Disability Awareness Month
Suggested Reading for October, 2009
Podcasts:
Private Attorneys Fight for Disabled Veterans [7 min 45 sec]
NPR Weekend Edition Sunday, March 16, 2008 · In the last five years, as thousands of veterans have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with debilitating injuries, the Army has actually awarded fewer soldiers full disability retirement benefits than they did before the war started. Private attorneys have stepped in to help disabled soldiers get the benefits they deserve.
Books:
Adaptive technology for the Internet: making electronic resources accessible to all / Barbara T. Mates
027.663 M425a 2000
All the way back: a story of courage / Anne V. McGravie
New Readers Collection, Room 419 362.43092 B898m 1982
Attention deficit disorder: the unfocused mind in children and adults / Thomas E. Brown
616.8589 B881a 2005
Caring for people with learning disabilities / edited by Ian Peate, Debra Fearns
Health Occupations Lab, 26-219 371.9 C277 2006
Despite this flesh: the disabled in stories and poems / edited by Vassar Miller
810.8035 D468 1985
Framing ADHD children: a critical examination of the history, discourse, and everyday experience of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder / Adam Rafalovich
616.8589 R136f 2008
Helen Keller: rebellious spirit / Laurie Lawlor
New Readers Collection, Room 419 362.41092 K29L 2001
Joey / Joseph John Deacon
362.21092 D278j 1974
The legislative presentation of the Disabled American Veterans: hearing before the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, February 28, 2006.
Government Documents Y 4.V 64/4:S.HRG.109-463
Linked Resource: PDF
A matter of dignity: changing the lives of the disabled / by Andrew Potok
362.4048 P864m 2002
Muhammad Ali : a biography / Anthony O. Edmonds
796.83092 A398e 2006
Multiple sclerosis: the questions you have– the answers you need / Rosalind C. Kalb, editor
616.834 M961 2008
Ordinary lives: voices of disability & disease / edited by Irving Kenneth Zola
362.4 O65 1982
The physically handicapped and the community: some challenging breakthroughs / Louis Arthur Michaux
362.4 M622p 1970
The science and fiction of autism / Laura Schreibman
616.85882 S378s 2007
Talking books: pioneering and beyond / by Marilyn Lundell Majeska
362.41 M233t 1988
E-Books: (a selection)
Attention deficit disorder: the unfocused mind in children and adults / Thomas E. Brown
Electronic Book 616.85/89 2005
Children’s comprehension problems in oral and written language : a cognitive perspective / edited by Kate Cain and Jane Oakhill.
Electronic Book 372.47 2007
Could it be autism?: a parent’s guide to the first signs and next steps / Nancy D. Wiseman with Kim Painter Koffsky
Electronic Book 616.85/882 2006
Decline in employment of people with disabilities: a policy puzzle / David C. Stapleton, Richard V. Burkhauser, editors
Electronic Book 331.5/9/0973 2003
Drama therapy and storymaking in special education / Paula Crimmens
Electronic Book 616.89/165 2006
The disability pendulum: the first decade of the Americans with Disabilities Act / Ruth Colker
Electronic Book 342.7308/7 2005
A field guide for the sight-impaired reader: a comprehensive resource for students, teachers, and librarians / Andrew Leibs
Electronic Book 011.63 1999
Hearing loss: determining eligibility for Social Security benefits / Committee on Disability Determination for Individuals with Hearing Impairments
Electronic Book 362.4/264/0973 2005
Inner lives of deaf children: interviews and analysis / Martha Sheridan
Electronic Book 362.4/2/083 2001
Kids in the syndrome mix of ADHD, LD, Asperger’s, Tourette’s, bipolar and more!: the one stop guide for parents, teachers, and other professionals / Martin L. Kutscher
Electronic Book 618.928588 2005
The labor market experience of workers with disabilities: the ADA and beyond / Julie L. Hotchkiss
Electronic Book 331.5/9/0973
A matter of dignity: changing the lives of the disabled / by Andrew Potok
Electronic Book 362.4/048/0973 2002
Noise and military service: implications for hearing loss and tinnitus / Committee on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Associated with Military Service from World War II to the Present
Electronic Book 617.8/07 2005
Reflections from a different journey: what adults with disabilities wish all parents knew / edited by Stanley D. Klein and John D. Kemp
Electronic Book 649/.151 2004
Relationship development intervention with children, adolescents and adults: social and emotional development activities for Asperger syndrome, autism, PDD, and NDL / Steven E. Gutstein, and Rachelle K. Sheely
Electronic Book 618.92/898203 2002
Relationship development intervention with young children: social and emotional development activities for Asperger syndrome, autism, PDD, and NDL / Steven E. Gutstein, and Rachelle K. Sheely
Electronic Book 618.92/898203 2002
Special stories for disability awareness: stories and activities for teachers, parents, and professionals / Mal Leicester
Electronic Book 362.4 2007
Thinking in pictures : and other reports from my life with autism / Temple Grandin ; with a foreword by Oliver Sacks.
