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We have organized WEB resources related to all categories of disabilities and all situations - from BENEFITS to LEGAL to EMPLOYMENT to EDUCATION and much more. Enjoy these informative resources.

Advocacy

Aids

Assistive Technology

Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder

Attitudinal Barriers/Disability Awareness Training

Benefits

Blind/Low Vision

Brain Injury

Deaf/Hearing Impairment

Developmental Disabilities Web Sites

Disability Services Programs at Other Colleges

Disabilities - General Information

Education

Educators and Administrators

Equipments

Employment

Governmental Access Agencies

Health Resources and Medical Research

History of the Disability Rights Movement

Learning Disabilities

Legal

Magazines

Miscellaneous Informational Sites

Parents Informational Sites

Psychiatric Disabilities

Scholarship Information for Students with Disabilities

Search Engines

Sports and Disabilites


Advocacy

National Council on Independent Living

Self Advocacy Resource Network

Self Advocates Becoming Empowered

World Institute On Disabilities

Developmental Disabilities and Other WEB Sites

News and Advocacy on Disability Rights Mainstream Magazine

Advocacy in Special Education and in with Disabilities in General

The Council for Disability Rights. A non-profit organization in Chicago providing public education, information, referrals, counseling, job training, and many other services to the disabled community. Though many of their programs are local to the Chicago area, much of the information they provide is not.
The Council for Disability Rights

The Ragged Edge Magazine. Covers the disability experience in America - what it means to be a disabled and living at the start of the 21st century.
The Ragged Edge Magazine

Steve Gold's Treasured Bits of Information Newsgroup Archive
Newsgroup Archive

DAIS. Resource to the higher education community, providing a listing of services for those concerned with disability and access in higher education.
DAIS

Human Rights and Responsibilities

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AIDS

Centers of Disease Control (CDC)Frequently Asked Questions on HIV/AIDS
Centers of Disease Control FAQ

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Assistive Technology

Department of Rehabilitation

Center for Applied Technology (CAST). An educational, not-for-profit organization that uses technology to expand opportunities for all people, including those with disabilities CAST

Bobby test of accessibility of web sites. Created by CAST to help Web page authors identify and repair significant barriers to access by individuals with disabilities.
Bobby Test

Accessibility standards for electronic and information technology covered by section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998.
Wikipedia - Section 508

Information about voice to speech technology.
Voice to Speech Technology Information

Tech Connections. Information and dissemination project funded to assist VR agency staff and others on applications of assistive technology (AT). Supported through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). Target audiences are vocational rehabilitation programs and agencies, rehabilitation training programs, schools, community rehabilitation programs interested in using technology resources and services. Toll-free information service, resources and information on applications of assistive technology, information resources and technical assistance on ways that AT can be better used to assist persons with disabilities find employment and independence.

The Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access
CATEA

Website offering information on the latest web-based technology for people with disabilities.
Web-Based Technology

"How to Design Accessible Web Pages" Article presented by WEB TEACHING
Web Teaching

"Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, 2nd Ed." and has a matching website.
Web Style Guide

Educational transcription service for Students who need Alternative or Additional Support.
Typewell

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Voluntary organization that develops and maintains the common standards and protocols for the Internet. Facilitates access to the contents of web sites for persons with disabilities.
W3C

Information on access to books for visually impaired and otherwise print disabled individuals. Shows how to enable book scans to be shared, thereby leveraging the collections of thousands of individuals who regularly scan books, eliminating significant duplication of effort.
Bookshare

Demystifying Assistive Listening Devices. Website that offers "clearing house" of information.
Listening Devices

Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA). An interdisciplinary association of people with a common interest in technology and disability.
RESNA

All Types of Assistive Technology

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Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder

CHADD

ADD and Learning Disabilities – ADDitude Magazine WEB site
ADDitude Magazine

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Attitudinal Barriers/Disability Awareness Training

Program Development Associates - Disability Awareness. Organization that provides ideas, trainings and solutions for disability professionals.
Program Development Associates

Disability awareness training. A membership-based organization representing the concerns of people with all types of disabilities and based in Manitoba, promoting equal rights, full participation in society, and facilitating positive change through advocacy and public education.
Disability Awareness Training

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Benefits

Disability Benefits
Disability Benefits 101

Social Security and Disability Secrets
Disability Secrets

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Blind Low Vision

National Federation for the Blind. The purpose of the National Federation of the Blind is two-fold-to help blind persons achieve self-confidence and self-respect and to act as a vehicle for collective self-expression by the blind.
National Federation of the Blind

