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Check out the links below for cool disability arts and culture-related links, or to read more work by Sharon Wachsler.

Ability Maine
http://www.abilitymaine.org
The Maine place for people with disabilities to share information." News, resources, articles with a local (Maine) focus, but national significance. Features monthly humor columns by Sharon Wachsler.

Artists with MCS (Kuenstler mit MCS)
http://www.artists-with-mcs.com/en/home.html
An international network of artists with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). The network was founded by German author and painter Moon McNeill in 2001. The network spans several countries and types of artists, including visual artists (sculptures, painters, photographers), writers, singers, and everything else. Provides resources, support, networking, and links. The website is bilingual, German and English.

The Arts and Healing Network
http://www.artheals.org/index.html
The Arts and Healing Network's web site is an international resource for anyone interested in the healing potential of art.

Blind-Novel-Tees!
http://www.bntonline.com
Rhonda's site is good for many laughs - and a little raised awareness - with her humorous, sometimes saucy, T-shirts and caps. "Show your attitude about blindness with these hats and shirts from Blind-Novel-Tees!"

DAWN Ontario: DisAbled Women's Network Ontario
http://dawn.thot.net
"A feminist, cross-disability, non-profit organization working towards access, equity, and full participation of Women with disAbilities." DAWN Ontario's Web site provides news, actions, events, campaigns, reviews, publications, a discussion forum and links.

Humor Resources
http://www.utyx.com/humor/ - humor related news, books and web resources.

Mothers From Hell 2
http://www.mothersfromhell2.org/
MFH2 proclaims: "Facing Disability Issues with Combustible Humor. Advocating for Disability Rights. We Will Not be Silenced! MFH2 is a national group of parents, relatives, friends, and anyone who just plain 'gets it' fighting chipped tooth and broken press-on nail for the appropriate education, community acceptance, desperately needed services, rights of and entitlements for people with disabilities. (Hey, we're moms, we can rattle off really long sentences like that without stopping for air!)"

NoPity Shirts
http://nopityshirts.com/
Hilarious T-shirts and other apparel with disability-related slogans and pictures. The best disability-related and motivational apparel in the galaxy!

Restricted Access
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/158005028X/qid
=1010454980/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_10_1/104-7283356-6885536
"Lesbians on Disability"
Seal Press anthology edited by Victoria Brownworth and Susan Raffo, includes essay by Sharon Wachsler ("Still, Femme") on maintaining a vibrant sexual identity despite severe illness and isolation, also work by Patricia Nell Warren, interviews with Karen Thompson and Sharon Kowalski.

Society for Disability Arts and Culture (S4DAC)
http://www.s4dac.org/index.html
Canadian organization that celebrates artists with disabilities from around the world and sponsors the annual KickstArt festival.

Stricken
http://www.angelfire.com/ri/strickenbk
"Voices from the Hidden Epidemic of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" Haworth Press anthology edited by Peggy Munson; an excellent compilation of essays and poetry on the CFIDS experience. Contributors include Floyd Skloot, Kat Duff, Joan Nestle, Susan Griffin, and Gary Null.