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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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Sources

• Frank Bowe, Handicapping America:Barriers to disabled people, Harper & Row, 1978 ISBN 0-06-010422-8
• Encyclopedia of disability, general ed. Gary L. Albrecht, Thousand Oaks, Calif. [u.a.] : SAGE Publ., 2005
• David Johnstone, An Introduction to Disability Studies, 2001, 2nd edition, ISBN 1-85346-726-X
• Michael Oliver, The Politics of Disablement, St. Martin's Press 1997, ISBN 0-333-43293-2
• Tom Shakespeare, Genetic Politics: from Eugenics to Genome, with Anne Kerr , New Clarion Press, 1999, ISBN 1-873797-25-7
• Kaushik, R.,1999, " Access Denied: Can we overcome disabling attitudes ," Museum International (UNESCO) , Vol. 51, No. 3, p. 48-52.
• Disability Now
• Glenn, Eddie. March 20, 1997. "African American Women with Disabilities: An Overview."

External Links

• Directgov disabled people - UK Government information site
• Disabilities Online Database
• Disability 247: Information and resources for disabled people in the United Kingdom
• PDRater.com: Online Calculator for Worker's Compensation Benefits in California
• Sadie's Shack – An online community for people with disabilities
• Disapedia – A Wiki for everything disability related
• People with disabilities, EU-OSHA
• Integration and retention of people with disabilities, EU-OSHA
• Disability Help Site – A disability resource site
• Disability Now
• Enable America - a disability resource site
• Disability, Pregnancy & Parenthood International
• American Association of People with Disabilities
• The Disability Social History Project
• Independent Living Institute
• UN Enable
• National Association of the Deaf (United States)
• Source - International Information Support Centre
• International Disability and Development Consortium
• The British Council of Disabled People (BCODP)
• UN International Day of Disabled Persons
• World Health Organization pages on disability
• Social Security Administration page on disability
• National Association to Stop Guardian Abuse (NASGA) USA
• Gibraltar Local Disability Movement (G.L.D.M.)
• Parents with Disabilities Online
• Applying for disability
• Through the Looking Glass
• Applying for Bipolar Disability