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Visit the Arizona Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities' Public Policy Updates page. Visit this site for the most recent Bill Tracking Chart.
CyberCIL of Arizona
AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) Webplace
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to helping older Americans achieve lives of independence, dignity and purpose. AARP excels as a dynamic presence in every community, shaping and enriching the experience of aging for each member and for society.
Abilities Magazine
ABILITIES is Canada's foremost cross-disability lifestyle magazine. It is widely read by people with disabilities, their families, friends and professionals.
Ability Magazine, The Voice of Over 50 Million Americans With Disabilities
ABILITY Magazine is the first publication focusing on disabilities to crossover into mainstream America. By interviewing high profile personalities such as President Clinton, Elizabeth Taylor, Pat Boone, Richard Pryor, Jane Seymour, Steve Allen and many more all discussing their personal involvement with disabilities, ABILITY Magazine is able to bring articles to the public's attention that may in the past have gone unnoticed. ABILITY Magazine provides information on New Technologies, the "Americans with Disability Act", Travel and Leisure, Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities, Human interest Stories, National and Local Resource Centers and more. ABILITY Magazine helps remove the misunderstandings and erase the stereotypes that surround disability issues.
Ability Home Page
A United Kingdom organization whose purpose is "to provide inclusive, accessible and affordable fitness, adventurous, and creative leisure opportunities."
Academic Software, Inc.
The home page of ASI, a small, Lexington, Kentucky-based, educational research, development, and consulting firm specializing for 15 years in the field of assistive technology, software, and computer access for people with disabilities, teachers, and helping professionals.
Access Center for Independent Living, Inc.
We at the Access Center for Independent Living (ACIL) are here to ensure that people with disabilities have full and complete access to the community in which they reside.
Access Industries
Access Unlimited
Access Vehicles
Access Vehicles / A.D.E. is a Full-service mobility equipment dealership in Tucson, Arizona specializes in new and used handicap-accessible vans, wheelchair and scooter lifts, and hand controls from a variety of manufacturers.
Access-Ability
Site for the disabled, handicapped, including resources, contacts, advice and information. Government addresses and phone numbers Fun & Games and downloads,articles, noticeboard.
Accessology
Full service consulting firm helping you and your business comply with architectural demands of the ADA and TAS regulations.
ADA & Disability Information
ADA Resource page
ADA Consultants / Network Consulting Florida's ADA & Handicap Accessibility Experts, Hotel / Motel Specialists, Based in Tallahassee , FL , (850) 942-5505, Thomas J. Schmokel - Proprietor
ADA Technical Assistance
ADAPT (American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit)
ADAPT is a national grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience, to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities to live in freedom.
Adapted Computer Technologies
The mission of Adapted Computer Technologies is to be an industry leader and partner in the field of Assistive Technologies by meeting the educational and work-related needs of persons with disABILITIES. ACT specializes in systems integration and the instruction in the use of computer assisted devices. These services are provided to all individuals with disabilities, rehabilitation/vocational counselors, educators/specialists and employers of persons with disABILITIES.
Adaptive Architecture
Our firm offers a full scope of architectural services, specializing in commercial office buildings and interiors, religious architecture, custom residential projects, and accessible environments for the disabled.
Adaptive Equipment Wheelchair Handicap Lift - Access Vans of LA
Mobility products and services for the physically Challenged - custom vans, adaptations, lifts, wheelchairs, scooters
Administration on Aging - Information on Older Persons and Services for the Elderly
This web site includes information designed for Older Americans and their families as well as those concerned about providing the opportunities and services to enrich the lives of older persons and support their independence.
Advocacy, Inc.
Advocates for Disabled Citizens
Advocacy in Special Education: A free Internet Course to Empower Parents
This course is designed to empower parents with the tools for successful advocacy by providing information on legal rights, special education documentation, and practical strategies for obtaining supports and services.
AEMA - Accessibility Equipment Manufacturers Association
AEMA is a non-profit, unincorporated association, formed in 1990 to meet the special needs of those involved with accessibility equipment.
(AHCCCS) Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) is Arizona's Medicaid agency that offers health care programs to serve Arizona residents. Individuals must meet certain income and other requirements to obtain services.
Ai Squared
Ai Squared is a leading developer of screen magnification and screen reading software, including ZoomText Xtra, ZoomText for DOS and VisAbility.
Alan Hamm Architects
Website for Alan Hamm Architects, a Maryland firm specializing in ADA enhancements and other services for corporate and individual clients
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Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf is a nonprofit membership organization that was established in 1890 to empower persons who are hearing impaired to function independently by promoting universal rights and optimal opportunities to learn to use, maintain, and improve all aspects of their verbal communications, including their abilities to speak, speechread, use residual hearing, and process both spoken and written language.
ALIS ONLINE Arizona Legislative Information Systems
Arizona Legislative Computer Systems Online- ALIS Online is an information service of the Arizona Legislature, designed to promote increased public access to, and awareness of, the legislative process.
Alliance for Technology Access
The Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) is a network of community-based resource centers dedicated to providing information and support services to children and adults with disabilities, and increasing their use of standard, assistive, and information technologies. Centers can be found all across the country.
Alpha One Home Page
Alpha One, a Center for Independent Living, is directed by people with disabilities. We are a leading source of information, services and products to enable people with disabilities to live independently.
