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Please let me add to this list from your suggestions of other sites that members might enjoy.
For American physicians; this is the only society we are aware of:
American Society of Handicapped Physicians
William Lambert, Director
3424 South Culpepper Court
Springfield, Missouri 65804
"Nick's Picks"
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Disabled/Travel/
A good start for the disabled traveler.
The "internet's premier disabilities travel publication", and a priceless name!
http://capmr.medical.org/formation_capd_.htm
A Canadian link to our association, thanks to our illustrious past-president!
Via one of our members/colleague, tap into this link for a wealth of disability related sites. Definitely not to be overlooked.
The Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Loss. AMPHL is the only US-based organization for medical professionals with hearing loss with an active Board of Directors and regular meetings.
College of Physicians and Surgeons - Provincial Offices
Welcome to the CNIB
http://canparaplegic.org/national/index.tpl
Welcome to the Canadian Paraplegic Association
A Canadian organization linked to Abilities magazine and is a very rich resource.
"There is a good website dealing with stigmatization and although it refers to mental health and disorders - there are some good papers and links that are referable to stigma associated with any disability. Some of the research related to self-stigma is very interesting and relevant to all of our trajectories." SM
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7420/s126
"BMJ personal article re not looking at disabilities as equating with disadvantage. Further note made of the gain by sharing experiences with others with disabilities." SM
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7420/882
This is a recent editorial discussing the British system and various systemic biases that prevail amongst the medical profession. ..."doctors commonly fail to identify and tackle disability issues." Attitudinal changes amongst physicians are necessary to assist the increasing ranks of the general population with disabilities. Equally important and relevant to the CAPD membership, the editorial cites the need for physicians and their organizations to combat discrimination and make accommodations among their own ranks.
www.disabilityfoundation.org/newsmagazine.html
Disability News - "Promoting Full Citizenship for People with Disabilities"
http://gacguidelines.ca/index.pl
The University of Western Ontario
Western News: New Disabilities Law Planned
http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/story.html?listing_id=14651At
BMJ Career Focus - 25 September 2004 (Volume 329, Issue 7468). Featuring (among other interesting articles): "Fifteen minutes with...: The founder of the Canadian Association of Physicians with Disabilities.
http://careerfocus.bmjjournals.com/content/vol329/issue7468/
"D.R.E.D.F" (Disability Rights Education & Defence Fund).
www.dredf.org/international/paper_ruebain.html.
This article focuses more on business but bill 118 applies to all sectors in the community.
About the Round Table Project
The Round Table Project on Safe & Timely Return to Function & Return to Work is a multi-stakeholder group working together to improve the system that helps people with illness, injury or disability from any cause, to return to life activities and to work.
Its vision is: “To improve the system that helps people with illness, injury or disability from any cause to develop and improve their social, personal and economic self-sufficiency and to help system stakeholders identify and overcome barriers together.”
The Round Table Project is supported through a contribution agreement with Human Resources Skills Development Canada, Ontario Region and works in association with the Ontario Medical Foundation.
Canadian Institute of Health Information
http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/dispPage.jsp?cw_page=home_e
The Canadian Medical Foundation
www.medicalfoundation.ca/index.asp
Able to practice: Physicians with disabilities do what it takes to thrive.
From residency to employment, these doctors demonstrate their capabilities.
www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2005/01/17/prsa0117.htm
National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities (American)
Education-Advocacy-Full Inclusion
VoicePrint is a registered
charity, a division of The National Broadcast Reading Service, and
serves all Canadians, but particularly the millions of us who can’t
independently access printed materials - people who are:
vision-restricted, learning disabled, mobility impaired, in need of
literacy skills, learning ESL, or just getting older.
The U of T school of medicine has a collection of diversity-related links for students to peruse and use.
www.utoronto.ca/diversity_in_medicine
"Your readers might enjoy browsing through our Hearing Awareness A to Z list and the report of the 2005 Surveys of Consumers and Hearing Health Care Professionals."
http://www.chha.ca/chha/projects-atoz.php
http://www.chha.ca/chha/projects-surveys.php
Hi, I am responsible for the list of wheelchair accessible hotels at WhenWeTravel. Our site has some helpful tips on finding a good wheelchair accessible hotel plus a list of over 37,000 wheelchair accessible hotels from around the world. Visitors to WhenWeTravel can browse through locations from our wheelchair accessible hotel page located at http://www.whenwetravel.com/travel_destination_hotel/wheelchair_accessible_hotels.jsp or use our innovative hotel search which enables visitors to find hotels based on location, price range, ratings, and amenities.
Thanks,
Blair Jensen
About ARCH
ARCH Disability Law Centre is a specialty legal aid clinic dedicated to defending and advancing the equality rights of persons with disabilities. www.archdisabilitylaw.ca
Same acronym as us, but larger scope, is the Canadian Association of Professionals with Disabilities at www.canadianprofessionals.org/