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ILRU Resource Materials

ILRU's staff and associates have developed a variety of resource materials related to independent living. These materials include books, handbooks in three-ring notebook binders, monographs, brochures, videotapes, and posters. This page is designed to provide information about the products, including brief descriptions and procedures for ordering. In addition to developing resource materials, ILRU staff respond to inquiries related to independent living.  All publications are also available on standard-size audio cassette.  The links for publications below are for text files. Established in 1977, ILRU is a national resource center for information, training, research, and technical assistance on independent living.  ILRU is a program of TIRR, The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research in Houston, Texas.

Issues in Independent Living Series
Expanding Your Management Foundation
Staying on Track: ILC Management Series
Issues in Rural Independent Living
Technical Assistance Brochures
ILRU Field Work:  Independent Living Programs
Independent Living with Attendant Care
Telecommuting
Other Personal Assistance Resource Materials
Audio-Visual Products
Available From Clearinghouses 
Copyright Information
Available on Tape

Directories and General Information  index

Richards, Laurel, Peg Nosek, and Yilin Zhu. Directory of Independent Living Centers & Related Organizations. Houston: ILRU Program, 2005. This Directory is a comprehensive listing of over 500 programs providing independent living services in the U.S. and Canada. A new volume is published each January and is updated throughout the year. The Directory identifies programs by state, listing each program's name and address, telephone and TTY number, and executive director. $15.00 for mailing labels, $10.00 for three-hole punched. 

Gerken, Laurie, Laurel Richards, and Margaret Nosek. An Orientation to Independent Living Centers. Houston: ILRU Program, 1987. This excellent brochure gives an overview of the independent living movement and philosophy, introduces the reader to the services independent living centers offer, and provides suggestions for locating these valuable resources in any area. An Orientation to Independent Living in RTF.

Kailes, June Isaacson and Darrell Jones. A Guide to Planning Accessible Meetings.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1993. A complete guide for planning a barrier-free event. Topics include ADA requirements and tax incentives, working with facility staff, accommodations, communications, seating/speaking arrangements, and many others.  Three-ring binder, 168 pages. $25.00--please contact Dawn Heinsohn at 713-520-0232 xt. 130.

Petty, Richard. Technology Access in the Workplace and Higher Education for Persons with Visual Impairments: An Examination of Barriers and Discussion of Solutions (PDF file). Technology Access in the Workplace and Higher Education for Persons with Visual Impairments: An Examination of Barriers and Discussion of Solutions (Word file). Houston: ILRU Program, 2005.

Issues in Independent Living Series   index

O'Day, Bonnie. Independence and Transition to Community Living:  The Role of the Independent Living Center. Issues in Independent Living. Houston: ILRU Program. 1999. In this document, Bonnie O'Day has done her usual excellent job in providing a concise overview to the extent of the problem. In so doing, she describes six centers across the country which have successful transitional programs, and she closes by presenting a thoughtful set of policy issues. Soft-bound, 110 pages. Text Version | Download Zip File |

Barker, Linda Toms, Maya Altman, and Andrea Youngdahl. Dimensions in Peer Counseling: Observations from the National Evaluation of Independent Living Centers. Issues in Independent Living No. 7.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1987. This monograph in ILRU's Issues in Independent Living series was written by the Berkeley Planning Associates staff involved in the national evaluation. This study of peer counseling service provision presents an overview of basic variations--ways of delivering services, qualities required of people serving as peer counselors, methods of supervising services--of how peer counseling services are managed in independent living centers across the country.  Soft-bound, 36 pages.

Smith, Quentin, Laura W. Smith, Kym King, Lex Frieden, and Laurel Richards. Health Care Reform, Independent Living, and People With Disabilities. Issues in Independent Living No. 11.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1993. This report discusses the current health care reform movement and specific issues for independent living centers and individuals with comprehensive, chronic health care needs. Topics include personal assistance services, implications for employment options, and consumer control.  Soft-bound, 29 pages.

Curtis, Bruce. How to Set Up An Independent Living Program: Twenty-seven Questions and Answers. Issues in Independent Living No. 2.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1980. This monograph was written in 1979 in response to nationwide requests for information about starting centers. It addresses on a very practical level basic issues and concerns faced by people who are involved in setting up an independent living center.  Soft-bound, 16 pages.

