The five-volume Encyclopedia of Human Rights, edited by David Forsythe, offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history in over 300 entries signed by leading scholars and human rights experts. The coverage includes major figures, organizations and institutions, human rights events and crises, and human rights norms.
Local and National Mental Health Resources, Social Services resources.
Disability Rights
Source: The Organization of American States. (2013). Secretary General Receives the Secretary of State for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities of Haiti [Digital Image]. Flickr. Retrieved from https://flic.kr/p/dXZdyv
DRW is a private non-profit organization that "protects the rights of people with disabilities statewide." Their mission is "to advance the dignity, equality, and self-determination of people with disabilities" by working "to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights."
The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) was founded in 1979 and is one of the leading national civil rights law and policy centers directed by individuals w/ disabilities and parents who have children w/ disabilities. Their mission is to "advance the civil and human rights of people with disabilities through legal advocacy, training, education, and public policy and legislative development."
This searchable web site from the U.S. Department of Justice contains a myriad of information regarding the ADA including status reports, settlement information, and technical assistance materials.
This website contains copies of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 documents, as well as links to information concerning disability issues and legal issues concerning occupational health and safety and Total Quality Management.
From the Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, the DSC web site contains statistical information on different disabilities and the status of people with disabilities (including statistics on education attainment, annual household income, employment rate, etc.).
The National Federation of the Blind is the largest organization of the blind in America (though interested sighted people may also join). Founded in 1940, the Federation has grown to include more than ten percent of the nation's blind (over 50,000 members).