Types of disability - content is featuring resources for the disabled community
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Promote the human rights of disabled persons; Promote economic and social integration of disabled persons; Develop and support organizations of disabled persons.
Types of disability
"Disability" can be broken down into a number of broad sub-categories, which include the following:
Physical impairments affecting movement, such as post-polio syndrome, spina bifida and cerebral palsy.
Sensory impairments, such as visual or hearing impairments.
Cognitive impairments such as Autism or Down Syndrome.
Psychiatric conditions such as Depression and Schizophrenia
Helpful Links
- MossRehab ResourceNet
- Tips on accessible travel, factsheets on specific disabilities, information on the ADA, and disability news.
- RRTC Health and Wellness Consortium
- The RRTC conducts research studies and training projects to support the health and wellness of persons with disabilities. Find health information and information about assistive technology.
- Paradigm
- UK portal for learning disability news, policy, articles, links, and discussion. Information about Paradigm's courses and conferences.
- How to Help People Who Use Wheelchairs
- Online community for disabled persons featuring the latest news and articles for people with disabilities
- AAPD
- The largest national nonprofit cross-disability member organization in the United States, dedicated to ensuring economic self-sufficiency and political empowerment for the more than 56 million Americans with disabilities. AAPD 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.
- Persons With Disabilities Online
- A site where persons with disabilities, their family members, caregivers and service providers can access a full range of information on disability-related programs and services in Canada.
- Accessible Journeys
- Since 1985, wheelchair travel has been our only job.
For mature travelers, slow walkers, wheelchair travelers, their families and their friends, Accessible Journeys travel services include:
Accessible Travel Planning
Accessible Group Tours
Accessible Group Cruises
Individual Accessible Cruises
Licensed Travel Companions
Disability Travel Resources - Audacity Magazine
- Audacity Magazine is a news and entertainment magazine geared toward the disability community in the United States and the world.
- Handicapped Travel Club
- The Handicapped Travel Club, Inc. was formed in 1973 to encourage RV traveling for people with a wide range of disabilities. The HTC encourages people with disabilities and their families to travel, to meet and to share information on making recreational vehicles accessible for the disabled. "Fun and fellowship" is our motto.
Helpful Books
Becoming Citizens: Family Life And The Politics Of Disability
Becoming Citizens is a deeply compassionate testament to the experience of family life and disability, as it is to the ways in which ordinary citizens become activists. It will be important to anyone interested in disability studies, including teachers, friends, and families of those with disabilities.
Amazon Price: $15.56 (as of 12/31/2009) 
Helping Kids Include Kids With Disabilities
Amazon Price: $20.40 (as of 12/31/2009)
Handicapped Docking Zone?? LOL
Research is beginning to show that humor can stimulate the immune system, enhance perceptual flexibility, and renew spiritual energy.
Journal
Price: 11.99
Mousepad
Price: 12.99
Tile Coaster
Price: 6.99
Magnet
Price: 3.73
1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 12/31/2009)
Some Kids Use Wheelchairs (Understanding Differences) (Pebble Books: Understanding Differences)
Amazon Price: $5.95 (as of 12/31/2009)
GIMP: When Life Deals You a Crappy Hand, You Can Fold -or You Can Play
Amazon Price: (as of 12/31/2009)
England on a Roll: A Wheelchair Adventure in London and the West Country
Amazon Price: (as of 12/31/2009)
SMILE
Humor is being taken very seriously as a way to enhance physical well-being and minimize the stresses of modern life, including those imposed by disabilities.
Service Animals
Assistance Dog Group - Mailing list for trainers, including puppy raisers, service dog users, self raisers, instructors and training school staff.
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Paralympics
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Paralympics Winter and Summer Games
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