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Disabilities |
Disabilities (General) |
Disabilities are limitations in activity and/or functioning that are attributable to permanent medical conditions in physical, mental, emotional, and/or sensory domains and, significantly, are also due to societal responses to those limitations. Disabilities, then, denote more atomized perspectives on the phenomenon than does "disability" or "impairment". Those latter terms focus upon conditions within the individual. The term disabilities, by contrast, recognizes that people with disabiliti ...
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Resources
- (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
- 1999 Federal Government TTY Directory (Federal Citizen Information Center, GSA)
- 2001-2002 Alzheimer’s Disease Progress Report (Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center, NIA, NIH, HHS)
- A Parent's Guide to Accessing Programs for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers with Disabilities (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- A Parent's Guide to Doctors, Disabilities, and the Family (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- A Parent's Guide to Special Ed / Special Needs (Council of Disability Rights)
- A Physician's Guide to Fibromyalgia Syndrome (Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center)
- Abuse (Center for Research on Women with Disabilities)
- Access Board
- Access to Disability Data (National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, ED)
- Accessible Vans: The Ins and Outs of Getting Out and About (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
- Accommodating People with Chronic Pain (Job Accommodation Network)
- Accommodating People with Heart Conditions (Job Accommodation Network)
- Accommodating People With Lupus (Job Accommodation Network)
- Accommodating People with Multiple Sclerosis (Job Accommodation Network)
- Accommodating People with Muscular Dystrophy (Job Accommodation Network)
- Accommodating People with Parkinson's Disease (Job Accommodation Network)
- Accommodating Workers with Bipolar Disorder (Job Accommodation Network)
- Accommodation Ideas for Employees with Epilepsy (Job Accommodation Network)
- Accommodation Information By Disability (Office of Disability Employment Policy)
- Accommodations for People with Mental Retardation (Job Accommodation Network)
- Accommodations For People with PTSD (Job Accommodation Network)
- ADA Mediation Program Fact Sheet (U.S. Department of Justice)
- ADA: Your Rights as an Individual with a Disability, The (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Publications Information Center)
- Adapting Motor Vehicles for People with Disabilities (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT)
- Adapting Motor Vehicles for People with Disabilities (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Administration for Children and Families
- Adopting a Child with Special Needs (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, ACYF, ACF, HHS)
- Age Page: Hearing Loss (National Institute on Aging)
- Agent Orange Health Effects and Vietnam Veterans (Veterans Benefits Administration)
- Aging and Your Eyes (National Institute on Aging)
- Aging with Developmental Disabilities: Women's Health Issues (Arc of the United States)
- AgrAbility Project (Dept. of Agriculture)
- AHRQ Research on Long-Term Care (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Air Carrier Access Act: Common Questions and Answers about Air Travel for Wheelchair Users (Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association)
- Alcohol Alert #13: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, HHS)
- Alliance for Technology Access
- Alzheimer's Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Alzheimer's Disease Genetics (National Institute on Aging)
- Alzheimer's Disease: Unraveling the Mystery (National Institute on Aging) - includes optional videos that require QuickTime 5 or Windows Media 6.4 to view (National Institute on Aging)
- Americans with Disabilities - Accessibility Guidelines for Transportation Vehicles (The Access Board)
- Americans with Disabilities Act - ADA Home Page (Dept. of Justice)
- Americans with Disabilities Act - Public Law 101-336 (Office of Disability Employment Policy)
- Americans with Disabilities Act and How It Affects Psychologists, The (American Psychological Association)
- Americans With Disabilities Act Focus on Key Provisions (Office of Disability Employment Policy)
- Americans With Disabilities Act Focus on Public Accommodations (Office of Disability Employment Policy)
- Americans With Disabilities Act Focus on Telecommunications (Office of Disability Employment Policy)
- Americans With Disabilities Act Focus on Transportation (Office of Disability Employment Policy)
- Americans with Disabilities Act Focus on Veterans (Office of Disability Employment Policy)
- Americans With Disabilities Act Guide for Small Businesses (Federal Citizen Information Center, GSA)
- Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (Office of Disability Employment Policy)
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Titles I and V, The (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Publications Information Center)
- Americans with Disabilities Act: Civil Rights for People with Disabilities, The (Council of Disability Rights)
- Americans with Disabilities Act: Questions and Answers, The (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Publications Information Center)
- Americans with Disabilities ActAccessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (U.S. Department of Justice)
