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Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention is recognized as the lead federal
agency for protecting the health and safety
of people by providing credible information
to enhance health decisions.
eMedicine
eMedicine provides access to information
that can be used by medical practitioners
and the public. eMedicine allows authors and
editors from around the world to write peer
reviewed articles online quickly and
efficiently.
Healthfinder
Healthfinder is a gateway consumer health
information website provided by the United
States Government and its many partners.
Medscape
Medscape provides clinicians and other
healthcare professionals with a timely
source of clinical information.
The National Library of
Medicine
The National Library of Medicine is the
world’s largest medical library. The Library
collects materials in all areas of
biomedicine and health care, as well as
works on biomedical aspects of technology,
the humanities, and the physical, life, and
social sciences.
National Organization for
Rare Disorders
National Organization for Rare Disorders is
a federation of voluntary health
organizations dedicated to helping people
with rare diseases and assisting the
organizations that serve them. The site
provides access to an electronic newsletter
called Orphan Disease Update, a rare disease
database and related information.
PubMed
PubMed provides access to over 11 million
MEDLINE citations. PubMed includes links to
many sites providing full text articles and
other related resources.
WebMD
WebMD provides services and information that
help physicians, consumers, providers and
health plans navigate the complexity of the
healthcare system.
Gray’s
Anatomy Online
Wheeless'
Textbook of Orthopaedics
Brain Injury
Brain Injury Association of
America
The Brain Injury Association of America
offers information about brain injury
prevention, research, education and
advocacy. They help identify and respond to
the needs of individuals with brain injury
and their families.
Brain Injury Association of
New Hampshire
The Brain
Injury Association of New Hampshire is a
private, non-profit, family and consumer
run organization representing over 5000
New Hampshire residents with acquired
brain disorders and stroke. The BIANH
was founded in 1983 by NH parents
seeking to bring home their brain
injured children from out of state
nursing homes.
National Resource Center for
Traumatic Brain Injury
The National Resource Center for Traumatic
Brain Injury offers practical information
for professionals, person’s with brain
injury, and family members.
Spinal Cord Injury
National Spinal Cord Injury
Association
The National Spinal Cord Injury Association
acts as community advocates for improved
access, housing, transportation, employment,
and leisure time activities for people with
disabilities. The Association serves not
only persons with spinal cord injuries but
also persons who have diseases or
conditions, whose effects are similar to
those of spinal cord injuries. This includes
Multiple Sclerosis, Friedreich’s Ataxia, and
Spina Bifida.
Spinal Cord Injury Network
The Spinal Cord Injury Network is sponsored
by the University of Alabama’s
Rehabilitation Research & Training Center,
which conducts research and training in the
prevention and treatment of secondary
conditions of spinal cord injury.
Foundation for Spinal Cord
Injury Prevention, Care & Cure
The Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury
Prevention, Care & Cure is a non-profit
educational group dedicated to the
prevention, care and cure of spinal cord
injuries through public awareness, education
and funding research.
Mental Health
Center for Mental Health
Services
Center for Mental Health Services leads
Federal efforts to treat mental illnesses by
promoting mental health and by preventing
the development or worsening of mental
illness when possible.
Boston University Center for
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
The Boston University Center for Psychiatric
Rehabilitation is a research, training, and
service organization dedicated to improving
the lives of persons who have psychiatric
disabilities by improving the effectiveness
of people, programs, and service systems.
National Alliance on Mental
Illness
The National Alliance on Mental Illness is a
nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support
and advocacy organization of consumers,
families, and friends of people with severe
mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia,
major depression, bipolar disorder,
obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxiety
disorders.
Employment
Institute
on Disability (IOD) at the University of New
Hampshire
The
Institute on Disability/UCED (IOD) at
the University of New Hampshire was
established in 1987 to provide a
coherent university-based focus for the
improvement of knowledge, policies, and
practices related to the lives of
persons with disabilities and their
families.
Cornell
University’s Program on Employment and
Disability
The Program on Employment and Disability,
housed within the Industrial and Labor
Relations School at Cornell University,
conducts research and provides continuing
education and technical assistance on many
aspects of disability in the workplace. They
produce scholarly articles, develop training
materials, and conduct training sessions on
a wide array of disability-related matters.
Americans with Disabilities Act
www.eeoc.gov
www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
Job and Labor
Market Information
Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau
New Hampshire Employment Security
America's
CareerInfoNet
US Department of
Labor-Bureau of Labor Statistics
O*NET Online:
Occupational Outlook
Handbook
US Census Bureau
Dictionary of
Occupational Titles (DOT)
Government
Agencies
Social Security
Administration
NH Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
Professional
Organizations
International Association of Rehabilitation
Professionals (IARP)
International Academy of Life Care Planners
Certification Commissions
Commission for Rehabilitation
Counselor Certification - CRC
Commission for Case Manager
Certification – CCM
Commission on Health Care
Certification - CLCP
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