- Ability Magazine
- Acceptable Terms
- ADA Information, City of Sacramento Updated
- Disability Etiquette Handbook (.pdf) of the Disability Access Office, Department of Public Works, City of San Antonio, Updated May 2012.
- Creative writers: Write characters with disabilities who don't suck (Issue 1) by Katie Rose Guest Pryal, Mar 5, 2016 in Disability Acts New
- "Communicating with People with Disabilities," (26 K .pdf) by Mary Kendig, from the STC Orlando Chapter newsletter, Tech Trends, January / February 2000.
- Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002 [United Kingdom]
- Disability is Natural: "The mission of this site is to encourage new ways of thinking about disability and to help create a society in which all people are valued and included." This site includes a discussion of People First Language, which should be very valuable to technical communicators.
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Section 504 handbook 4th edition, 2014 (See Chapter 4, "Disability Etiquette"
- Guidelines for Reporting and Writing about People with Disabilities from the University of Kansas Research and Training Center on Independent Living (RTC/IL). The guidelines show how to portray disability with respect and integrity. Download the PDF version
- Hearing Link.org [United Kingdom]
- United Nations Enable FAQ What is the definition of disability? [United Nations]
- World Programme of Action Overview [United Nations]
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Cynthia A Lockley
Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication. STC member since June 1979. Director at Large, Washington, DC - Baltimore chapter and webmaster. Past chapter president of the Washington, DC chapter (1998-1999 and 2000-2001). Past webmaster of the STC Accessibility SIG (2001-2016).