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Introduction

A number of efforts have been made to extend equal opportunity to people with disabilities and to encourage their full participation in all aspects of society. Among those efforts were the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 and other federal laws that protect the rights of people with disabilities to access to education, employment, and public accommodations. Another focus has been achieving full acceptance through changing attitudes toward people with disabilities. This bibliography explores myths and misconceptions that continue to exist and ways to interact with and write about people with disabilities to foster greater sensitivity and understanding.

The bibliography includes books, chapters in books, and periodical articles of general interest, most of which have been published since 1997. Each section, where applicable, also includes videos and CD-ROMs. Contact the sources listed for information about the availability of rentals, previews, or purchase. Additional documents such as research publications can be located through indexes such as ERIC, Psychological Abstracts (PsycINFO), and Sociological Abstracts.

Contents

General

American Foundation for the Blind.

Sensitivity to blindness and visual impairments. Retrieved Sept. 19, 2002. <www.afb.org/info_document_view.asp?documentid=911>.

Beadles, Robert J.

How to refer to people with disabilities: a primer for laypeople. Re:view, v. 33, spring 2001: 4-7.

Boy Scouts of America.

Disabilities awareness. Merit badge pamphlet. Irving, TX: 2002. 47p. $3.10, order #33370. (Supply Division, P.O. Box 7143, Charlotte, NC 28241, 800-323-0732, <www.scoutstuff.org/> or search the web site for a local Scout shop).

Candela, Anthony R.

I'm blind, not deaf! Braille forum, v. 40, Oct. 2001: 43-53.

Center for Disability Information and Referral.

Disability awareness: a selected bibliography. Compiled by Erik Johansen and Marilyn Irwin. Retrieved Nov. 21, 2002. <www.iidc.indiana.edu/cedir/dawarebib.html>.

Cohen, Judy.

Disability etiquette: tips on interacting with people with disabilities. Jackson Heights, NY: Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, [n.d.]. 51p. Free. (75-20 Astoria Boulevard, 11370). Also online at <www.epva.org/Videos_Publications/publication_database.asp>.

Disability awareness.

1999. 19-minute video. $89. Learning Seed, 330 Telser Road, Lake Zurich, IL 60047, 800-634-4941, <learnseed@aol.com>, <www.learningseed.com>.

Disability awareness training CD-ROM.

1997. $69. Program Development Associates, P.O. Box 2038, Syracuse, NY 13220, 800-543-2119, <info@pdassoc.com>, <www.pdassoc.com>.

Disability, identity, and culture.

2000. 23-minute video. $149.95. Program Development Associates.

Easter Seals.

Disability etiquette. Retrieved Oct. 9, 2002. <www.easter-seals.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ntl_etiquette>.

An equal voice [people who are deaf].

1994. 8-minute video. $25. Utah Assistive Technology Program, 6588 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, (435) 797-3824, <uatp.usu.edu/products/video.html>.

Finding a way.

1999. 28-minute video. $59. Program Development Associates, P.O. Box 2038, Syracuse, NY 13220, 800-543-2119, <info@pdassoc.com>, <www.pdassoc.com>.

Fox, Ann M., comp.

Interdisciplinary bibliography on disability in the humanities. Retrieved Nov. 14, 2002. <www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/interests/ds-hum/ds-bib.html>.

How to communicate effectively with someone who has hearing loss.

1999. 28-minute video. $89.95. Program Development Associates.

Keung, Jason Lau Wing, and Don Degraaf.

A world of diversity. Camping magazine, v. 72, Mar.-Apr. 1999: 20-24.

A little history worth knowing.

1998. 22-minute video. $99. Program Development Associates.

Making a life: opportunity, not disability.

2000. 28-minute video. $59.95. Richardson Company Training Media, 13 Creekwood Lane SW, Lakewood, WA 98499, 800-488-0319, <rctm@rctm.com>, <www.rctm.com/app/Product/64810.html#info>.

Maloff, Chalda, and Susan Macduff Wood.

