The Online World resources handbook

Your personal HealthNet http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/6.html
for Drug Evaluation and Research offers information related to cancer and approved
cancer drug therapies for consumers, patients, and health care professionals.
The Medical Information Archives links to an index of archived messages from
Usenet groups dealing with cancer.
The Online Leukemia Support Group is for for patients, caregivers, and
professionals who are interested in and involved with all types of leukemia. Archives of
Leukemia can be accessed from http://www.rwneill.com/publishing/ and
http://reference.com. See http://www.egroups.com/list/leukemia/info.html.
You should also check the HEM ONC listserv site.
Diabetes
The patient oriented Diabetes FAQ has been collected among members of the
misc.health.diabetes newsgroup. Also, check these resources:
Diabetes Symptons
http://www.ability.org.uk/diabetes.html
http://www.diabetic.org.uk/index.htm
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/tools/faq.htm
The Diabetes News Page provides the latest news on diabetes and related subjects, and
has informative links. Diabetic World provides information on English and Spanish.
The DIABETIC mailing list is where diabetic patient can exchange ideas,
comments, gripes, fears, or whatever, related to his or her condition. Expect to find lots
of "real world" accounts about living with diabetes.
Disabilities
Online conferences give equal access to all persons. Everybody is treated the same way,
regardless if they sit in a wheel chair, have a hearing impairment, stutter, cannot speak
clearly, have difficulties in thinking or acting quickly, or just have a different looks.
You need not worry about typing errors. Those who read them will never know
whether it is because you never learned how to write on a computer, or if it is because
you have difficulties in controlling your movements.
You alone decide if others are to know about your personal disability. If you want
it to be a secret, then it will remain a secret.
Nobody can possibly know that you are mute and lame from the neck and down,
that computer communication is your main gate into the outer world, and that you are
writing messages with a stick attached to your forehead. Therefore, joining the online
world has changed the lives of many people with disabilities.
Computer communications have opened a new world for those who are forced to
stay at home, or who thinks that it is too difficult to travel. Those who can easily drive
their car to the library, often have difficulties in understanding the significance of this.
Usenet has alt.education.disabled. It covers all areas of disabilities, technical,
medical, educational, legal, etc. CompuServe's Disabilities Forum has sections called:
General Interest, Develop. Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances, Hearing Impairments,
Learning Disabilities, Vision Impairments, Mobility Impaired, Rights/Legislation,
Education/Employment and Family Life/Leisure.
The AUTISMTALK mailing list is devoted to the developmentally disabled, their
teachers, and those interested in this area.
The BLIND L list focuses on "Computer Use by and for the Blind." BLINDFAM
is for blind people and their families. Sighted people are welcome to take part if any
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DEAF L is the "Deaf Discussion List," and DEAFBLND the "Deaf Blind
Discussion List."
DEAF MAG is a weekly Deaf Magazine. The Central Institute for the Deaf is at:
http://cidmac.wustl.edu/, and there's a Deafdigest.
BACKS L discusses research on low back pain disability. You'll find many
disability related information and links at http://www.eskimo.com/~jlubin/disabled.html,
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