Useful websites
Motivation Australia
details: Motivation Australia is the Australian branch of Motivation, with a specific focus on the Asia Pacific Region including rural and remote Australia. Motivation Australia is particularly involved in the provision of appropriate wheelchairs in less resourced settings.URL: www.motivation.org.au
Video of living with SCI in Nepal
details: This is a 20 minute video of living with a SCI in Nepal. The website has loads of other videos all targeting disability and other social and environmental issues around the globe. The NGO is called DMW (development media workshop)URL: vimeo.com/33790839
Hinari: free access to journals for low-resourced countries
details: This website provides free access to large numbers of international scientific journals for those from low-resourced countries.URL: www.who.int/hinari/eligibility/en/
DINF - Disability Information Resources
details: This website contains loads of useful information about services and care for people with disabilities in less-resourced countries.URL: www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/index_e.html
SATH - Special Attention Towards Handicapped
details: This is a NGO working in Pakistan to assist children with disabilities. This is run by a physiotherapist - example of some of the good work PTs around the world are doing.URL: sathorg.tripod.com/
National Rehabilitation Hospital training material - USA
details: This site has some training material both for consumers and therapists. This page has a list of various videos including one demonstrating a person performing a floor to wheelchair transfer.URL: http://sci-health.org/resources/videos/
COPE: committee on publication ethics.
details: This is a website that outlines all the ethical issues associated with publishing journal papers.URL: www.publicationethics.org/about
World Report on Disability
details: This is the first ever World report on disability, produced jointly by WHO and the World Bank and published in 2011. You can download a full copy free of charge here.URL: www.who.int/disabilities/world_report/2011/en/index.html
Spinal Hub
details: This is a website written for the SCI community. It contains loads of useful information for people with SCI. Some of the content about general medical and nursing issues would be very appropriate for PTs.URL: www.spinalhub.com.au
Facing Disability
details: This is a US-based website for people with spinal cord injuries and their families. It has loads of videos and interviews.URL: www.facingdisability.com/