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Cynthia A. Lockley on 4 May 200827 Apr 2023

Best Nursing Homes and Short-Term / Long-Term Rehabilitation Care Facilities:
- Nursing Home Comparisons rated by Medicare
- Nursing Homes and Long-Term / Short-Term Care Ratings, add your zip codes for places near you. Rated by U.S. News & World Report
Advanced Pulmonary Physiomic Imaging Laboratory (APPIL) New
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) information about orthopaedics, finding an Orthopaedist, articles about diseases and syndromes, treatments and rehabilitation, parts of the body, and more.
American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA)
American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
- Hand & Wrist
- Foot Problems
- Hip & Thigh
- Knee & Lower Leg
- Back
- Neck
- Shoulder
- Elbow
- What is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) from the American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is a nonprofit association founded in 1876 to work for reform in medical education. Originally representing only medical schools, the Association now includes 125 accredited U.S. medical schools, 16 accredited Canadian medical schools, 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems, 90 academic and professional societies representing nearly 100,000 faculty members, and the nation's medical students and residents.
American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)
American Chiropractic Association
American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
American Dental Association (ADA)
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
American Dietetic Association (ADA)
American Hospital Association (AHA)
American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics (AJO-DO)
American Medical Association (AMA) publications
JAMA®, the Journal of the American Medical Association, JAMA Network Open™ and the 11 JAMA Network™ specialty journals
American Nurses Association Nursing World
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
Amerigroup provides healthcare access and quality for low-income Americans by developing innovative managed health services for the public sector
Arthritis Foundation
- Mediflow, the waterbase pillow Canadian manufacturer
ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details.
Dentistry for the Disabled Child and Adult
Dental Lifeline Dental Lifeline Network is a national nonprofit organization, founded in 1974, that provides access to dental care and education for people who cannot afford it and have a permanent disability, or who are elderly: age 65 or older or who are medically fragile.
Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
Department of Veterans Affairs is a worldwide resource that provides information on VA programs, veterans benefits, VA facilities worldwide, and VA medical automation software.
Drug Information Portal of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services Freedom of Information Act. New
Elsevier a multiple-media publisher of scientific, technical and health information products and services
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
FDA Drug Information The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) ensures that safe and effective drugs are available to improve the health of the people in the United States. New
FDA – Understanding Over-the-Counter Medicine has educational materials that provide information on using over-the-counter (OTC) medicine, including the safe use of daily aspirin therapy, tips for parents, and the safe use of OTC pain relievers and fever reducers. (Most materials are available in PDF format for immediate downloading or printing.)
FDA – Using Acetaminophen and Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Safely
FDA approves first blood sugar monitor without finger pricks New
FDA's MedWatch: The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program
- Report a Serious Medical Product Problem Online
- MedWatch Consumer Voluntary Reporting form FDA-3500B fillable PDF form (1.35 Mb .pdf)
- What is a Serious Adverse Event? An adverse event is any undesirable experience associated with the use of a medical product in a patient. This page identifies when an event is serious and should be reported to FDA.
- FDA For Consummers
  - FDA Consumer Safety Alerts and Recalls for drugs, biologics, medical devices, and dietary supplements (the RSS feed also runs in our right sidebar.)
FoodSafety.gov is the gateway to food safety information provided by government agencies.
Foot and Ankle Institute
Games for Health a journal that applies cutting edge games and game technologies to a range of public and private policy, leadership, and management issues to develop a community and best practices platform for the numerous games being built for health care applications.
Hospital Locators
- American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA)-Accredited Veterinarian Hospital Locator
- List of Hospitals in Canada
- Hospital Finder, U.S.
How to dispose of unused medication: State Prescription Drug Return, Reuse, and Recycling Laws
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) New
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (JHMI)
Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications (LHNCBC) LHNCBC conducts research and development in biomedical informatics and the use of advanced communications and computing technologies to improve how NLM brings clinical data and health information to consumers, health care providers, and researchers. LHNCBC is an intramural research division of the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Lippincott, a division of Wolters Kluwer health information services, publishes medical texts, journals, applications, workflow tools for doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals.
Medical Disability Certificate form (242 Kb .pdf) A Note from Your Doctor for returning to work.
Medicare
Medicine.net provides reliable doctor-produced health and medical information. MedicineNet® is a network of U.S. Board Certified Physicians and Allied Health Professionals.
MedLinePlus Drug Information for Drugs, Herbs and Supplements. Browse by generic or brand name. From the National Library of Medicine New
MedlinePlus Encyclopedia
Medscape patient information newsletters
MedWatch: The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program report adverse drug reactions and medical device malfunctions to the FDA New
- MedWatch Consumer Voluntary Reporting (FORM FDA 3500B) (.pdf)
- MedWatch Instructions for (FORM FDA 3500A SUPPLEMENT) (.pdf)
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) New
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Johns Hopkins, Types of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) New
National Health Observances days, weeks, or months devoted to promoting particular health concerns. From the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS)
NCCIH HerbList™ App is research-based information about the safety and effectiveness of herbal products.
National Information Standards Organization (NISO) New
- NISO Standards Committees
- NISO Standardized Markup for Journal Articles: Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS)
- NISO Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS) New
- Journal Article Tag Suite FAQ New
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
New England Journal of Medicine
- Medical articles collection topic-specific archive of articles published in The New England Journal of Medicine New
Office on Women's Health in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
OrthoInfo Diseases and Conditions
Patient Advocate Foundation
Pain Management see the post Pain Management New
Physiological and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) New
Physiological and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- The Iowa Institute for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Iowa
- Advanced Pulmonary Physiomic Imaging Laboratory (APPIL), Department of Radiology, University of Iowa
Public Health Image Library (PHIL)

