|
 
|
 |
|
Disability
Resources
Organizations
and Institutes
- American
Association of People with Disabilities
- American
Association on Mental Retardation--includes policy positions,
career opportunities, abstracts of current publications, and links to
related sites.
-
Blindness
Resource Center
- Deaf
Resource Library--contains bibliographies, links to community
resources, online resources, material on deaf culture, organizations,
sign language info
-
Directory
of Wheelchair Sports Associations
- Disabilities
and Higher Education, by way of EASI
- Disability
Access Information and Support--courtesy of Jane Jarrow, "one
of the foremost researchers in the area of postsecondary education and
disability."
- Disability
Information for Students--that is, students studying to become
professionals assisting people with disabilities. Links include job
listings.
-
Disability
Organizations
- Disability
Resources Monthly's Guide to Disability Resources on the Internet.--information
on resources for independent living, inclusion resources, etc, as well
as statistics, an FAQ file, and info for librarians on making their
buildings accessible.
- Disabled
Sports USA-- info on membership, events, regional chapters,
history.
- Disabled
Teen Resources-- University of Washington's "Do-It"
program to help disabled teens develop their math and science talents;
links for adaptive technology and other aids for the disabled.
- Hear-It
-- an organization that collects information on hearing
impairment. Includes lots of statistics and informational
material.
- Institute
for Independent Living
-- includes worldwide news, full-text articles, referrals,
legislation and law.
- InterWork
Institute Links to rehabilitation and education programs,
documents on work and disabilities
- National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill--a goldmine of information, on
treatment, managed care, research, public policy, disorders,
medications
- National
Council on Disability--the federal agency that recommends policy
on disabilities.
-
National Disability Sports Alliance
- National
Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities--includes
disabilities fact sheets, information for parents, bibliographies,
student guides, a list of children's books about kids with
disabilities.
- National
Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped--Library
of Congress's web site which explains the services, answers FAQs,
explains the magazine program, and links to lists of braille books and
talking books.
- National
Rehabilitation Information Center--includes ADA info,
rehabilitation data, info on publications.
-
Special
Needs Education Network-- Excellent index to files on autism, ADD,
dyslexia, fragile X, fetal alcohol syndrome
|
