Disability Resources:

Abledata.com:"ABLEDATA is a federally funded project whose primary mission is to provide information on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment available from domestic and international sources to consumers, organizations, professionals, and caregivers within the United States."
http://www.abledata.com

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Americans with Disabilities Act, U.S. Department of Justice:"The ADA Home Page provides access to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations for businesses and State and local governments, technical assistance materials, ADA Standards for Accessible Design, links to Federal agencies with ADA responsibilities and information, updates on new ADA requirements, information about Department of Justice ADA settlement agreements and enforcement activities and access to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) ADA material."
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section - NYAV
Washington, D.C. 20530
800-514-0301 (voice) 800-514-0383 (TTY), Section Fax Number (202) 307-1198
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

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Association of Medical Professionals With Hearing Losses, abbreviated as (AMPHL):"Association of Medical Professionals With Hearing Losses, abbreviated as (AMPHL), is a non-profit organization formed in the year 2000 by individuals who recognized the profound need to address issues surrounding their hearing losses as members of health care fields. AMPHL specifically targets those with degrees in professional health care fields such as physicians, veterinarians, dentists, nurses, physician's assistants, technicians, audiologists, therapists, as well as students from these respective fields. This organization was formed for several reasons. As the American With Disabilities Act becomes more integrated in medicine, an increasing number of individuals with hearing losses are entering health care fields."
Association of Medical Professionals With Hearing Losses
3709 Waterbridge Lane Miamisburg, OH 45342
webmaster@amphl.org
http://www.amphl.org/

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Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association:"The Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association - the Professional Organization for Nurses Serving Individuals with Developmental Disabilities D.D.N.A. was incorporated in 1992 as a non-profit professional nursing organization, founded to meet the professional needs of nurses serving individuals with developmental disabilities. Governed by a five-member Board of Directors consisting of the elected officers, D.D.N.A. represents the collective interests of its members through a national structure and regional networks."
Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association
228 Grimes St. Suite 246 Eugene, Oregon 97402
Phone: (800) 888-6733 Fax: (541) 485-7372, ddnahq@aol.com
http://www.ddna.org/

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DisabledAndInjuredHealthcareWorkers · HC Profs who live with a disability, Susan Townsend BS RN List Owner, Yahoo Groups:"This group was started by a couple of RN's who live with disabilities, but want to remain as active members of the healthcare community. We are continuously making efforts to increase the awareness of the healthcare community as to our desire to return and continue working with accommodations. It appears that once a nurse or healthcare worker is injured, either physically, mentally or emotionally; the healthcare community throws us away and expects us to accept it. We are not interested in leaving nursing or healthcare. We can still offer our experience and knowledge to our colleagues. We want to find ways for healthcare workers that have a disability to remain employed. If you are one of these or just interested in changing things, we welcome you to our forum and encourage your feedback. We would like you to post some personal information such as your disability story as we like to know a little about our members. As you might expect, we will not tolerate anyone posting inflammatory posts, advertising in any form for your business, or any post that is inconsistent with the the purpose of our group."
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DisabledAndInjuredHealthcareWorkers/

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DisabilityKey:"In your journey toward financial independence within the confines of your disability, it's good to get assistance from someone who has not only the technical expertise, but the real disability experience. One without the other is simply not enough. It's the objective of DisabilityKey to merge this expertise and experience into one comprehensive package designed to help you regain control of your life, your illness, and your future."
DisabilityKey
5555 N Channel Ave Building 10, Suite B Portland OR 97217
(503) 247-1656 info@disabilitykey.com
http://disabilitykey.com/

