Disability Rights and Independent Living Movements

Featured Site

• Disability Rights Movement. Smithsonian exhibit on the history of the US movement for disable rights.

Key Organizations And Activist Sites

• Disability Rights Movement Chronology. Timeline tracing the movement back to the early 19th century.
• Disability Social History Project. A “community project” of disabled folks trying to rediscover, retell and reclaim their/our history.
• Americans with Disabilities Act Center. Contains full text of the American Disabilities Act (ADA), and a host of other information and links beyond legislative issues.
• Council for Disability Rights.
• National Organization on Disability (NOD).
• Disability Rights Advocates. Specializing in legal issues.
• Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund.
• National Association of the Deaf. Oldest and biggest deaf advocacy organization.
• Disability Resources. Excellent list of online resources from disability resources.org.
• Disability Resources. Huge alphabetical list of sources from Protection and Advocacy.
• Disability Information and Resources.
• Learning Disabilities Online.
• DisabilityInfo.gov.
• Database of Learning Disability Resources.
• International Center for Disability Resources.
• Tardive Dyskinesia.An awareness, rights and legal assistance site for this largely preventable disease.