RESOURCES
Related websites
Disability Studies Association
The website is hosted by the Disability Studies Association, a UK based network concerned with expansion of knowledge that relates to the social model of disability.
www.disabilitystudies.net
Association of Childrens Welfare Agencies
www.acwa.asn.au
Carers NSW
www.carersnsw.asn.au
Your Shout
‘Your Shout’ is a new web site made by, and for, adolescent siblings with a brother or sister with a disability or chronic illness, and is an initiative of the Siblings Project at the Association for Children with a Disability.
www.yourshout.org.au
Siblings Australia
Siblings Australia is a not-for-profit organisation recognizing and providing services for siblings of children with special needs.
www.siblingsaustralia.org.au
Inclusion International
For information on the network of families, self-advocates and others, concerned with the lives of the 60 million persons with intellectual disabilities around the world that is made up of some 200 local and national member associations in 115 countries.
www.inclusion-international.org
ASSID
Australian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability
www.rmit.edu.au/departments/ps/assid
International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability (IASSID)
The International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities is an international and interdisciplinary scientific non governmental organization with official relations with the World Health Organization. IASSID has special interest research groups on Aging, Families, Health Issues, Mental Health, Parenting, Profound Multiple Disability, Quality of Life
www.iassid.org
NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care
www.dadhc.nsw.gov.au
AAMR
For information of the activities of the American Association on Mental Retardation
www.aamr.org/
Australian Center on Quality of Life
ACQOL has the aim of facilitating research into quality of life. This site contains several types of resources including a directory of instruments with over 600 entries, a bibliography with over 6,000 entries, data sites and notices of QOL conferences. It also contains links to other related sites, theses, links to chat groups, etc. This site is maintained by Deakin University and all information can be scanned or downloaded free of charge.
acqol.deakin.edu.au/index.htm
Disability Information Online Directory
A directory with over 2,000 disability related links including books, videos etc.
www.disabilityonline.com