BC3 Library: Disability Awareness & Belonging : Recommended Resources

TED Talk | The Dandelion Shift: Seeing the Ability in Disability | Laura Whitaker

Organizations promoting disability awareness

ADA National Network
The ADA National Network has regional centers providing resources and assistance for campuses and college students. If you have questions about your rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), call someone at your local center.
AFB (American Foundation for the Blind)
AFB advocates for better policies that promote accessibility, equity, and opportunity for people who are blind or visually impaired. Join us in creating a culture of inclusion at work, at school, and in our communities.
The Blind Association of Butler and Armstrong
Our mission is to raise awareness about blindness and to provide services that educate and empower individuals who have visual impairments or blindness to lead independent and enriched lives.
Disability Visibility Project
Is an online platform dedicated to advancing disability community as well as creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture.
The Ehlers-Danlos Society
Is dedicated to saving and improving the lives of those affected by the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS), hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD), and related conditions. They host a yearly conference and provide a wide array of resources.
Epilepsy Foundation
Is a non-profit national foundation dedicated to the welfare of people with epilepsy and seizure disorders. Resources and information, including targeted information for African Americans, Latinx and others is available on their site.
National Association of the Deaf
The nation's premier civil rights organization of, by, and for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States.
National Wheelchair Basketball Association
With roots in teams formed by WWII veterans, this organization now spans the globe and sends teams to the Paralympics. Their website has more information about the sport and where teams are located.
NDC (National Deaf Center)
NDC's mission is to support postsecondary outcomes for individuals who are deaf, deafblind, deaf disabled, hard of hearing, or late deafened.
Pennsylvania Association for the Blind
The mission of the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind is to positively impact the lives of Pennsylvanians with visual impairments. PAB is the nation’s only statewide private non-profit organization providing services for people who are blind or visually impaired, as well as prevention of blindness programs to the general population.
SinsInvalid
A disability justice based performance project that incubates and celebrates artists with disabilities, centralizing artists of color and LGBTQ / gender-variant artists as communities who have been historically marginalized.
Transgender Law Center (TLC) Disability Project
Is focused on promoting and integrating disability, deafness, and anti-ableism policies within the LGBTQ movement and communities.
Wounded Warrior Project
If you're a disabled vet going to college, look at the Wounded Warriors project for resources and opportunities. Nobody understands vets with disabilities like other vets with disabilities.

TED Talk: Mainstreaming Disability | Dylan Alcott

Famous individuals with disabilities

TED Talk | Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness | Michele L. Sullivan

Disability Awareness in the United States

TED Talk: When we design for disability, we all benefit | Elise Roy

TED Talk: How I fail at being disabled | Susan Robinson

TED Talk: I got 99 problems... palsy is just one | Maysoon Zayid

Disability Podcasts You Shouldn't Miss

The Accessible Stall
Casual conversations and friendly arguments about both light and heavy everyday disability topics, with two good disabled friends who often have different takes on disability issues.
Disability Visibility
This is life from a disabled lens. Disability Visibility is a podcast hosted by San Francisco night owl Alice Wong featuring conversations on politics, culture, and media with disabled people. If you’re interested in disability rights, social justice, and intersectionality, this show is for you. It’s time to hear more disabled people in podcasting and radio.
Power Not Pity
Exploring the full range of disability experience, particularly through the stories and work of disabled people of color.
Included: The Disability Equity Podcast
Discussions and interviews aimed at fighting ableist stereotypes and more fully understanding trends in disability issues and policy.