Petal, Marla. Independent Living and Deafness: Incorporating Deaf Clients into the Independent Living Network. Issues in Independent Living No. 1.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1980. No Longer Available This monograph in ILRU's Issues in Independent Living series addresses the need for independent living centers to include people with hearing impairments among their service constituency. It includes an annotated checklist of services that the author has identified as minimal requirements for independent living on the part of a person with deafness. It concludes with profiles of five programs (not independent living centers) which provide independent living services to this population.  Soft-bound, 29 pages.

Muzzio, Timothy. Independent Living and Evaluation: Basic Principles for Developing a Useful System. Issues in Independent Living No. 3.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1981. This monograph in ILRU's Issues in Independent Living series provides practical advice for designing an effective, uncomplicated evaluation system for an independent living center. It presents a "nuts-and-bolts" rather than a theoretical approach to evaluation and is intended for persons who have had limited exposure to evaluation theory.  Soft-bound book, 19 pages.

Sigelman, Carol and Jerry Parham. Independent Living and Mental Retardation: The Role of the Independent Living Program. Issues in Independent Living No. 4.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1981. This monograph is an introductory study of the role independent living centers can play in assisting persons with retardation to achieve lives of greater independence. Designed for persons who have limited familiarity with the field of mental retar-dation, it provides a brief history of the movement and describes the present mental retardation service network, giving particular emphasis to services that pertain to independent living.  Soft-bound, 28 pages. 

Richards, Laurel. Independent Living in Rural  America: The Real Frontier. Issues in Independent Living No. 6. Houston: ILRU Program, 1986. This monograph examines the complexities of providing independent living services in rural communities. It includes discussion of barriers preventing people with disabilities in rural areas from living independently, highlights of findings from a comprehensive survey of 13 rural independent living centers, and profiles of two very different rural centers. It concludes with recommendations to increase independent living services to rural disabled people.  Soft-bound, 30 pages.

Shreve, Maggie. Peer Counseling in Independent Living Centers: A Study of Service Delivery Variations. Issues in Independent Living No. 10.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1991. The author examines different approaches to peer counseling in six independent living centers and makes recommendations for effective recruitment of individuals into long-term involvement with counseling for independence. Included are suggested definitions and terms associated with independent living peer services as well as marketing, financing, and training strategies.  Soft-bound, 29 pages.

Kailes, June Isaacson. Putting Advocacy Rhetoric Into Practice: The Role of the Independent Living Center. Issues in Independent Living No. 8.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1988. This is an extremely important work which should be read by every member of the center staff and board of directors. It explores reasons why advocacy should be high on a center's list of priorities, discusses factors involved in establishing a high-profile advocacy program (from setting a manageable agenda to monitoring and evaluating activities to networking), and takes a hard look at developing new leaders among consumers.  Soft-bound, 35 pages.

Michaels, Robert E. Title VII, Part A: A Survey of State Independent Living Programs. Issues in Independent Living No. 9. Houston: ILRU Program, 1989. Based on results of a 1988 survey of 72 state rehabilitation agencies, this work provides an overview of how the different states are using their Part A funds. It also examines criteria used by states to determine eligibility to receive Part A funds and use of state independent living councils in forming states' plans to administer their Part A programs.  Soft-bound, 15 pages.

Expanding Your Management Foundation:  Readings in Management Literature  index

Rennick, Vikki, Laurel Richards, Ron House, and Quentin Smith.  Readings in Financial Management.  Expanding Your Management Foundation:  Readings in Management Literature, No. 1.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1994. This collection of twelve readings in various aspects of financial management designed to meet the complex needs of managers of centers for independent living.  In a sampling of the current literature, these articles cover topics in accounting, budgeting and reserves, audit committees, volunteer staff, and the specific financial management concerns of nonprofit corporations. Three-ring binder, 54 pages.

Jones, Darryl, Vikki Rennick, Ron House, Laurel Richards, and Cynthia Dresden.  Readings in Strategic Planning.  Expanding Your Management Foundation:  Readings in Management Literature, No. 2.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1994. The second in a series of readings on management issues, this collection focuses on the need for strategic planning in a nonprofit corporation, when it may or may not be warranted, and how to go about planning and executing an effective planning process.  Also included are several examples of successful strategic planning processes, the use of a mission statement, trends in public relations, and the need to address ethical issues in a strategic plan.  Three-ring binder, 42 pages.

Staying on Track: ILC Management Series   index

Denk, Jim, Maggie Shreve, Laurel Richards, Kym King, Laura Smith, and Quentin Smith. "Applying Marketing Principles."  Staying on Track: ILRU Management Support Series.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1994. Government funds are not the only funds available to you--marketing your independent living center effectively does not have to be a mystery. This publication presents some basic strategies for funding a nonprofit service center, targeting and achieving goals for expansion, and creating your own niche in the community.   Three-hole punched, 37 pages.