Business and social etiquette with disabled people: a guide to getting along with persons who have impairments of mobility, vision, hearing, or speech. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas, 1988. 143p.

McDonald, Joanne.

Helping your counselors welcome all campers: some guidelines for inclusive camping. Camping magazine, v. 75, May-June 2002: 24-27.

Miller, Nancy B., and Catherine C. Sammons.

Everybody's different: understanding and changing our reactions to disabilities. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes, 1999. 384p.

National Center on Accessibility.

Disability awareness. 12p. $1. (2805 East 10th Street, Suite 190, Bloomington, IN 47408, <www.ncaonline.org>).

National Organization on Disability.

Disability etiquette tips. Retrieved Sept. 11, 2002. <www.nod.org>.

National Organization on Disability.

Educate yourself about disability issues. Retrieved Sept. 11, 2002. <www.nod.org>.

Senelick, Richard C., and Karla Dougherty.

Beyond please and thank you: the disability awareness handbook for families, co-workers, and friends. Birmingham, AL: HealthSouth Press, 2001. 106p. (One HealthSouth Parkway, 35243).

The seven-minute lesson [sighted-guide techniques for assisting people who are blind or visually impaired].

1978. 7-minute video. $29.95. AFB Press, Customer Service, P.O. Box 1020, Sewickley, PA 15143, 800-232-3044, <afbinfo@afb.net>, <www.afb.org/store/>.

Stumpf, Mitzi, and others.

4-H programs with a focus on including youth with disabilities. Journal of extension, v. 40, April 2002. <www.joe.org/joe/2002april/a4.html>.

The ten commandments of communicating with people with disabilities.

1994. 26-minute video. $195. Program Development Associates, P.O. Box 2038, Syracuse, NY 13220, 800-543-2119, <www.pdassoc.com>.

Titchkosky, Tanya.

Disability: a rose by any other name? "People-first" language in Canadian society. Canadian review of sociology and anthropology, v. 38, May 2001: 125-140.

Tusler, Anthony, and others, eds.

The new paradigm of disability: a bibliography. Retrieved Nov. 14, 2002. <www.AboutDisability.com/bib.html>

United States. Department of Labor. Office of Disability Employment Policy. Attitudinal barriers.

Retrieved Aug. 28, 2002. <www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/ek99/barriers.htm>.

United States. Department of Labor. Office of Disability Employment Policy. Communicating with and about people with disabilities.

Retrieved Aug. 28, 2002. <www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/comucate.htm>.

Vash, Carolyn L.

Disability attitudes for all latitudes. Journal of rehabilitation, v. 67, Jan.-Feb.-Mar. 2001: 38-42.

Videoguide to (dis)ability awareness.

1993. 25-minute video. $195. Fanlight Productions, 4196 Washington Street, Suite 2, Boston, MA 02131, 800-937-4113, <fanlight@fanlight.com>, <www.fanlight.com>.

VSA arts.

Access and opportunities: a guide to disability awareness. Retrieved Aug. 28, 2002. <www.vsarts.org/bestpractices/dag/index.html>.

What do you do when you see a blind person?

2000. 16-minute video. $39.95. AFB Press, Customer Service, P.O. Box 1020, Sewickley, PA 15143, 800-232-3044, <afbinfo@afb.net>, <www.afb.org/store/>.

Without pity: a film about abilities.

1996. 52-minute video. $129. Program Development Associates, P.O. Box 2038, Syracuse, NY 13220, 800-543-2119, <info@pdassoc.com>, <www.pdassoc.com>.

In the Classroom

Denti, Louis G., and Susan B. Meyers.

Successful ability awareness programs: the key is in the planning. Teaching exceptional children, v. 29, Mar.-Apr. 1997: 52-54.

Diamond, Karen E., and Fiona K. Innes.

The origins of young children's attitudes toward peers with disabilities. In Early childhood inclusion: focus on change. Edited by Michael J. Guralnick. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes, 2001. p. 159-177.