- Anorexia Nervosa (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
- Anorexia [Easy-to-Read] (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
- Anxiety Disorders (American Psychiatric Association)
- Anxiety Disorders: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (National Mental Health Association)
- AoA Fact Sheet on Alzheimer's Disease (Administration on Aging, HHS)
- Aphasia (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Appeals Process, The (Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries)
- Are You at Risk For Age-Related Macular Degeneration? (National Eye Institute, NIH, HHS)
- Are You At Risk for Cataract? (National Eye Institute, NIH, HHS)
- Are You At Risk For Glaucoma? (National Eye Institute, NIH, HHS)
- Ask NOAH About Genetic Diseases: Down Syndrome (New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH))
- Ask NOAH About Multiple Sclerosis (New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH))
- Ask NOAH About: Cystic Fibrosis (National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation)
- Ask Noah About: Dementia (New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH))
- Ask NOAH About: Dissociative Identity Disorder (New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH))
- Ask NOAH About: Schizophrenia Fact Sheet (New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH))
- ASPE Research Notes - Population Estimates of Disability and Long-Term Care (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), OS, HHS)
- Asperger Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Asperger Syndrome (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
- ATOD Resource List: People with Disabilities (National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI), SAMSHA, HHS)
- Attention Disorder: Overcoming the Deficit Abuse of Attention Deficit Drug Can Be Deadly (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
- Autism (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Autism and Communication (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- Autism in Children and Adolescents (National Mental Health Information Center, SAMHSA, HHS)
- Autismo (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, HHS)
- Autonomic Hyperreflexia (Center for Research on Women with Disabilities)
- ¿Cuándo es excesivo el ruido? (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Batten Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Batten Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Batten Disease Facts and Fictions (ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education (CE), ERIC, NLE, OERI, ED)
- Benefits and Barriers to Fitness for Children with Disabilities (National Center on Physical Activity and Disability)
- Benefits for Children with Disabilities (Social Security Administration)
- Bipolar Disorder (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Bipolar Disorder (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
- Birth Control for Women with Epilepsy (Epilepsy Foundation, The)
- Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, HHS)
- Brain Injury (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women with Physical Disabilities (Center for Research on Women with Disabilities)
- Breast Self-Examination: A New Approach (Breast Health Access for Women With Disabilities)
- Captions for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Viewers (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- CarePlanner (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
- CDR Guide to Disability Rights (Council of Disability Rights)
- Centers of Excellence - Chronic Illness and Disability (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
- Cerebral Palsy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Cerebral Palsy -- Hope through Research (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Checklist for Your Eye Doctor Appointment (Prevent Blindness America)
- Child with Autism, The (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
- Children Who Are Mentally Retarded (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
- Children with Learning Disabilities (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Closing the Gap: Improving the Quality of Life for Minorities with Disabilities (Office of Minority Health Resource Center, OMH, OPHS, OS, HHS)
- Closing the Gap: National Diabetes Education Program (Office of Minority Health Resource Center, OMH, OPHS, OS, HHS)
- Cochlear Implants (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Cochlear Implants in Adults and Children (Office of Medical Applications of Research, NIH, HHS)
- Color Blindness (Prevent Blindness America)
- Common Eye Myths (Prevent Blindness America)
- Common Questions about Spinal Cord Injury (National Spinal Cord Injury Association)
- Commonly Asked Questions About Service Animals in Places of Business (U.S. Department of Justice)
- Communicating with and about People with Disabilities (Office of Disability Employment Policy)
- Community Outreach to Women Veterans (Veterans Benefits Administration)
- Crime Victims With Disabilities Awareness ActDisabilities (U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents)
- Deafness and Hearing Loss (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- Dealing with the Depths of Depression (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
- Decreasing the Chance of Birth Defects (Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,)