Smith, Quentin and Laurel Richards. "Board Effectiveness in Independent Living Centers." Staying on Track: ILRU Management Support Series.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1987. This work examines ways boards of independent living centers can be made more effective, including rightful division of responsibility between the board and the executive director, appropriate board-staff interaction, ways that a board can begin to unravel and approaches to keep that from happening, among other vital issues.  Written from the perspective of the executive director.  Three-hole punched, 29 pages.

Meyer, Alan, and Quentin Smith. "Board Roles and Responsibilities." Staying on Track: ILRU Management Support Series.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1990. Essential reading for both long-time board members and for those with no board experience at all, this work presents basic information on what serving on the board of directors of an independent living center entails. Section one covers basic board responsibilities. Section two focuses on the board's role in assuring that independent living philosophy is operationalized in all aspects of center activities.   Three-hole punched, 32 pages.

Lachat, Mary Ann. "An Evaluation and Management Information System for Independent Living."  Staying on Track: ILRU Management Support Series.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1988. Written in response to requests for detailed  information about CRM's management information system (MIS), it is intended to help independent living center staff decide if it or any MIS can help in collecting needed information. Also explained are things that a center will need to have in place for the system to work: the right hardware, the right software, the right attitude, etc.  Three-hole punched, 38 pages.

Batavia, Andrew. "The Legal Liability of Independent Living Centers." Staying on Track: ILRU Management Support Series.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1989. This work focuses on actions which leave a center and its staff and board open to liability lawsuits and presents common sense ways to reduce risk. It covers general rules of liability,  activities for which an independent living center can be held legally liable, and when an attorney should be consulted. Three-hole punched, 21 pages.

Smith, Quentin. "Liability Insurance Coverage for Independent Living Centers." Staying on Track: ILRU Management Support Series.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1989. This is a very practical publication that provides an extensive examination of various kinds of liability insurance, including automobile, property, malpractice, directors' and officers' errors and omissions, volunteers, and several others. It also gives examples from an independent living center setting and makes suggestions on selecting an insurance agent.  Three-hole punched, 85 pages.

Shreve, Maggie. "Team Building: Sharing the Power in Independent Living Centers." Staying on Track: ILRU Management Support Series.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1988. This is a very practical nuts-and-bolts approach to the subject of team building, and it is presented within the context of an independent living center. It covers aspects of center operations appropriate for team approaches, resolution of team conflict, roles and responsibilities of team leaders, dealing with team failure, evaluation of teams, and much more.  Three-hole punched, 27 pages.  

Issues in Rural Independent Living     index

O'Day, Bonnie.  Attitudes.  Issues in Rural Independence, No. 1.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1994. This first monograph in a series resulting from an extensive field research project addresses perhaps the most significant barrier to independent living:  attitudes.  Five innovative programs concerned with changing attitudes toward people with disabilities in rural communities are reviewed for their effectiveness and replicability. Soft-bound, 45 pages.

Miller, Gayle.  Accessibility.  Issues in Rural Independence, No. 2.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1994. This monograph outlines the efforts of several rural centers for independent living to conduct individual and systems advocacy, aid compliance with ADA regulations, and lower the architectural, communication, and attitudinal barriers imposed by the surrounding community. Soft-bound, 30 pages.

Donovan, Margaret and Michael L. Jones.  Housing.  Issues in Rural Independence, No. 3.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1994. A wide variety of exemplary programs and services characterize these five innovative efforts by centers to address the housing needs of people with disabilities in rural areas. Soft-bound, 43 pages.

Walden, Earl Jr., Deanna Roy, Bonnie O'Day.  Transportation.  Issues in Rural Independence, No. 4.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1994. Fourth in a series, this monograph examines the unique transportation challenges facing people with disabilities and the centers that serve them in rural communities.  Several successful and highly replicable enterprises are featured. Soft-bound, 41 pages.

Young, Charles E. with Bonnie O'Day.  Funding.  Issues in Rural Independence, No. 5.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1995. Fundraising is a crucial concern of every center for independent living.  This monograph presents several innovative and successful approaches to obtaining funds from governmental sources, donations, special events, and for-profit ventures pioneered by rural centers.  Illustrated with the topical cartoons of William Callahan.  Soft-bound, 62 pages.

O'Day, Bonnie. Issues in Rural Independence-Revisited. Houston: ILRU Program, 2001. Soft-bound, 54 pages.

