Academic network of European disability experts (ANED)
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  • Centre for Disability Studies University of Leeds

Academic networks and resources

There are no established networks for disability research in Austria but some initiatives at Universities that focus on certain disability issues:

Institute for Inclusive Studies at the University of Linz

Research Center for Sign Language and the Communication of People with Hearing Impairments at the University of Klagenfurt

Research Unit for Special Needs and Inclusive Education at the University of Vienna

Institute for Inclusive Education at the College for Education in Linz

Department for Social and Inclusive Education

There is a research focus on Inclusive Education and Disability Studies at the University of Innsbruck (Homepage under construction).

Bidok is a virtual library with free access to more than 1200 full text articles dealing with disability issues, and a focus on inclusion.

There is a bi-monthly academic research journal, Behinderte Menschen, with a focus on people with disabilities

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