DOUA Disabled Online Users Association

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What is DOUA?

The Disabled Online Users Association (DOUA) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1998 with the sole purpose of bringing the online world of business to the disabled.

DOUA - another acronym in this acronym crazy world of ours. The difference between these four letters and other four letter words is that these letters can rock your world!

D -Disabled - are you?
O -Online- expand your world?
U -Users- want to learn?
A -Association-Join Us?

Our goal at DOUA is to help the differently-abled become self-sufficient and independent. If you're disabled and would like to start your own online business, we can help." -- Marjie Smith, Founder and Executive Director

DOUA Links 

DOUA Partners
People and companies we couldn't do without. Thank You!
Volunteers
We can always use volunteers!
Student Online Interview
You too can join us.
DOUA Fan Site Blog
Our Blog
Our Members
DOUA Members

Support DOUA Members 

DOUA eBay Listings

Please search for items on eBay by using the advanced search option. Put DOUA in the search box along with your item. Click on title and description, you'll see the many different and unique items our members are selling. Or just click here for all items listed by DOUA members/ They are either auctions or store items.

Purchase from a DOUA member and you are helping our members help themselves.

Donations and Volunteers 

Please support DOUA. There are many ways you can help. You can become a mentor, volunteer your time, donate startup products for our students, make a financial donation or use Good Search by typing Disabled Online Users Association into the "I support" box and click on "verify".

We appreciate your support.

Blogs about disABILITIES 

FWD/Forward » Disability Activsm: Reading Rights
Their campaign is based around the American Author's Guild demand that people must either prove their disability to the satisfaction of the Guild (and thus give private information over to e-book publishers) or pay extra for the same ...
Disability Coalition Applauds Health Care Legislation | NJN Network
(Washington D.C.) ? The Justice for All Action Network (JFAAN), a coalition of disability-led organizations and allies, applauds health care legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. Passed Saturday in a House vote, ...
How To Find Disability-Friendly Travel Locales - Ready & Abled ...
Suzanne Robitaille looks at disabilities and special needs with a local angle.
JFActivist: Disability Coalition Applauds Health Care Legislation ...
Press Release from the Justice For All Action Network (11/9/09): Disability Coalition Applauds Health Care Legislation that expands coverage for People with Disabilities Health Care Reform one of 12 items on Coalition Agenda (Washington ...

DOUA Members eBay Auctions 

By bidding on a DOUA auction,
you are helping our members to help themselves.

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How To Join DOUA 

Joining DOUA is easy! Just click here to become a student or here to become a volunteer.

DOUA Items on Cafe Press 



Visit our Cafe Press Store by clicking on the DOUA image above. You'll find DOUA items: from Shirts, to mugs to mouse pads, making a purchase is a good deed indeed!

Books about Chronic Illnesses and Living a Good Life 

You Don't Look Sick: Living Well With Invisible Chronic Illness

Amazon Price: $17.95 (as of 11/10/2009) Buy Now

The Chronic Pain Control Workbook: A Step-By-Step Guide for Coping With and Overcoming Pain (New Harbinger Workbooks)

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A Delicate Balance: Living Successfully with Chronic Illness

Amazon Price: $11.58 (as of 11/10/2009) Buy Now

Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness, Second Edition

Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 11/10/2009) Buy Now

Chronically Happy: Joyful Living In Spite Of Chronic Illness

Amazon Price: $12.95 (as of 11/10/2009) Buy Now

Remember:

DOUA educates & supports people with any type of disability, from alcoholism to Fibromyalgia to being a quadrapalepic to having Depression.

DOUA teaches about selling on eBay, on other online selling sites like Etsy, on your own website or using affiliate marketing.

New YouTube vids 


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Lyme Disease: A Clear and Present Danger

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Marlee Matlin: Decent work for disabled persons

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Mission Fish - eBay Auctions Supporting DOUA 

June Spotlight on Empowerment

DOUA is part of the latest eBay Giving Works event-Spotlight on Empowerment through Entrepreneurship! Every live listing in June that benefits DOUA will appear on this special site and receive extra traffic. List to support DOUA!

Paid To Blog Sites 

DOUA is now educating members about paid to blog sites, setting up a blog, getting traffic to your blog and so much more. Join us to learn and earn!

Learn Through Movies 

Documentaries

001- An Inconvenient Truth

Director-producer Davis Guggenheim (HBO's "Deadwood") captures former Vice President Al Gore in the...
002- March of the Penguins

Award-winning photographer Luc Jacquet takes documentary film to new heights -- and depths -- with h...
003- Super Size Me

On the heels of recent lawsuits against McDonald's, director Morgan Spurlock takes a hilarious and o...
004- Fahrenheit 9/11

Michael Moore's hard-hitting documentary addresses the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, outl...
005- Born Into Brothels

British filmmaker Zana Briski's Oscar-winning documentary is a portrait of several unforgettable chi...
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You rock Marjie

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Hi! I'm Marjie Smith, the Founder and Executive Director of the Disabled Online Users Association (DOUA) ~ a network of able and disabled members lear...

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