IDS 101: Disability in Literature and Culture: Web Sites/Films/Fiction

"The American Association of People with Disabilities is the nation's largest disability rights organization. We promote equal opportunity, economic power, independent living, and political participation for people with disabilities."

"ADAPT is a national grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience, to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities to live in freedom."

This site provides "information and technical assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act."

"The Disability History Museum's mission is to foster a deeper understanding about how changing cultural values, notions of identity, laws and policies have shaped and influenced the experience of people with disabilities, their families and their communities over time. The Disability History Museum is a virtual project, it has no bricks or mortar."

This is a "community history project" and the site states "This is an opportunity for disabled people to reclaim our history and determine how we want to define ourselves and our struggles."

"NCD is an independent federal agency charged with advising the President, Congress, and other federal agencies regarding policies, programs, practices, and procedures that affect people with disabilities."

"The Society for Disability Studies (SDS) is an international non-profit organization that promotes the study of disability in social, cultural, and political contexts."

"The website provides public information on topics related to disability and the work of the United Nations for persons with disabilities."