Print Resources for People with Disabilities

Books

• Job Search Handbook for People with Disabilities, by Dr. Daniel J. Ryan
• Career Success for People with Physical Disabilities, by Sharon F. Kissane
• Keys to the Workplace: Skills and Support for People with Disabilities, by Michael J. Callahan and J. Bradley Garner
  
• Job Strategies for People with Disabilities, by Melanie Astaire Witt and Joyce Lain Kennedy
• Computer and Web Resources for People with Disabilities, by The Alliance for Technology Access
• Learning a Living, by Dale S. Brown

• Careers & the Disabled

• Disability Support Services/Career Resources
• Career Development & Exploration Resources for People with Disabilities (2)
• Disability Issues

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Web Career Resources for People with Disabilities

WeMedia
WeMedia guides to careers, education, money, and daily news. Click on "Careers."
http://www.wemedia.com

USAToday
USAToday provides links to services, career resources, networks, and job-sites for people with disabilities.
http://www.usatoday.com/careers/special/minlinks.htm#disab

Jist.com
Jist.com offers links to career strategies, resources, job-search engines, and resources for financial planning and healthy life-style for people with disabilities.
http://www.jist.com/special_needs.shtm

University of Southern Mississippi Disabilities Resources
USM Disabilities Resources provides links to resources, career tips, employment opportunities, publications, and job-search engines.
http://www.cpp.usm.edu/Additionallinks/disability_resources.htm

American Association of People with Disabilities
AAPD offers links to sites with information on finding jobs, career strategies, and networking.
http://www.aapd-dc.org/docs/sites.html

Employment Resources for People with Disabilities
Provides employment information and job vacancies worldwide for people with disabilities. There is also information on companies that are currently hiring.
http://www.disserv.stu.umn.edu/TC/Grants/COL/listing/disemp

JanWeb
A free service of the Office of Disability Employment Policy, JanWeb is an international consulting service for people with disabilities. This is not a job-placement center, but rather an organization that offers career advice.
http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu

National Arts and Disability Center
National Arts and Disability Center offers great networking opportunities world-wide!
http://nadc.ucla.edu/links.htm

Hiring Students with Disabilities
A guide for employers hiring students with disabilities.
http://www.yorku.ca/careers/employers_hiredisability.htm

Diability Resources
http://disserv3.stu.umn.edu/index2.html

Resources for the Disabled
Skidmore College provides links to job listings, career guides, and other resources.
http://www.skidmore.edu/administration/career/disab.htm

Disclosing Disabilities
Northwestern University's Career Services tackles the issue "Deciding When, If, or How to Disclose Your Disability."
http://www.northwestern.edu/careers/students/apply/disclose.htm

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Additional Resources for People with Disabilities

Disability Support Services Brown University has as its primary aim the education of a highly qualified and diverse student body and respects each student's dignity, capacity to contribute, and desire for personal growth and accomplishment. Brown's commitment to students with disabilities is based on awareness of what students require for success. The University desires to foster both intellectual and physical independence to the greatest extent possible in all of its students. Disability Support Services offers assistance to undergraduate, graduate, and medical students with disabilities. The office has a lending library, and information regarding additional resources for students with disabilities.