Electronic Resources

Following is a select bibliography of electronic resources on Disability Awareness. Are materials are available through the library website for authorized users.

Databases

  • Social Sciences Abstracts
  • Social Sciences Citation IndexSociological Abstracts/Sociofile CSA
  • Social Science Electronic Data Library (SSEDL)

Electronic Journals

  • American Annals of the Deaf:
  • American Journal of Mental Retardation
  • Applied Research in Mental Retardation
  • Assistive Technology
  • Deafness & Education International
  • Disability & Society
  • Disability and Rehabilitation
  • Disability Compliance Bulletin
  • Disability Compliance for Higher Education
  • Disability Leave & Absence Reporter: A newsletter covering disability leave issues.
  • Disability, Culture and Education
  • Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
  • Education of the Handicapped
  • International Journal of Disability, Development, and Education
  • Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps
  • Journal of Deaf Studies & Deaf Education
  • Journal of Disability Policy Studies
  • Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
  • Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
  • Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
  • Learning Disability Practice
  • Learning Disability Quarterly
  • Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter
  • Mental Retardation
  • Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews
  • Report on Disability Law
  • Report on Disability Programs
  • Sexuality and Disability
  • Technology and Disability

EBooks

Disability: General Resources

  • Adults with Disabilities: International Perspectives in the Community / Paul Retish and Shunit Reiter
  • Americans with Disabilities, 2002 / Erika Steinmetz
  • Brothers and Sisters of Disabled Children / Peter Burke
  • Disability and American Families, 2000 / Qi Wang
  • Handbook of Communication and People with Disabilities: Research and Application / Dawn O. Braithwaite and Teresa L. Thompson (eds.)
  • Listening in Silence, Seeing in the Dark: Reconstructing Life After Brain Injury / Ruthann Knechel Johansen

Disability & Identity

  • Claiming Disability: Knowledge and Identity / Simi Linton
  • Emily Dickinson’s Vision: Illness and Identity in Her Poetry / James R. Guthrie

Blind Culture

  • Blind People: The Private and Public Life of Sightless Israelis / Shlomo Deshen
  • A Field Guide for the Sight Impaired Reader: A Comprehensive Resource for Students, Teachers, and Librarians / Andrew Leibs Sight Unseen / Georgina Kleege
  • The Two-in-One: Waling with Smokie, Walking with Blindness / Rod Michalko

Deaf Culture

  • Lend Me Your Ear: Rhetorical Constructions of Deafness / Brenda Jo Brueggemann
  • Reading Between the Signs: Intercultural Communication for Sign Language Interpreters / Anna Midness with Thomas K. Holcomb, Daniel Langholtz, and Priscilla Poynor Moyers
  • Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood / Paddy Ladd

Hidden Disabilities: Learning

  • Coping with a Learning Disability / Lawrence Clayton and Jaydene Morrison
  • Everything You Need to Know About Learning Disabilities / Mary BowmanKruhm and Claudine G. Wirths
  • Learning Disabilities: Appropriate Practices for a Diverse Population / Barry Edwards McNamara
  • Learning Disabilities in Children / Peter Burke and Katy Cigno
  • Meeting Difficulties in Literacy Development: Research, Policy and Practice / Janice Wearmouth, Janet Soler and Gavin Reid
  • Parenting Children with Learning Disabilities / Jane Utley Adelizzi and Diane B. Goss
  • Research and Global Perspectives in Learning Disabilities: Essays in Honor of William M. Cruickshank / Daniel P. Hallahan and Barbara K. Keogh (eds.)
  • Sexuality and Women with Learning Disabilities / Michelle McCarthy
  • The Social Dimensions of Learning Disabilities: Essays in Honor of Tanis Bryan / Bernice Y.L. Wong, and Mavis Donahue (eds.)
  • Speaking, Reading, and Writing in Children with Language Learning Disabilities: New Paradigms in Research and Practice / Katharine G. Butler and Elaine R. Silliman (eds.)

Hidden Disabilities: Health

  • AIDS in Europe: New Challenges for the Social Sciences / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Rona MossMorris and Keith J. Petrie
  • The Chronic Illness Experience: Embracing the Imperfect Life / Cheri Register
  • Chronic Illness and Retirement in Jamaica / Sudhanshu Handa and Monica Neitzert
  • Finding the Joy in Today: Practical Readings for Living with Chronic Illness / Sefra Kobrin Pitzele
  • The Only Way Out is to Die: Perceptions and Experiences of Rural, Homebound, Older Diabetics / Sharon Robbins George

Hidden Disabilities: Autism/Aspergers Syndrome

  • Autism and AutisticLike Conditions in Mental Retardations / Dirk Kraijer
  • Relationship Development Intervention with Young Children: Social and Emotional Development Activities for Asperger Syndrome, Autism, PDD, and NLD / Steven E. Gutstein and Rachelle K. Sheely

