Books

Miller, Nancy B. and Sammons, Catherine C.  (1999).  Everybody’s different:  understanding and changing our reactions to disabilities.  Baltimore, MD : Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co.

Senelick, Richard C. and Dougherty, Karla.  (2001).  Beyond please and thank you:  the disability handbook for families, co-workers and friends.  Birmingham, AL : Healthsouth Press.

Wheeler, Jill.  (1999).  Attainment’s learning from those we support:  a disability awareness handbook.  Verona, WI : Attainment Co.

 

Videos/CDs

Friends who care:  an elementary disability awareness program. 

Hartley, Heather M.  (1995).  Small differences.  Lawrence, KS : Learner Managed Designs, Inc.

Kune, Norman.  (1995).  A Credo for support.  Nanaimo, BC : Axis Consultation & Training Ltd.

A little history worth knowing (1998).  Columbus, Ohio : Cicero, NY : Irene M. Ward & Associates : Distributed by Program Development Associates.

Shriver, Eunice Kennedy.  Life in the shadows:  John Kennedy's fight for persons with mental retardation (1999).   Washington, DC, Guggenheim Productions, Inc.

Simon, Dave.  (2000).  The new what do you do when you see a blind person.  New York : AFB Press.

The ten commandments of communicating with people with disabilities.  (1994). 
New York : Program Development Associates.

Ten tips for kids [CD-ROM] : disability etiquette.  (2004).  North Dakota : Kat Productions.

A Video guide to (dis)ability awareness.  (1993).  [U.S.] : Idea Bank.

Ward, Irene M. and Oppenheim, Mindy.  (1999).  Supervising an employee with a disability. 
Columbus, OH : Irene M. Ward & Associates.

 

Web Sites 

The Americans with Disabilities Act.  http://www.accessiblesociety.org/topics/ada/index.htm

The ARC of New Mexico.  About developmental disabilities.  (  ).  Retrieved September 20, 2005 from http://www.arcnm.org/index.php/about_dds/

Call me CAPABLE.  Call me capable game.  http://www.callmecapable.com/game.htm

Center for Disability Information and Referral (CeDIR), Indiana Institute on Disability and Community. Disability awareness: a selected bibliography.  http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cedir/dawarebib.html 

Center for Disability Information and Referral (CeDIR), Indiana Institute on Disability and Community. Disability awareness for children: a selected bibliography.  http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cedir/dawarechbib.html

City of San Antonio, Texas Planning Department and the Disability Advisory Committee.
Disability Etiquette handbook. http://www.sanantonio.gov/planning/disability_handbook/disability_handbook.asp

Easter Seals.
Disability Etiquette.  Retrieved September 20, 2005 from http://www.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=ntl_etiquette

Easter Seals.
Understanding disability.  Retrieved September 20, 2005 from http://www.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=ntl_understanding

Family Village Library.  Disability Awareness.   Retrieved September 20, 2005 from http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/general/disability-awareness.html

Garland-Thomson, Rosemarie. The FDR memorial: who speaks from the wheelchair?
Retrieved September 20, 2005 from http://www.disabledinaction.org/activist/2001-05/#fdr 

Graphic Artists Guild.   Disability Access Symbols.  http://www.gag.org/resources/das.php

Kids on the Block, Inc.  http://www.kotb.com/  (Provides educational puppet programs which enlighten children on the issues of disability awareness, medical-educational differences, and social concerns. Kids on the Block educational curricula help to create positive attitudinal and behavioral change for present and future generations.)

Library of Congress. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.  Bibliography on disability awareness and changing attitudes.   Retrieved September 20, 2005 from http://www.rit.edu/~easi/pubs/ezbib2.htm

Life Span Institute.  Guidelines for reporting and writing about people with disabilities.  (2001).  Retrieved September 20, 2005 from http://www.lsi.ku.edu/lsi/internal/guidelines.html

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY). 
Disability awareness.  Retrieved September 20, 2005 from  http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/bibliog/bib13txt.htm

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.  Chartbook on disability in the United States.  Retrieved September 20, 2005 from http://www.infouse.com/disabilitydata/disability/  

Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER Center). Count me in.  Retrieved September 20, 2005 from http://www.pacer.org/count/index.htm.  (The Count Me In puppet program was designed to help children and adults learn about disabilities and chronic illnesses to bridge the gap between typical students and those with disabilities included in the classroom.)  

PARENTS. Disability awareness game.  http://www.parentsinc.org/game.html

Special Needs Special Kids (Disability Awareness).  http://members.tripod.com/~imaware/index.html