Skip to Main Content

Collection Breakdown

The Walden University Library contains a large, diverse collection of books, journals, and other materials related to people with disabilities. Scroll down to view the collection, which has been broken down into subject areas and material types.

Note: The materials listed below are by no means an exhaustive representation of the materials found in the Walden University Library. Presented below is a curated list of resources designed to highlight aspects of our collection that relate directly to people with disabilities.  

 

Don't forget to check out our search tips for accessing materials within our collection!

Disability Database

For access to statistical information and an interactive search tool, check out the Disability Statistics database:

Disability Journals

Not sure where to start? The following peer-reviewed journals have a broad focus and cover a range of topics related to disability studies, including adaptive technology:

Multi-Database Search Tool

Our multi-database search tool is a great tool for performing a search across a large portion of our general collection. You can use Thoreau to explore and discover articles on a variety of people with disabilities related topics.

Health & medicine

Walden Dissertations

Journals

Books

Government Documents

Counseling, psychology, & social work

Walden Dissertations

Journals

Books

Government Documents

Education

Walden Dissertations

Journals

Books

Government Documents
  • U.S. Department of Education, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): "The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children." Click on Law & Policy tab for statutes and policy docs; click Data under the Reports tab for annual reports to Congress and state data.

Leadership & business

Walden Dissertations

Journals

Books

Government Documents

Policy & law

Walden Dissertations

Journals

Books

Government Documents
  • ADA.gov: Information and technical assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act provided through U.S. Department of Justice.
  • "A Guide to Disability Rights Laws": Created by the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division.
  • Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR): "The ICDR’s mission is to promote coordination and cooperation among federal departments and agencies conducting disability, independent living, and rehabilitation research programs, including those that relate to assistive technology research, and research that incorporates the principles of universal design."
  • ICDR, Federal Disability Research Resources: Includes Relevant Agencies, Other Interagency Activities, Federally-Funded Research, Disability Data, and Information Portals.
  • National Council on Disability: Independent federal agency focused on disability policy.
  • USAID: Advancing Disability-Inclusive Development: Disability-inclusive global development programming, and furtherance of human rights for people with disabilities. Links to Resources and Publications.
  • U.S. Census: Disability: "The Census Bureau collects data on disability primarily through the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)." Links for publications, working papers, tables, data.