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Adaptive Environments - committed to advancing the role of design in expanding opportunity and enhancing experience for people of all ages and abilities. Please visit Designing for the 21st Century III taking place December 7-12, 2004 in Brasil which is being presented by Adaptive Environments.

Rolling Rains Report: - Scott Rains blog subtitled: 'Precipitating Dialogue on Travel, Disability, and Universal Design'

"The Ties That Bind" - A unique Internet documentary and community engagement project by the National Film Board of Canada. The site follows Chris Jordan and his family in real time as they make decisions and make plans for an uncertain future. It hopes to inspire you through stories, and provide information to dig deeper into these issues and create a place where you can take part and make changes in your own communities.

UK Company Disability Tookkit - This toolkit has been designed to support companies as they begin to consider the implications of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA).

Worldbank and Disability - Explore World disability issues that the Worldbank is working to overcome.

The Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement - UC Berkeley's website on the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement. Discover our rich collection of primary sources exploring the social and political history of the disability movement from the 1960s to the present.

RADAR - The UK's campaigning and advisory disability body, run by and for disabled people.

The United Nations (UN) and Persons with Disabilities - An overview of the activities by the United Nations system to promote international norms and standards and global action related to persons with disabilities

Resource on Working With People With Disabilities - A Downloadable PDF Guide, “Working With People With Disabilities” includes basic guidelines on speaking and writing about disabilities, helpful etiquette on relating to people with disabilities, and general myths and facts about employing people with visible and non-visible disabilities.

At Your Service: Welcoming Customers with Disabilities. - An online course developed for people in customer service positions. It teaches basic practical and legal considerations for interacting effectively with customers with disabilities.

Organizational Change: Strategies to Facilitate Community Employment - You will need RealPlayer to view the video clips.

Disability Insurance Resource - Contains useful information for the population of the united states, as well as a faq and insurance checklist

UWO Developmental Disabilities Program - Promoting optimum health care for persons with a developmental disability through education, research and service. Based out of the University of Western Ontario, Canada

Disability: Challenges Vs Responses

Greyhound Bus Lines and the ADA - Since this act was enacted Greyhound Bus Lines and affiliated companies have done virtually nothing to accommodate passengers with disabilities who require the use of bus transportation to move from place to place within the United States of America.

Living with an "Invisible" Disability

Wrightslaw - Information about special education law and advocacy for children with disabilities.

WOW - Wired on Wheels - We are a not-for-profit internet organization dedicated to accessibility.

Issues of Handicapped Parking - by Patty Cyr

Disaster Preparedness for People With Disabilities - Resources

All Walks of Life - Stop the violence to people with disabilities.

Disability Rights Activist - explores various subjects, frequent updates.

Closed Captioning issues in various media

Caucus on Disability Issues - USA

Government Issues:

Government of Canada: Disability Benefits - The site helps individuals connect to important benefit programs—such as pensions, scholarships, and subsidies—offered to Canadians from all over Canada.

disability.gov.uk - UK Government site providing news and information surrounding The Disability Discrimination Act, 1995 and The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) Act, 1999.

DisabilityInfo.gov - Comprehensive U.S. Federal website of disability-related government resources.

US Government and Legislative resources

ADA Document Portal - The ADA Collection consists of about 3,400 documents organized into 10 categories and are organized for viewing on this website.

National Council on Disability - The National Council on Disability (NCD) is an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on issues affecting 54 million Americans with disabilities.

imadapting.com - A directory to individual state Disability services and programs

Caucus on Disability Issues

USA: Youth Advisory Committee of the National Council on Disability - Young adults with disabilities who advise the National Council on Disability (NCD) about issues faced by children, adolescents, and young adults with disabilities.

ODA Committee - Ontarians With Disabilities Act Committee

ADAWatch! - A campaign to protect the civil rights of people with disabilities

Focus On Disability - information for disabled people and their carers in the UK.

Disability Act, Commission - Extensive UK information.

Disability Rights Information - Australia

Gateway To Diversity-Workplace Equality - Ontario, Canada

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