Participatory Action Research, including a Delphi Panel, to increase access for women with disabilities to services that meet their needs.

Publications:

Priorities For Future Research: Results of Berkeley Policy Associates' Delphi Survey of Disabled Women (Sep, 1996)
Final summary report of a national Delphi survey conducted during 1995-1996 to seek input from women with disabilities about the importance of various research and policy issues.

You May Be Able to Adopt! A Guide to the Adoption Option for Women with Disabilities and Their Partners (1997)
This booklet describes the adoption process, explains the rights of prospective parents who have disabilities, and provides advice for prospective parents to increase their chances of being selected as adoptive parents.

When a Mother Has a Disability: Dealing with Disability in the AFDC and CPS Systems (1997)
Aimed at social workers in the child welfare system to understand the barriers disabled mothers face in obtaining services with an overview of accessibilities needs and legal obligations under the ADA.

Serving Mothers with Disabilities in Your Child Care Program (1997)
Designed for administrators and staff of child care programs to look at barriers disabled mothers face in obtaining child care services with an overview of accessibility needs and child care operators' legal obligations under the ADA.

Multiplying Choices: Improving Access to Reproductive Health Services for Women with Disabilities (1997)
Describes issues for women with disabilities and reproductive health care providers about disabled women face in gaining access to and managing reproductive health care and basic information about legal rights to health care services under the ADA.

Serving Older Women with Disabilities in Senior Programs (1997)
Written for administrators and staff of social service programs as well as older disabled women to look at ways of promoting increased access for older women with disabilities in mainstream senior services.

Including Girls with Disabilities in Youth Programs (1996)
Written for administrators and staff of programs to successfully integrate girls with disabilities into youth programs to help them improve their sense of accomplishment, develop positive self-esteem and improve their social skills.

Fostering Recovery for Women with Disabilities: Addressing Barriers to Alcohol and Other Drug Services (1997)
Designed for both substance abuse programs and women with disabilities to discuss specific risk factors for substance abuse faced by women with disabilities.

Technical Assistance Manual to Assist Domestic Violence Service Providers to Become Physically and Attitudinally Accessible to Women with Disabilities, Open Minds - Open Doors
Offers technical assistance in helping domestic violence service providers become physically and attitudinally accessible to women with disabilities. Available from NCADV: (303) 839-1852.

Meeting the Needs of Women with Disabilities: A Blueprint for Change, Bibliography (1997)
Extensive bibliography of literature about services for women with disabilities within nine topic areas: abuse and violence, reproductive health, youth, substance abuse, child care, child protection, aging, AFDC and adoption.

Fact Sheet About Women with Disabilities in the United States
Two-page fact sheet with useful statistics about women with disabilities in the following areas: prevalence of disability, employment, physical and sexual abuse, reproductive health care issues and AFDC benefits.

Caregiver Abuse and Domestic Violence in the Lives of Women with Disabilities (1997)
Designed for women with disabilities and providers of domestic violence and sexual assault services as well as policy makers involved in designing personal assistance services.