Resources
Disability History And Social Movement
Justice For All E-Mail Network Archives
http://www.jfanow.org/jfanow/
Justice For All was formed to defend and advance disability rights and programs in the 104th Congress. The JFA E-mail Network works with national and state organizations of people with disabilities to disseminate information at the grassroots level.
Yahoo! Society and Culture: Disabilities
http://www.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Disabilities/
A directory of wide-ranging related to disability.
Government Agencies and Services
AHEAD works collaboratively with several national and international organizations in furtherance of mutual goals and objectives serving to advance the mission of AHEAD. The following is a listing of those current collaborative efforts along with web-links to each organization and contact information for the AHEAD member(s) serving in a leadership capacity.
CAS (Council for the Advancement of Standards) http://www.cas.edu/
— Accommodation process
— Admission
— Architectural and Programmatic Access
— Deafness and Blindness/Vision Impairments
— Deliberative Process and Essential Requirements
— Disclosure
— Documentation
— Essential requirements
— Financial Aid
— Fundamental Alteration
— Grievance procedures
— Hostile environment
— Inclusion of adjunct/part-time faculty
ANNOTATED WEB SITES: Universal Design
1. Adaptive Environments
http://www.adaptenv.org/
Adaptive Environments is a non-profit organization committed to advancing the role of design in expanding opportunity and enhancing experience for people of all ages and abilities. Their website offers access to information about civil rights laws and codes as well as resources about consultation services, best practice, and precedents on design that go beyond legal requirements. They seek to design places and things that embrace the diversity of people in an authentic way.
A Selective Bibliography on Disability History, Culture, and Activism
Periodicals/Web Resources
Access Theater, Published by Access Theater, 527 Garden St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Advocating Change
Together: Tools for Change. http://www.selfadvocacy.com/
Association on Higher Education and Disability. http://www.ahead.org/
The November/December 2005 Issue of ACADEME Magazine from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) featured an article titled “Disability Law and Your Classroom” by Dr. David Cope, University of North Alabama. You are welcome to read this article, as well as the balance of the content in the issue on the AAUP website at:
S.O.S. - serve our students: a response to hurricane katrina
Hurricane Katrina is the worst disaster to hit the United States in 100 years. Not since the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 has there been such a toll in human life, and the damage to property is unfathomable.
A Report from the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities**
This paper is also available in Microsoft Word (Word doc 124KB) and PDF format (PDF 159KB)
Table of Content
- Need for Appropriate Documentation
- Issues Affecting Documentation
- Where Are the Disconnects?
National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities Paper
S.O.S. - serve our students: a response to hurricane katrina
This section contains useful information and tools from various sources to help Disability Service Professionals enhance their work.
The AHEAD Code of Ethics (Microsoft Word document, 23 KB), Professional Standards (Microsoft Word document, 34KB),
