Here are some of the resources available to consult for a high-level introduction to the concepts in Disability Studies.

• 21^st Century Sociology
  • see Chapter 69: The Sociology of Disability
• International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2^nd ed.
  • see the chapter entitled: Disability: Sociological Aspects
• Introducing disability studies
  HV1568.2 .B47 2013
• The disability studies reader, 3^rd ed.
  HV1568 .D5783 2010 [previous editions also available]
• Emerging perspectives on disability studies
  HV1568.2 .E52 2013
• Encyclopedia of disability
  HV1568 .E528 2006 [5v.] [also online]
• Handbook of disability studies
  HV1568.2 .H36 2001
• Routledge handbook of disability studies
  HV1568.2 .R68 2012

• The Routledge history of disability

Please consult with the specialists for additional help in locating sources.  The Google custom search on the government information page can get you started.

Selected government reports and websites

Auditor General Canada

• Report on the Canada Pension Plan Disability Program, 2015

Canadian Human Rights Commission

• Report on the Equality Rights of People with Disabilities, 2012
• The Rights of Persons with Disabilities to Equality and Non-Discrimination, 2015

Correctional Services Canada

• Accommodating the Needs of Offenders with Disabilities Audit Report, 2006
• Reasonable Accommodation and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 1991

Culture, History and Sport

• Rights of people with disabilities

Employment and Social Development Canada

• Canada Pension Plan Disability Benefit

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

• Advancing the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, 2009

Human Rights Commission Ontario

• Disability

Justice Canada

• Canada Disability Savings Act
• Pension Act

Public Safety Canada

• Emergency Preparedness Guide for People with Disabilities/Special Needs

Statistics Canada

• Canadian Survey on Disability, 2012 (Statistics Canada)

United Nations

• Human Rights and Persons with Disabilities

Veterans Affairs Canada

• Disability Award
• Disability Pension

For more government resources, consult the government information "find" page.

International organizations

Consult the NGO Database.  Under NGO by Areas of Competence, scroll down to Social Cohesion and select Disabled Persons.

• Abilities Canada
• Council of Canadians with Disabilities
• International Disability Alliance
• United Nations Office of the High Commissioner Human Rights [Issues -> All Issues -> Disability and Human Rights]
• World Health Organization [under Health Topics, choose Disabilities]

For more resources from international organizations, consult the international section of the government information "find" guide.

Journals

• Assistive technology
• ACM transactions on accessible computing
• British journal of learning disabilities
• Canadian journal of disability studies
• Critical disability discourses
• Disability & society
• Disability and the Global South
• Disability studies quarterly
• International journal of disability, development, and education
• International journal of disability management research
• International Journal on disability and human development
• Journal of developmental and physical disabilities
• Journal of disability policy studies
• Journal of early intervention
• Journal of intellectual disabilities
• Journal of intellectual disability research
• Journal of literary & cultural disability studies
• Journal of policy and practice in intellectual disabilities
• Journal of rehabilitation research and development
• Journal of social work in disability & rehabilitation
• Research in developmental disabilities
• Review of disability studies
• Scandinavian journal of disability research
• Sexuality and disability

Databases

• Canadian Human Rights Reporter (Law / Human Rights)
• CINAHL (Nursing and Allied Health)
• ERIC (Education)
• PAIS Index (International Policy)
• PsycINFO
• Social Work Abstracts
• Sociological Abstracts

Publishers' collections

• Cambridge Journals Online
• DeGruyter Online
• Duke University Press Journals Online
• SAGE Journals Online
• Taylor & Francis Journals Online
• Wiley Online Journals

Multidisciplinary databases

• JSTOR
• Project MUSE
• Scopus
• Social Sciences Full Text
• Web of Science Core Colection