In addition to the agencies and organizations listed below, check with your local and state health departments, human rights commissions and local AIDS service organizations.

Workplace HIV training and education programs, crisis management consulting, sample AIDS policies and targeted materials for employers and employees. Can provide copies of its publications entitled Accommodating Employees with HIV Infection and AIDS: Case Studies of Employer Assistance, What About My Rights?  Guidelines for Employers and Employees Living With HIV/AIDS, among others and The Positive Workplace, a cutting-edge video training tool for managers, employees and their families.

Business Responds to AIDS Manager's Kit and the Labor Responds to AIDS Labor Leader's Kit, educational materials, videos, brochures and database searches.  (Available in both Spanish and English.)

Referrals to local Red Cross chapters that provide AIDS-in-the-workplace education.

Information and assistance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Operated by the United States Department of Education.

Responds to questions about the ADA and employment.

24-hour hotline for questions about transmission, prevention, statistics and general HIV information. Operated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also provides referrals in either English or Spanish.

These Internet resources have the best reviews and the most consistently reliable information: 

http://www.aegis.com - largest collection of HIV-related documents in the world, including newsletters and stories from wire services.

http://www.hivinsite.ucsf.edu - comprehensive glossary of medical terms; state-by-state statistics and hotlines. 

http://www.theBody.com - excellent general source of information, opportunity to pose questions about workplace issues that will be answered by specialists in the field. 

http://www.ama-assn.org - Journal of the American Medical Association site; comprehensive collection of journal articles and studies. 

http://www.aidsfund.org - National AIDS Fund site; sample workplace policies, workplace HIV-related publications, other targeted materials on workplace AIDS issues. 

http://www.nytsyn.com - New York Times syndicate AIDS News: HIV-related stories in the New York Times going back at least on year. 

http:/www.healthfinder.gov - CDC-sponsored site that directs people to health information sites that are reliable and well-documented.