DAWN
Ontario's Annotated Bibliography and A Statement of Need
re: Violence Against Women With Disabilities:
This project was an interactive needs assessment used to determine
what information is available for consumers of service, service providers
and family members in respect to understanding or assisting women with
disabilities having to deal with a variety of circumstances such as
abuse, violence, neglect, or access to services which are appropriate.
OBSTACLES
TO EQUALITY: The Double Discrimination of Women with Disabilities
Overview Article by Rannveig Traustadottir Center on Human Policy,
(July 1990)
Getting
a Foot in the Door: Women, Civil Legal Aid and Access to Justice:
Lisa Addario, National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL). Status
of Women Canada
Access
to Justice for Sexual Harassment Victims: The Impact of Beliveau St-Jacques
on Female Rights to Damages: Yvonne Peters, Sandra Goundry,
and Rosalind Currie. Status of Women Canada
Taking
Action: A Union Guide to Ending Violence Against Women: Deborah
Prieur & Mary Rowles with Jan Barnsley, A Joint Publication of the BC
Federation of Labour and the Women's Research Centre
Feminist
Action, Institutional Reaction: Responses to Wife Assault: Jan
Barnsley, Women's Research Centre
Department
of Justice, Consultation paper, REFORMING
CRIMINAL CODE DEFENCES, Provocation, Self-Defence and Defence of Property
CAEFS' (Elizabeth Fry Society) Response to the Department
of Justice re: Reforming Criminal Code Defences: Provocation, Self-Defence
and Defence of Property (1998)
National Association of
Women and the Law's (NAWL) Brief
on Defence of Provocation, Stop Excusing Violence Against
Women
Report ... on the Sectoral
Training Workshop on Violence against Women with Disabilities and Deaf
Women and the Justice System held on November 1998 in North
Bay by the Roeher Institute and EWA (Education Wife Assault)
20+ pages
Summary
of Recommendations of the Report by the Special
Joint Committee on Child Custody and Access
Reflections on the Report on Custody and Access: An article
by Pamela Cross, OWJN (Ontario Women's Justice Network) Coordinator
Relocation
of Custodial Parents: Dr. Martha Bailey and Prof. Michelle Giroux,
Status of Women website
Women and Children Last: Custody Disputes and the Family 'Justice' System:
Georgina Taylor, Jan Barnsley and Penny Goldsmith, Vancouver Custody
and Access Support and Advocacy Association, Women's Research Centre
Spousal Violence in Custody and Access Disputes: Recommendations for
Reform: Nicholas M.C. Bala, Lorne D. Bertrand, Joanne J. Paetsch,
Status of Women site
To learn about the Ontarians with Disabilies Act, please read
this detailed backgrounder
on the ODA.
Read the major ODA
"Blueprint" Brief, delivered to the Legislature April 22, 1998.
Disability Guide
Authored by Moira Horgan Jones of M. Jones Consulting, ©1997 The
Canadian Centre on Disability Studies. This guide provides a description
of, and terminology relating to, each disability; a list of many of
the assistive devices which are available to people with these disabilities;
tips in etiquette when interacting with people with disabilities; and
a discussion of the types of accommodations you can make for people
with different disabilities when you are meeting with them.
America's
War on the Disabled; 1975-1992:
A Personal Account
A History of the Social Security Disability Reviews of the 1980's available
free online, authored by Tennise Broeck Morse, a woman who lives
with MS
Guide to Services for Assaulted Women
What can Women with disAbilities do
to Be Safe
Perceptions
of Primary Healthcare Services among People with Physical Disabilities:
A 2-part report on the perceived quality of primary care received
by persons with disabilities.
Reprinted with Permission from Dr. Donna Stewart
Part 1: Access Issues
Part 2: Quality Issues
Report
prepared by Ms. Gabriela Rodríguez Pizarro, Special Rapporteur on the
human rights of migrants, submitted pursuant to resolution 1999/44 of
the Commission on Human Rights
Follow this link to the
read or download the Report
MEDIA
KIT: Tips on How to Use the Media Effectively
Page Contents:
Writing Effective Letters to the Editor
Writing and Publishing an Op-Ed
Taking Action to the Airwaves
Ethical
Guidelines for Research
with Pacific DAWN: Pacific DisAbled Women's Network
Reprinted with permission from Joan Meister
LEAF's
Factum on Falkiner
Reprinted with the permission of the
Women's Legal Education and Action Fund ("LEAF")
Interacting
with People with DisAbilities:
An Etiquette Hand-book
(reprinted
with permission from the University of Arkansas)
A
Self Analysis
Preface
Acknowledgments
Forward
Introduction
The Basics
People with Mobility Disabilities
People with Hearing Disabilities
People with Vision Disabilities
People
with Communication Disabilities
People
with Learning Disabilities
People
with Mental (Psychiatric) Disabilities
People
with Epilepsy
People
with Other Disabilities
About
Mammograms A Woman's Guide
Manifesto
for Persons with Disabilities
International Resource Kit for Women with Disabilities
Detailed
Backgrounder on the The Ontarians
with Disabilities Act (ODA)
Breast
Self-Examination
A Handbook for Women with disAbilities
What this booklet is about
The Facts about Breast Cancer
Why Practice Breast Self Examination
Reasons Why We Don't Do Breast Self-Examination
To Treat Cancer you must First Find
it
Other Alternatives to BSE
For Information or support
About
Mammograms: A Women's Guide