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More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #52:
Physically
Challenged
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Independent Living |
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The UN Convention on the Rights of People With Disabilities |
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World Institute on Disability |
| Disability
Related Organizations -- Links |
| National
Organization on Disability |
| Independent
Living Institute (devoted to "promoting the self determination of
people with disabilities") |
| The
National Council on Independent Living |
| Guiding
Principles (from National Council on Independent Living) |
| The
National Council on Disability (NCD) |
| The
Movement for Independent Living--A Brief History, by Maggie Shreve |
| Independent
Living Centers (a list of hundreds of such centers in USA, many
state-supported) |
| Center
for An Accessible Society |
| ADA
Homepage (info and technical assistance related to the Americans With
Disabilities Act) |
| Disability
Culture -- Links |
| Disability
Rights and Independent Living Movement (from UC Berkeley where the
movement began) |
| Resource
Center for Independent Living |
| My
Senior Care ("a community for senior housing, home care, and
health") |
| Who Me? Self-Esteem for People with Disabilities
by Suzanne Tanner
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| Home
Modifications to Promote Independent Living (four page fact
sheet from AARP, promoted by disability.gov) |
| The
Ultimate Guide to Home Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities
(one of many articles re: disabilities/ independent living from
publichealthcorps) |
| Aging
Parents and Elder Care (from Senior Solutions of America, Inc.) |
| Disability
Benefits Guide (link to the entire guide for 2016 re USA social
security benefits from The Simple Dollar) |
| "How
to Exercise if You Have Limited Mobility" (chair exercises and
fitness tips for disabled people) |
| "How
to Remodel for Accessibility" (Angies List post) |
| "Healthy
Eating for Wheel Chair Bound People" (from HealthyEating.net
website) |
| Enabling
Acts by Lennard Davis (more on this 2015 book about the ADA from
Beacon Press) |
| Being
Mortal by Atul Gawande (review of highly recommended book by Sheri
Fink New York Times Nov 6 2014) |
| "A
Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing
Death" by BJ. Miller and S. Berger (July 19 2019 The Washington
Post article) |
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“Driverless
cars promise far greater mobility for the elderly and people with
disabilities”
by Ashley Halsey III (article from Nov 23 2017 The
Washington Post) |
| "End
of Life : What People Want Most in their Final Months" (article
in The Economist April 29 2017) |
| Reversing
Deafness (report from The Economist August 20 2016) |
| "Workplaces
Can Be Particularly Stressful For Disabled Americans, Poll Finds"
by Yuki Noguchi (NPR story July 13 2016) |
| "Displaying
Braille: Reading Lessons" (article about tablet computers for
blind people from The Economist June 20 2015)
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| Being
Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande (book
review in The Economist Oct 4 2014) |
| "Disability: Who Counts?"
(article from The Economist December 14 2013) |
| "The Home Remedy for Old Age"
by Jonathan Rauch (article from The Atlantic December 2013) |
| "Technology and Deaf People: Listen Up"
(article from The Economist July 20 2013) |
| "US
Senate Rejects UN Treaty on Disability Rights Amid GOP Opposition"
(news report from The Guardian Dec 4 2012) |
| "A
Disabled Writer's Book Unfolds a Tap At a Time" by Nita
Lelyveld (LA Times article 12/3/2011) |
| "Independent
Living Movement: organizing for an active, disabled old age," by
Judith E. Heumann |
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| "Americans
With Disabilities Act Turns 20" by Suzanne Robitaille (July
26 2010 USA Today story) |
| Geriatrics:
Dementia, Delirium and Depression with James Bourgeois (2008 UCTV
program) |
| The
Disability Rights Movement--From Charity to Confrontation (read this
2001 book at Google Books) |
| The
History of Disability: A History of 'Otherness' by Jayne Clapton and
Jennifer Fitzgerald |
| The
Center on Human Policy / Syracuse University ("policy, research,
and advocacy organization" working to insure the rights of those with
disabilities) |
| Christy
Brown (from online encyclopedia)--author of My Left Foot,
painter and poet overcame cerebal palsy |
| Temple
Grandin's Official Autism website (inspiring story of overcoming
disability made into award-winning 2010 movie) |
| Family
Fun and Resources for Families with Disabilities and Special Needs |
| History
of Independent Living, by Gina McDonald and Mike Oxford |
| Rethinking
Disabilities: Toward Inclusive Communities, by Michael Peterson |
| "Generativity
Versus Stagnation:
The
Seventh Stage of Psychosocial Development" by
Kendra Cherry |
| Waist
High in the World: A Life Among the Non-Disabled by Nancy Mairs (more
on this 1997 book) |
| The
Experience of Motor Disability by Hans Bleeker and Karel J. Mulderij
(classic often cited article) |
| National
Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research |
| quotes
related to disabilities |