ILRU Field Work: Technical Assistance Brochures   index

Sharp, David, Laurel Richards, Laurie Gerken, and Kathleen Hampton. Constructing a Barrier-free Home. ILRU Field Work No. 3.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1985. This is the third of a set of three brochures developed for ILRU's National Technical Assistance Project for Rural Independent Living. In this concise format, authors provide information on modifying one's home to make it more accessible. It includes basic accessibility requirements for key features such as doorways, kitchens, bathrooms, cabinets, and ramps.  Brochure

Bell, Guy, Laurel Richards, and Laurie Gerken. Disability Issues: Organizing Community Support. ILRU Field Work No. 1.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1985. This is the first of a set of three brochures developed for ILRU's National Technical Assistance Project for Rural Independent living. It presents practical suggestions for steps to take in forming a community-based advocacy group.  Brochure

Bell, Guy, Laurel Richards, and Laurie Gerken. Your Disabled Child's Right to a Free Education. ILRU Field Work No. 2.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1985. This is the second of a set of three brochures developed for ILRU's National Technical Assistance Project for Rural Independent Living. It summarizes federal provisions regarding disabled children's rights to a free and appropriate education, and it includes a list of support organizations and publications.  Brochure  

ILRU Field Work:  Independent Living Programs   index

The Inclusion of the Handicapped Person in Community Life: A Program for Action Now.  Houston: The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, 1980. This document presents a plan to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities by identifying problems and steps that should be taken to resolve them. The plan was developed at an international conference held in Houston in April 1980. Contributing to the plan were representatives of organizations of people with disabilities, sociologists, economists, architects, industrial designers, physicians, lawyers, legislators, and human service providers from around the world.  Soft-bound book, 24 pages.

Nosek, Peg and Laurel Richards. Independent Living Networks: Development of a New Dimension in Advocacy. Occasional Paper No. 3.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1987. This study is an examination of networks of independent living centers. It focuses on one national network, one regional network, and six state networks. Presented is information on the stages of network development, characteristics which networks have in common (e.g., methods of communicating with members, establishment of priorities, and development of advocacy activities), and common sense observations on what makes networks work and what does not.  Soft-bound, 36 pages.

New Life Options: Independent Living and You. Washington, D.C. and Houston: The Institute for Information Studies & ILRU Program, 1979. This booklet describes new opportunities available to people with severe disabilities as a result of the passage of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1978. Information is provided about different kinds of independent living programs and sources of technical assistance and financial support available to organizations interested in establishing programs in their communities.  Soft-bound, 14 pages.

Cole, Jean A., Jane C. Sperry, Mary Ann Board, and Lex Frieden. New Options.  Houston: The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, 1979. The book explores processes through which severely physically disabled individuals become independent members of the community, and it examines the New Options project as one model for teaching skills necessary for fully participating in community life.  Soft-bound, 113 pages.

Cole, Jean A., Jane C. Sperry, Mary Ann Board, and Lex Frieden. New Options Training Manual.  Houston: The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, 1979. The manual deals with specific issues related to operating a program to teach community living skills to severely physically disabled individuals.  Loose-leaf notebook, 129 pages.

Cole, Jean A., Jane C. Sperry, Mary Ann Board, and Lex Frieden. Glossary from New Options Training Manual |Houston: The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, 1979.

Nosek, Peg and Quentin Smith. On The Right Track: Foundations for Operating an Independent Living Program.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1982. This handbook of management procedures provides information essential to establishing and operating independent living centers. It is designed to help program administrators avoid such pitfalls as high staff turnover, board-staff conflict, fiscal mismanagement, risk resulting from inadequate insurance coverage, and litigation arising from a variety of sources.   Loose-leaf notebook, 81 pages.

Kailes, June Isaacson. Disability Pride: The Interrelationship of Self-Worth, Self-Empowerment, & Disability Culture.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1993. This excellent publication discusses stereotypes, development of positive individual and community self-images, and the importance of language to disability rights and culture. The author provides a three-session training model with concrete goals and activities, suggestions for facilitators, and thought-provoking quotes and articles.  Three-hole punched, 88 pages.  

Independent Living with Attendant Care   index

Board, Mary Ann, Jean A. Cole, Lex Frieden, and Jane C. Sperry. Independent Living with Attendant Care. 3 Vols. Houston: The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, 1980.

•  Vol. 1: "Guide for the Person with a Disability." Based on the personal experiences of the authors and other persons with disabilities, this booklet offers suggestions for all aspects of personal attendant care. Topics include models of attendant care, hiring and training practices, and systems of back-up care. Soft-bound, 20 pages.

