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A document created by Volunteers of America explains the rights of people who live their daily lives under guardianship. The document also explains the powers, duties, and limitations of a guardian.

A 2018 PDF report outlining top management and performance challenges facing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services across HHS programs and covering critical HHS responsibilities, including delivering quality services and benefits, exercising sound fiscal management, safeguarding public health and safety, and enhancing cybersecurity.

Maysoon Zayid, an Arab-American comedian, delivered a TED Talk titled “I got 99 problems… palsy is just one” In this talk, she shares her experiences as an actress, stand-up comic, philanthropist, and advocate for the disabled. She also talks about her life with cerebral palsy and how she overcame the challenges that came with it. Maysoon’s talk offers a unique perspective on the difficulties that people with disabilities face.

Comedian and journalist, Stella Young, happens to go about her day in a wheelchair — a fact that doesn’t, she’d like to make clear, automatically turn her into a noble inspiration to all humanity.

YouTube video interviewing people living with disabilities identifying their disabilities and what they want others to know about them.

Youtube video interviewing people living with disabilities demonstrating who they are and how they want to be treated.

An independent federal agency charged with advising the President, Congress, and other federal agencies regarding policies, programs, practices, and procedures that affect people with disabilities.

NARIC is the library of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). They collect, catalog, and disseminate the articles, reports, curricula, guides, and other publications and products of the research projects funded by NIDILRR. They fund more than 250 projects each year that conduct research on a wide range of issues including technology, health and function, independent living, and capacity building.

This site contains ICDR activities, disability research news, reports, and general federal disability research resources. Their mission is to promote coordination and cooperation among federal departments and agencies conducting disability, independent living, and rehabilitation research programs—including those that relate to assistive technology research, and research that incorporates the principles of universal design.

A useful video to assist support workers to focus on good practice, and to consider and recognize poor or neglectful practice, abuse, and crime. Video includes a downloadable worksheet to help reflect on the importance of each life area.