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Spring 2008

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"In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true."

Siddhattha Gotama (Buddha)
Contributed by Melissa Olson

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RELATED WEB SITES:

The "quality mall" website has a lot of information about person-centered supports for individuals with developmental disability. This page provides links to "magazines, newsletters, journals, and other periodicals about the most current issues regarding quality of life and person-centered services. Links to full-text versions of significant articles from the most recent editions of these publications are also available: http://www.qualitymall.org/directory/dept1.asp?deptid=48

The University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) at the Waisman Center has released its final report about the fall 2002 Invitational Conference on Health Disparities and Developmental Disabilities in Wisconsin. Click here for the pdf version of their report: http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/healthdisparities/healthdisparities.pdf

This web site has a number of links to information about post modernism and critical theory: http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/postmodern.html

The Tolerance Organization is related to the Southern Poverty Law Center and has a wonderful magazine for teachers, Teaching Tolerance. The web site has a nice discussion of addressing uncouncious assumptions, stereotypes, and biases: http://www.tolerance.org/hidden_bias/tutorials/04.html

The Disability is Natural website has a nice discussion of "people first" language: http://www.disabilityisnatural.com/peoplefirstlanguage.htm

The Disability Studies Online Magazine has a variety of interesting articles: http://www.disabilitystudies.com/

The Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement web site provides historical information and documentation about the eugenics movement in the United States: http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights' web site contains information and data regarding the enrollment of students in public schools. The data is reported by race/ethnicity, gender, and disability: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/publications.html#

The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities is a coalition of national consumer, advocacy, provider and professional organizations. Their web site provides information on their advocacy efforts: http://www.c-c-d.org/index.htm

The Disability History Museum has an on-line library which contains digital versions of images, texts, and other artifacts related to disability history: http://www.disabilitymuseum.org/lib/

The Mouth is a bi-monthly magazine and their web site contains a wonderful selection of information, articles, and perspectives from the disability rights perspective: http://www.mouthmag.com/

The Mothers From Hell web site offers information about their advocacy organization and a view of the special education system from the perspective of mothers of kids with disabilities: http://www.mothersfromhell2.org/

The Ragged Edge has an on-line magazine. They "cover the disability experience in America -- what it means to be a crip living at the start of the 21st century": http://www.ragged-edge-mag.com/

Do you know any other web pages which should be listed here?
If so, please send them to me at devalenz@unm.edu

Julia Scherba de Valenzuela, Ph.D.

Last updated: February 27, 2008