"Disability Resources is a nonprofit organization that monitors, reviews, and reports on resources available to people with disabilities. We disseminate information about these resources to libraries, disability organizations, health and social service professionals, consumers and family members ." Site includes a searchable database of resources, weekly features, news updates, a regional resource directory, and info on publications.

National Federation of the Blind
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Literature.asp?SnID=1028235038

Free articles published by NFB on a range of blindness-related topics including daily living, children, braille, government, education, rehabilitation/training, and seniors.

National Rehabilitation Information Center
http://www.naric.com/

"The National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) is a library and information center on disability and rehabilitation. Funded since 1979 by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), NARIC collects and disseminates the results of federally funded research projects. NARIC's document collection, which also includes commercially published books, journal a ticles, and audiovisuals, grows at a rate of 250 new documents per month. NARIC's information specialists serve thousands of patrons per year. We are committed to serving anyone, professional or lay person, who is interested in disability and rehabilitation, including consumers, family members, health professionals, educators, rehabilitation counselors, students, librarians, administrators, and researchers. We offer a variety of services, and there are several ways to use NARIC services." Website has a plethora of disability information, including searchable databases of disability and rehabilitation literature, research-in-progress, and "listings for 700 'content-deep' Internet sites, 1200 organizations, and 400 newsletters and journals."

North American Riding for the Handicapped Association
http://www.narha.org/

"NARHA is a membership organization which fosters safe, professional, ethical and therapeutic equine activities through education, communication, standards and research for people with and without disabilities." It provides program accreditation, instructor certification, and insurance for riding instructors.

The NARHA site gives the background and history of hippotherapy (therapeutic horseback riding), provides a list of accredited degree programs, and has a directory of the NARHA riding centers in the U.S.

Quota International
http://www.quota.org/

"Quota International unites individuals of diverse occupations who are committed to sharing their time, talent and resources to meet Quota International's service goals, and who are dedicated to: serving country and community; promoting high ethical standards; emphasizing the dignity of all useful occupations; advancing ideals of righteousness, justice, international understanding and good will. Quota has 8,000 individual members in 340 clubs in 13 countries around the world. Members of Quota International, whose motto is "we share," are committed to serving their communities and their world in two primary areas: assisting disadvantaged women and children and increasing public awareness of issues facing deaf, hard of hearing and speech impaired people." This site provides links to information on Quota International publications, and local club programs.

TASH: Equity, Quality and Social Justice for People with Disabilities
http://www.tash.org/

"TASH is an international association of people with disabilities, their family members, other advocates, and professionals fighting for a society in which inclusion of all people in all aspects of society is the norm." Since includes information on membership, the association's conference, publications, public policy, and association chapters.

World Association of Persons with Disabilities
http://www.wapd.org/

"A Nonpartisan, Nonprofit World Association / Ministry under God, dedicated to approximately One (1) in Five (5) residents of earth that strive to be Alive! .. Involved! .. Effective! in their daily living. WAPD advances the interests of its members at national, state, local and home levels. We believe that everyone is entitled to decent and quality living. Over... ten years of "grassroots" planning and growth have catapulted the association into a world leadership position that will be, quietly but securely, advancing the soundness and happiness of the 'dis-ABLED' everywhere. WAPD links its members and their supporters to current and 'leading-edge' information via the various mediums of communication."