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Disabilities Web Resources
Careers in disability focused medicine
Children with chronic
illnesses, disabilities, etc.
Chronic illness
Disablity-related research articles
- International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health
- Crossing the quality chasm: Institute of Medicine (IOM) Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century (2001) Washington DC: National Academies Press
- Healthy People 2010, Chapter 6
- Batshaw, M. (1997). Children with Disabilities (Fourth Edition), Baltimore: Paul Brookes.
- Surgeon General's Report: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General-Executive Summary. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, 1999.
Employment, equality
and gender
General disability information
Learning disabilities
Legal issues
Medical School Admission
Mental health issues
Resources/referrals for patients with disabilities
- American Association On Mental Retardation (AAMR)
Contains information regarding projects and conventions as well as abstracts from periodicals sponsored by the AAMR.
- Administration on Developmental Disabilities
A partnership with state governments, local communities, and the private sector to assist people with developmental disabilities to reach maximum potential through increased independence, productivity, and community integration. They address all elements of the life cycle: prevention; diagnosis; early intervention; therapy; education; training; employment; and community living and leisure opportunities.
- Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
- Avenues to Independence
A non-profit, charitable organization, providing residential, vocational and daily living support in a wide variety of programs for persons with developmental disabilities.
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Online Community www.dbpeds.org
The Pediatric Development and Behavior Homepage is an independent web site created to promote better care and outcomes for children and families affected by developmental, learning, and behavioral problems by providing access to clinically relevant information and educational material for physicians, fellows, resident physicians, and students. The site may also be of interest to psychologists, nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers, therapists, educators, and parents.
- First Words Project
A model early identification and intervention program based in the Department of Communication Disorders at Florida State University. Staffed by speech-language pathologists and interdisciplinary consultants, they are funded to evaluate the communication development of children from 6 to 24 months of age in Leon County. For children who are delayed in communication development, they offer families a menu of service options. Services are offered at no cost to families or service providers, based on availability of grant funds. In addition to services provided in Leon County, they are developing educational materials for training of healthcare and childcare providers to build their capacities for earlier detection of communication problems in young children.
- National Association of Developmental Disabilities
Promotes national policy, which enables individuals with developmental disabilities the opportunity to make choices regarding the quality of their lives and be included in the community.
- National Association on Mental Retardation
The Arc of the United States is the nation's leading national organization on mental retardation. It represents over seven million children and adults with mental retardation and their families and has over 140,000 members within approximately 1,000 state and local chapters nationwide.
- Park Lawn
Provides comprehensive services for people with developmental disabilities and their families.
- Partners in Policymaking
Partners is an innovative, competency based leadership training program for adults with developmental disabilities and parents of young children with disabilities.
- The Consortium of Developmental Disabilities Council (CDDC)
A member-driven organization that is committed to representing the diverse interests of Developmental Disabilities Councils and the people with disabilities that Councils were created to serve.
- National Center for Environment Health at the Centers for Disease Control
Contains information related to birth defects and developmental disabilities.
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