Our Reference Links

The FAQ page: Back to basics -- Where to get help




DRM Regional Resources Directory (States) -- Montana



Missoula County Health Resource Guide for Seniors



Directory of services and groups in Missoula County




Federal site connecting the disability community to information & opportunities



National Council on Aging - resources on services and on policy points on aging




State of Montana's materials on 'senior and long term care'



Library of Congress links to newspapers, periodicals and news resources



Newspapers - USA/World




Constantly updated news on most topics of interest, including news from your zipcode




Your newspaper and magazine master access page: from Deaf.org



Search bill summary & status for the 111th Congress (2009-2010)



Montana legislators and their work - and how to contact them




Disability Statistics Center



How disability data is collected




Disability-related acronyms



Resources and Tools from the Trace Center



Yahoo index of disability-related sites (comprehensive but quirky)



Librarians' guide to disability sites and texts on the Internet : it does a current search for you

DisAbility Culture: Writing, Music, Design, History and People

 Study of News Coverage of Disability Issues






Disability & Media Alliance Project:    Promoting accurate representation of PWD and working to eliminate disability stereotypes and misinformation in news, television, films, and other media




Inspiring 'overcomer' stories are newsroom cliches



A chronology of the disability rights movements






Disability's Social History - heroes links



Person-First Language and Autism Neurodiversity and the Prejudice of Politically Correct Terminology



My Mind is a Web Browser: How People with Autism Think




The Invisible Disabilities Advocate (IDA) - count us in!







What is Disability Culture?



What is disability culture?: a classic analysis of the disability movement - by Paul Longmore



National Arts and Disability Center

Artists with Disabilities Oral History Project









Vancouver 2010 Paralympics




Outdoor recreation resources for people with disabilities




Crossing the Barriers (CTB): Improving Access to Montana's Outdoor Recreation




The online connection for amps with an active lifestyle




When you can't do the sport you loved



Tri It Your Way is for anyone of any ability level who wants to complete a triathlon



Service animals and their people






Disability Culture Watch blog





The arts inviting PWDs





DAWN: Disabilities Awareness Webring Network





Mark O'Brien's page: he's featured in the film Breathing Lessons






Stephen Drake's work with Not Dead Yet



Bryan Goodwin 'rolls to his own drummer'





Greg Smith: the Strength Coach





Institutionalization remembered






Laura Hershey: Writer, Poet, Activist, Consultant --
News, Views, Musings, and Issues






uppity disability dot net: Disability culture, politics and art, since 1995

Education, Working and Money Links

Disability and the Workplace: An Internet Primer



Online learning for disability and gender equity - secondary level



On learning disabilities



Accessible audiobooks for students with visual impairment, dyslexia or learning disabilities



Free full-text books to access online



ADSUM : Alliance for Disability and Students of The University of Montana



Archives: Disabled Student Services in Higher Education discussion group



Disability Services for Students Office, University of Montana, Missoula




Links to Disability Employment Sites, Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities



President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities



Job Accommodation Network



Small business and Self-Employment for People with Disabilities



Social Security Administration



Social Security protections for PWDs



Information on applying ADA provisions to employment; plus, how to file complaints

Housing and Adaptive Environments

Universal Design and accessibility



Center for Inclusive Design & Environmental Access: IDeA


Center for Universal Design: Environments and Products for all People



Updated housing links from the DRM Guide



National Association of Home Builders sees the light



Resources about the Community Choice Act formerly called MiCASSA



Resources about the Garrett decision on our freedom to live in the community




Your home; not the nursing home!




Home Instead Senior Care Foundation




Medicare's ratings of nursing homes in your area




Long-standing alternatives to nursing homes



Every new home visitable



Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum exhibition 'Unlimited by Design'




Updated housing links from the DRM Guide




Housing advocacy for the disability community



Institute for Human Centered Design



MCIL - ramps for home accessibility



Home Controls (Automation for networking your home)

Family and Sexuality Links

The Beach Center on Families and Disability



Beach Center on Disability



National FindFamily Registry -- to reconnect with family members who have been lost to institutions





Parenting with a Disability



Forums and chats for parents with disabilities



Parents with Disabilities: DRM's Listings



DRM's Sexuality Listings



Homosexuality, Bisexuality and Disability: DRM's Listings

Advocacy and Politics; includes useful government links

Your home -- not a nursing home!




Home- and community-based services links for Montana




Disability Resources: Montana Vocational Rehabilitation's pages on disability services and resources available to Montanans



Contacting your representative in Helena -- and other state legislative news



Missoula Aging Services: useful links for all of us



Bazelon Center's analysis of the ADA's strengths and how it is now being challenged in the courts



Thinking about the Labor Day Telethon



Families USA : working to ensure health care for all



Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund



Disaboom:  Information and resources for people with disabilities



Official site of the U.S. Access Board



Americans with Disabilities Act Home Page



The Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement



Contemporary Independent Living - article by Josie Byzek



Register to Vote Online or in Person



Congress at Your Fingertips



UCP's Advocacy Connection and Tools



Not Dead Yet and ADAPT disability advocates fight the 'right to die' movement



Disability Rights Advocates



David Ferleger's Disability Links



Lubin's disABILITY Information and Resources (a *treasure trove* of links



Disability Identity Politics



Disability Rights Montana, formerly Montana Advocacy Program - MAP



Summit Independent Living Center, for PWDs in Western Montana



Women with Disabilities.gov



Rural Institute on Disabilities at the University of Montana



MSU's Montana Center on Disabilities



State of Montana programs for people with disabilities



Montana Medicaid



Montana League of Women Voters site: Let your will be known on state and local issues

Breaking News and Alerts

News for CMCD folks


What does 'Million Dollar Baby' have to do with you and me?




Center for an Accessible Society - a fine place to search for current news and cites about disability activism


Legal issues important to PWDs



Not Dead Yet's TRUTH section



UCP's Washington Watch


Award-winning site for everyone aging and/or living with disability


National Senior Citizens Law Center's Washington Weekly: headlines of interest to advocates


NSCLC: Information for Consumers





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