American Council for the Blind. The Council strives to improve the well-being of all blind and visually impaired people by: serving as a representative national organization of blind people; elevating the social, economic and cultural levels of blind people; improving educational and rehabilitation facilities and opportunities; cooperating with the public and private institutions and organizations concerned with blind services; encouraging and assisting all blind persons to develop their abilities and conducting a public education program to promote greater understanding of blindness and the capabilities of blind people.
American Council for the Blind

American Foundation for the Blind. The American Foundation for the Blind-to which Helen Keller devoted more than 40 years of her life -has been eliminating barriers that prevent people who are blind or visually impaired from reaching their potential. The American Foundation for the Blind is dedicated to addressing the critical issues of literacy, independent living, employment, and access through technology for the ten million Americans who are blind or visually impaired.
American Foundation for the Blind

Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic. Changed their name in 1995 to Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, to serve all people with "print disabilities" - those who can't effectively read standard print because of a disability. Today, they serve more than 102,000 members worldwide, distributing 243,029 titles in 2001. More than 70 percent of their membership - which includes students in kindergarten through graduate school, as well as working professionals - are recognized with learning disabilities.
Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic

Tutorial Assistance
Math
Science

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Brain Injury

Brain Injury Association. The mission of the Brain Injury Association of America is to create a better future through brain injury prevention, research, education and advocacy.
Brain Injury Association

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Deaf/Hearing Impairment

Miscellaneous Deaf Resources

Sedoparking.com

Deaf Connection

Deaf Services

Deaf Resource Library

Deaf World Web

Harris Communications, assistive products designed for deaf and hard of hearing people.
Harris Communications

Post Secondary Education Programs Network; hearing impairment related resources.
Post Secondary Education Programs Network

National Information Center on Deafness
NICD

Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications
DDTP

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Developmental Disabilities Web Sites

List of Developmental Disabilities Web Sites

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Disability Services at Other Colleges

Cuesta Community College

San Francisco City College Student Services (4th paragraph click on DSPS)

Diablo Valley College

Sacramento City College

San Diego City College

Taft College

Sacramento State University

California State University East Bay, Concord

San Francisco State University

Sonoma State University

University of California Davis

Napa Valley College

Shasta College Transition Services – full of info about disabilities

University of California - Berkeley

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Disabilities - General Information

General Disability Web Site

People First

Disabled in Action

California Disability Community Action Network

California Disability Community Action Network

Great Resources

Families and Parents with Disabilities

All Disabilities Listed and Described

Yahoo on Disabilities Napa Valley College

Disability World

National Invisible Disabilities Awareness Week

National Organization on Disability
Promotes the full and equal participation and contribution of America's 54 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life.
National Organization on Disability

World Council on Disability
An internationally recognized public policy center organized by and for people with disabilities. Stated mission is to strengthen the disability movement through research, training, advocacy, and public education so that people with disabilities, throughout the world, enjoy increased opportunities to live independently.
World Council on Disability

National Organization on Disability
How welcoming is your religion? The intent of The National Organization on Disability "Seminar Project" is to help seminaries welcome people with disabilities and to better equip future religious leaders to serve, and serve with, children and adults with disabilities and their families.
National Organization on Disability

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago has been ranked the "best Rehabilitation Hospital in America" by U.S. News & World Report. See what they have to say about themselves.
Rehability Institute of Chicago

New York Times Reference Material
List of websites used by New York Times staffers covering a whole host of information settings guaranteed to answer any questions.
New York Times Reference

The National Disabled Students Union
(NDSU) is a nationwide, cross-disability, student organization concerned with civil rights. We work to ensure that all disabled students have the opportunities they need to learn, the opportunities they need to live and work, and the opportunities they need to be full participants in their communities and full members of American society.
NDSU

Disabled Community
Our hope is that this clearinghouse of information on disabilities will help people with disabilities, their friends, families, caregivers and social service agencies, find the information needed to improve our quality of life.
Disabled Community

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Education

National Disabled Students Union

Higher Education Resource

Post-secondary access. Resource to the higher education community, providing a menu of services re: disability and access in higher education.
JaneJarrow

Disabled Student Services in Higher Education listserv archives.
Listserv Archives

Association on Higher Education and Disability
Ahead

President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education (PCESE). On October 3, 2001, President George Bush established a Commission on Excellence in Special Education to collect information and study issues related to Federal, State, and local special education programs with the goal of recommending policies for improving the education performance of students with disabilities.
PCESE

Accommodating Students with Disabilities in the Post-Secondary Environment. Information designed to help college faculty and instructors understand their role in the educational accommodation process.
Post Secondary Information

Web Resources for Assisting College Students with Disabilities. This is a document supported by the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.
Web Resources for College Students