The imagery showcased in the PHIL is historic in nature. The contents depicted, though appropriate at the time a photograph was captured, may no longer be appropriate in the context of the current time period, and is not to be viewed as a source of the most current public health information.

Both Hi-Resolution and Low-Resolution public domain images may be downloaded directly to your computer.

Most of the images in the collection are in the public domain and are thus free of any copyright restrictions. If you look directly beneath the image you will see a fair use statement that tells you if the image is public domain or copyright protected. Permission is not required for public domain images, but we do ask that you credit the original institution and contributor, when known, whenever the image is used in any publicly distributed media. If the image is copyright protected, you will have to contact the content provider to obtain usage permission.

Public Health Image Library (PHIL) website
QuackWatch Your Guide to Quackery, Health Fraud, and Intelligent Decisions operated by Stephen Barrett, M.D. This site focuses on health frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct.
Reporting Serious Problems to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (see also MedWatch New
Reiter's Scientific and Professional Books
RxList and Pill Identification Tool Drugs A-Z, Pill Identifier, Supplements Information, Symptom Checker, and Diseases Dictionary
ScienceDirect the world's largest full text database of scientific articles
SNOEZELEN® sensory stimulation therapy New
Spine-health.com offers peer-reviewed information written by physicians for patients with back and neck pain New
Sports Medicine Information
Sports Medicine News from ScienceDaily, the latest research news about sports medicine
U.S. News & World Reports: Sports Medicine News news about sports medicine
The Physician and SportsMedicine Online a source for primary care sports medicine clinical and personal health articles and a resource for Sports Medicine Clinics and Fellowships.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition also cosmetics and women's health
Virtual Hospital Tour: Cleveland Clinic
Visible Human Project A human being, sliced up into tiny little slide-show size pieces
WebMD
Wilderness Emergency Medical Services Institute (WEMSIE) New

