Society for Disability Studies Links

Contents:
Academic Programs
Organizations, Agencies
Journals and other Media
General disability links
General policy links
Other on-line disability studies resources
Disability-related newsgroups
Disability-related mailing lists
Other scholarly societies

Links to Academic Programs of Disability Studies

Center for Disability Studies, at the University of Hawaii

Courses for MPA/Disability Studies degree at Suffolk University

Disability Research Unit at University of Leeds, U.K.

Disability Studies at Syracuse University

Disability Studies at Uppsala University

Institute for Disability Policy, at the University of Southern Maine

Institute for Human Development, at Northern Arizona University

Institute on Disability, at the University of New Hampshire

Institute on Disability and Human Development, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. They now have Ph.D. and Masters' programs in Disability Studies that will commence in Fall, 1998.


Disability-Related Organizations, Institutes, Initiatives, and Agencies

AADP (American Association of Disabled Persons)

AAPD (American Association of People with Disabilities)

ADAPT (American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today)

AHEAD (Association on Higher Education and Disability)

Disabled Peoples' International

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights/Leadership Conference Educational Fund. Has information on hate crimes, and policy information relevant to people with disabilities, racial/ethnic minorities, gay/lesbian/bisexual transgender people, and elderly people.

National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research

National Council on Disability

National Organization on Disability

Not Dead Yet. A disability rights perspective on assisted suicide.

World Institute on Disability

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Disability Journals, other Media

The Braille Monitor

Disability & Society

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

Mainstream Magazine On-Line

New Mobility Magazine On-Line

The Ragged Edge (formerly The Disability Rag) On-Line

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General Disability Web Links

Abuse of the Disabled. A good collection of information about abuse directed at people with disabilities.

Americans with Disabilities Act Home Page (U.S. Department of Justice)

Cornucopia of Disability Information

The Disability Link Barn

Disability Net, U.K.

The Disability Rights Activist

Exhale. Resources for teens with disabilities

David Ferleger's collection of links to disability, legal, and Judaism resources

Independent Living Centers list

Integrated Network of Disability Information & Education (INDIE)

Invisible Disabilities Page.

Jamal Mazrui's "Empowerment Zone". Loaded with links of interest to disability activists and researchers (e.g., NCD reports, "how-to's" for lobbying, etc.)

Justice for All E-Mail Network

Specific disability resources, maintained by Disability Services at the University of Minnesota.

Stephen Fullmer's "Untangling the Web"

Uppity DisAbility Internet Resources

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General Policy Links

Policy.com

Electronic Policy Network

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Other Disability Studies Resources On-Line

Institute on Disability Culture

Invisible Cabaret. A disabled women's performance troupe.

A set of text files with material of interest for disability studies

Michele Cooke's Recommended Reading List. A small but good set of resources about disability.

Very Special Arts' Disability Culture Focus Group

Very Special Arts' set of articles on disability culture.

Information about No Apologies, a video of a performance by the Wry Crips.

The Goodwin's Homepage. Many good links.

The 10/31/93 issue of Canadian Women Studies, devoted to the topic of women and disability

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Cross-Disability Related Newsgroups on USENET

news://bit.listserv.misc.handicap
news://uk.people.disability
news://bit.listserv.misc.dsshe-l (Disabled Student Services in Higher Education)
news://bit.listserv.ada-law

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Cross-Disability Related Mailing Lists

ADA-Law

ADA-LAW is a technical discussion list regarding US laws -- ADA, 504, SS regulations. To subscribe, send this message: SUBSCRIBE ADA-LAW (in an otherwise empty e-mail with a blank subject line)
addressed to: listserv@listserv.nodak.edu
Advocacy
ADVOCACY discusses how we can advocate for ourselves, and with others. To subscribe, send this message: SUBSCRIBE ADVOCACY (in an otherwise empty e-mail with a blank subject line)
addressed to: listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu
Disability-Research
A (mostly) academic discussion group hosted in the UK, which deals with disability from the social model. Many pwd's on the list; the focus is philosophy, sociology, political economy, etc as it relates to the rights of people with disabilities. To subscribe, send this message: JOIN DISABILITY-RESEARCH (in an otherwise empty e-mail with a blank subject line)
addressed to: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk
Mobility
A "cyber-cafe" for people with disabilities. To subscribe, send this message: SUBSCRIBE MOBILITY (in an otherwise empty e-mail with a blank subject line)
addressed to: listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu

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Links to Websites of Other Scholarly Societies

American Anthropological Association

American Council of Learned Societies

American Historical Association

American Philosophical Association

American Political Science Association

American Psychological Association

American Psychological Society

American Sociological Association

American Studies Association

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

Association of American Geographers

International Society of Political Psychology

Modern Language Association

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

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