Learning Assistance Center

Disability Services and Accessibility

Webliography for Disability Issues

• Ability Hub
  (Directory of adaptive, assistive technology)
• Access Board on Telecommunications Access
  The Access Board’s snapshot of the state of the art of telecommunications access for people with disabilities.
• Access Expressed Network
  Created to bring access information to people with disabilities about the many arts and entertainment opportunities that have become available since the passage of the ADA.
• 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
• American Foundation for the Blind
  A leading national resource for people who are blind or visually impaired. Many links and a vast quantity of information on resources, technology, advocacy issues, and government relations.
• Assistance Animals
• Assitive 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 Education 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
  Cal State U — Northridge (CSUN) — hosts annual conference “Technology and Persons with Disabilities” — Informative conference proceedings available on-line.
• Computer Access Solutions
  for the motor-impaired
• Deaf Linx
• Deaf Resource Library
• Deaf Sign
• Disability Concerns Network
  A network for student affairs professionals that addresses issues which have kept persons with disabilities from being equal members of the academy. Hosted by NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education). The network sponsors a discussion list and provides a model for student accommodation programs.
• 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.
• Diversity Web Resources in Higher Education
• Dragon Resource Monthly (DRM)
  The Dragon Discussion Forum is intended for current and future customers of Dragon Systems products (e.g., Dragon Dictate) to discuss issues, share ideas and information.
• 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.
• Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation (ELA)
  Provides grants for organizations that work with the disabled, and awards two scholarships per year for females with disabilities who are pursuing advanced degrees.
• Google Directory of Disability Studies
• IBM Accessibility Web Page
  Resources and products for individuals with disabilities. Includes legal and technical information for HR professionals regarding accessibility issues.
• LD Online
  Web site for the learning disabled. Info for parents and children as well as for LD adults.
• Madonna University Deaf Resources
• Michigan Assistive Technology Resource
• Michigan Electronic Library, Adaptive Technology Resources
• Michigan Electronic Library, Disability Resources
• Michigan Rehabilitation Services
• National Association for 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 Educational Association of Disabled Students
  NEADS — a Canadian group that provides information on services and programs for students with disabilities nationwide, publishes a regular newsletter, and conducts research on issues of importance to its members. Good research on technology for disabled students in higher education.
• National Federation of the Blind
  Information and resources for blind and visually impaired people.
• Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
• Project Gutenberg Library
  Texts of entire books and other materials in downloadable plain text format that can be easily read by adaptive text reading software. The vast collection includes light reading, many classics, the Bible, and references materials (thesaurus, almanac, encyclopedia, dictionary).
• 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
• Rehabilitation Counseling web sites
• Screen Magnifiers
  Screen magnification products and links to web sites for visually impaired.
• Sign Language Dictionaries
• University/Education Disability Resources
• Visual Assitive Technology Page
  Developed by a Ph.D. with CP - links to adaptive shareware, links to her personal page (Denise's Toe-typed Home Page) with interesting details about her college experiences and links to the web page of another CP who toe-types.
• 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.