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About Us: The Disability Issues Office serves as the central point for APA activities pertaining to disability. Learn more Disability and Public Policy The Public Policy Office monitors congressional activity affecting persons with disabilities. Learn more Mental and Physical Disability Law The Disability Issues Office Staff serves on the editorial advisory board to the ABA's Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter, which provides summaries of reported legal developments covering disability discrimination law and civil and criminal mental disability law. Learn more Publications Books from APA and Magination Press Monitor Articles Journals Rehabilitation Psychology News (Newsletter of APA's Division 22 Rehabilitation Psychology) Spotlight on Disability Newsletter Issue No. 2, May 2009 Division 22 Newsletter Fall 2008 Volume 36, No. 1 CDIP Update: (Page 16 of the Division 22 Newsletter) Randall J. Cox, Ph.D. APA Monitor ETHICS ROUNDS Disability as an ethical issue A law school symposium offers an opportunity for psychologists to reflect on the role of stigma within our own field. Learn more A CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATOR Armed with a Fulbright scholarship, Daniel Nead is seeking to understand how trauma affects deaf people worldwide. Learn more GOVERNMENT RELATIONS UPDATE Public interest issues take center stage ON YOUR BEHALF A wrap-up of APA's latest advocacy KEEPING ATHLETES ON TRACK Changing expectations Getting people with intellectual disabilities on the playing field improves their health—and changes how others perceive their abilities. Learn more

Seeking Comment to proposed Guidelines for Assessment of and Intervention with Individuals Who Have Disabilities Spotlight on Disability Newsletter Issue No. 2, May 2009 Free books for students with disabilities Call for Nominations to the Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology Recent Publications from the Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology See the latest works from members of the Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology and its liasons Featured Resource University officials who want to request an electronic copy of APA material for use by a student with a disability, please fill out the Request for Alternative Electronic Text This resource is a guide for appropriate interactions with persons with disabilities. Learn More Information for Psychologists The ADA and Internships: Your Responsibilities as Internship and Postdoctoral Agency Directors Interviewing Applicants with Disabilities forDoctoral and Postdoctoral Internship Positions Moving Beyond the ADA Providing Reasonable Accommodations to Individuals with disabilities in Internship sites and Postdoctoral Internship Positions