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Educators and Administrators

The Faculty Room.
This is a space for faculty and administrators at postsecondary institutions to learn about how to create classroom environments and activities that maximize the learning of all students, including those with disabilities. This site includes six primary areas that address issues faced by postsecondary educators.
The Faculty Room

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Employment

Computer Technologies Program – Training and Employment – Berkeley
Computer Technologies Program

Employment
Disabled Person

ADA – All about the Americans with Disabilities Act
US Department of Justice

Additional ADA Information

US Department of Labor. Means to design, develop, and administer innovative programs that further career and competitive employment goals of individuals with disabilities and/or support integration of One-Stop Center system.
US Department of Labor

Consortium of businesses dedicated to increasing the employment of people with disabilities through a coordinated effort of North America's largest employers.
Able to Work

National Business & Disability Council - (free resume posting)
National Business & Disability Council

Job Search Assistance
Job Options

American Association of People with Disabilities
AAPD

Job Accommodation Network (JAN) West Virginia University
(800) 526-7234 (V/TTY)
Free consulting service providing information about job accommodations, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the employability of people with disabilities.
JAN

Virtual Career Fair for people with disabilities.
Virtual Career Fair

Special Reports on Disabilities in the Workplace.
Equal Opportunity

Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities (COSD). A unique consortium composed of large and small universities, well - known national employers and US Government agencies focused on the career employment of college graduates with disabilities. COSD is funded through a grant provided by the U. S. Department of Labor Office of Disability and Employment Policy.
COSD

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) 1 (800) 669-4000 (voice)(800) 669-6820 (TTD). Established by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and began operating on July 2, 1965. The EEOC enforces federal statutes.
EEOC

Faculty and Staff Positions in College and University Disability Programs and Departments.
Higher Ed Jobs

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Equipment

Products for all Disabilities
Disability Products

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Governmental Access Agencies

U.S. Department of Justice
Includes phone numbers for information.
(800) 514-0301 Voice
800) 514-0383 TTY
US DOJ

ADA Technical Assistance Program
ADA

Social Security Administration
(800)772-1213 voice (800)325-0778 TTY
SSA Work
SSA Regulations

National Council on Disability
An independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on issues Americans with disabilities. Composed of 15 members appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. In its 1986 report Toward Independence, first proposed that Congress should enact a civil rights law for people with disabilities.
NCD

Office of Civil Rights(OCR)
Phone numbers
(800) 421-3481 voice
(800) 521-2172 TTDe-
email OCR@ed.gov
OCR

US Department of Health & Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation, Disability, Aging & Long Term Care Policy.
USDH & Human Services

For information about the United States Department of Education
Ed Gov

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Heatlh Resources and Medical Research

Medical Research Tailored to Your Needs
The Health Resource

Customized Research Reports On Any Medical Condition Or Health Topic
Mr Health Search

On-Line Services, Inc., founded by cancer survivor who gathers information on any and all types of cancer or other illness directly for clients. Claims that their researchers have extensive on-line experience and training from the National Library of Medicine and from other medical database providers. Searches databases for clients and provides a report of the current developments and experiments.
Find Cure

The Moss Report. More than 200 reports on various types of cancer, covering conventional and alternative treatments. Monthly updates.
Cancer Decisions

National Center for Biotechnology Information. Database a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders. Contains textual information, pictures, and reference information.
NCBI

National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc (provides information about rare diseases.
NORD

Epilipsy Foundation offers first aid information on how to respond to seizures.
Epilepsy Foundation

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History of the Disability Rights Movement

Disability Social History Project
DSHP

Disability History from 1800 to 1990’s
Disability History

Disability Studies – History Dateline
History Dateline

Disability Studies Web Resources
Disability Studies Resources

Disability History Museum
Disability Museum

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Learning Disabilities

Link that presents information about several areas of disabilities, including learning disabilities
Learning Disabilities Information

LD Pride
Learning Disability Pride

Charles Schwab and Learning Disabilities
Charles Schwab

The Frostig Center. Specializes in working with children who have learning disabilities. Dedicated to a three-part mission of: Conducting research on the causes/effects of learning disabilities; Providing parent, tutor, educator training and consultation in how to work with children who struggle to learn; and Offering direct instructional services to children with learning. Also recommends research publications in the area of postsecondary education.
Frostig Contact
Frostig Research

Drew University offers information on how to teach students with learning disabilities. Has much information in special approaches/strategies to teaching writing and composition.
Drew University

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Legal

California Office for Civil Rights
San Francisco Office
U.S. Department of Education
50 Beale Street, Suite 7200
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415)486-5555
(415)486-5570 FAX