American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today
Take the tour of our home page, and check out ADAPT's proposed legislation CASA, our newsletter Incitement, a short history of ADAPT, bulletins and info on upcoming actions and events. If you want to find out more about joining ADAPT, about advocacy and organizing trainings, or about starting a local ADAPT group you can start right here. A national list of contacts will help you learn what is happening in your neck of the woods, and other areas have copies of articles you might find interesting and different brochures and flyers.
American Foundation for the Blind
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), a U.S. nonprofit organization enabling blind or visually impaired people to achieve equality and access. Provides information and referrals about living with visual impairment. Helen Keller devoted over 40 years of her life to AFB.
American Printing House for the Blind: Promoting Independence for People Who Are Blind Or Visually Impaired
Founded in 1858, The American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. (APH) is the world's largest company devoted solely to creating products for people who are blind and visually impaired.
American Rehabilitation Magazine
American Rehabilitation (USPS 463610) is the official publication of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), 330 C Street S.W. , Washington , DC 202022531, with four issues published each year (Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn).
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
Providing comprehensive information about the Americans with Disabilities Act
Americans With Disabilities Act Information
This website contains copies of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), ADA regulations, technical assistance manuals prepared by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or the and other United States Department of Justice(DOJ), technical assistance documents sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) and reviewed by EEOC or DOJ. This website also provides you with links to other Internet sources of information concerning disability issues as well as links to other Internet sources of information concerning legal issues and also sources concerning occupational health and safety and Total Quality Management issues. Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
AMFPA (Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists)
The Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists presents the impressive works of art created by handicapped artists from all over the world; in English, German, Spanish, French.
Andy Taylor & Tom O'Sullivan Low Vision Consultants
Apartments by RentNet - national apartment rental and relocation guide
A guide to seniors housing, assisted living, and seniors related resources arranged by state.
The Applied Science and Engineering Laboratories (ASEL)
Archives of Post-Polio-Med@Maelstrom.stjohns.edu
Arizona Loan$ for Assistive Technology (AzLAT)
AZLAT is a consumer driven, statewide alternative financing program offering affordable loans to persons with disabilities for the purchase of assistive technology devices.
Arizona Statewide Independent Living Council
The Arizona Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC) is a federally mandated organization established under Title VII, Section 705 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992. The Governor's Executive Order No. 98-10 documents the general provisions of the Arizona SILC.
Arthur's South Africa Cerebral Palsy Homepage
Ascension Portable Wheelchair Lifts
A portable wheelchair lift that meets all of the American's Disability Act (ADA) requirements for access to stages and platforms.
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AskERIC
A personalized Internet-based service providing education information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, parents, and others throughout the United States and the world. It began in 1992 as a project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology at Syracuse University . Today, it encompasses the resources of the entire ERIC system and beyond. So when you need education information, all you have to do is AskERIC!
ASPHI translates to "Starter and Development of Plans in order to reduce Handicap by means of Information"
ASPHI Onlus is an italian non-profit organization founded to promote the integration of people with disabilities in the school, at work and in society, through the use of ICT (Information Communication Technology)
Assistance to States for the Education of Children With Disabilities, Preschool Grants for Children With Disabilities, and Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities
The Secretary proposes to amend the regulations governing the Assistance to States for Education of Children with Disabilities program, the Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities program, and the Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities. These amendments are needed to implement changes recently enacted by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997.
Assistive Media
Augmentative Communication Systems - ZYGO Industries, Inc.
Manufacturer and distributor of augmentative communication systems, computer access and other assistive technology for individuals who are disabled.
Aurora Systems Inc. Software for Special Needs
Software for Special Needs
Autism Society of America
Autism is a complex developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life. The result of a neurological disorder that affects the functioning of the brain, autism and its associated behaviors have been estimated to occur in 2 to 6 per 1,000 births (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003). Autism is four times more prevalent in boys than girls and knows no racial, ethnic, or social boundaries. Family income, lifestyle, and educational levels do not affect the chance of autism's occurrence.
Automotive Innovations
Automotive Innovations Vehicle Modifications and Adaptive Technology for People with Disabilities Physically Challenged Wheelchair Lift Wheelchair Tiedown Handcontrols Lowered Floor Minivans disAbled Adaptive Technology handicapped
Axess
Axess was founded in 1995 in Santa Maria , California by Michael & Tom McConnell. Axess has developed and is developing avariety of products designed to make life just that much easier for the physically challenged. In the past year, the Axess product line has grown to eleven items which add a greater measure of comfort and safety to the lives of those who depend on wheelchairs or walkers for mobility.
AXIS Dance Company
AXIS Dance Company provides an educational program and an international resource database for people interested in this new, innovative form of dance.
AZ Disability Post
For all the disability events throughout Arizona.
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Legal and policy resources on the civil rights of people with mental disabilities, including health care, education, housing, federal benefits, insurance and employment.
Benefits and Services for Persons with Disabilities
Benefits broad for building accessibility, say ADA supporters -- Wichita Business Journal -- 1997-11-10
http://www.amcity.com/wichita/stories/111097/focus4.html Beyond Affliction The Disability History Project
The Boulevard
A Disability Resource Directory of Products and Services for the Physically Challenged, Elderly, Caregivers and Healthcare Professionals
Blindness Resource Center: a service of the New York Institute for Special Education
The Blindness Resource Center has thousands of links related to braille, eye conditions, vendors and access technology for the blind and visually impaired.