Employment

Cynthia A. Lockley on 4 May 200817 Dec 2021

Able Trust – Look at My Ability The Able Trust, also known as the Florida Endowment Foundation for Vocational Rehabilitation, is a 501(c)(3) public-private partnership foundation established by the Florida Legislature in 1990. Its mission is to be a key leader in providing Floridians with disabilities opportunities for successful employment.
Abilities Network from the Maryland Department of Health, Developmental Disabilities Administration, seeing abilities not disabilities. Our mission is to challenge the community to acknowledge the value and equality of people of all abilities.
AccessCollege: The Employment Office from the DO-IT Program at the University of Washington. The Employment Office provides information and resources and shares promising practices for the purpose of increasing access to careers for individuals with disabilities.
Action Without Borders runs the Idealist.org website. It is an interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate job and volunteer opportunities and supporters, and take steps toward building a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.
American Hospital Association (AHA) Job Opportunities The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which include nearly 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care and 43,000 individual members. Founded in 1898.
An investigation of reasonable workplace accommodations for people with psychiatric disabilities: Quantitative findings from a multisite study (article summary) by MacDonald-Wilson, K. L., Rogers, E. S., et al. Community Mental Health Journal volume 38, pages 35–50(2002) (.pdf)
Identifying relationships between functional limitations, job accommodations, and demographic characteristics of persons with psychiatric disabilities by MacDonald-Wilson, K. L., Rogers, E. S., and Joseph Massaro. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 18 (2003) 15–24 15 IOS Press (.pdf)
Arizona Technology Access Program (AzTAP)
Australian Network on Disability (AND) is a not-for-profit organisation resourced by its members to advance the inclusion of people with disability in all aspects of business. We help our members and clients to welcome people with disability as employees, customers and suppliers. We are not an employment agency, and do not find jobs for people with disability. Rather, we work with our member organisations so that they become more confident and prepared to welcome people with disability into their organisations. [Australia]
Bender Consulting Services (BCS) employment and career opportunities for people with disabilities
Careers & the DisABLED Magazine, established in 1986, is the nation's first and only career-guidance and recruitment magazine for people with disabilities who are at undergraduate, graduate, or professional levels. Each issue features a special Braille section.
Cornell research: A Review of Selected E-Recruiting Websites: Disability Accessibility Considerations, by William Erickson. (September 2002) (full paper – VERY large file).
Cornell research: "Accessible IT for People with Disabilities: HR Considerations", by Susanne M. Bruyère, William Erickson, and Sara VanLooy. (2003 May)
Cornell research: "People with Disabilities and the Technology-Driven Workplace," by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, NCC, Director Program on Employment and Disability at Cornell University, William Erickson, and Jennifer Schramm (October 2003)
"Disability Employment Guide 101," (.pdf) jointly developed by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Workforce Preparation
Disability:IN formerly the US Business Leadership Network (USBLN®), has since become the leading nonprofit resource for business disability inclusion worldwide.
DisabledPerson.com aims to help you, a person with a disability, find employment
Disability Employment Policy Resources by Topic by the U. S. Department of Labor
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) [U.S.]
EEOC Marks Second Anniversary of President's Disability Initiative with Fact Sheet on Telework as a Reasonable Accommodation
Employment Resources in Canada for all persons with disabilities [Canada]
Frequently Asked Questions about Employees with Psychiatric Disabilities: Tips and Resources on the ADA, Job Accommodations, and Supervision. by MacDonald-Wilson, K. L. (1997). Boston University, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston, MA. (74.5 K .pdf)
Great Lakes ADA & IT Center
Hire Potential
Interviewing Techniques for Americans with Disabilities
How do psychiatric and mental health conditions interfere with work performance? From the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College
Iowa Department for the Blind, provides employment services to blind and visually impaired Iowans who are looking for a job or want to retain or advance in their current career. It offers a program of specialized, integrated services that blind and severely visually impaired Iowans need to live independently and work competitively. Also has excellent information about making the Web accessible, tools and assistive devices, and more.
Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues. Working toward practical solutions that benefit both employer and employee, JAN helps people with disabilities enhance their employability, and shows employers how to capitalize on the value and talent that people with disabilities add to the workplace.
Job Hunter's Bible.com "The Seven Basic Skill Sets: Let’s Start with Whether or Not You Are Handicapped" by Richard Bolles, author of What Color is Your Parachute
