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- A Life of Choices: Lois & Elaine's Story. This video takes the audience from the back wards of institutions for people with developmental disabilities to the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court. Two women with disabilities wanted to live in the community. An attorney fought for their rights. They won inclusion for all people with disabilities. But, that's really when this story starts. Learn how they found the best places to live, and followed their natural talents to become entrepreneurs. (VHS; 17 min. Available in Closed Captioned in English, Open Captioned in English and Spanish, and Audio Descriptor in English) from the Institute on Human Development and Disability, University of Georgia, 706/542-3457 or visit www.ihdd.uga.edu/Resources/Resources-Videos-CDs.html.
- The Rural Institute on Disability (http://ruralinstitute.umt.edu). On the Web site of this center at the University of Montana, Missoula, are a range of resources related to rural employment and people with disabilities, including Native American business development resources, self-employment resources, information on SSI and self-employment, and strategies for involving people with disabilities in rural economic development.
- From Marginalized the Maximized Opportunities for Diverse Youth with Disabilities. By A. Trainor, L. Lindstrom, M. Simon-Burroughs, J. Martin, & A. McCray Sorrells. Published in Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 31(56), 2008. In this position paper the authors argue for educators, researchers, and policymakers to attend to social, political, economic, educational, and cultural contexts in developing effective interventions and improving post-school outcomes for diverse youths with disabilities. Available online at http://cde.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/31/1/56.
- National Technical Assistance Center on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with Disabilities (www.ntac.hawaii.edu). The goal of this national center is to increase employment opportunities for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with disabilities. Toward that end its Web site includes extensive resources especially of use to educators, vocational rehabilitation services providers, transition services personnel, and employers. Among the resources are an online curriculum titled Introduction to Disability/Rehabilitation with Asian/Pacific Islander Americans, and a DVD titled Abilities at Work, which tells the compelling stories of four Asian and Pacific Islander women and men with disabilities who are successfully employed.
- DisabilityInfo.gov. This Web site from the federal government provides an expansive range of national and state disability-related resources and information, including advice for individuals with disabilities seeking work; help for employers looking for hard-working and dedicated employees; information on employment rights, laws and regulations; resources for employment programs; and job accommodations for people with disabilities.
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Retrieved from the Web site of the Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota (http://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/211/default.html). Citation: Parent, W., Foley, S., Balcazar, F., Ely, C., Bremer, C. & Gaylord, V. (Eds.). (Summer/Fall 2008). Impact: Feature Issue on Employment and Women With Disabilities, 21(1). [Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration].
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