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Sub-Categories in Disabilities

Abuse (16)
Accessibility (9)
Advocacy (59)
Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia@ (95)
Etiquette (8)

Legal Information@ (53)
News@ (70)
Sexuality (7)
Specific Disabilities@ (14876)

Web Sites in Category Disabilities

Almanac of Policy Issues: Disability Issues - News, background information and links on disability issues, including the Americans with Disabilies Act (ADA) and Developmental Disabilities Act (DDA).

Disability is Natural - Kathie Snow's official website. Offers a new way of thinking (and talking) about disabled people, learning disabilities and physical and mental handicaps.

Disability, Culture and Service Issues - Selected bibliography of sources related to serving people with disabilities and disability culture.

Inclusion in the Christian Church - Thoughts on inclusion written by a sibling and a person actively involved with Christian outreach to all people in her community.

Lenus - Discusses issues that promote the full integration of individuals with disabilities into a global society. Emphasis does exist on education and legal issues.

Stigma and Discrimination - Petition opposing NAMI approval of the Lunatix Online game which stereotypes people with mental illness and perpetuates stigma and discrimination.

Thalidomide Victims Association of Canada - An organization representing approximately 125 Canadians born disabled as a consequence of the drug Thalidomide. Site has position paper on the proposal to begin using the drug again.

The Media Edge - How to write opinion articles that editors will actually use.

The Trigger, the Pen and the Switch - Article on the killing of a woman thinking of moving her mother to a care facility.

The Way America Treats The Disabled - Tommy Allen Thompson's account of his experience with job discrimination.

United Family Congress - Group to unite every family with disabled children regardless of disability, diagnosis or personal circumstances, to stand together as one collective voice and to create a significant socio-politcal force for change.

[About.com] Adoption Ability, Not Disability - Article for disabled would-be adoptive parents.

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