Blindness-Related Emailing Lists
Subscribe to over 100 blindness-related emailing lists, and over 50 pan-disability and access-issues lists, directly from this comprehensive hypertext index. A LookSmart Editor's Choice.
BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bodypoint Designs Online
Bodypoint Designs is a manufacturer of high quality wheelchair seating accessories. Established in 1991, Bodypoint Designs has gone on to become a recognized leader in the field of rehab technology. Our products are made from the highest quality material to exacting specifications.
Braille - Braille Planet, Inc.
We produce MegaDots, the world's most advanced braille translation program.
British Society for Disability and Oral Health
The national society for everyone interested in the oral health of people with disabilities. Information on activities, membership, forthcoming meetings and abstracts from previous ones. Advice and help available for disabled people or their carers.
Brookwood Community
A Non-Profit, Educational, Residential, Work Facility for Adults with Functional Disabilities. Brookwood provides opportunities for these special adults to grow vocationally, socially, emotionally, and spiritually. WORKSITE-BASED educational techniques are used to teach the residents to hold real jobs in the Community’s own enterprises.
C. A. M. H.
California Assistive Technology Systems
California Assistive Technology Systems (CATS) is a statewide project which promotes access to assistive technologies, related services, and information that enable people with disabilities to be successful, independent and productive.
Camp Nuhop Home Page
Camp Nuhop is a summer residential program for any youngster from 6 to 16 with a learning disability, behavior disorder, or attention deficit disorder.
Camp Oakhurst
Camp Oakhurst, operated by the New York Service for the Handicapped, serves children and adults with physical disabilities. Summer Camp, and Year Round Respite & Vacation Programs.
Camp Optimism Working Together for Those in Need
Camp Optimism is a residential summer camp for handicapped children with mental or physical disabilities. Seeking attendees, volunteers, donations and corporate sponsers for this non-profit organization in Virginia
Camp Winston
Camp Winston is a facility which operates recreational summer programmes for campers with special needs (learning disabilities, AD(H)D, Tourette Syndrome and autism).
Canada's New Democrats talk about disabilities
Canadian Abilities Foundation
This page is set up by the Canadian Abilities Foundation to offer information, inspiration and opportunity to people with disabilities, their friends, families and professionals working in their service.
Canine Companions National Web Site
Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) is a nonprofit organization that provides highly trained assistance dogs to people with disabilities and to professional caregivers providing pet assisted therapy. The assistance dogs trained to be Canine Companions are matched with individuals as service, hearing, assisted service and facility dogs. CCI provides continuing support for these teams to ensure success.
CARC - Advocates for Citizens with Disabilities, Inc.
The mission of CARC is to include Columbia County Citizens with disabilities by providing choices, opportunities and training for more independent functioning.
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CAST - Bobby
A program which graphically marks-up a web page with disability access and browser compatibility pointers.
CAST - Center for Applied Special Technology
Founded in 1984, CAST is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to expand opportunities for individuals with disabilities through the development of and innovative uses of technology. We pursue this mission through research and product development that further universal design for learning.
CDR SCUAP
CeDIR
Center On Disabilities
Technology and its impact on persons with disabilities is a priority area of the Center. We annually conduct the largest international conference of its kind, Technology and Persons with Disabilities. We also operate one of the first and finest Computer Access Labs within a university setting for students with disabilities. Our training programs deal with the leading technology issues of the day.
Centre for Accessible Environments
The Centre for Accessible Environments, a registered UK charity, is the information and training body on the accessibility of the built environment for disabled people
Cerebral Palsy Information Central
Here at the CPIC, we strive to provide you with the most complete information dealing with Cerebral Palsy. Our information is geared toward individuals with CP, families affected by CP, and just those trying to learn more. If you are having trouble finding what you're looking for, use the e-mail link at the top of the page.
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
CH.A.D.D. is a nonprofit parent-based organization formed to better the lives of individuals with attention deficit disorders and those who care for them. Through family support and advocacy, public and professional education and encouragement of scientific research, CH.A.D.D. works to ensure that those with Attention Deficit Disorder are given the opportunity to reach their inherent potential.
City of Indianapolis Disability (Handicapped) Accomodations
Cleveland Ballet Dancing Wheels
CLEVELAND BALLET, DANCING WHEELS, DANCING WHEELS, MODERN DANCE, Dancing Wheels,Mary Verdi-Fletcher, ballet, disability, accessibility, dance company
Clickable Congressional E-mail Addresses and Other Info
Closing the Gap - Computer Technology in Special Education and Rehabilitation
CODI
CODI serves as a community resource for consumers and professionals by providing disability information in a wide variety of areas. The information addresses university (SUNY at Buffalo), local (Buffalo & WNY), state, national and international audiences. Submissions are welcome from these communities. Areas include education, directories and databases, statistics, government documents, computer access, legal, publications, WWW, bibliographic references, aging, politics, universal design and announcements.
CochiseAbility
"Cochise Ability , a Center for Independence" now has an office in Sierra Vista. The office is located at 333 W Wilcox, Sierra Vista, Arizona. Our mentors at DIRECT, Center for Independence in Tucson provide training in Sierra Vista, Douglas, and other rural communities through a rural outreach program.
