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Academic networks and resourcesThe main French academic network is IFRH: Institut Fédératif de Recherche sur le Handicap (Federative Research Institute on Disability). A multidisciplinary network of 26 research teams divided into 3 axes: Public Health and Social Sciences; Clinical Research and Rehabilitation sciences; Sensory-motor functions, Technology and Compensation Systems. CTNERHI : Centre Technique National d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Handicaps et les Inadaptations (National Centre for Disability Studies and Research) has the main French library and documentation centre on disability, 2 bibliographic data bases (Saphir & Legi). FLASH-Information Handicap : free, weekly electronic newsletter on topical legislation and bibliography related to disability, issued by CTNERHI. ALTER- European Journal of Disability Research. Bilingual (French, English), peer reviewed quarterly of human and social sciences, with an international editorial board, based in France, published by Elsevier. |