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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) 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 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

Diving into family therapy Graduate student Lauren Zimmerman got her feet wet working with dolphins and children with disabilities. Spotlight on Disability Newsletter Issue No. 1, August 2008 Featured Resource 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