- Delivering on the Promise: Self-Evaluation to Promote Community Living for People with Disabilities (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- Dementia - Multi-Infarct (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Depression (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Depression in Older Persons (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
- Depression in Women (National Mental Health Association)
- Depression Research at the National Institute of Mental Health (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Depression: Don't Let the Blues Hang Around (National Institute on Aging)
- Depression: What Every Woman Should Know (National Institute of Mental Health)
- DepressionSupportive Care - Patients (National Cancer Institute)
- Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- Developmental Disabilities (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC)
- Diabetes Overview (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Diabetic Retinopathy: What You Should Know (National Eye Institute)
- Directory of Sports Organizations for Athletes with Disabilities (American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
- Directory of Summer Camps for Children with Disabilities: Summer 2003 (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities)
- Disabilities (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Disabilities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Disabilities (Medline Plus)
- Disabilities (National Institutes of Health)
- Disabilities That Qualify Infants, Toddlers, Children, and Youth for Services Under the IDEA (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- Disability Among Racial and Ethnic Groups (Disability Statistics Center)
- Disability Data for Disability Policy: Availability, Access and Analysis (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), OS, HHS)
- Disability Etiquette Tips (National Organization on Disability)
- Disability Outcomes and Prevention (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
- Disability Starter Kit (Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries)
- Disability Status: 2000 (Bureau of the Census)
- Disorders of Vocal Abuse and Misuse (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Disparities by Disability Status (American Public Health Association) - Links to PDF File
- Dispelling the Myth: (Center for Research on Women with Disabilities)
- Dissociative Disorders (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
- Diversity and Disabilities (Office of Disability Employment Policy)
- Down Syndrome (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- Down Syndrome (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Dystonias (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Eating Disorders: Fads and Facts (National Institute of Mental Health Information Center)
- El Autismo/PDD (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- El Retraso Mental (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- El Servicio de Recursos para Empresas y Trabajadores (CDC HIV/AIDS Workplace Education - Business Responds to AIDS and Labor Responds to AIDS programs (BRTA/LRTA))
- Emergency Evacuation Preparedness: Taking Responsibility for Your Safety; A Guide for People with Disabilities and Other Activity Limitations (Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions at Western University of Health Sciences)
- Emotional Disturbance (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- Employment - Title I (Rocky Mountain Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center)
- Employment Rights of People with Communication Disabilities (American Speech-Language Hearing Association)
- Enforcement Guidance on Preemployment Disability-Related Questions and Medical Examinations Under the ADA Act. (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Publications Information Center)
- Epilepsy (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- Epilepsy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Epilepsy and Pregnancy: What You Should Know (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Epilepsy and Sexual Relations (Epilepsy Foundation, The)
- Epilepsy: Taming the Seizures, Dispelling the Myths (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
- Fact Sheet on Spina Bifida (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- Facts & Figures About Mental Illness (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
- Facts About Cataracts - Information for Patients (National Eye Institute, NIH, HHS)
- Facts About Eating Disorders (National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders)
- Facts About Fragile X Syndrome (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Clearinghouse, NICHD, NIH, HHS)
- Facts About Glaucoma - Information for Patients (National Eye Institute, NIH, HHS)
- Facts About the Americans with Disabilities Act (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Publications Information Center)
- Facts About The Cornea and Corneal Disease (National Eye Institute, NIH, HHS)
- FAQ's about Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance)
- FASTATS: Disabilities/Impairments (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Feet Can Last a Lifetime - A Health Care Provider's Guide to Preventing Diabetes Foot Problems (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, NIDDK, NIH, HHS)
- Find a Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician (American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
- Finding a Camp for Your Child With Special Needs (Nemours Foundation)
- Fire Prevention for Person with Disabilities (Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association)
- Floaters (Prevent Blindness America)
- FM Monograph: What is Fibromyalgia? (National Fibromyalgia Partnership, Inc.)