Disability awareness.

NICHCY resource list 13 (BIB13). 2d ed. Washington: National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, 2000. 12p. Also online at <www.nichcy.org/pubs/bibliog/bib13txt.htm>.

Disability awareness computer game.

$50. PARENTS, 4743 East Northern Lights Boulevard, Anchorage, AK 99508, (907) 337-7678, 800-478-7678 (AK only), <parents@parentsinc.org>, <www.parentsinc.org/game.html>.

Express diversity!

A curriculum that includes arts activities for the non-arts teacher, family activities in English and Spanish, and a video. Available on computer diskette and audio tape and in braille and large print. $75. VSA arts, 1300 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036, 800-933-8721, <ed@vsarts.org>, <www.vsarts.org/programs/ed/index.html>.

Friends who care.

A curriculum for third and fourth graders that includes a teacher's guide, activity sheet, posters, and a video. $25. Easter Seals, 230 West Monroe Street, Suite 1800, Chicago, IL 60606, 800-221-6827, <www.easter-seals.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ntl_friends_ teachers>.

Gonzales Alvarez, Lourdes I.

A short course in sensitivity training: working with Hispanic families of children with disabilities. Teaching exceptional children, v. 31, Sept.-Oct. 1998: 73-77.

Guth, Lorraine J., and Laura Murphy.

People-first language in middle and high schools: usability and readability. Clearing house, v. 72, Nov.-Dec. 1998: 115-117.

Hartwell, Richard D.

Understanding disabilities: firsthand experience teaches students valuable lessons about disabilities. Educational leadership, v. 58, Apr. 2001: 72-75.

Johnson, Jody, and J. Renee Pierce.

Creating an ability awareness day in physical education. Journal of physical education, recreation, and dance, v. 71, Sept. 2000: 16-17.

Just like me and you.

A curriculum for third, fourth, and fifth graders that includes student worksheets, lesson plans, and a video. $25. Paraquad, 311 North Lindbergh Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63141, (314) 567-1558, <paraquad@paraquad.org>, <www.paraquad.org/disaware.htm>.

Kidability.

1999. 26-minute video. $89. Program Development Associates, P.O. Box 2038, Syracuse, NY 13220, 800-543-2119, <info@pdassoc.com>, <www.pdassoc.com>.

Kids just want to have fun (for grades K-5), 7-minute video, and What's the difference (for grades 6-12), 8-minute video.

1998. $45 each. Produced for Shriners Hospital for Children (Portland, OR) by Mercury Productions and distributed by Program Development Associates, 800-543-2119, and Teacher's Toolbox, 866-811-8665.

Kids on the Block puppet program.

Retrieved Aug. 23, 2002. (410) 290-9095, 800-368-5437, <kob@kotb.com>, <www.kotb.com/>.

Krebs, Cathryn S.

Beyond blindfolds: creating an inclusive classroom through collaboration. Re:view, v. 31, winter 2000: 180-186.

Levison, Lorie, and Isabelle St. Onge.

Disability awareness in the classroom: a resource tool for teachers and students. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas, 1999. 214p.

McPhee, Norma H., Paddy C. Favazza, and Eleanore Grater Lewis.

Sensitivity and awareness: a guide for developing understanding among children. Hollidaysburg, PA: Jason and Nordic Publishers, 1998. 96p. (P.O. Box 441, 16648).

Miller, Jessica L., and Jill Cordova.

Changing attitudes toward people with disabilities. Palaestra, v. 18, summer 2002: 16-21.

Nobody's perfect ... everybody's special.

1998. 21-minute video or CD-ROM. $59. Program Development Associates.

PACER (Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights) Center.

Count Me In puppet program. Retrieved Aug. 23, 2002. (952) 838-9000, <pacer@pacer.org>, <www.pacer.org/count/index.htm>.

Shapiro, Arthur.

Everybody belongs: changing negative attitudes toward classmates with disabilities. New York, NY: Garland Publishing, 1999. 551p.

