Benderly, Beryl Lieff. Dancing Without Music: Deafness in America. Washington: Gallaudet University Press, 1990.

Bowerman, Jennifer K. What an Accessible Web We Weave; Useful Web Sites That Deal with Accessibility Issues. Parks and Recreation, September 1998, pp. 30+.

Billiteri, Thomas J. Mental Health Policy: Are Americans with Mental Illness Adequately Protected? The CQ Researcher, September 12, 1997, pp. 793-816.

Bueno, Ana. Special Olympics: The First 25 Years. San Francisco: Foghorn Press, 1994.

Cleland, Max. Strong at the Broken Places. Lincoln, VA.: Chosen Books, 1990.

Condrey, Stephen E. and Brudney, Jeffrey L. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: Assessing Its Implementation in America s Largest Cities. American Review of Public Administration, vol. 28, no. 1, 1998, pp. 26+.

Crutchfield, Susan and Epstein, Marcy, eds. Disability, Art, and Culture; Special Issues. Michigan Quarterly Review, Spring 1998-Summer 1998, pp. 185-358, 359-584.

Fersh, Don and Thomas, Peter W. Complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act: A Guidebook for Management and People with Disabilities. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1993.

Fleischer, Doris Z. and Zames, Frieda. Disability Rights. Social Policy, Spring 1998, pp. 52-55.

Flynn, Gillian. Supreme Court HIV Ruling Broadens Disability Definition; Interview with Lawyer Timothy S. Bland. Workforce, October 1998, pp. 119+.

Freuh, Eileen T., ed. Access and Opportunities: A Guide to Disability Awareness. rev. ed. Washington: Very Special Arts, 1997.

Fries, Kenny. Opening the Front Door: The Art of Access. Poets and Writers, July 1997, pp. 44+.

Hendrix, Steve and Davidson, Cameron. Accept No Limitations: For Twenty-Four Years Very Special Arts Has Worked to Bring Art into the Lives of Disabled People and to Bring Disabled People into the Arts. American Way, April 15, 1998, 6 pp.

Heumann, Judith E. and Hehir, Tom. Believing in Children: A Great IDEA for the Future. Exceptional Parent, September 1998, n.p.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA/article2.html

Hockenberry, John. Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence. Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, 1995.

Jasper, Margaret C. The Americans with Disabilities Act. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, 1998.

Johnson, William G., ed. The Americans with Disabilities Act: Social Contract or Special Privilege? Symposium. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, January 1997, pp. 8-172.

Kerley, Jane and Goldstein, Elise. Special Employment Section: Opening Doors to Ability. Paraplegia News, October 1998, pp. 26+.

Lyman, Michael and Mather, Mary Anne. Assistance on the Web. Technology and Learning, November 1998, p. 60.

Maddox, Sam. New Mobility s Person of the Year: John Kemp. New Mobility, January 1998, pp. 34-36, 40, 42.

Mergenhagen, Paula. Enabling Disabled Workers. American Demographics, July 1997, pp. 36-42.

National Council on Disability. Achieving Independence: The Challenge for the 21st Century; A Decade of Progress in Disability Policy; Setting an Agenda for the Future. Washington: The Council, 1996.

National Council on Disability. Voices of Freedom: America Speaks Out on the ADA; A Report to the President and Congress. Washington: The Council, 1995.

National Council on the Handicapped. On the Threshold of Independence: Progress on Legislative Recommendations from Toward Independence: A Report to the President and to the Congress of the United States. Washington: The Council, 1988.

National Council on the Handicapped. Toward Independence: An Assessment of Federal Laws and Programs Affecting Persons with Disabilities -- with Legislative Recommendations: A Report to the President and to the Congress of the United States. Washington: The Council, 1986.

Nelton, Sharon. A Very Able Work Force. Nation s Business, October 1998, pp. 44-45.

Pelka, Fred. ABC-CLIO Companion to the Disability Rights Movement. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1997.

Perlman, Ellen. Disability Dilemmas. Governing Magazine, April 1998, pp. 30-33.

Rabins, Alexandra. The Journey to Here: VSA s Celebration of the Power of the Arts. Oakville, ON: Disability Today Publishing Group, Spring 1999.

Rothstein, Laura F. Disabilities and the Law. 2d ed. St. Paul, MN: West Group, 1997.

Rubin, Paula. The Americans with Disabilities Act s Impact on Corrections. Corrections Today, April 1995, pp. 114-119.

Shapiro, Joseph P. No Pity: How the Disability Rights Movement Is Changing America. New York: Times Books, 1993.

Smith, Jean K., and Plimpton, George. Very Special Arts: Chronicles of Courage. New York: Random House, 1993.

Solomon, Nancy. Understanding Disability Laws. Architectural Record, July 1998, pp. 109-112, 114.

Stoddard, Susan et al. Chartbook on Work Disability in the United States, 1998. Washington: U.S. Dept. of Education, 1998.

Tucker, Bonnie Poitras. Federal Disability Law in a Nutshell. 2d ed. St. Paul, MN: West Group, 1998.

Shapiro, Joseph P. The Americans with Minor Disabilities Act; The Surprising Beneficiaries of the Law. U.S. News and World Report, July 6, 1998, pp. 41- 42.

