International Day of the Disabled :

• 03 December is International Day of Disabled Persons. Practise your English while you learn about disability.
  Take a look at the article, poem, word games, cartoon, poll, trivia and links.
  (British Council)
  
  

• International Day of Disabled Persons - 3 December
  2007 Theme: "Decent work for persons with disabilities"
  (un.org)

• International Day of Disabled Persons
  (Wikipedia)

• International Day of Disabled People
  (handicap-international.org.uk)

Facts :

• Disability (Wikipedia)
  "A disability is a condition or function judged to be significantly impaired relative to the usual standard of an individual of their group. The term is often used to refer to individual functioning, including physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment, mental illness, and various types of chronic disease..."
  1 The Disability rights movement 1.1 Adapted sports 1.2 Current issues
  2 Definitions and Models 2.1 The medical model 2.2 The social model
  3 Impairment, Culture, Language, & Labeling
  4 Other models
  5 Government policies and support
  6 Demographics
  7 Disability insurance nationalized and private
  8 Adaptations..

• Disabilities Online Database (disabilities-online.com)

• Puppets help teach about disabilities (wakefieldexpress.co.uk)

Cliparts :

Disability Clipart "This collection of images depicts a wide range of ages and various disabilities." (neo-rls.org)	People with Disabilities (dir.coolclips.com)	Special Clipart (members.tripod.com/Samdo)
	Visionary Graphics (lareau.org)
Disabilities Clipart (clipsahoy.com)	Disabled Clipart (acclaimclipart.com)

Vocabulary :

• DISABLED (answers.com)

• List of disability-related terms with negative connotations (Wikipedia)

• Disability Vocabulary - Do s and Don'ts :
  Affirmative Language / Language to Avoid
  (disability.law.uiowa.edu)
  
  

INTERACTIVE activities :

• Disability at work - interactive quiz - Test your understanding of word formation.
  (BBC)

• Interactive quizzes (ldpride.net)

Activities TO PRINT :

• Famous People With Disabilities - Quiz (ny.nrcs.usda.gov) - LIEN MODIFIE
  "Match the person in the first column with his/her disability in the second column."

• DISABILITY CELEBRITY QUIZ (south.mccsc.edu)
  "Try to match the description with the name of the important person in the list..."

Lesson plans :

• Understanding Kids Who Are Different: Activities for Teaching About Disabilities
  (Education World)

Webquests :

• Disability Webquest (uoregon.edu)
  "Disability is Everywhere. Why not learn about the different kinds of disabilities?"

• Kids Quest on Disability and Health (cdc.gov)
  

Cartoons :

Laziest dog I've ever had!

Danger! (newyorker.com)

Blind and dyslexic (londonstimes.us)