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Aging with SCI

DISABILITY WEB SITES FOR THE CONSUMER

• AGING WITH DISABILITY
  Health, Wellness and Aging with Disability
  Provides general information on aging with disability, including articles and upcoming conferences.

• CEREBRAL PALSY
  The United Cerebral Palsy Organization (UCP)

• STROKE
  The National Stroke Association (NSA)
  Dedicated to reducing the incidence and impact of stroke and is the largest provider of stroke-related materials in the world.

• POLIO
  Polio Connection of America
  Post Polio Syndrome A list of recent medical articles on post-polio syndrome.
  Polio Survivors Association
  Provides information about polio and post-polio syndrome (PPS) as well as other disability related resources.

• RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
  Rheumatic Diseases This site is the gateway to many Rheumatoid Arthritis sites.
  
• EMPLOYMENT
  A Gateway to employment for people with disabilities

• ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
  ABLEDATA
  Assistive Technology Network (California)
  WebABLE

Information resource dedicated to promoting the interests of adaptive, assistive, and access technology researchers, users, and manufacturers.

• TRAVEL

          Access Anything, LLC

• EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

Emergency Evacuation Preparedness: Taking Responsibility For Your Safety

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DISABILITY RESEARCH SITES

• The National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)
  A library and information center on disability and rehabilitation, funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). Includes results of federally-funded research projects and lists of books, journal articles, and audiovisuals.

• National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR).
  Disseminates information on over 300 NIDRR funded research projects.

• Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities, University of Illinois, Chicago.
  
• National Center for Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD), University of Illinois, Chicago.
  
• Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for Economic Research on Employment Policy for Persons with Disabilities, Cornell University.

• Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, University of Missouri.

• Center on Emergent Disability, University of Illinois at Chicago. 
  A research center that focuses on the changing impact of health, social and economic trends on disability in America.

• The Center for Research on Women with Disabilities
  A research center that focuses on health, aging, civil rights, abuse, and independent living. CROWD's purpose is to promote, develop, and disseminate information to expand the life choices of women with disabilities so that they may fully participate in community life.
  
• Breast Health Access for Women with Disabilities
  
• Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions, Western University
  
  

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with a Disability
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
7601 E. Imperial Hwy, Building 800-W
Downey, California 90242;  (voice) 562-401-7402; (fax) 562-401-7011
webmaster: chuck.sanders@agingwithdisability.org

last updated 7/14/2008