College Connection Scholarships
New free scholarships posted each month for graduate, undergraduate, vocational / technical and international college and university students.
CollegeNET - Online College Applications and Free Financial Aid Search
CollegeNET is an online guide to colleges, universities, and graduate programs.In addition to information on college admissions, there are interesting educational lists,links to academic resources, and online applications. CollegeNET also has the most comprehensive set of links to school homepages available on the Web.
Commonwealth of Va. Dept. of Ed. v. Riley
comop.org
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
Consumer Information Center, Pueblo, CO
Consumer Information Center - catalog of free and low-cost federal publications of consumer interest.
Contact a Family - Helping families who care for children with any disability or special need
Contact a Family is a UK charity helping families who care for children with any disability or special need. We offer information on rare syndromes and orphan diseases.
Cowboys & Cowgirls - Riding for the Disabled
This site contains links to a number of disability related Web sites. The links to therapeutic riding pages are particularly interesting.
CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media
The CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) is a research and development facility that works to make media accessible to underserved populations such as disabled persons, minority-language users, and people with low literacy skills.
Crotched Mountain Foundation
The mission of the Crotched Mountain Foundation is to assist children and adults with disabilities achieve optimal growth and independence.
CVV Disability Links
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DB-LINK
What is DB-LINK? DB-LINK is a federally funded information and referral service that identifies, coordinates, and disseminates (at no cost) information related to children and youth who are deaf-blind (ages 0 to 21 years). Four organizations have pooled their expertise into a consortium-based clearinghouse.
DCH
Deaf Queer Resource Center
The Deaf Queer Resource Center (DQRC) is a national non-profit resource and information center founded and directed by Dragonsani Renteria. This is "the place" to find the most comprehensive and accurate information about the Deaf Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered community. Launched on September 1, 1995, this multi-award winning website averages 10,000+ unique visits per month.
Deaf Resource Library
Deaf Chat
This multi-room chatroom is open 24 hours a day, and is monitored to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience. It’s free to everyone. Deaf and hearing visitors from all nations (and of all opinions) are welcome to log on and share fun chat and join in lively discussions and heated debates. DeafChat was launched on February 26, 1998, and has attracted a sizable crowd of visitors from across the nation and around the globe. Many have become regulars, with new visitors logging on at all times.
Deafness Hard of Hearing
THE starting place for exploring deaf and hard of hearing interests on the Net, from your Mining Co. Guide
DeafZONE and Beyond!
The culmination of Deaf resources. You will never be alone... again.
Department of Developmental Services
Home Page of the California Department of Developmental Services
Department of Justice ADA Home Page
Official government site on the ADA includes ADA Information Line, Enforcement, Status Report, Technical Assistance Program, Certification, Technical Assistance Materials, New or Proposed Regulations, Settlement Information, and ADA Mediation.
Department of Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Internet World Wide Web (WWW) Server is a world wide resource that provides information on VA programs, veterans benefits, VA facilities worldwide, and VA medical automation software.
Design for Ageing Network
Dilworth/Cozy Corner Handicap 4H Club
Directory of Helping Services in Southern Arizona
This is a comprehensive listing of non-profit and government organizations that offer assistance for concerns affecting individuals and families.
Disabilities -- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Disabilities, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Job discrimination based on someone's disabilities is against the law.
Disabilities Information Resources
Disabilities-R-Us
Welcome to Disabilities-R-Us, the internet chat site created by and for people with physical disabilities (but everyone is welcome). We invite you to roam about our web site, and if you can, drop on in for some friendly chat in #Disabled, our oficial chat room located on the Disabilities-R-Us Chat Network.
Disabilities Studies and Services Center (DSSC)
The Academy for Educational Development (AED) is an independent, nonprofit service organization committed to addressing human development needs in the United States and throughout the world.
Disability
The United States Bureau of the Census provides data on disability based on three primary sources: the Survey of Income and Program Participation(SIPP), the decennial census of population, and the Current Population Survey(CPS).
Disability - on the agenda
Disability Advocacy Work With Networking
A resource guide to disability information on the internet
Disability Cool
Disability culture is taking a hard look at the way we - as people with disabilities view ourselves - and the way society views us. Film reviews. Book reviews.
Disability Home Page
These links to the Internet pages of several Virginia agencies will provide you information about services which assist people with disabilities to become more independent and self-sufficient.
disABILITY Information and Resources
Jim Lubin's disABILITY Information and Resources Pages. One of the largest collections of resources for all types of disabilities. The pages provided here are meant to serve as a resource to provide useful information and guidance for all people dealing with disabilities. This site is an encyclopedia of links that provide information concerning disability products, research, organizations, events, and politics. Also includes links to chat rooms, databases, and resources not on the Web.
Disability Junction Project
News and publications, services, recreational and social organizations, jobs, support for parents, government agencies, assistive technology, a kids page and lots more for cross disabled information.
Disability Law
Disability Net
Disability Net is a worldwide disability information and news service, offering a wide range of services for everyone with an interest in disability issues.
Disability on the Internet
A directory of handicap related resources available on the net(also containing some links to general interest sites.
