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Allan Bean Centre Library
Catalogue available online. The ABC Library is in the Allan Bean Centre situated at Burwood Hospital, next door to the Spinal Unit.

Disability Resources.org
Links to libraries with specialist resources for people with disabilities.

Donald Beasley Institute
Research on intellectual disability. Includes a library of disability resources.

Links to Health/Medical Libraries
A collection of New Zealand and overseas links to on-line library resources.

IHC Library
A large collection of resources (journals, videos, books, kits, etc) on intellectual disability and are open to the public.

Ministry of Health Library
Approximately 15,000 books and 380 journals available in the collection. Links to other Health/Medical libraries.



Other resources - national and international

CCS Information Service
The CCS Information Service provides information about disabilities and a wide range of subjects including a new library service.
Book News (262KB)

Disability Links
A large collection of international disability related links.

Publishme.co.nz
Community Authors, writers, illustrators, editors, proofreaders, designers etc.

Disability World
A bimonthly web-zine of international disability news and views.

Disability Social History Project
A collection of articles and stories about the history of disability.

Family Village - A Global Community of Disability Related Resources
Some of the information in this website is only useful in America but it does contains some useful information for everyone and an opportunity to make contact with people in a similar situation.

Link Disability Magazine
Link Magazine is Australia's national magazine examining issues from a cross-disability perspective.

The International Centre for Disability Resources on the Internet
International news and resources relating to disability.

Women with Disabilities Australia
This Australian based website contains information of interest including issues faced, poetry and stories written by women with disabilities and links to other sites.

World Institute on Disability
A nonprofit, public policy center dedicated to promoting independence and full societal inclusion of people with disabilities.


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