• Vol. 2: "A Message to Parents of Handicapped Youth." Second in a series, this booklet speaks to the problems faced by parents of a child with a disability in their efforts to provide both personal care and a solid foundation for an independent lifestyle. Soft-bound, 12 pages.

• Vol. 3: "A Guide for the Personal Care Attendant."  This third volume in a series speaks plainly about how to understand disability, how to find work as a PCA, training, and basic character types. Features a valuable guide to terminology.   Soft-bound, 24 pages.

Telecommuting

Dr. James E. Jarrett, Lex Frieden, Quentin Smith. Questions and Answers about Telecommuting for Persons with Disabilities: A Guide for Employers.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1996. Soft-bound, 23 pages.

Dr. James E. Jarrett, Lex Frieden, Quentin Smith. Questions and Answers about Telecommuting for Persons with Disabilities: A Guide for People with Disabilities. Houston: ILRU Program, 1996. Soft-bound, 19 pages.

Other Personal Assistance Resource Materials   index

Margaret A. Nosek. Effect of Personal Assistance Services on the Long-Term Health of a Rehabilitation Hospital Population. 1991. Presents the results of a study, done in collaboration with the American Congress on Rehabilitation Medicine, on the extent to which the frequency of health problems and preventable complications of disability can be attributed largely to inadequate personal assistance services.  13 pages

Nosek, Margaret A. "Personal Assistance: Attendant Services," in Toward Independence: An Assessment of Federal Laws & Programs Affecting Persons with Disabilities--with Legislative Recommendations: Appendix.  National Council on the Handicapped, 1986. A chapter from the Council's report to Congress presenting definitions and information on need and costs, funding sources, and issues surrounding delivery of attendant services. It includes a list of criteria for a model national attendant services program based on input from leaders in the field at a national conference sponsored by the Council, as well as the Council's recommendations to Congress.  16 pages

Margaret A. Nosek.  The Personal Assistance Dilemma for People with Disabilities Living in Rural Areas. Presents the special problems with personal assistance faced by people living in rural areas, where they are forced to rely heavily on unpaid family, neighbors, and friends. When rural consumers must seek help outside the family, they are poorly prepared in managing these needs for themselves.  Seven pages

Margaret A. Nosek.  Personal Assistance: Key to Employability of Persons with Physical Disabilities.  1990. Discusses the need for reliable, affordable personal assistance to enable persons with disabilities to reach their full employment potential. Gives recommendations to counselors on how they can assist their clients to meet and finance their personal assistance needs more effectively, how to change their current arrangements if desired, and how to develop a backup support network.  Five pages

Nosek, Margaret A. and Carol Potter.  Personal Assistance Satisfaction Index.  1991. A questionnaire designed to assess the adequacy of various systems for delivering personal assistance services to persons with severe disabilities from the perspective of the consumer. The main factors assessed that determine satisfaction are quality, control, availability, and cost. Includes instructions for administering, scoring, and interpreting results. One page

Margaret A. Nosek.  Personal Assistance Services in Japan: Effect on Productivity and Daily Living Among Japanese with Severe Physical Disabilities.  1989. Chronicles Dr. Nosek's visit to Japan to study the personal assistance arrangements of 30 people with severe disabilities. The results of in-depth interviews with Japanese consumers are discussed.   38 pages

Nosek, Margaret A., Carol Potter, Huong Quan, and Yilin Zhu.  Personal Assistance Services for People with Disabilities: An Annotated Bibliography.  Occasional Paper No. 4. Houston: ILRU Program, 1988. This bibliography is a comprehensive review and analysis of literature on personal assistance services. It has four chapters: independent living and personal assistance services, program development and training, management and administrative issues, and conference proceedings. Soft-bound, 62 pages

Margaret A. Nosek.  Personal Assistance Services for Persons with Mental Disabilities.  1990. Discusses solutions to meeting the daily personal assistance needs of persons with mental retardation or mental illness. Presented are formal and informal programs for structured support that foster community integration. Supported housing and intensive case management are also considered.  12 pages

Margaret A. Nosek. "Personal Assistance Services: A Review of Literature and Analysis of Policy Implications," in Journal of Disability Policy Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 1991. Defines and estimates the need for personal assistance services and addresses redirection of existing funding channels, incorporation of consumer control into existing service structures, the impact of reliance on family, and methods for making services available to a larger segment of the population in need.  15 pages