Disability Related Bookmarks by Dan
When I worked at NCATP, I made more use of the internet than many of my collegues. Here is a list of the more disability specific WWW sites I have found.
Disability Related Services
Disability Resource Center
The Disability Resource Center offers readers, tutors, spoken textbooks, and other services to the disabled.
Disability Resource Center
Disability Resources
Disability Resources on the Internet
Disability Rights Advocates
DRA works to protect and defend the rights and equal treatment of people with disabilities through disability rights litigation.
Disability Services Therapy Rehabilitation from AbleCare
AbleCare works with a range of people with special needs including: Infants and Children with developmental delay and disabilities. Womens Health including: Pre and Post-Natal Care. Sensory Impairment
Disability Sites on the World Wide Web
Disability Social History Project
Disability Statistics Center
The purpose of the Disability Statistics Center is to produce and disseminate statistical information on disability and the status of people with disabilities in American Society and to establish and monitor indicators of how conditions are changing over time to meet their health, housing, economic and social needs.
Disability Training - information for people who are disabled, their families, and professionals
Resources for disability training and support, for individuals who are disabled and their families, for caregivers, health care workers, and others.
Disability View Magazine
Disability View Magazine - The UK's Brightest Disabilities Magazine
Disability, Medical and Health Resources: Disability Resource Directory
Disability Resource Directory: Public Service directory providing Local, State, National and International Disability, Medical and Health Resources
Disabled Living Foundation
We are working for freedom, empowerment and choice for disabled people and others who use equipment or technology to enhance their independence
Disabled People's Organization of Singapore
Disabled Peoples' International
The purpose of DPI is to promote the Human Rights of People with Disabilities through full participation , equalization of opportunity and development.
DISC BBS--Disabilities Concerns
DISC provides disability and accessibility resources through a bulletin board service (BBS) and webpages, with particular emphasis on issues for faith groups.
Diversity University, Inc.
The mission of Diversity University is to develop, support and maintain creative and innovative environments and tools for teaching, learning and research through the Internet and other distributed computing systems, and to guide and educate people in the use of these and other tools, to foster collaboration in a synergistic climate, and to explore and utilize applications of emerging technology to these ends in a manner friendly to people who are disabled, geographically isolated or technologically limited.
DLC Home Page
DREAMMS for Kids, Inc.
Assistive Technology Solutions from DREAMMS for Kids
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EASI's mission is to serve as a resource to the education community by providing information and guidance in the area of access-to-information technologies by individuals with disabilities. We stay informed about developments and advancements within the adaptive computer technology field and spread that information to colleges, universities, K-12 schools, libraries and into the workplace. EASI contacts: PO Box 18928 Rochester NY 14618 (716) 244-9065 easi@educom.edu
Easter Seals Arizona
Arizona's chapter of the national organization provides
services to children and adults with disabilities and other special needs, and support to their families.
EEOC
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC's) mission is to ensure equality of opportunity by vigorously enforcing federal legislation prohibiting discrimination in employment. It uses investigation, conciliation, litigation, coordination, regulation in the federal sector, and education, policy research, and provision of technical assistance to achieve this end.
Electric Edge
The Ragged Edge: Disability-rights culture, ideas, revolution, humor ... the best you've known with The Disability Rag, now even better. Created by Cliffwood Organic Works for The Advocado Press.
Empowerment Zone -- helping individuals and communities achieve self actualization and full citizenship
This site offers information, ideas, and software related to my interests and the theme of empowerment -- helping individuals and communities achieve self actualization and full citizenship.
epilepsynse.org
Comprehensive information on epilepsy, including information leaflets, frequently asked questions, posters, childcare, and health effects due to mobile phones.
Equipment Recycling - usedHME.com is a FREE listing service where
people can buy, sell, or find donated Used Home Medical Equipment.
Our goal is to get this equipment into the hands of those less fortunate.
Assistive Equipment that can be found: mobility scooters, powerchairs,
stairlifts, liftchairs, wheelchair accessible vans and much much more.
ERIC Digests
ERIC Digests are: short reports (1,000 - 1,500 words) on topics of prime current interest in education. targeted specifically for teachers, administrators, policymakers, and other practitioners, but generally useful to the broad educational community. designed to provide an overview of information on a given topic, plus references to items providing more detailed information. produced by the 16 subject-specialized ERIC Clearinghouses, and reviewed by experts and content specialists in the field. funded by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), of the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The full-text ERIC Digest database contains 1,970 Digests published through September, 1998. The database is updated quarterly; Digests added to the ERIC Database during the previous three months are added.
Family Village
Information, resources, communication opportunities for persons with mental retardation and other disabilities.
Food and Drug Administration
Home Page for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Freedom Driving Aids Inc.
The New KneelVan from Freedom Motors is the ultimate in accessibility today. The first and best rear entry conversion on the market is now available on the new Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth minivans.
Futures Unlimited, Inc.
Gallaudet University, Washington DC
Gallaudet University offers full access to a quality liberal arts education for all students. Ours is a multicultural, bilingual learning community in which both American Sign Language and English thrive. Clear and effective visual communication is our trademark. Our faculty members are sensitive to the visual learning environment and continually find creative ways to present information using innovative multimedia approaches.
Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity International official web site. Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization building simple, decent, affordable housing in partnership with people in need. Volunteers provide most of the labor, and individual and corporate donors provide money and materials to build Habitat for Humanity houses. Partner families themselves invest hundreds of hours of labor - ''sweat equity'' - into building their homes and the homes of others. Habitat for Humanity houses are sold to partner families at no profit and with no interest charged. Their mortgage payments go into a revolving Fund for Humanity that is used to build more houses. Habitat for Humanity has built more than 70,000 houses, working in all 50 U.S. states and more than 50 other countries around the world.
HCFA - The Medicare and Medicaid Agency
Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) is the federal agency that administers the Medicare, Medicaid and Child Health Insurance Programs.
Health Resources and Services Administration
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) directs national health programs which improve the health of the Nation by assuring quality health care to underserved, vulnerable and special-need populations and by promoting appropriate health professions workforce capacity and practice, particularly in primary care and public health.
History of the British Iron Lung
The history of the British Iron Lung 1832 - 1995.
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Independent Living
June Isaacson Kailes, Disability Policy Consultant page of important resources.
IMPACT Center for Independent Living: Your Resource for Independent Living Philosophy and History
Welcome to Impact's internet site. IMPACT is one of twenty-two Centers for Independent Living (CILs) in Illinois. Nation-wide there are approximately four hundred CILs. CILs are organizations that are both directed and managed by people with disabilities. IMPACT employs twenty-one staff members, and twelve of us have significant disabilities. Staff with disabilities are primarily providers of peer support, community advocacy, disability awareness, and technical assistance. Additionally, four staff who do not have disabilities are parents of young children with disabilities. The fact that staff and board members have experienced prejudice, stigma, exclusion, and discrimination in their personal lives is a strong component of what drives and motivates IMPACT and other CILs.
Information Resources for People with Disabilities
The purpose of the homepage is to research on welfare use of Internet. The page includes contents about disability(welfare, education, technology, and so on). I open my resources and some letters to me, and link to other related resources in the world. Through the web page (and e-mail), I would like to communicate Netizens who work in the fields." Available in Japanese.
Institute on Independent Living
We serve self-help organizations of disabled people who work for equal opportunities, self-determination and self-respect. We offer training materials, technical assistance and information on personal assistance, advocacy, access, legislation and peer support.
Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC)
The IRSC web site is dedicated to communicating information relating to the needs of children with disABILITIES on a global basis.
Iowa Department For the Blind - ASSIST With Windows
Welcome to the ASSIST With Windows web page. Over the course of this project, we will develop tutorials for using Windows applications with a screen reader. All of the tutorials will be FREE! From this web page, you can choose the tutorials you wish to download, order cassette tape version of the tutorials, go to related Internet sites, read an overview of the project, meet the staff, and get answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs).
JAN on the Web - JAN United States
The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is an international toll-free consulting service that provides information about job accommodations and the employability of people with functional limitations.
Lincolnshire Post-Polio Network - Main Gate to Polio and Post-Polio Information
Lincolnshire Post-Polio Network Main Gate. An Information Service for Polio Survivors & Medical Professionals. The core of this site is a library of well over ninety full text articles on Post-Polio conditions, many from peer reviewed medical journals. The library is catalogued to assist reading order and new articles are added typically every few weeks. A categorised directory of polio resources is also provided with every entry having a description. Polio news items from around the world are regularly included in the NewsBites section and all the bi-monthly LincPIN newsletters are available online.
Literacy and Learning Disabilities
MACIL
This web site is dedicated to providing information about independent living, services provided by Minnesota's eight Centers for Independent Living (CILs), and links to disability related information around the world.
Maddak - Aids for Independent Living
We are committed to providing quality products to achieve independence in performing daily living activities.
Mainstream - Magazine of the Able-Disabled
Welcome to MAINSTREAM online, the leading news, advocacy and lifestyle zine for people with disabilities.
(MiCASSA) Medicaid Community Attendant Services and Supports Act
A Community-Based Alternative To Nursing Homes And Institutions For People With Disabilities
Mining Co.
Explore health and fitness with MiningCo.com's expert human Guides. We mine the Net so you don't have to.
Multiple Sclerosis
The International MS Support Foundation (IMSSF) is independent from all other multiple sclerosis organizations and is not associated in any way with the MS organization in Florida . We are located in Tucson Arizona . The Foundation was founded in 1996 by Jean Sumption, the Director. Our organization is unique in the fact that it is directed and run by people with multiple sclerosis. My nursing background and experience with MS has proven a valuable and insightful tool in the administration of the program. We work with our hearts to impart compassion and emotional support, and our minds to educate.
Top of the Directory NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
NAMI is a grass roots, self-help, support & advocacy organization.
National Aphasia Association
Web site of the National Aphasia Association. Your Internet source for information and resources on the communication impairment APHASIA
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
National nonprofit organization focused on the needs of people with Attention Deficit Disorder, particularly adults and young adults.
