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Diversity Office Virtual Library
Resources by community or issue - People with Disabilities
Eugene | Oregon | Regional | National
Eugene :
- Direction Service (for people with special needs and disabilities)
Multi-program family support agency. Includes: Family Support & Service Coordination, Information Services, Counseling Center and Assessment Center, and Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education.
- Eugene Hearing and Speech Center
Provides evaluation, treatment, education and advocacy.
- Mobility International USA - MIUSA
Empowering people with disabilities around the world through international exchange and international development to achieve their human rights. Includes: National Clearinghouse on Disability & Exchange (NCDE), International Development & Disability, International Exchange Programs, and Women, Disability and Development.
- Senior and Disabled Services (A division of Lane Council of Governments)
Responsible for planning and administering programs and services for people with disabilities and the elderly. Information about nursing facilities, Medicaid, Meals on Wheels, Oregon Project Independence. Includes jobs, calendar, and links.
- Mind Freedom Support Coalition (mental health system abuse)
Unites 100 grassroots groups to win campaigns for human rights of people diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities. Includes news, links, and discussion forums.
- Joint Forces Dance Company and Danceability
Encourages the evolution & performance of dance & to cultivate a "common ground" that allows all individuals to develop creatively, regardless of abilities or disabilities. Workshops, performances, teacher certification.
- Lane Community College:
- Lane Community College, Disability Services
WIDE variety of resources local, statewide, and nationally, including government resources, glossaries and dictionaries, info for faculty, associations and organizations, and more.
- University of Oregon:
Oregon :
- Oregon Commission for the Blind
Includes news, career center, resources, and technology center.
- Technology Access for Life Needs (TALN) Project - Oregon
Specializing in Ergonomic Assessments, Assistive Technology, and Technology Training Services. Includes resources, sales and rentals, publications.
- Brain Injury Association of Oregon
Includes events and news, resources, support groups, calendar.
- Oregon Association of the Deaf
- Oregon Disabilities Commission
Includes two on online Technical Assistance and Information Centers with access to more than 1200 documents relating to people with disabilities, including documents on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), specific disabilities, technology and many other topics.
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National:
- American Association of People with Disabilities
Works in coalition with other disability organizations for the full implementation and enforcement of disability nondiscrimination laws, particularly the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Includes employment opportunities, scholarship, news, resources, and calendars. The Justice For All E-mail Network (JFA) exists to defend and advance disability rights.
- Association on Higher Education And Disability
Professional association committed to full participation of persons with disabilities in postsecondary education. Includes listings of trainings, employment, resource, conferences, and special section for students.
- Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
Law and policy center dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities through legislation, litigation, advocacy, technical assistance, and education and training of attorneys, advocates, persons with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities. Includes voting info, advocacy, legal issues, family issues, news, newsletters, extensive links.
- ADA Watch
Includes action alerts, statistics, photo gallery, legal assistance, media center, disability links, social justice links, civil rights links, contact info, organizational info.
- Disabled information for the disabled from the disabled
Includes articles, stories, links, chatrooms, and boards.
- Disability Rights Advocates
Legal Rights organization for US and International cases. Includes representative cases, publications, jobs, and fellowships.
- Disability Statistics Center
Produces and disseminates policy-relevant statistical information on the demographics and status of people with disabilities in American society.
- Disability World
A bimonthly web-zine of international disability news and views.
- AbilityHub Assistive Technology Solutions
Assistive Technology for people with a disability who find operating a computer difficult, maybe even impossible; direct you to adaptive equipment and alternative methods available for accessing computers
- Learning Disabilities Association
Largest non-profit volunteer organization advocating for individuals with learning disabilities. Includes news, resources, conferences, bookstore, legislative info, and areas for parents, teachers, and adults,
- Independent Living Research Utilization
Provides research, education and consultation in the areas of independent living, the Americans with Disabilities Act, home and community based services and health issues for people with disabilities. Includes mailing lists, trainings, and publications.
- National Association of the Deaf
"To promote, protect, and preserve the rights and quality of life of deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the US." Includes legal, advocacy, and resource info.
- National Council for Support for Disability Issues/National Coalition for Students with Disabilities
Provide a means for sharing information, resources, ideas and support between people with all types of disabilities. Info on current legislative issues and voting info. Includes info on self-esteem, sports and recreation, blogs, parent handbook, statistics, newsletters.
- American Sign Language dictionary
HandSpeak is the largest, fastest-growing popular visual language dictionary online.
- World Institute on Disability (WID)
Non-profit research, public policy and advocacy center. Focuses on: employment and economic development; accessible health care and Personal Assistance Services; inclusive technology design; and international disability and development. Includes training, educational opportunities, publications and reports
- CeDIR
Glossary created to provide the general user with basic definitions of different types of disabilities and other related terms.
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