- Food for Thought: MS and Nutrition (National Multiple Sclerosis Society)
- Foot Care (National Institute on Aging)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Prevent Blindness America)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Cataract (Prevent Blindness America)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Computers and Their Effects on Your Eyes (Prevent Blindness America)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Diabetic Retinopathy (Prevent Blindness America)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Dry Eye (Prevent Blindness America)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Glaucoma (Prevent Blindness America)
- Frequently Asked Questions About Legal Issues (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
- Frequently Asked Questions about Retinal Tears and Detachments (Prevent Blindness America)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Strabismus (Prevent Blindness America)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Turner Syndrome (Turner's Syndrome Society of the United States)
- General ADA Documents (Rocky Mountain ADA Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC))
- General Information About Cerebral Palsy (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- General Information About Severe and/or Multiple Disabilities (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- Genetic Testing for Cystic Fibrosis (Office of Medical Applications of Research, NIH, HHS)
- Getting Treatment for Panic Disorders (National Institute of Mental Health Information Center)
- Growing Older With Good Vision (Prevent Blindness America)
- Guide to Disability Income Insurance (Health Insurance Association of America)
- Guide to Disability Rights Laws (Federal Citizen Information Center, GSA)
- Guide to the Individualized Education Program (Dept. of Education)
- Gynecologic Health (Center for Research on Women with Disabilities)
- Having a Daughter with a Disability: Is It Different for Girls? (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- Health Conditions and Impairments Causing Disability (Disability Statistics Center)
- Healthwatch for the Person with Down Syndrome II (National Down Syndrome Congress)
- HHS Programs Serve Americans With Disabilities (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
- Higher Rates of Depression in Women (National Mental Health Association)
- Histoplasmosis Resource Guide (National Eye Institute, NIH, HHS)
- HIV and AIDS in Pregnancy (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Holiday Depression & Stress (National Mental Health Association)
- Hormones and Epilepsy (Epilepsy Foundation, The)
- How Can I Make My Special Needs Child’s Future Secure? (Administration on Aging)
- How HIV Causes AIDS (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- How to File a Discrimination Complaint with the Office for Civil Rights (Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- How to File a Title III Complaint (U.S. Department of Justice)
- How to Pay For Mental Health Services (National Mental Health Information Center, SAMHSA, HHS)
- Huntington's Disease: Hope through Research (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Ideas for Accommodating People with Arthritis (Job Accommodation Network)
- Ideas for Accommodating Persons with Myasthenia Gravis (Job Accommodation Network)
- Ideas for Writing an Accommodation Request Letter (Job Accommodation Network)
- If You're Over 65 and Feeling Depressed: Treatment Brings New Hope (National Institute of Mental Health Information Center)
- Impedimentos Visuales (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- Individual with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 (U.S. Department of Education)
- Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) (Nemours Foundation)
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Information Sheet (Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center)
- Information for the Air Traveler with a Disability (U.S. Department of Transportation)
- Informed Consumer's Guide to Funding Assistive Technology (ABLEDATA, NIDDR, ED)
- Job Accommodation Network (JAN) (Office of Disability Employment Policy)
- Kids With Special Needs (Nemours Foundation)
- Kids' Quest on Disability and Health (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities)
- Kids' Quest on Disability and Health: Dictionary (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities)
- Know Your Rights (National Mental Health Information Center, SAMHSA, HHS)
- La Enfermedad de Parkinson: Esperanza en la Investigacion (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, HHS)
- La Epilepsia (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- La Espina Bifida (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- La Parálisis Cerebral (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- La Sordera y la Pérdida de la Capacidad Auditiva (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- Landau-Kleffner Syndrome (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Learning Disabilities (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- Learning Disabilities (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Lesión Cerebral (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- Let's Talk about Depression (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Limb Loss Frequently Asked Questions (Amputee Coalition of America)
- Literature Review of the Status of Research on the Transportation and Mobility Needs of Older Women (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT)
- Living with Low Vision? 10 Steps to Ensure Your Independence (Prevent Blindness America)
- Living with Narcolepsy (National Sleep Foundation)
- Mainstreaming in Classrooms (Nemours Foundation)
- Making Prevention Work - Actions for Family Members of People With Disabilities (National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI), SAMSHA, HHS)
- Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy Increases Children's Risk for Mental Retardation (Office on Smoking and Health, NCCDPHP, CDC, HHS)
- Medicaid Buy-In for Working People with Disabilities (Social Security Administration)
- Medicaid Recipients with Disabilities Benefit from Directing Their Own Personal Care Services, Study Finds (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
- Medications (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Mental Illness and the Family: Mental Illness Statistics (National Mental Health Association)
- Mental Illness and the Family: Part II: Finding the Right Mental Health Care For You (National Mental Health Association)
- Mental Illness in the Family: Recognizing the Warning Signs & How to Cope (National Mental Health Association)
- Mental Retardation (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED)
- Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Branch, NICHD: Report to the NACHHD Council, January 2001 (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Clearinghouse, NICHD, NIH, HHS)
- Modifying Your Home for Independence (American Occupational Therapy Association)
- MS and Intimacy (National Multiple Sclerosis Society)