 Disabilities
& Special Education Sites
 ADA
Home Page (U.S. Department of Justice Americans
with Disabilities Act
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
American
Sign Language Dictionary
http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html
ABLEDATA
-Sponsored by National Institute on Disability and
Rehab Research
http://www.abledata.com
Assertive
Technology for Students with Disabilities
http://www.netins.net/showcase/atforum
Assertive
Technology Project of Oklahoma
Site contains definitions of Assertive technology,
publications, resources, and Assertive technology services. Many
links to other Assertive technology sites.
http://www.okstate.edu/wellness/at-home.htm
Autistic
Kids
This site is maintained by the mother of an
autistic child named Steven. The audience is primarily
other parents. You will find sections that are
dedicated to parents' rights and resources, you
can also read Steven's story, see his family
photos and look at a list of gift ideas for
autistic children.
http://www.autistickids.org
Center
for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
http://www.cast.org
Autism-PDD
Resources Network
The site contains diagnosis and treatment
information plus a table of links for adults with
disabilities. There is also an index by state of
K-12 schools for children with learning
disabilities education and Social Security
benefits and a articles are found here.
http://www.autism-pdd.net
Autism
Society of America
http://www.autism-society.org
Co-NECT
Top Ten
http://www.co-nect.com
Disability
Social History Project
Site contains a timeline starting at 3500 B.C.
up to 1995, citing important events in the history
of people with disabilities. Learn about the first
schools for the deaf in 1755.
http://www.disabilityhistory.org
Family
Village
http://www.family_blankvillage.wisc.edu
Gifted
Resource Home Page
"This Gifted Resources Page contains links to
all known online gifted resources, enrichment
programs, talent searches, summer programs, gifted
mailing lists and early acceptance programs,
including CTY, EPGY, CTD, NRC/GT, TIP, RMTS, ERIC,
NCSSSMSTOdyssey of the Mind, and many, many
others." Is how this site describes itself.
http://www.eskimo.com/~user/kids.html
Integrating
Technology into the Curriculum for students with
special needs
http://www.mindplay.com/resource.html
Kids
Domain
http://www.kidsdomain.com
LD
Association of America
http://www.ldanatl.org
LD
Online
http://www.ldonline.org
Marc's
Special Education Page
Contains a large college of links to other sites.
http://www.halcyon.com/marcs/sped.html
National
Center for Learning Disabilities
http://www.ncld.org
National
Information Center for Children and Youth with
Disabilities
http://www.nichcy.org
Purdue's
Tactile Access to Education for Visually Impaired
Students(TAEVIS)540.
Braille-friendly scientific diagrams
http://www.taevisonline.purdue.edu
RESNA
This is the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assertive
Technology Society of North America whose mission
is to promote the adaptation and use of technology
by disabled people. There is s a state-by-state
directory of Assertive technology practitioners,
RESNA-certified professionals who are able to
assess the technology needs of disabled consumers
and offer training on specific adaptive devices.
Do view the Accessible Educational Technology
section and its articles and guides for educators
and parents of special needs students.
http://www.resna.org
SNOW-Special
Needs Opportunity Window
http://snow.utoronto.ca/index.html
SpecialEducation.org
http://specialeducation.org/
Special
Education Site
Activities and lessons.
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/SpecialEducation.html
The
Experts: Autism Links
More than 600 links that are arranged
alphabetically. The links connect to autism
organizations, medical resources local and
international sites. Look at sections dealing with
home schooling and music therapy.
http://www.isn.net/~jypsy/autilink.htm
The
Cure Autism Now Foundation
This organization is dedicated to research on
preventing, treating and curing autism. You will
find abstracts, learn about research programs and
find details about current legislation concerning
autism. RealPlayer will allow you to listen to a
prerecorded public radio program about autism
theories. There is a calendar of events, a medical
consensus statement and links to recommended
reading. for more information
http://www.canfoundation.org
The
Foreign Language Teacher's Guide to Disabilities
http://www.fln.vcu.edu/ld/ld.html
U.
S. Dept. of Education - Office of Special
Education Programs
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/index.html
VATS
http://www.vats.org/
W3C:
Web Accessibility Initiative
International organization that promotes Web
accessibility for people with disabilities. You
will find accessibility guidelines and policies.
The Easy Introductions section provides quick tips
and frequently asked questions about
accessibility. Web designers can go to the
Technology section, which has discussions of style
sheets, HTML, multimedia and graphics.
http://www.w3.org/WAI
Wheelchairnet
This site contains articles and links dealing
with etiquette, terms, physical fitness and
recreation for wheelchair users.
http://www.wheelchairnet.org
Adaptive
Technology Resources
Alliance
for Technology Access
Matches people with disabilities to vendors,
support services and resource centers for adaptive
technology
http://www.ataccess.org
Don
Johnston Inc.
Computer access products for students, you will
find Discover:Switch, a device that functions as a
keyboard and a mouse
http://www.donjohnston.com
Dragon
Systems
Dragon Naturally-Speaking, a speech recognition
program.
http://www.dragonsys.com
Henter-Joyce,
Inc.
Source for information and free demo on JAWS for
Windows Screen Reader software.
http://www.hj.com
Prentke
Romich Company
Adaptive technology products, including Jouse, a
mouth-operated joystick.
http://www.prentrom.com
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