DIRECTORY OF NATIONAL INFORMATION SOURCES ON HANDICAPPING CONDITIONS AND RELATED SERVICES

• NCJ Number: 67430
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1980
• Length: 233 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Directory
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE DIRECTORY DOCUMENTS NATIONAL-LEVEL INFORMATION RESOURCES EXISTING FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS AND THOSE WORKING ON THEIR BEHALF. BOTH INFORMATION AND DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE LISTED.

Abstract

A TOTAL OF 285 ORGANIZATIONS ARE LISTED UNDER THE DESCRIPTIVE CATEGORIES OF ADVOCACY, CONSUMER, AND VOLUNTARY HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS; INFORMATION/DATA BANKS (INCLUDING FEDERAL PROJECTS); DATA BASE VENDORS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OTHER THAN INFORMATION UNITS; PROFESSIONAL AND TRADE ORGANIZATIONS; FACILITIES, SCHOOLS, AND CLINICS; AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. EACH ENTRY INCLUDES THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICIAL TITLE, ITS NATIONAL ADDRESS, ITS TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND AN ABSTRACT DESCRIBING THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS INFORMATION SERVICES. APPENDIXES PROVIDE SIMILAR INFORMATION ON RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS SERVING THE HANDICAPPED AND SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS BY AND FOR THE HANDICAPPED, AS WELL AS A LIST OF DIRECTORIES, AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ALL ORGANIZATIONS AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS, AND AN INDEX WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON ITS USE.