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National Center for Health Statistics
Comprehensive information on health including state data, data on nursing homes, hospital bed capacity, and licensed health professionals
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Information on students with disabilities from the National Center for Education Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information on employment and other labor force characteristics
United Nations Disability Statistics
Provides data on the disabled population in various countries
Cornell Unversity's DisabilityStatistics.org
A NIDRR funded online resource for U.S. Disability Statistics
Sites that Provide Help to the Disabled Population:
Disability.gov
Connecting the Disability Community to Information and Opportunities.
National Council on Disability
Promotes policies, programs, practices, and procedures that guarantee equal opportunity for all individuals with disabilities, and that empower individuals with disabilities to achieve economic self-sufficiency, independent living, and inclusion and integration into all aspects of society.
Deparment of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
Provides national leadership on disability employment policy by developing and influencing the use of evidence-based disability employment policies and practices, building collaborative partnerships, and delivering authoritative and credible data on employment of people with disabilities.
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
Conducts comprehensive and coordinated programs of research and related activities to maximize the full inclusion social integration employment and independent living of disabled individuals of all ages
National Women's Health Information Center
Information on women's health with a separate page for women with disabilities
Social Security Administration Disability Benefits
Information about Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Programs
Americans with Disabilities Act Home Page
Information about the Americans with Disablility Act from the Department of Justice.
Job Accommodation Network
An ODEP project to facilitate the employment and retention of workers with disabilities by providing employers, employment providers, people with disabilities, their family members and other interested parties with information on job accommodations, entrepreneurship, and related subjects.