The videotape focuses on three strong and articulate women who discuss sexuality, relationships, societal attitudes, family life, motherhood, education, and career. These women offer crucial role models for women and girls with disabilities. Positive Images identifies disability as an issue of concerns to all women. This is a non-profit organization established to develop, publish, and disseminate materials and information in support of equal education for the sexes. Among the things this organization has available are posters offering positive images of women of different race and ethnic groups, as well as women with disabilities.
Brief biographies come with each poster.
Short biographies or other teaching aides accompany most of these posters. Some of the posters include women with disabilities. It is quite unusual to find women with disabilities portrayed in as positive ways as in these posters. For a catalog of these and other posters write to the address above. Listed below are two organizations that offers training, consultation, and technical assistance in this area.