Some ways the same, some ways different.

1997. $25 per multimedia disability-awareness teaching unit (seven units) for two-week rental. Children's Museum, 300 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210, 800-370-5487, <kits@bostonkids.org>, <www.bostonkids.org/kits/da.htm>.

Williams, Kimberly A.

Disability awareness: 24 lessons for the inclusive classroom. Nevada City, CA: Performance Learning Systems, 1998. 121p. (224 Church Street, 95959, 800-506-9996, <info@plsbookstore.com>, <www.plsbookstore.com>).

Wilson, Sandy, and Lauren Lieberman.

Disability awareness in physical education. Strategies, v. 13, July-Aug. 2000: 12, 29-33.

In the Library

Breedlove, Elizabeth.

Equal access to information: libraries serving people with disabilities. Retrieved Aug. 28, 2002. <www2.njstatelib.org/njlib/disabilities/dsequtoc.htm>.

Center for Disability Information and Referral.

Library services for people with disabilities: a selected bibliography. Compiled by Erik Johansen and Marilyn Irwin. Retrieved Nov. 21, 2002. <www.iidc.indiana.edu/cedir/libservbib.html>.

Deines-Jones, Courtney.

Training professional and support staff members. In Accessible libraries on campus: a practical guide for the creation of disability-friendly libraries. Edited by Tom McNulty. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association, 1999. p. 147-161.

Disability awareness kit: a training resource for public library customer service staff.

The Open Road project, which explores issues of diversity on the Internet, was developed by the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Retrieved Aug. 28, 2002. <openroad.net.au/access/dakit/>.

Diversity in the library: a way of life.

2001. 19-minute video. $99. Library Video Network, 320 York Road, Towson, MD 21204, 800-441-TAPE, <www.lvn.org/catalog.html>.

Papangelis, Penelope.

Sensitivity training in academic library public services. Retrieved Aug. 28, 2002. <www.arl.org/diversity/leading/issue12/papangelis.html>.

People first: serving and employing people with disabilities.

1990. 40-minute video. $130. Library Video Network, 320 York Road, Towson, MD 21204, 800-441-TAPE, <www.lvn.org/catalog.html>.

In the Workplace

Abilities.

Just ask! awareness and sensitivity training. Retrieved Aug. 16, 2002. <www.abilities2000.com/ask.html>.

California Governor's Committee for Employment of Disabled Persons. Windmills attitudinal training program.

Retrieved July 12, 2002. <www.disabilityemployment.org/er_windmill.htm>.

Changing perspectives.

2000. 20-minute video, $89; CD-ROM, $99; $168 for both. Program Development Associates, P.O. Box 2038, Syracuse, NY 13220, 800-543-2119, <info@pdassoc.com>, <www.pdassoc.com>.

City of San Antonio and the Disability Access Advisory Committee.

Disability etiquette handbook. Retrieved Sept. 12, 2002. <www.sanantonio.gov/planning/disability_handbook/disability_handbook. asp>.

Disabilities in the workplace.

1996. 24-minute video. $89.95. Program Development Associates.

Finding gold: hiring the best and the brightest.

1998. 7-minute video. $25. DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology), University of Washington, Box 355670, Seattle, WA 98195, (206) 685-3648, 888-972-3648 (WA only), <doit@u.washington.edu>, <www.washington.edu/doit/Video/fndgld.html>.

Gilbride, Dennis, and others.

Employers' attitudes toward hiring persons with disabilities and vocational rehabilitation services. Journal of rehabilitation, v. 66, Oct.-Nov.-Dec. 2000: 17-23.

Herman, Alexis M.

Attitude is everything: employers should change how they regard workers with disabilities. Retrieved Sept. 12, 2002. <equalopportunity.monster.com/articles/attitude/>.

Hernandez, Brigida, Christopher Keys, and Fabricio Balcazar.

Employer attitudes toward workers with disabilities and their ADA employment rights: a literature review. Journal of rehabilitation, v. 66, Oct.-Nov.-Dec. 2000: 4-16.

