DRM (Disability Resources Monthly)
http://www.disabilityresources.org
Each month DRM compiles a large list of resources on featured topics, such as learning disorders, popular culture, or financial aid vehicles. It has an easy-to-read format. Phone/Fax (516) 585-0290.

Sports 'n Spokes
http://www.pvamagazines.com/sns/
Dedicated to the active wheeler—Probably the best account of current sports available, including coverage of the Paralympics, advice about sports equipment and disability sports organizations.

Paraplegia News
http://www.pvamagazines.com/pnnews
Published by the Paralyzed Veterans Association. PN reports on current events, sports, recreation and hobbies.

Mainstream
http://www.mainstream-mag.com
The magazine of the able-disabled, featuring current news, events, resource guides, product reviews and recreational events

Active Living
http://www.activelivingmagazine.com
The health, fitness and recreation magazine for people with disabilities Phone (905) 309-1639; Fax (905) 309-1640; e-mail: activliv@aol.com

Ragged Edge Magazine
http://www.ragged-edge-mag.com
Examines specific issues that impact freedom and independence, such as rights and access, the right to die (or live), the medicalization of independent living, and the disability culture in general. News, essays, fiction, art and poetry. Now offering a low, online rate:

MOUTH Magazine
http://www.mouthmag.com
A more radical, vigilant voice speaking out on disability issues, such as medical homicide. Mouth is not online.

InMotion Magazine publishes a wide variety of articles relating to persons with limb loss. Articles range from multi-cultural issues to technical information about prosthetics, diabetes, children's issues, and insurance coverage.

The best way to order InMotion Magazine (free to amputees) is by calling toll-free 1(888) 267-5669. You may also ask questions and seek peer support through an information specialist at the National Limb Loss Information Center: http://www.amputee-coalition.org/forms/nllicask/index.html.

For Parents
(also see http://www.infinitec.org/totalresource/general/parents.htm)
Exceptional Parent Magazine
http://www.eparent.com
EP's on-line resource. Continuing 33 award-winning years of providing information, support, ideas, encouragement & outreach for parents and families of children with disabilities, and the professionals who work with them

Palaestra
http://www.palaestra.com
From Challenge Publications, a forum of sports, physical education and recreation for children and adults with physical disabilities

Books Relating to Disability
Long Time No See
By Beth Finke
ISBN: 0252028279
Available at all bookstores
Finke's life story and her commanding knowledge of her situation give readers a clear understanding of diabetes, blindness, and the issues faced by parents of children with significant disabilities. Because she has taken care to include accurate medical information as well as personal memoir, Long time No See serves as an excellent resource for others in similar situations and for professionals who deal with disabled adults or children. Finke's life story and her commanding knowledge of her situation give readers a clear understanding of diabetes, blindness, and the issues faced by parents of children with significant disabilities. Because she has taken care to include accurate medical information as well as personal memoir, Long time No See serves as an excellent resource for others in similar situations and for professionals who deal with disabled adults or children.

Love and Survival: The Scientific Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy, written by health care professional, Dean Ornish, M.D., examines the roles that love, relationships, and a sense of community play in keeping a person well and aiding in their recovery from serious illness and surgery. Ornish's insights, backed by scientific research and anecdotal evidence, are thought provoking and innovative. The 304-page soft cover costs $14 + p/h and can be ordered from Harper Collins, 1000 Keystone Industrial Park, Scranton, PA 18512; tel. (800) 331-3761; fax (800) 822-4090; www.harpercollins.com.

The Special Needs Project offers a vast selection of books on disability topics from autism to fibromyalgia to learning disabilities. Call to request a list. Order a new edition of I Wish. . .Dreams and Realities of Parenting a Special Needs Child, by Kate Divine McAnaney. Contact the Special Needs Project at 3463 State St., #282, Santa Barbara, CA93105; (800) 333-6867; fax (805) 962-5087; email books@specialneeds.com; or visit http://www.specialneeds.com.

Staring Back: the disability experience from the inside out, (1997) is a collection of fiction, non-fiction, theater and poetry produced by writers with disabilities. The anthology is edited by college professor and writer, Kenny Fries. Reputed to be an excellent collection, Staring Back is sold through Penguin Putnam Publishers for $15.95 + p/h. (414 pp). Write to Order Dept., Penguin Piutnam Pub., P O Box 12289, Newark, NJ 07101; (800) 788-6262; fax (201) 933-2316; http://www.penguin.com.

United Cerebral Palsy's Basic Bookshelf offers many interesting titles for living and learning. Explore In a Struggling Voice, a book of poetry about the challenges, struggles and strengths of a writer living with cerebral palsy. The New Language of Toys discusses how to choose and effectively use toys that develop childrem's language skills. Various titles deal with friends and family members with disabilities, while others examine employment, taxes, sexuality, etc. To order the free booklet, Basic Bookshelf, email: bookshelf@ucpa.org; or fax to: (301) 695-1875; or mail to Basic Bookshelf, UCP Materials Center, 5736 Industry Lane, Frederick, MD 21701-7228.