Accessibility Resources--Guide for Library Services for Persons With Disabilities: Americans with Disabilities Resources

ADA Resources

• ADA.gov

  Information and Technical Assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

• Benefits and Insurance

  Find information about health care coverage including Medicare and Medicaid

• Emergency Preparedness Resources

  Information and resources for persons with disabilities.

• Healthy People 2030

  Sets data-driven national objectives to improve health and well-being over the next decade.

• Innovations to Support Adolescents

  Information, resources and tools from the Office of Population Health.

• National Council on Disability

  An independent federal agency that provides advice and recommendations to the government.

• NIDCD Directory

  An organization directory from the National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders.

Politically correct ways to address persons with disabilities:

'I am not ashamed': Disability advocates, experts implore you to stop saying 'special needs'

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2021/06/11/disabled-not-special-needs-experts-explain-why-never-use-term/7591024002/

“Special needs” is an ineffective euphemism

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5256467/

Respectful Disability Language: Here’s What’s Up https://www.aucd.org/docs/add/sa_summits/Language%20Doc.pdf