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INDEPENDENT LIVING FOR THE SICK OR
DISABLED
Perhaps
unlike you, I have a handicap. A physical or mental
impairment, chronic illness or pain compromises
operation of an integral part of me: my senses, my
body, or my mind. This makes my fully functioning
and achieving unusually difficult, if not totally
impossible. Even at those times when I seemingly
overcome this condition, I am still conscious that
it exists. I’m aware that people and / or
technological “crutches” often help me. I’d
like to depend on these less, and more often
function independently of them. I have learned lots
about my special needs and overcome obstacles once
thought insurmountable. Perhaps like you, I value
self determination, self respect and equal
opportunity.
Related Words, Beliefs,
Background -- 28 entries
Discussion from The Worldview
Literacy Book
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WV
Theme #52:Independent
Living for the Sick or Disabled --Characterization with Wikipedia Entries
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| struggling to overcome disability |
struggling to
overcome chronic
illness
|
| struggling to cope with problems of old
age |
value a person's right to make own life decisions/self
advocacy |
|
summary
Wikipedia article:
Independent
Living |
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More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #52: Independent
Living for the Sick or Disabled |
|
Independent
Living Directory |
|
Disability
Rights Movement (from online encyclopedia) |
|
Accessibility
(from online encyclopedia) |
|
Elderly Care (from
online encyclopedia) |
|
World Institute on Disability |
| Disability
Related Organizations -- Links |
| National
Organization on Disability |
| The
National Council on Independent Living |
| The
National Council on Disability (NCD) |
| The
Movement for Independent Living--A Brief History, by Maggie Shreve |
| Independent
Living Centers (a list of hundreds of such centers in USA, many
state-supported) |
| Center
for An Accessible Society |
| ADA
Homepage (info and technical assistance related to the Americans With
Disabilities Act) |
| Disability
Culture -- Links |
| Disability
Rights and Independent Living Movement (from UC Berkeley where the
movement began) |
| Resource
Center for Independent Living |
| My
Senior Care ("a community for senior housing, home care, and
health") |
| Aging
Parents and Elder Care (from Senior Solutions of America, Inc.) |
| "A
Disabled Writer's Book Unfolds a Tap At a Time" by Nita
Lelyveld (LA Times article 12/3/2011) |
| "Independent
Living Movement: organizing for an active, disabled old age," by
Judith E. Heumann |
|
|
| "Americans
With Disabilities Act Turns 20" by Suzanne Robitaille (July
26 2010 USA Today story) |
| Geriatrics:
Dementia, Delirium and Depression with James Bourgeois (2008 UCTV
program) |
| The
Disability Rights Movement--From Charity to Confrontation (read this
2001 book at Google Books) |
| The
History of Disability: A History of 'Otherness' by Jayne Clapton and
Jennifer Fitzgerald |
| Disability
Studies -- Information and Resources |
| Christy
Brown (from online encyclopedia)--author of My Left Foot,
painter and poet overcame cerebal palsy |
| Temple
Grandin's Official Autism website (inspiring story of overcoming
disability made into award-winning 2010 movie) |
| Family
Fun and Resources for Families with Disabilities and Special Needs |
| History
of Independent Living, by Gina McDonald and Mike Oxford |
| Rethinking
Disabilities: Toward Inclusive Communities, by Michael Peterson |
| The
Experience of Motor Disability |
| Claiming
Our Bodies -- Resources For Disabled Women |
| National
Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research |
| quotes
related to disabilities |
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seen
everything. "
from Coming of Age in the Global Village,
by
Stephen P. Cook, with Donella H. Meadows.