Books and Movies

• No Pity by Joseph P. Shapiro


• I Have a Sister--My Sister Is Deaf by Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson


• I’m Deaf and It’s Okay, by Lorraine Aseltine, Evelyn Mueller and Nancy Tait


• Pedro’s Whale, by Paula Kluth and Patrick Schwarz


• The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman


• When Billy Broke His Head DVD


• Christopher Reeve: Hope in Motion DVD


• Inside Motion DVD


• John Nash: A Beautiful Genius DVD


• My Left Foot DVD


• Through Deaf Eyes DVD

 

Purchase resources here

IL Organizations

APRIL, Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living - http://www.april-rural.org/

Association of Colorado Centers for Independent Living (ACCIL) - http://www.accil.net/Index.html

Colorado Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC) - http://www.coloradosilc.org/

The National Council on Independent Living - http://www.ncil.org/index.html

Partner Organizations

Department of Human Services in El Paso County - http://dhs.elpasoco.com/Pages/default.aspx

Social Security - http://www.ssa.gov/

ADA Center - http://www.adainformation.org/

The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation - http://www.dvrcolorado.com/

Mountain Metro Transit - http://www.springsgov.com/transit

Housing Authority of the City of Colorado Springs - http://www.csha.us/

Colorado Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - http://www.coloradodeafcommission.com/

TESSA of Colorado Springs - http://www.tessacs.org/

Dove | Advocacy Services for Abused Deaf Women and Children - http://www.deafdove.org/

Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado - http://www.biacolorado.org/

 

Calhan

Articles/PDFs

People First Language Handout

IL Philosophy PDF Independent Living Institute

Your Words, Our Image

History of Independent Living

SILC Core Services Brief

Assistive Technology & Your Local Library