Federal Jobs for Veterans and People with Disabilities: Disabled Hiring Programs for Government Jobs / Federal Jobs / Post Office Jobs
Maryland's Department of Rehabilitation Resources for Employers provides free information, consulting, and training so businesses can hire, keep, and promote valued employees with disabilities.
Monster.com answers How to get a job when you have a disability Monster.com assists people with disabilities in finding employment.
Native Americans
- Native Employment Works (NEW) provides funding for a variety of work-related activities to support job readiness, job placement and job retention. Provided by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Family Assistance.
- Native American Jobs
- Native American Jobs posted on Indeed.com
- Office of Indian Services (OIS) Division of Workforce Development (DWD) administers the Job Training and Placement Program within the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). The DWD coordinates a wide variety of employment, training, education, childcare, welfare, economic development, job development and related programs on behalf of American Indians and Alaska Natives Native American and Tribal Education, Jobs, and Economic Development.
National Organization on Disability (NOD) is a private, non-profit organization that promotes the full participation and contributions of America^#39;s 56 million people with disabilities in all aspects of life. Today, NOD focuses on increasing employment opportunities for the 79 percent of working-age Americans with disabilities who are not employed.
Nurses
- Nursing Jobs for travel, per diem, and permanent nursing positions; in-patient, out-patient, or hospice.
- TravelNursing.org – Travel Nursing Job Opportunities for Registered Nurses
Opportunities For Ohioans With Disabilities (OOD) promoting the employment of Ohioans with disabilities
O*NET™ OnLine
Program Development Associates distributes multimedia training and educational resources on an up-to-date list of disability topics.
Social Security Employment Support for People with Disabilities
- Special Notice Option For The Blind Or Visually Impaired
- If You Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing
SourceAmerican (formerly NISH), a national nonprofit, is the leading source of job opportunities for a dedicated and highly qualified workforce – people with significant disabilities. Through our work, we make the American Dream more accessible to a segment of the population where nearly 80% do not have jobs. We are an AbilityOne authorized enterprise and we put the AbilityOne Program into action for our Federal Government customers… We accomplish this through a nationwide network of more than 550 community nonprofit agency partners to fulfill contracting needs for the Federal Government, commercial businesses and government contractors. Our network provides training to people with disabilities, assists them in identifying employment options that most of us take for granted, and then enables them to be successful at work. SourceAmerica is the vital link between jobs and the people who can do them.
Study and Work Abroad in Denmark information for students with disabilities
The Viscardi Center Abilities! prepares adolescents and adults with all types of disabilities (cognitive, physical, learning, developmental) and levels of experience for entry or re-entry into the workforce by assisting them in securing pre-employment services as well as employment so that they can enjoy independent living, full community participation and economic self-sufficiency. Our track record in placing individuals with disabilities in the workplace is unsurpassed and our employment services include a comprehensive array of career assessments, job training, business skills development, job placement and follow-up programs and services based on individual needs and vocational interests.
Ticket to Work provided by the Social Security Administration. The Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program is an employment program for people with disabilities who are interested in going to work. The Ticket Program is part of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 – legislation designed to remove many of the barriers that previously influenced people's decisions about going to work because of the concerns over losing health care coverage. The goal of the Ticket Program is to increase opportunities and choices for Social Security disability beneficiaries to obtain employment, vocational rehabilitation (VR), and other support services from public and private providers, employers, and other organizations.
TransCen, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to improving educational and employment outcomes for people with disabilities
U.S. Access Board
Social Security Publication (SSA Publication No. 64-030, (Red Book), January 2020, ICN 436900) is a guide to plans for achieving self-support: The Social Security Red Book. The Red Book contains a general description of the Social Security's disability-related policies. The Red Book, including the Spanish language version, is available online at: www.socialsecurity.gov/redbook. The Red Book is also available in alternative formats. Updated
VCU Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (VCU RRTC) provides resources for professionals, individuals with disabilities, and their representatives. [Virginia Commonwealth University]
Youth to Work Coalition (YWC) established to assist businesses in creating or enhancing internships and mentoring programs for youth with disabilities

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