Wolf, Richard. How One Boy Moved Congress. USA Today, June 27, 1997, n.p.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA/article1.html

Wolfe, Kathi. Things Are Looking Up: Some Progress Is Evident in Media Depictions of People with Disabilities. Paraplegia News, January 1997, pp. 51+.

Worsnop, Richard L. Implementing the Disabilities Act. CQ Researcher, December 20, 1996, pp. 1105-1128.

Zugelder, Michael T. and Maurer, Steven D. Small Business and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Business Horizons, July 17, 1998, pp. 59-70.

Albright, Madeleine K. Remarks before the International Leadership Forum for Women with Disabilities. June 16, 1997.
http://secretary.state.gov/www/statements/970616.html

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
http://www.eeoc.gov/

Federal Communications Commission
http://www.fcc.gov/dtf/

A Guide to Disability Rights Laws
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/cguide.htm

National Council on Disability
http://www.ncd.gov/

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
http://lcweb.loc.gov/nls

President s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
http://www50.pcepd.gov/pcepd< /A>

Presidential Task Force on the Employment of Adults with Disabilities
http://www2.dol.gov/dol/_sec/public/programs/ptfead/main.htm

Re-Charting the Course: The First Report of the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities, November 1998
http://www.dol.gov./dol/_sec/public/programs/ptfead/rechart/index .htm

U.S. Access Board: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
http://www.access-board.gov

U.S. Department of Education. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/
OSERS consists of three program-related components:

the Office of Special Education Programs
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/index.html;

the Rehabilitation Services Administration
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/RSA/rsa.html;

and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/NIDRR/].

See the IDEA 1997 http://ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA/ site for background information on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997.

U.S. Department of Justice. Civil Rights Division. Public Access Section
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/public/ofcp_org.htm

U.S. Department of Transportation
http://www.fta.dot.gov/transcity/ Search under Library.

U.S. General Services Administration
http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/cita/index.htm

Laws and Executive Orders:

Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (ABA) (P.L. 90-480, P.L. 91-205, as amended in 1970 and related laws)
http://www.access-board.gov/pubs/laws.htm

Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-394, 1998)
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:S.2432.ENR:

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (P.L. 101-336, 1990)
http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder/pages/ada_statute.htm

Clinton, Bill. Increasing Employment of Adults with Disabilities. Executive Order 13078, March 13, 1998
http://www2.dol.gov/dol/_sec/public/programs/ptfead/execorder.htm

Clinton, Bill. Remarks by the President on Disability Initiative. January 13, 1999
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/New/html/19990113-1154.html

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments of 1997 (P.L. 105-17, 1997)
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:H.R.5.ENR:

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112, 1973 -- Section 504
http://www.dol.gov/dol/oasam/public/regs/statutes/sec504.htm

Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998 (P.L. 105-220 -- Title II)
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/RSA/RehabAct.html

Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988 (TECH Act) (P.L. 100-407, P.L. 103-218, as amended in 1994)
http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/cita/tech_act.htm

Supreme Court Decisions:

Bragdon v. Abbott (66 U.S.L.W. 4601)
http://laws.findlaw.com/US/000/97-156.html

Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections v. Yeskey
http://laws.findlaw.com/US/000/97-634.html

ABLEDATA
http://www.abledata.com/
A national database of information on over 24,000 assistive technology and rehabilitation products available from domestic and international sources.

Alliance for Technology Access
http://www.ataccess.org/homeT.html

Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
http://janweb.icdi.wvu. edu/kinder/

Americans with Disabilities Technical Assistance Program
http://www.adata.org/

Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA)
http://www.atia.org/

Center for Assistive Technology
http://wings.buffalo.edu/ot/cat/index.htm

Cornucopia of Disability Information
http://codi.buffalo.edu/

Disability Resources Monthly
http://www.disabilityresources.org
For a Subject Guide to the Best Disability Resources on the Internet, see the DRM Web Watcher.

Disability Rights Activist
http://www.disrights.org

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Inc.
http://www.dredf.org/

EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/

ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
http://ericec.org/

Family Village: A Global Community of Disability-Related Resources
http://www.familyvillag e.wisc.edu/

JAN (Job Accommodation Network) on the Web
http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/

National Arts and Disability Center
http://dcp.ucla.edu/nadc/

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
http://www.nichcy.org/

National Organization on Disability
http://www.nod.org/

NCSA Mosaic Access Page
http://bucky.aa.uic.edu/index.html]

Protection and Advocacy Systems
http://www.protectionandadvocacy.com/

Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)
http://www.resna.org/

Society for Disability Studies
http://www.uic.edu/orgs/sds

Trace Research and Development Center
http://trace.wisc.edu/

Very Special Arts
http://www.vsarts.org/
In addition to its community-based and national programs, VSA will sponsor the Art and Soul international festival in Los Angeles, May 28 - June 2, 1999.
http://www.vsarts.org/artnsoul/index.html

World Institute on Disability
http://www.igc.org/wid/
Focuses on the programs of WID, an international public policy center dedicated to carrying out cutting-edge research on disability issues. . . .

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NOTE: For additional information about Web sites about disabilities, please see articles by Bowerman and Lyman cited above.