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Resources: Telling the Stories of Women With Disabilities

• Beyond Disability. A 26-minute video produced by The Empowered Fe Fes (slang for female), a group of young women with disabilities who hit the streets of Chicago on a quest to discover the difference between how they see themselves and how others see them. They grapple with issues of access, education, employment, sexuality and growing up with disabilities. Available from Beyondmedia Education, Chicago. For a preview and ordering information go to www.beyondmedia.org or call 773/857-7300.
  
  
• Proyecto Visión (www.proyectovision.net). On this bilingual Web site for Latinos with disabilities are over 50 profiles of Latina women who have successfully gained employment, advanced in their careers, achieved educational goals, and become community leaders. The profiles (under "Success Stories") include "Dana's Story," an online video story of a woman born with no arms and legs who has earned a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, and is in her 14th year of employment as an engineer with NASA.
  
  
• A Life of Choices: Betsy's Story. Leading a full life with a disability requires a family working together. "Betsy's Story" features the success possible when a child with cerebral palsy grows up in a supportive and inclusive world. Betsy pushes boundaries, defies limitations and challenges barriers to seek the same joys, responsibilities, and roles as peers without disabilities. The video illustrates her transition from high school to college and then to a professional career. Available from the Institute on Human Development and Disability, University of Georgia, www.ihdd.uga.edu/Resources/Resources-Videos-CDs.html, or 706/542-3457.  

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Retrieved from the Web site of the Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota (http://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/211/default.html). Citation: Parent, W., Foley, S., Balcazar, F., Ely, C., Bremer, C. & Gaylord, V. (Eds.). (Summer/Fall 2008). Impact: Feature Issue on Employment and Women With Disabilities, 21(1). [Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration].
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