ADA Assistance Center
ADA Assistance Center

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF). A national law and policy center dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities through legislation, litigation, advocacy, technical assistance, and education and training of attorneys, advocates, persons with disabilities, and parents of children with disabilities.
DREDF

Legal Services of Northern California
LSNC

Center for Law and Education
CLE

United States Department of Justice Web Page that Addresses ADA Issues.
USDOJ

United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Agency charged with the responsibility of investigating and enforcing employment laws.
EEOC

Disability Rights Activists (DRA). Legal Center dedicated to protecting the rights of people with disabilities around the world.
DRA

Legal assistance for Persons with Disabilities
Protection and Advocacy

Listserv for those who want to discuss ADA case law
(This is not a website)
Email ADA_LAW_IMPACT-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Commonly asked questions about service animals and answers from the Department of Justice
DOJ Animal Information

The Center for Individual Rights (CIR). Nonprofit public interest law firm dedicated to the defense of individual liberties.
CIR

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Magazines

Disability Magazines and Books

Disability Material Links
Magazine, Publication, and Newspapers
Disability Magazines and Media Resource Center

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Miscellaneous Informational Sites

Center for Independent Living in Berkeley – Lots of Info and Resources
CIL Berkeley

Center for Applied Special Technology
CAST

Discussion Network about disability related issues
Discussion Network

National Clearinghouse on Rehabilitation Training Materials (NCHRTM), distance learning Master's degree programs in Rehab Counseling and other information related to Rehab.
NCHRTM

Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center Products for all Disabilities Information about service animals and how they can help people with disabilities to be more mobile.
Delta Society

Disability information for those interested in the nursing profession.
Nursing Information

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Parents Informational Sites

Parents Helping Parents
PACER

Advocacy Resource for Parents
TA Alliance

A Parent's Guide to College. A guide to help understand the transition process from high school to college for your child with a disabilityCenter for Applied Special Technology
Parent's Guide to College

Focus Adolescent Services. Provides a wealth of information for parents who want to learn more about learning disabilities and other learning problems.
Focus

Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education. Web site of a federally funded project whose mission is to provide technical assistance and information dissemination concerning techniques for preventing and resolving disagreements related to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Dispute Resolution

ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (ADAAG) As amended through January 1998
ADA Accessibility Guidelines

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a service of the Substance and Mental Health Services Administration
HEALTH

Site with disability-related news and commentary from around the world.
Disability World

Wrightslaw is the leading website about special education law and advocacy, with thousands of articles, cases, and free resources about dozens of special education topics, books by Peter Wright and Pamela Wright, and special education law and advocacy training.
www.wrightslaw.com


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Psychiatric Disabilities

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxiety disorders.
NAMI
NAMI Mental Health

The National Mental Health Association (NMHA), the country's oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness. NMHA works to improve the mental health of all Americans, especially the 54 million individuals with mental disorders, through advocacy, education, research and service.
NMHA

Behavioral Health
Recovery Opportunity

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Scholarship Information for Students with Disabilities

Print publication designed to put information about funds: Review the 2002-2004 edition of Financial Aid for the Disabled and Their Families.
Financial Aid Information

The San Francisco Mayor's Committee for Employment of Persons with Disabilities is the local extension of the President's Committee for Employment of Persons with Disabilities that was established in 1947. A collaboration of public and private employers, and community-based organizations that are dedicated to creating awareness and opportunities for the employment of persons with disabilities.
Employment Information

California Association on Postsecondary Education and Disability (CAPED) Scholarhship information.
CAPED

USA Funds is a private student loan company. It offers scholarships to students with disabilities.
USA Funds

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Search Engines

The first one, Dogpile, does multiple searches simultaneously. The second one, seti-search, lets you pick among many websites particularly accessible to users with visual impairments.
Dogile
Seti-Search

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Sports and Disabilities

The official website of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association
NWBA

National Disabilities Sports Alliance
NDSA

Directory of Athletes with Disabilities Organizations
AAPMR

Disabled Sports USA
DSUSA

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Note: This list of websites is for your examination; it is not necessarily comprehensive and is not an endorsement of any of the services and information offered/described. If you find information in this list that is incorrect, offensive or otherwise inappropriate, please contact me. Likewise, if you would like to offer feedback, or if you know of an additional resource not listed that you feel should be included because it may be of help to others, please let me know. Contact me at email address – Ron.Nelson@solano.edu

Acknowledgements – Dr. John Wilde, City College of San Francisco, c/o R323, 50 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112 or email me at jwilde@ccsf.edu.