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October is National Disability Awareness Month
and
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Campus
Office of Disability
Services at UT
The mission of the Office of Disability Services is to provide each
student with a disability an equal opportunity to participate in
the university's programs and activities. Disability
Awareness Training for Faculty (presentation)
Library
Services for Persons with Disabilities
The University of Tennessee Libraries is committed to providing
access to library materials and services for all users and will
make every effort to accommodate reasonable requests from library
users with disabilities.
Disabilities
Career Office (presentations)
The Disability-Careers Office is a grant-funded initiative at the
University of Tennessee, designed to assist college students, with
all types of disabilities, in receiving career planning and guidance
through the Career Services office. The office provides assistance
to all students with a documented disability as evidenced by funding
from Tennessee Vocational Rehabilitation Services.
Center
on Disability and Employment
The Center on Disability and Employment advances universal access
for people with disabilities in employment, education, and life.
The Center fosters continuous learning and improvement among the
workforce, human service professionals, community members, and academic
environment.
Disability
Resource Center
The Disability Resource Center is a non-profit organization run
for and BY people with disabilities. It is a community based, non-residential
program of services designed to assist people with disabilities
gain independence and to assist the community in the elimination
of barriers to independence.
East Tennessee
Technology Access Center, Inc.
The East Tennessee Technology Access Center is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to helping people with disabilities reach their potential
for learning, working, speaking and living through the use of assistive
technology (anything that helps the functional capabilities of people
with disabilities).
Mayor's
Council on Disability Issues (Knoxville)
Tennessee Protection
& Advocacy, Inc.
Tennessee Protection and Advocacy, Inc. (TP&A) advocates for
the rights of Tennesseans with disabilities to ensure they have
an equal opportunity to be productive and respected members of our
society.
Tennessee
Disability Pathfinder
The Tennessee Disability Pathfinder is a “good place to start”
when seeking current information about community services around
the state. It is a free, statewide, information and referral service
for persons with disabilities, family members, and service providers.
The scope of information includes all disabilities and individuals
of all ages. Service is provided in English and Spanish.
Boling Center
for Developmental Disabilities
The Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities (BCDD) is an interdisciplinary
program that supports children and adults with developmental disabilities
and their families through training, service, applied research,
information dissemination, planning, and policy development.
Tennessee
Technology Action Project
TTAP's mission is to maintain a statewide program of technology-related
assistance that is timely, comprehensive and consumer driven to
ensure that all Tennesseans with disabilities have the information,
services and devices that they need to make choices about where
and how they spend their time as independently as possible.
ARC
of Tennessee
The Arc of Tennessee is a grassroots, non-profit organization founded
in 1952 and is affiliated with The Arc of the United States. The
Arc of Tennessee is also a membership organization composed of people
with mental retardation and other disabilities, their parents, friends,
and the professionals who assist them in reaching their goals.
Federal
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Department of Justice ADA Homepage
Office of Disability Employment Policy, Department of Labor
disABILITYinfo.gov
U.S.
Census Bureau Data on Disability
National Library of Medicine Disabilities Guide
Advocacy
Disability Rights
Education & Defense Fund
National Organization on DisABILITY
National Center for Dissemination of Disability Research
Interacting with Persons with Disabilities
Guidelines for Appropriate Language
The resources below are just a few of those available. To find additional books and reports, search the catalog. Consider searching with these terms: people with disabilities, accessibility, disabilities, Americans with Disabilities Act.
Encyclopedia of disability and rehabilitation / Arthur E. Dell
Orto, editor; Robert P. Marinelli, editor.
Hodges Reference / Reference: HV1568 .E53 1995
Americans with Disabilities Act handbook / Henry H. Perritt, Jr.
Hodges Reference / Reference: KF3469 .P47
Encyclopedia of special education : a reference for the education
of the handicapped and other exceptional children and adults / edited
by Cecil R. Reynolds, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen.
Hodges Reference / Reference: LC4007 .E53 2000
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) : overview, regulations,
and interpretations / Nancy Lee Jones.
Hodges Library / Stacks: KF3738 .J66 2003
Unequal rights : discrimination against people with mental disabilities
and the Americans with Disabilities Act / Susan Stefan.
Hodges Library / Stacks: KF480 .S684 2001
Accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act and other
laws : a guide to enforcement and compliance / Earl B. Slavitt and
Donna J. Pugh, editors.
E-Book
The Americans with Disabilities Act : ensuring equal access to
the American dream.
Hodges Documents - Microforms / SUDOC stacks: Y 3.D 63/3:2 AM 3/2
Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and
engineering
E-Report
Disabilities affect one-fifth of all Americans [electronic resource]
: proportion could increase in coming decades
E-Report
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