Disability Rights Movement & Disability Law

  • Accessibility Under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Other Laws: A Guide to Enforcement and Compliance / Earl B. Slavitt and Donna J. Pugh (eds.)
  • Disability in Islamic Law / Vardit RisplerChaim Disability in Jewish Law / Tzvi C. Marx
  • Disability Law and Policy: A Collective Vision / American Bar Association, Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law
  • Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment / James I. Charlton

Disability & Employment

  • Attitudinal Barriers / U.S. Dept. of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy
  • Career Success for People with Physical Disabilities / Sharon F. Kissane
  • Disability Friendly Strategies in the Workplace / U.S. Dept. of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy
  • The Labor Market Experience of Workers with Disabilities: The ADA and Beyond / Julie L. Hotchkiss
  • On the Job: Employers and Employees in Their Own Words / U.S. Dept. of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy
  • Opening Doors to all Candidates: Tips for Ensuring Access for Applicants with Disabilities / U.S. Dept. of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy
  • Voices of Diversity: Real People Talk About Problems and Solutions in a Workplace Where Everyone is Not Alike / Renee Blank, and Sandra Slipp

Assistive Technology & Universal Design

  • Adaptive Technology for the Internet: Making Electronic Resources Accessible to All / Barbara T. Mates
  • Inclusive Design Guidelines for HCl / Colette Nicolle and Julio Abascal (eds.)

Gender Issues and Disability

  • Sexuality and Women with Learning Disabilities / Michelle McCarthy
  • Venus on Wheels: Two Decades of Dialogue on Disability, Biography, and Being Female in America / Gelya Frank

Biographies

  • Casa Angelica: Arlene’s Legacy / Rena Arrigoni The Unlikely Celebrity: Bill Sackter’s Triumph Over Disability / Thomas Walz
  • Working with Hannah: A Special Girl in a Mainstream School / Liz Wise and Chris Glass

Education

  • Birth to Five: Early Childhood Special Education / Frank G. Bowe
  • Combating Educational Disadvantage: Meeting the Needs of Vulnerable Children / Theo Cox (ed.)
  • Contemporary Special Education Research: Syntheses of the Knowledge Base on Critical Instructional Issues / Russell Gersten, Ellen P. Schiller, and Sharon Vaughn (eds.)
  • Enhancing Diversity: Educators with Disabilities / Ronald J. Anderson, Clayton E. Keller, and Joan M. Karp, (eds.)
  • Inclusive Education: A Casebook and Readings for Prospective and Practicing Teachers / Suzanne E. Wade (ed.)
  • Invisible Children in the Society and Its Schools / Sue Books (ed.)
  • The Least Restrictive Environment: Its Origins and Interpretations in Special Education / Jean B. Crockett and James M. Kauffman
  • Let’s Talk About Needing Extra Help at School / Susan Kent
  • Preparing Teachers for Inclusive Education: Case Pedagogies and Curricula for Teacher Educators / Suzanne E. Wade (ed.)
  • Schooling Children with Down Syndrome: Toward and Understanding of Possibility / Christopher Kliewer
  • Special Education: A Summary of Legal Requirements, Terms, and Trends / Richard F. Daugherty
  • Strategies for Including Children with Special Needs in Early Childhood Settings / M. Diane Klein, Ruth E. Cook, and Anne Marie Richardson Gibbs

History & Stigma

  • Deviant Bodies: Critical Perspectives on Difference in Science and Popular Culture / Jennifer Terry and Jacqueline Urla (eds.)
  • Everybody Belongs: Changing Negative Attitudes Toward Classmates with Disabilities / Arthur Shapiro

Physical Disabilities

  • Choosing a Wheelchair: A Guide for Optimal Independence / Gary Karp Life of Wheels: For the Active Wheelchair User / Gary Karp
  • When Walking Fails: Mobility Problems of Adults with Chronic Conditions / Lisa I. Iezzoni.

Online Resources

General

  • Amputee Coalition of America
  • Benefits for People with Disabilities
  • Disabled American Veterans
  • Disabled People International
  • Disabled Veterans Emphasis Program
  • World Associations of People with Disabilities

Farmers

  • National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Veterinarians

  • The Friends of AIM HI

Articles

  • Sixteen Years After ADA: Official Challenges Employers to Hire the Disabled by Audrey Fischer
  • Reclamation of the Disabled from the Industrial Army by Lieut.Col. Harry E. Mock
  • “Disabled Persons Can Make a Significant Contribution to Agricultural Projects”

Reports

  • Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Fisc al Year 2007
  • Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Plan & Fiscal Year 2006
  • Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program Accomplishment Report