Website Considerations
While these websites may not be considered as scholarly resources, they are generally considered reliable.
History of Disability
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Disability Archive - University of Leeds"The archive aims to provide disabled people, students and scholars access to the writings of those disability activists, writers and allies whose work may no longer be easily accessible."
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Disability History Museum"Our collections - Documents and Visual Stills - are associated with the cultural and social history of people with disabilities across the lifespan and diagnosis categories."
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Museum of Disability HistoryVirtual "exhibits" regarding Advocacy, Education, Media, Medicine and Society.
Primary Sources
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The Disability Rights and Independent Living MovementContains more than 100 oral histories of the leaders, participants and observers of the Disability Rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
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Disability Voices - British LibraryRecordings of over 500 interviews that chart the experiences of disabled people.
Disability in the Arts
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Disability Arts InternationalAims "to explore and share best practice around accessibility to the arts and to showcase the work of disabled artists and inclusive companies working at an international level."
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National Arts & Disability Center"The mission of the National Arts and Disability Center (NADC) is to promote the inclusion of audiences and artists with disabilities into all facets of the arts community."
Disability and the Law
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Disability Rights Education & Defense FundMission: to advance the civil and human rights of people with disabilities through legal advocacy, education and policy development
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Legal Information InstituteCollection of information related to disability laws, as compiled by affiliates of Cornell Law School.
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United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Disability"Our global mission is to promote the rights and advancement of persons with disabilities within a broad mandate provided by the World Programme of Action (1982), Standard Rules (1994) and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006), as well as other relevant human rights and development instruments."
Disability-related Statistics
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Employment Data - MichiganAllows users to find, sort, and analyze data related to employment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Annual Disability Statistics CompendiumA compendium of disability statistics published by various federal agencies.
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Disability data - U.S. CensusContains data from the American Community Survey (ACS), the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), and the Current Population Survey (CPS).
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Disability & Health Data System - CDCProvides state-level health and demographic data about adults with disabilities.
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Disability Statistics - United NationsInternational depository of disability statistics, compiled from national population, housing censuses and household surveys.
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