Free Resources Online
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Disability & Health The mission of the CDC Disability and Health Team is to promote the health, well-being, independence, productivity, and full participation in society by people with disabilities.
- Disability Statistics (United States)Cornell University Yang Tan Institute on Employment and Disability(YTI).
- Medline Plus: DisablitiesA page of resources about living with disabilities in the United States.
- The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.
- World Health Organization: Disability and health Over a billion people are estimated to live with some form of disability. This corresponds to about 15% of the world's population. Between 110 million (2.2%) and 190 million (3.8%) people 15 years and older have significant difficulties in functioning. Furthermore, the rates of disability are increasing in part due to ageing populations and an increase in chronic health conditions.
Resources for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing Community
- The Silent Side of MedicineThe top 20 signs used when working with young children in healthcare settings.
- DeafHealthAn organization dedicated to breaking barriers to health access for deaf communities
@ the DMU Library
- Mental illness among us: a new curriculum to reduce mental illness stigma among medical students.Acad Psychiatry. 2013 Nov;37(6):385-91. doi: 10.1176/appi.ap.13040063.Mental illness among us: a new curriculum to reduce mental illness stigma among medical students. Aggarwal AK, Thompson M, Falik R, Shaw A, O'Sullivan P, Lowenstein DH.
Medical students have been shown to have high levels of psychological distress, including self-stigmatization and unwillingness to seek care. The authors hypothesized that a student-led curriculum involving personal mental illness experience, given during the first-year neuroscience course, and titled "Mental Illness Among Us (MIAU)," would reduce stigma of mental illness.
Disability and International Development by
One of the greatest challenges facing modern global health is how to include the most marginalized and impoverished people in international efforts to promote social and economic development. In Disability and International Development disability rights are situated within the broader context of global health and the need for much greater inter-sector collaboration.
ISBN: 9780387938431Publication Date: 2009
How to Have Respectful Dialog
- Disability Language Guide"Language is dynamic and nuanced, changing at a rapid pace along with social norms, perceptions, and opportunities for inclusion. The following...is a starter guide for considering disability equality in the words we use" - From the introduction of this paper