Disability Management Resources

DISABILITY MANAGEMENT RESOURCES

CIMA provides clients with considerate and professional risk management services. Works with companies including those that serve people with developmental disabilities in an effort to produce profitable business.

Disability inSite^SM provides a meeting place for employees, employers, human resource administrators, and insurance specialists-- all those whose open communication contributes to a better understanding of disability. Disability inSite complements the open discussion with a library of resources focused on disability, including legal issues, resources for the disabled, news and analysis, and case studies, that together offer educational for people of all backgrounds. Sponsored by Fortis Benefits, created by Employease Inc.

Employers' Forum on Disability is the national employers' organisation focused on
disability in the UK. Funded and managed by its members, they make it easier to recruit
and retain disabled employees and to serve disabled customers.

EvalX The Evaluation Exchange The fastest growing collection of professional workers' compensation and disability evaluation resources on the web.

The Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation provides a forum for discussion and dissemination of information about the major areas that will constitute vocational rehabilitation. Each issue covers topics that are specific themes such as long term care or different disability groups such as those with psychiatric impairment.

The National Business & Disability Council (NBDC) is a leading national corporate resource on all issues related to the successful employment and integration of individuals with disabilities into America's workforce.

The National Institute of Disability Management and Research (NIDMR) is committed to reducing the human, social and economic cost of disability to workers, employers and society through education, training and research. The Institute has completed research on topics related to disability management, return-to-work, policies, costs, etc. and participates in ongoing international research projects.

The Risk Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) serves nearly 4,500 businesses and organizations represented by over 7,700 individuals with risk management responsibilities throughout the U.S. and Canada. If you want to know what's happening on the leading edge of the risk management discipline in virtually any sector of the economy, there's a RIMS member with the information you need.

Steven Sell's Disability Management Page provides links to sites on the following topics: early intervention; medical management; return to work; rehabilitation; reemployment; job accommodation; Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); short- and long-term disability; ERISA; FMLA; workers' compensation; and related issues.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest business federation, representing nearly three million companies, 3,000 state and local chambers, 775 business associations and 85 American Chambers of Commerce abroad.

The Washington Business Group on Health is the only national nonprofit organization exclusively devoted to the analysis of health policy and related worksite issues from the perspective of large employers. Business Group members, typically Fortune 500 and large public sector employers, include the nation's most innovative health care purchasers who provide health coverage for more than 35 million U.S. workers, retirees, and their families.