National Federation of the Blind
National Federation of the Blind, leading force in the blindness field today, has 50,000 members,700 local chapters, 50 affiliates. Fosters self-confidence, self-respect and self-expression.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
NIAMS conducts and supports basic, clinical, and epidemiologic research and research training and disseminates information on many of the most debilitating diseases affecting the Nation's health. These diseases include the many forms of arthritis and diseases of the musculoskeletal system and the skin. The Institute also conducts and supports basic research on the normal structure and function of joints, muscles, bones, and skin. Basic research involves a wide variety of scientific disciplines, including immunology, genetics, molecular biology, structural biology, biochemistry, physiology, virology, and pharmacology. Clinical research addresses the fields of rheumatology, orthopedics, dermatology, metabolic bone diseases, heritable disorders of bone and cartilage, inherited and inflammatory muscle diseases, and sports medicine.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH Web Site)
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) , is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the principal biomedical and behavioral research agency of the United States Government. NIH is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
The NINDS, an agency of the U.S. Federal Government and a component of the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Public Health Service, is a lead agency for the Congressionally designated Decade of the Brain, and the leading supporter of biomedical research on disorders of the brain and nervous system.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
This is the official web site of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The National Institutes of Health is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the Federal focal point for health research. NIH is the steward of biomedical and behavioral research for the Nation. Its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society's homepage is the premiere source for multiple sclerosis information, news and what you want.
National Organization for Rare Disorders
NORD is the only organization of its kind--a unique federation of more than 140 not-for-profit voluntary health organizations serving people with rare disorders and disabilities. Thousands of affected individuals and their families--as well as support groups, health care and human service professionals, and advocates for people with rare disorders and disabilities--rely on NORD's assistance and leadership. NORD is a charity and continues its mission through the kindness and generosity of its our donors. We invite you to explore this exciting new Web site and familiarize yourself with the full range of NORD's services. Read our acclaimed newsletter the Orphan Disease Update or search the Rare Disease Database, the NORD Organizational Database, and Orphan Drug Designation Database for information on specific rare disorders.
National Organization on Disability
The National Organization on Disability (N.O.D.) promotes the full participation of America's 49 million persons with disabilities in all aspects of life.
NCIP Home
The National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP) promotes the effective use of technology to enhance educational outcomes for students with sensory, cognitive, physical and social/emotional disabilities.
NCSA Mosaic Access Page: a resource for people with disabilities
Welcome to the NCSA Mosaic Access Page, a resource for those interested in how people with disabilities can use the internet and the World Wide Web. Development of this page is under the Mosaic Access Project with support from the National Science Foundation. The short term goals of this project are to identify some of the major barriers people with disabilities encounter using NCSA Mosaic. Where feasible, solutions will be designed and implemented. The long term goals involve issues of access to the internet, the World Wide Web and Multimedia browsers in general. Ongoing retrofit solutions will be developed for Mosaic and barriers inherent to the Web architecture will be identified. Recommendations will be made to appropriate standards groups. Access solutions will be explored with current and emerging technologies.
New Mobility
New Mobility's Interactive Cafe, the largest community on the web for disability news, resources and culture. We've grown to over a million hits per month.
NHU
We are a newly formed non-profit organization committed to promoting communication and providing information to empower people who have life long disabilities and their caregivers. We intend to carry out this commitment, via our home page on the Internet, by: Enabling independence and self-help by providing information on resources and services available in the community. Fostering the interchange of information between people whose life long disabilities have tended to isolate them from the surrounding community and also between caregivers who may be inundated by the prospect of finding answers to their needs, there by providing the opportunity for individuals to share ideas and experiences with one another, that all may benefit. Forming a network of individuals who are committed to the exchange of ideas and experiences, problem solving, and finding solutions for larger issues which affect people with disabilities.
NICHCY
NICHCY is a national information center that provides information on disabilities and disability related issues. Children and youth, birth to age 22, are our special focus.
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Keywords: Office Disability Aging Long-Term Care Policy
"Welcome to DALTCP's Home Page! We are a component of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). We are responsible for advising the Secretary of HHS on program and policy matters related to aging, long-term care and disability as well as conducting research and evaluation programs. We address issues of concern to frail elders, working age adults with physical disabilities, severely disabled children and their families, people with developmental disabilities, and those persons with HIV/AIDS and chronic mental illness who require long-term supports."
OSERS IDEA'97
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments of 1997, IDEA'97 Home.United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
OSERS: National Institute on Disability & Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
This government institute is responsible for guiding, funding, and disseminating research about disability.
ParaQuad Victoria. Quality disability services
Paraquad, Paraplegic Quadriplegic Association of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Quality services, information and resources for all physical disabilities but particularly spinal cord injury and Polio
People to People Committee on Disability
We are the People to People Committee on Disability. It is our hopes this page will help you find International Disability resources and information. We have staked our claim on the World Wild WEB with this page as http://www.ppcd.org and welcome questions about all forms of international disability information.
Personal Assistance Exchange for disabled assistance users and assistants
Many persons with extensive disabilities use employed workers for such daily tasks as getting bathed and dressed, shopping, driving their car or anything else which they cannot do by themselves. Assistance users can find assistants through the Exchange. Assistants can regularly check the site for job openings.
Personal-experience stories and essays about disability awareness, rights, inspiration
Tell-us-your-story forum helps people with disabilities share personal-experience stories about fulfilling their potential when they are presumed to be different and treated differently.
Pharmulary
The vision for PharmularyTM is to develop into a global multi-disciplinary information resource. Healthcare information sharing is one of our most valued services. Over time we expect thousands of pages to be developed and we know PharmularyTM will become one of the premier healthcare services on the Internet.
