Helpful Disability Reference Sites...
30 Apr 2010:
Here are some very helpful websites for the worldwide disabled community:
http://ableize.blogspot.com/ - a funny and insightful website for people with disabilities
http://www.pwd.org.au/ - a helpful Australian disability site
http://www.linkonline.com.au/index.shtml - an online disability magazine
http://www.northcott.com.au/index.php - a disability organisation that can help with all sorts of mobility aids ect that is run in Sydney Australia
http://www.autismspeaks.org/ - a helpful website for people with Autism
http://www.dadhc.nsw.gov.au/dadhc/ - a helpful Australian government organisation with great resources
http://www.e-bility.com/index.php - an excellent site with helpful hints for the disabled traveller
http://www.disabilitycouncil.nsw.gov.au/ - another great resource for disabled Australians
http://www.pdrc.org.au//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=30 – a helpful site for those who live in Western Sydney
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/09/mullins.beyond.disability/index.html?iref=allsearch - an inspirational disabled hero – Aimee Mullins
http://www.myspace.com/osteogenesisimperfecta - a great reference for those with Brittle Bones (like myself)
http://www.openroad.com.au/motoring_drivingwithdisabilities.asp - a mass of information for Australian disabled drivers, you will find out many things you didn't know about, and what they don't tell you!!
There are many, many, many more websites out there, I will add more as I come across them, and I'm sure I've missed out some that have slipped my mind.... Please feel free to add any that you may have come across yourself or email me and I'll add it for you :~) I would also love to know about useful ones in other countries as well as I get lots of enquiries from overseas friends that I do not know how to answer but would love to give more information to.
Jodie...