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Exceptional Nurse:"Welcome! If you are a student with a disability considering a nursing career, this is the place for you. If you are a nursing student with a disability, this is the place for you. If you are a nurse with a disability, this is the place for you. If you are a nursing educator or a guidance counselor working with a student with a disability, this is the place for you. Exceptionalnurse is committed to inclusion of more people with disabilities in the nursing profession. By sharing information and resources, Exceptionalnurse hopes to facilitate inclusion of students with disabilities in nursing education programs and foster resilience and continued practice for nurses who are, or become, disabled."
ExceptionalNurse.com 13019 Coastal Circle Palm Beach Gardens, Fl 33410
(561) 627-9872 (561) 776-9254 (fax) (561) 776-9442 (TTY), Email: ExceptionalNurse@aol.com
http://www.exceptionalnurse.com/

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National Association of Disability Representatives, Inc. (NADR):"For many years, Professional Social Security Claimants Representatives have wanted to have an organization that would be interested in their issues, educational opportunities, and interests. In March of 2000, 35 individuals, Professional Social Security Claimants Representatives all, met in St. Louis, MO. These individuals formed NADR, Inc. after a day of intense conversation and negotiation. They chose the name you see at the head of this memo and decided to operate as a "not-for-profit" devoted to the following goals . ."
P.O. Box 1303, Framingham, MA 01701-1303
Voice: 800-747-6131 Fax: 508-626-9079, E-Mail: NADR@endlessemail.net
http://www.nadr.org/

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National Institute on Disability & Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR):
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/NIDRR/index.html

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Help Wanted? Consider Nurses with Disabilities, Donna Carol Maheady, ARNP, EdD, Nursing Spectrum:"AS THE MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER with disabilities, I've been involved in handicap advocacy efforts for many years, but it wasn't until I conducted my doctoral dissertation research1 that I learned about the contributions that nurses with disabilities can make to the profession — and the regrettably scarce resources available for this growing group of RNs. That's why I took a giant step two years ago and created a nonprofit website for nurses and students with disabilities. Called www.ExceptionalNurse.com , the site serves as a resource network for nurses and students with disabilities. It provides links to disability-related organizations, technology, equipment, financial aid, mentors, employment opportunities, and legal issues, as well as related articles and research. Since the website's debut, more than 8,000 visitors have logged on."
http://community.nursingspectrum.com/MagazineArticles/article.cfm?AID=9430

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Administrators' Attitudes Toward Hiring Disabled Nurses:"An accessible but previously untapped market for staff is disabled registered nurses. The authors report the results of a survey sent to nursing home and hospital administrators assessing their attitudes toward hiring disabled RNs. The differences between nurse administrators and non-nurse administrators were significant. The authors suggest strategies to incorporate disabled nurses into the work force."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=2139112&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b

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The meaning of disability in a caring environment. Pohl CM, Winland-Brown JE:"Department of Health Administration, College of Social Science, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. The meaning of disability on perception of self-worth as a nurse was identified through this qualitative study of disabled registered nurses. A metaphor emerged depicting the phenomena of the lived experience of disabled nurses. The results indicate that by creating a caring environment, nurse administrators can encourage disabled RNs to return to nursing practice."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=1534578&dopt=Abstract

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The Dark Side Of Caring: Challenges Of Caregiving:"The meaning of disability on perception of self-worth as a nurse was identified through this qualitative study of disabled registered nurses. A metaphor emerged depicting the phenomena of the lived experience of disabled nurses. The results indicate that by creating a caring environment, nurse administrators can encourage disabled RNs to return to nursing practice."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=1534578&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b

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The Duty To Accommodate In Action:"While the duty to accommodate disabled employees is firmly entrenched in today's workplace, many problem areas remain. In our three-part series on accommodating disability, we point to key trends emerging in the case law."
http://www.emond-harnden.com/duty.html

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HCP-DISABILITY: Nurses (and other healthcare professionals) with disability:"Here you will find references and links relating to healthcare professionals with disability. If you know of any interesting sources please let me know. You can email me at: d.j.wright@shef.ac.uk

A discussion group for those interested in the provision of access to health care education, and the professions, for people with disability.
To Join the group send an email to HCP-DISABILITY@jiscmail.ac.uk
In the message window type (or copy and paste) the following line:
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http://www.shef.ac.uk/~md1djw/Disability/disability.html