Hignite, Karla B.

The accessible association. Association management, v. 52, Dec. 2000: 36-43.

Hire Potential, Inc.

Disability awareness training programs. Retrieved Aug. 16, 2002. <www.hirepotential.com/trainingservicesdis.html>.

iCan! awareness training.

Retrieved Nov. 20, 2002. <www.ican.com/channels/services/training/index.cfm>.

Supervising an employee with a disability.

1998. 23-minute video. $195. Program Development Associates, P.O. Box 2038, Syracuse, NY 13220, 800-543-2119, <info@pdassoc.com>, <www.pdassoc.com>.

Unger, Darlene D.

Employers' attitudes toward persons with disabilities in the workforce: myths or realities? Focus on autism and other developmental disabilities, v. 17, spring 2002: 2-10.

United States. Department of Labor. Office of Disability Employment Policy. Disability-friendly strategies for the workplace.

Retrieved Aug. 28, 2002. <www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/ek00/friendlystrat.htm>.

United States. Department of Labor. Office of Disability Employment Policy. Educational kit for National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October or for programs throughout the year.

<infoodep@dol.gov>, <www.dol.gov/odep/faqs/materials.htm>.

In Literature

AccessAbility @ your library.

An Easter Seals and American Library Association (ALA) reading initiative that includes a list of ALA-recommended books for children and adults that feature characters with disabilities. Retrieved Aug. 23, 2002. <www.easter-seals.org/site/PageServer?pagename= ntl_ ability_ library>.

Andrews, Sharon E.

Using inclusion literature to promote positive attitudes toward disabilities. Journal of adolescent and adult literacy, v. 41, Mar. 1998: 420-426.

Blaska, Joan K.

Using children's literature to learn about disabilities and illness. Moorhead, MN: Practical Press, 1996. 168p. (P.O. Box 455, 56561).

Blaska, Joan K., and Evelyn C. Lynch.

Is everyone included? Using children's literature to facilitate the understanding of disabilities. Young children, v.53, Mar. 1998: 36-38.

Browne, Elizabeth J.

Challenging biblical stereotypes of the blind. Braille monitor, v. 41, Feb. 1998: 112-116.

Carroll, Pamela S., and L. Penny Rosenblum.

Through their eyes: are characters with visual impairment portrayed realistically in young adult literature? Journal of adolescent and adult litereacy, v. 43, Apr. 2000: 620-630.

Children's literature and disability.

NICHCY resource list 5 (BIB5). 2d ed. Washington: National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, 2001. 8p. Also online at <www.nichcy.org/pubs/bibliog/bib5txt.htm>.

Landrum, Judith E.

Adolescent novels that feature characters with disabilities: an annotated bibliography. Journal of adolescent and adult literacy, v. 42, Dec. 1998-Jan. 1999: 284-290.

Landrum, Judith E.

Selecting intermediate novels that feature characters with disabilities. Reading teacher, v. 55, Nov. 2001: 252-258.

Nasatir, Diane.

Guide for reviewing children's literature that include people with disabilities: books written for children three to five years of age. A project of Circle of Inclusion, University of Kansas. Retrieved Aug. 28, 2002. <www.circleofinclusion.org/english/books/>.

Prater, Mary Anne.

Using juvenile literature with portrayals of disabilities in your classroom. Intervention in school and clinic, v. 35, Jan. 2000: 167-176.

Rosenblum, L. Penny, and Pamela S. Carroll.

Characters with visual impairment in young adult literature: are they effective role models for our teens? Re:view, v. 32, spring 2000: 6-22.

Shapiro, Johanna.

Eyes wide shut: teaching medical students about people with disabilities. Kaleidoscope, no. 42, winter-spring 2000: 36-42.

Stelle, Lucinda C.H.

Review of children's literature: children with disabilities as main characters. Intervention in school and clinic, v. 35, Nov. 1999: 123-128.