Nosek, Margaret A.  Toward a National Policy on Attendant Care: The Dutch Backdrop.  Conference report prepared for the World Rehabilitation Fund, 1985. Contained in this conference report are summaries of presentations on attendant care from an international perspective given by Gerben DeJong, Gini Laurie, and Adolph Ratzka. The summary of discussions among participants covers the assistance continuum, need and demand, eligibility, delivery of services, funding, and strategies for establishing a national attendant services system.  16 pages

Margaret A. Nosek, Marcus J. Fuhrer, Diana Rintala, and Karen Hart.  Use of Personal Assistance Services by Persons with Spinal Cord Injury.  1991. Presents the results of interviews with 284 individuals with spinal cord injury about their use of personal assistance services. Explores living arrangements, sources of assistance, demographics, and implications for development of a national policy on providing personal assistance services.  14 pages

Audio-Visual Products index

Gerken, Laurie, Lex Frieden, and Laurel Richards. Ball Bearings and Bent Spokes: A Consumer's Guide to Wheelchair Repair and Maintenance.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1983. In this video tape, viewers can learn ways to avoid expensive repairs to their manual wheelchairs by following easy inspection, maintenance, and repair procedures that they can do themselves. The video tape is intended both for individual consumers and for organizations that provide training programs on wheelchair maintenance.  30-minute, color, videocassette

Independent Living: Six Model Programs.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1978.  This video tape describes six early independent living centers. It depicts the different approaches each center utilizes in providing or coordinating housing, attendant care, transportation, advocacy, and information-and-referral services to disabled consumers. The video tape received a Certificate of Merit award from the 1979 International Rehabilitation Film Festival.   62-minute, color, videocassette

Available From Clearinghouses index

The following publications are out-of-print and may be obtained by calling or writing the national clearinghouses listed below.  In addition, some informational services now offer modem- accessible databases.  For further information contact these resources at the following general information numbers. 

• National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials, Oklahoma State University, 816 West Sixth Ave., Stillwater, OK 74078, 800-223-5219; 
• National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC), 8455 Colesville Road, #935, Silver Spring, MD 20910; 800-346-2742 or TTY: 800-227-0216; and
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education, 1920 Association Dr., Reston, VA 22091, 800-328-0272. (Formerly the ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children). Council for Exceptional Children, TTY 703-620-3660, ext. 307.

Frieden, Lex, David Sharp, and Tim Fleck.  CBFL Conference Report 1978.  Houston: The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, 1978. This report describes a regional training project for consumer leaders which was sponsored by a Houston-based disabled rights organization. Designed to serve as a primer for similar conferences, this report documents the logistical arrangements involved in planning the conference. It also includes presentations given by keynote speakers, Eunice Fiorito and Frank Bowe. Soft-bound, 83 pages.

Stock, David and Jean Cole.  Cooperative Living. Houston: The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, 1977. The report examines Cooperative Living, a cooperative self- support residential program for severely physically disabled young adults. This early independent living program, which operated from 1972-1975, is discussed in terms of its purpose as a research and demonstration project, its residents, research methodology and findings, and special considerations which arise when developing living arrangements for persons with severe physical impairments. The epilogue focuses on the individual, following the courses that the forty residents took since the beginning of the project.  Soft-bound, 132 pages.

Dalrymple, John and Laurel Richards.  Independent Living and Policy Changes: Reflections on a Decade's Progress. Issues in Independent Living No. 5.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1983. This monograph is a study of the extent to which progress has been made in nationwide implementation of independent living-related policies over the past ten years. Areas assessed include entitlement to rehabilitation services, transportation, housing, employment opportunities, and elimination of architectural and communications barriers.   Soft-bound, 33 pages.

Nosek, Peg, Yayoi Narita, Yoshiko Dart, and Justin Dart.  A Philosophical Foundation for the Independent Living & Disability Rights Movement.  Occasional Paper No. 1.  Houston: ILRU Program, 1982. This monograph presents a personal reflection on the nature of independent living. It includes a blend of philosophical concepts from many cultures and critical lessons from personal experiences. The views are also shaped by discussions the authors held with leaders of the independent living movement.  Soft-bound, 55 pages.  Philosophical Foundation in Word format | Philosophical Foundation in PDF

Copyright Information index

All ILRU resource materials are copyrighted with all rights reserved. No part of any publication or audio-visual product may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations. In all cases of citation, appropriate acknowledgement must be given.

Available on Tape index

All publications are also available on standard-size audio cassette for people with visual impairment.