Learning Assistance Center

Disability Services and Accessibility

Webliography for Disability Issues

• Ability Hub
  (Directory of adaptive, assistive technology)
• ADA Hotlinks
• Advocating Change Together (ACT)
  Training and support for self-advocacy for the developmentally disabled.
• American Council for the Blind
  An organization of blind and visually impaired people. Links to resource information and an on-line journal "The Braille Forum."
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Assistance Animals
• Assistive Media
  Listen to audio readings of selected articles from popular periodicals such as the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Atlantic Monthly – all at the click of a mouse.
• Association on Higher Ed and Disability (AHEAD)
  An international, multicultural organization of professionals committed to full participation in higher education for persons with disabilities.
• Blindness Resource Center
• Braille Book Announcements
  The braille-books list is a moderated email list to announce the availability of newly-brailled leisure-reading books produced according to BANA standards for braille readers in the U.S.
• Center on Disabilities
  California State University – Northridge (CSUN) – hosts annual conference "Technology and Persons with Disabilities" – Informative conference proceedings available online.
• Computer Access Solutions
  For the motor impaired.
• Deaf Linx
• Deaf Resource Library
• Deaf Sign
• Disability.Gov
• Disability Resources
• Disability Resource Monthly (DRM)
  Disability Resources, inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization established to promote and improve awareness, availability and accessibility of information that can help people with disabilities live, learn, love, work and play independently.
• Dyslexia, the gift
• Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI)
  A resource for the education community that provides information and guidance in the area of access-to-information technologies for individuals with disabilities. EASI maintains and disseminates information on the latest advancements within the adaptive computer technology field for colleges, universities, K-12 schools, libraries and the workplace. This web site is a project of the Teaching, Learning and Technology Group, an AAHE affiliation.
• Google Directory of Disability Studies
• Guide to Wheelchairs & Assistive Technology
• IBM Accessibility Web PageResources and products for individuals with disabilities include legal and technical information for HR professionals regarding accessibility issues.
• LD Online
  Web site for the learning disabled. Information for parents and children as well as for LD adults.
• Librarians Index to the Internet, disabilities resources
• Michigan Electronic Library, Adaptive Technology Resources
• Michigan Rehabilitation Services
• National Association of the Deaf
  Links to resources for the hearing impaired and an E-zine with articles of interest.
• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
• National Federation of the Blind
  Information and resources for blind and visually impaired people
• ReadPlease Free Text-to-Speech Software
  Free ReadPlease 2000 – Just imagine having web pages and e-mail read aloud to you. If you are finding there is just too much on-screen reading with all of this technology, then you will love using ReadPlease. This is the original free version released June 1999.
• Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
• Screen Magnifiers
  Screen magnification products and links to web sites for visually impaired.
• Sign Language Dictionaries
• University/Education Disability Resources
• We Media
  A web site for people with disabilities.
• Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
  The Web Accessibility Initiative promotes accessibility of the Web through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools, education & outreach, and research & development. The web site includes guidelines for making web sites more accessible to individuals with disabilities.