The Americans with Disabilities Act and Other Legal Information
Disability Rights Activist
Information on the rights of disabled people. Action Alerts on proposed legislation.
Comprehensive Sites on Disabilities
Cornucopia of Disability Information
The Cornucopia of Disability Information (CODI) gopher provides a wealth of information for persons with disabilities or others who might be interested. There is a directory of independent living centers, listings of publications, and listings of college resources and services.Family Village: A Global Community of Disability Related Resources
Aimed at parents, this site combines information, resources, and opportunities for communication on the Internet for the disabled, their families, and their care providers. The Library gives outstanding information on many different disabilities.Films Involving Disabilities
A database of over 560 feature films that portray disability or contain characters with disabilities. Arranged by type of disability. Includes ratings and reviews.MedWeb:Disabilities
Guide to Internet sites pertaining to disabilities.National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials
This site provides information on rehabilitation and rehabilitation training resources.Special Needs Education Network (SNE)
Organized collection of links to Internet sites for Special Needs Education. Sections include: Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Autism, Blindness/Sight Impairments, Deafness, Developmental Disabilities, Down Syndrome, Dyslexia, English as a Second Language (ESL), Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, Gifted Education, Learning Disabilities, Multiple Sclerosis, Technology and Special Needs, and more.
Sites on Specific Disabilities
The Arc Home Page
"The Arc is a national organization on mental retardation. It's [sic] WWW site contains over 30 fact sheets on various aspects of mental retardation, a semi-monthly report on disability-related legislative activity, numerous bibliographies (criminal justice and mental retardation, aging and mental retardation, guardianship/wills/trusts, etc), short publications, etc."Deaf World Web
This is an international web site on the deaf and the Deaf culture.Gallaudet Research Institute
A division of Gallaudet University, the Institute provides demographic and other information about the deaf and hard-of-hearing population in the United States.The Hub
This beautifully designed site has information for people in wheelchairs in categories that include: home, people, law, sex, women, hope, therapy, travel, and sports.Info for and about the blind
Links to selected articles available on the web written especially for and about the blind and visually impaired.Learning Disabilities Association of America
This site includes fact sheets and other publications and resources for learning disabled adults and children.
Adaptive and Assistive Technology
ABLEDATA
A site covering assistive devices and technology for the disabled.EASI: Access to Information for Persons With Disabilities
"EASI's web site specializes in information technology and its impact on science, math, and libraries."Information Technology and Disabilities
This quarterly refereed journal is intended for educators, librarians, academic computing staff, job accommodations/human relations professionals, and others interested in new technology and its effective use by people with disabilities.Library Technology and Internet Access for Patrons with Disabilities
The title says it all.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.
WWW Accessibility for the Disabled
Adaptive Technology Resource Center
Excellent example of various web page access options.Bobby: An Automatic Verifier of Web Site Accessibility
An online graphical, web-based program that helps you to design disability accessible web pages. It also analyzes web pages for HTML compatability problems among the major web browsers.Design of Web Pages to Increase Their Accessibility to Users With Disabilities
Good information here for any Web page designer.NCSA Mosaic Access Page
A resource for those interested in how people with disabilities can use the internet and the World Wide Web.p w WebSpeak Project
A speaking Web browser designed to interact directly with the information on Web pages, translating the information content into speech.Speech Friendly Search Engines
Search Engine forms for someone searching the Internet using a voice synthesizer.
Disabilities
Meta-index to information on disabilities on the Internet.
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Page last updated March 29, 1999
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