Electronic Book 616.85 2006
Understanding autism spectrum disorders: frequently asked questions / Diane Yapko
Electronic Book 2003
Understanding multiple sclerosis / Melissa Stauffer
Electronic Book 616.8/34 2006
The views and experiences of disabled children and their siblings: a positive outlook / Clare Connors and Kirsten Stalker
Electronic Book 362.4/083 2003
Reference Books:
Encyclopedia of learning disabilities / Carol Turkington, Joseph R. Harris
371.92603 T939e 2002
Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people and deafness / John V. Van Cleve, editor
362.42 G165 1987
Learning disabilities sourcebook / edited by Dawn D. Matthews
371.926 L438 2003
State of Washington Voters’ Pamphlet, Braille; General Election, November 4, 2008
Reference Desk 2008
Well-connected
616.02 W447 c2004
Movies:
A celebration of differences / Rush Neurobehavioral Center
371.9 C392 1999 VHS
Child care and the Americans with Disabilities Act Tape 7. Family day care homes / Beth Ann Carr Associates
362.712 C536 1992
Creating equity / University of Maine Television
371.9 C912 1993
How difficult can this be?: understanding learning disabilities / produced and directed by Peter Rosen
371.9 H847 1989
I teach him but he doesn’t learn: understanding cognitive problems / Northland Video Associates
371.9 Y68 1982
Learning to learn: intervention, cognitive problems / Northland Video Associates
371.9 Y68 1982
Pathways to independence through assistive technology / D&F Associates, Inc
027.663 P297 2000 VHS
Rain man / United Artists
791.4372 R154 2004 DVD
Small differences / City of Pittsburgh Allegheny County Task Force on Disabilities
362.78 S635 1995 VHS
Straight talk about autism: with parents & kids / IEP Resources
616.85882 S896 2008 DVD
Teaching children to see : intervention, visual impairment / Northland Video Associates, Lebanon, NH, and Interact Television Network Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Ctr.
371.9 Y68 1982 VHS
Websites:
The Association For Service Disabled Veterans
www.asdv.org/
ASDV is a national association that is establishing greater economic participation for service disabled and prisoner of war veterans and all of the 80 million veteran family members in the United States. Membership is comprised of individuals from the 2.2 million SDVs of the nation and organizations that support the goals of ASDV. To pursue its mission, ASDV has established programs and services that address the areas of legislative and legal advocacy, business development, healthcare, and information access.
DisabilityInfo.gov
http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/
Provides quick and easy access to comprehensive information about disability programs, services, laws and benefits
Disabled American Veterans
www.dav.org/
Formed in 1920 and chartered by Congress in 1932, the million-member DAV is the official voice of America’s service-connected disabled veterans — a strong, insistent voice that represents all of America’s 2.1 million disabled veterans, their families and survivors.
Disabled Peoples’ International
http://www.dpi.org/
A network of national organizations or assemblies of disabled people, established to promote human rights of disabled people through full participation, equalization of opportunity and development.
Highline Community College Access Services http://flightline.highline.edu/access/index.htm
Access Services at Highline Community College supports and assists students with disabilities with campus and classroom accommodations.
King County Office of Civil Rights
http://www.kingcounty.gov/exec/civilrights.aspx
King County Office of Civil Rights Disability Awareness Month (2007) * * *
http://www.metrokc.gov/dias/ocre/ndeam2007.htm
Portal to local and national resources
National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2008
http://www.workworld.org/NDEAM2008.html
Ready.gov: Disabled and Special Needs
http://www.ready.gov/america/getakit/disabled.html
Instructional Video addresses emergency preparedness for persons with disabilities.
Working While Disabled– A Guide To Plans For Achieving Self-Support
www.ssa.gov/pubs/11017.html
Working While Disabled–How We Can Help
www.ssa.gov/pubs/10095.htm