Turner, Nancy D., and Maryann Traxler.

Children's literature for the primary inclusive classroom: increasing understanding of children with hearing impairments. American annals of the deaf, v. 142, Dec. 1997: 350-355.

Ward, Marilyn.

Voices from the margins: an annotated bibliography of fiction on disabilities and differences for young people. Westport, CT:Greenwood Press, 2002. 176p.

In Mass Media

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Media and Disability Interest Group.

Media and disability bibliography. Retrieved Aug. 28, 2002. <www.towson.edu/~bhalle/m&d-biblio.html>.

Disability Awareness in Action.

Media information. Resource kit no. 1. Retrieved Nov. 13, 2002. <www.independentliving.org/docs2/daakit1.html>.

disabilityfilms.co.uk: films involving disabilities.

Retrieved Aug. 30, 2002. <www.disabilityfilm.clara.net>

Easter Seals Southern California.

Portraying people with disabilities. Retrieved Oct. 9, 2002. <www.essc.org/MediaInformation/MediaTips.html>.

Guidelines for reporting and writing about people with disabilities.

6th ed. 2001. $1. University of Kansas, Research and Training Center on Independent Living Publications, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 4089, Dole Building, Lawrence, KS 66045, (785) 864-4095, TTY: (785) 864-0706, fax: (785) 864-5063, <RTCIL@ku.edu>, <www.rtcil.org/>.

Hardin, Marie, and Ann Preston.

Inclusion of disability issues in news reporting textbooks. Journalism and mass communication educator, v. 56, summer 2001: 43-54.

Kent, Deborah.

Views from Hollywood: recent portrayals of blind people in film and on television. Journal of visual impairment and blindness, v. 93, June 1999: 392-394.

Pointon, Ann, with Chris Davies, eds.

Framed: interrogating disability in the media. London: British Film Institute, 1997. 247p. In United States and Canada, order from University of California Press, Order Department, California-Princeton Fulfillment Services, 1445 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing, NJ 06816, 800-777-4726, <askucp@ucpress.edu>, <bfi.ucpress.edu>.

Safran, Stephen P.

Disability portrayal in film: reflecting the past, directing the future. Exceptional children, v. 64, winter 1998: 227-237.

Safran, Stephen P.

The first century of disability portrayal in film: an analysis of the literature. Journal of special education, v. 31, winter 1998: 467-479.

Safran, Stephen P.

Using movies to teach students about disabilities. Teaching exceptional children, v. 32, Jan.-Feb. 2000: 44-47.

Sheridan, Chris.

Portrayals revisited: the depiction of wheelchair users in mass media as both problem and solution toward shaping public perceptions. Retrieved Nov. 13, 2002. <www.youknow.com/disability/portrayals2.html>.

Smit, Christopher R., and Anthony W. Enns, eds.

Screening disability: essays on cinema and disability. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2001. 216p.

Selected Internet Resources

Beyond Affliction: The Disability History Project

<www.npr.org/programs/disability/>

Presents a four-hour documentary radio series on the shared experience of people with disabilities and their families since the early 19th century. Includes excerpts from the shows and many of the primary source documents from which the on-air programs were developed.

Disability Awareness Site for Youth

<www.iidc.indiana.edu/cedir/kidsweb/>

Has links to people with disabilities in books, in movies, and on television and other topics on disability awareness.

Disability History Museum

<www.disabilitymuseum.org/>

Promotes an understanding of the history of disability and the experience of people with disabilities. Contains digital versions of images, texts, and other artifacts related to disability history.

Disability Social History Project

<www.disabilityhistory.org/dshp.html>

Includes information on the history of the disability rights movement, biographies of activists with disabilities, and bibliographies on topics such as general history, media issues, polio, and women.

Family Village Library: Disability Awareness

<www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/general/disability-awareness.html>

Has links to disability awareness resources and bibliographies.

Compiled by
Carol Strauss
Reference Section
nlsref@loc.gov
December 2002

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