Research and disability statistics
- Australian Institute of Health & Welfare
- An independent health and welfare statistics and information agency in the Commonwealth of Australia's Health and Aged Care portfolio. They provide a wide range of timely reports and statistics on Australia's disability and health services, including release of identifiable health data to other bodies or persons for research purposes (following agreement of the Ethics Committee).
- Canadian Centre on Disability Studies
- Addresses emerging disability research and disability studies curriculum issues.
- CIRRIE
- Linking rehabilitation researchers world-wide (site includes a database of international rehabilitation research, list of journals, research centres and conferences).
- Clinical Information Access Program
- The NSW Health Clinical Information Access Program (CIAP) supports evidence-based practice at the point of care in NSW health facilities.
- Cochrane Library Web Site
- The Cochrane Library is a recognised source of high quality, reliable evidence about the effects of health care. The service is designed to inform people providing and receiving care, and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels.
- DFEE Disability Statistics
- This government briefing paper, released in February 2000, presents a cross section of key facts and figures relating to people with a disability living in the UK. Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS) Autumn 1999 - Great Britain.
- Disability Research Unit (University of Leeds UK)
- Originally established as a research unit for the British Council of Disabled People, the Disability Research Unit now operates within the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds.
- Human functioning and disability - UN Stats
- A statistical reference and guide to the standards and methods and available data on human functioning and disability compiled by the United NationsStatistics Division.
- Infouse Chartbooks on Disability
- Disability data, including charts, tables and surveys, published by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research USA.
- Language and Cognitive Development
- The Infancy Studies Lab at the Center for Behavioural and Molecular Neuroscience at Rutgers University uses a range of techniques to examine language and cognitive development from infancy to adulthood.
- Medical Journals Online
- The Free Medical Journals site is dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical journals over the Internet, and includes a listing of all full-text medical journals available free online. You can also subscribe if you wish to be informed about new free journals.
- NIDRR
- The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research USA (NIDRR), conducts comprehensive and coordinated programs of research and related activities to maximise the full inclusion, social integration, employment, and independent living of individuals with a disability. Balanced between the scientific and consumer communities, NIDRR plays a unique role in federally funded research activities, helping to more fully integrate disability research into mainstream policies regarding science and technology, health care, and economics.
- Nucleus Group
- A dynamic Australian management consultancy company specialising in community, social, disability and health services. The Nucleus Group works with government and non-government agencies responsible for research and evaluation of services.
- PEDro
- Physiotherpay evidence database.
- SSDC Data on the Net
- Listing of over 800 Internet sites of numeric Social Science statistical data, data catalogues, data libraries, social science gateways, addresses and more.
- Washington Group on Disability Statistics
- The main of this United Nations 'City Group' is the promotion and coordination of international cooperation in the area of health statistics by focusing on disability measures suitable for censuses and national surveys which will provide basic necessary information on disability throughout the world.
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