Pima Association of Governments
Pima Association of Governments (PAG) is a regional agency which performs a variety of planning and coordination functions. PAG is also the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Pima County.
Pima Community College - Tucson, Arizona
Pima Community College is a two-year institution that serves residents of Pima and Santa Cruz counties. Each year, the College opens its doors to more than 53,000 credit and noncredit students. Pima has five campuses that offer university transfer programs, occupational and developmental education, and general studies courses. Classes, workshops, and seminars are held at more than 100 off-campus locations in Tucson, Green Valley, and Nogales.
Pima Council On Aging
Pima Council on Aging is a private non-profit corporation that serves as the designated Area Agency on Aging for all of Pima County, Arizona. As the Area Agency, PCOA is responsible for developing a local system of social and nutritional support services to assist elderly persons to remain independent in their homes and communities.
Polio and Post-Polio Resources
A link to Ernie Wollering's excellent and exhaustive page of Internet Polio and Post-Polio Resources
Polio Survivors & Friends
Here are a few friends. Some are Polio Survivors, or knows someone who is.
Post Polio Task Force Information Center
Post-Polio Syndrome, Recently Published Medical Articles
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Recording For The Blind & Dyslexic
Providing services for nearly half a century, Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D) is a national nonprofit organization that serves people who cannot read standard print because of a visual, perceptual or other physical disability. Rehabilitation Services Administration
Official federal government site offers program and services information. It includes links to current legislation of concern to people with disabilities.
Research and Training Center on Family Support & Children's Mental Health
Improving services to families whose children have mental, emotional or behavioral disorders through a set of related research and training programs.
S.A.M.H.S.A
Welcome to SAMHSA's World-Wide Web Home Page. SAMHSA's mission is to assure that quality substance abuse and mental health services are available to the people who need them and to ensure that prevention and treatment knowledge is used more effectively in the general health care system.
Sidran Foundation Online
A national non-profit organization devoted to education, advocacy and research related to the early recognition and treatment of trauma-related stress in children and the understanding and treatment of adults suffering from trauma-generated disorders.
SignWritingSite
Social Security Disability Hearings, Ray Timmermans
Chances are you're reading this because you've been denied Social Security Disability Benefits or Supplemental Security Income and would like further information. If that is the case and you're in need of representation at a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge, I'd like to help.
Social Security Online
This is the official web site of the Social Security Administration with information on retirement, disability, survivors and supplemental security income benefits.
Southern Arizona Post-Polio Support Group
Spinal Cord Injury: A Medical, Rehabilitative, and General ApproachSpinal Cord Injury: A Medical, Rehabilitative, and General Approach
Spinal Cord Injury Facts, info, stats, links, and otherdisability info.
StarNet
State of Arizona
Official State of Arizona Web Site
State Resources Literacy and Learning Disabilities - Ariziona
TenTen Sinclair Housing Inc.
Ten Ten Sinclair Housing Inc. is a non-profit charitable organization that provides, promotes and supports independent community living for people with physical disabilities.
THOMAS -- U.S. Congress on the Internet
Current US Federal Legislative Information. Bills, Laws, Congressional Record, reports, and links to further information.
Trace Research & Development Center
Trace is a non-profit research center that focuses on making computer and information technologies more accessible to everyone.
Untangling the Web
Your complete listing of disability information on the Web. Charting the Course: Accommodating and Employing People with Disabilities
U.S. Department of Education (ED)
Thousands of educators, policy makers, parents, students, researchers, and other citizens with a stake in education visit the U.S. Department of Education site each week.
U.S. Department of Education: Topics from A to Z
This index lists all the DOEd online documents related to disabilities, including links to legislation, grants, and technical reports.
United Cerebral Palsy
United Cerebral Palsy's mission is to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities, through the use of programs, such as, therapy, assistive technology training, early intervention programs, individual and family support, social and recreation programs, community living, state and local referrals, employment assistance and advocacy.
University of Arizona
Uppity Disability Internet Resources
This web page is always undergoing changes, being a dynamic, changing resource for disAbled people everywhere.
USAJOBS - United States Office Of Personnel Management
The U.S. Government's official site for jobs and employment information provided by the United States Office of Personnel Management," including current openings, general information, and online applications."
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VICNET Disability Page
This page is concerned with the many issues surrounding disability in today's world.It provides links off to Victorian, Australian and world sites carrying information on a whole range of disability areas and issues."
W3C Accessibility Developments
This site is devoted by the W3C to focus on the developments and issues as they relate to implementing accessibility to the Web for people with disabilities. You can also read the W3C position statement on accessibility.
Weekly Wire
Possibly the most interactive paper on the Web! Each weekly issue packs around 400 hypertext links including Cinema, Music, Politics, Sports, Art, Outside, and much, much more! Log in right now to read this week's issue of the Tucson Weekly online.
World Association of Persons with Disabilities: is a Nonpartisan, Nonprofit World Association
World Association of Persons with Disabilities. The Beacon of Knowledge and Refuge for the World's Largest Minority, Useful links to laws, technology, advocacy and health resources on the Internet.
Yahoo! Search Results--Disability
Keywords: Yahoo Search Disability
Top of the list for Internet sites on disability cataloged by Yahoo.
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