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Disability Resources

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Table of Contents

  • New Sites
  • General Resources
  • Assistive Technology
  • Hearing Impairment
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Mental Health
  • Sports
  • Visual Impairment
    and Blindness
    • Disability Services,
    University of Kentucky Libraries.

    New Sites Added Since November 2


    General Resources

  • ADAPT: American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today.

  • America's Athletes With Disabilities

  • American Association for People with Disabilities

  • Americans with Disabilities Act, documents center.

  • Disability and the Workplace: An Internet Primer, Catherwood Library, located at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, offers an extensive guide to Internet Resources dealing with several levels of physical and mental disability and the workplace. Detailed annotations of indexed sites cover topics including the Americans With Disabilities Act, government sites, worker's compensation, and job hunting. The Getting Started section lists resources for those with disabilities.

  • Disability Resources chosen by librarians at O'Keefe Library, St. Ambrose University.

  • Disability Resources on the WWW

  • Engaging Differences Project, from the University of Kentucky. Focused on enhancing the quality of education and services provided to postsecondary students with disabilities on the University of Kentucky campus.

  • Global Networking, (Formerly DisOrgNet) "designed to facilitate networking among organizations working in the disability field." Maintained by the Institute for Independent Living.

  • Guide to Disability Resources on the Internet

  • Disability Resources Monthly, newsletter that monitors reviews and reports on resources for independent living.

  • Emergency Info Online, resource directory that provides information regarding organizations involved in emergency preparedness and communications, particularly as they relate to the Emergency Alert System and individuals with disabilities. Includes information about and reports from government agencies and commissions, private and not-for-profit organizations, and foreign and international groups pertaining to their work involving response, recovery, and communications during times of emergency, with an additional focus on the accessibility of such communications for people with disabilities.

  • Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute, University of Kentucky. A University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service, IHDI focuses its efforts on improving lifelong opportunities and services for individuals with disabilities, their families and the community.

  • Kentucky Assistive Technology Services Network

  • National Council on Disability, independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on issues affecting disabled Americans.

  • National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, from the Library of Congress. NLS administers a free library program of braille and recorded materials circulated to eligible borrowers through a network of cooperating libraries.

  • National Sports Center for the Disabled

  • University of Kentucky's Disability Resource Center

  • Web Accessibility Tips, including Organizations and Agencies Focused on Accessible Web Design, Strategies and Tools for Evaluating Accessibility, and Techniques and Tools for Creating Accessible Web Sites.


    Mental Health Resources

  • American Psychological Association

  • Internet Mental Health, encyclopedia of mental health information. Designed by Canadian psychiatrist Dr. Phillip Long.

  • Knowledge Exchange Network, from National Mental Health Services.

  • Mental Health Net, organized into three sections: Disorders & Treatments, Professional Resources, and the Reading Room.

  • National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, includes information on treatment, managed care, research, public policy, disorders, and medications.

  • Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Dept. of Labor.

    Assistive Technology

  • AbilityHub, descriptions and links to adaptive equipment and alternative methods available for accessing computers.

  • ABLEDATA, searchable database of approximately 23,000 assistive devices.

  • Adaptive Computer Products, includes information on speech recognition/voice control systems, products for the visually impaired, and computer access software.

  • Assistive Technology Resources, from the University of Virginia Curry School of Education.

  • Center for Applied Special Technology

  • Center for Information Technology Accommodation (CITA), from the U.S. General Services Administration, Office of Governmentwide Policy.

  • Kentucky Assistive Technology Services Network (KATS)

    Visual Impairment and Blindness

  • American Council for the Blind

  • American Foundation for the Blind

  • Blindness Resource Center

  • Kentucky Department for the Blind

  • Kentucky Supported Employment Training Project

  • Kentucky Value-Based Training Network

  • Large Print and Speech Access to the World Wide Web, from the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Provides information and links about the basic concepts of the WWW and browsers; modifying browsers using built-in options; using the browsers with add-on access; and specialized browsers.

  • National Federation of the Blind

    National Library Services for the Blind

  • Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic, the National Education Library for people with print disabilities.

  • Resources for People with Print Disabilities, list of links for those with vision impairments, dyslexia and learning disabilities.

    Hearing Impairment

  • Captioned Media Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Offers free-loan media [no fees], open-captioned [no need for a decoder] and includes prepaid return labels.

  • Deaf Magazine

  • Deaf Resources Library

  • Deafness: Choices of Communication, guide to resources.

  • Handspeak, sign language dictionary.

  • National Association for the Deaf

  • National Information Center on Deafness, from the Galludet Research Institute.

    Learning Disabilities

  • ADDitude, online magazine for people with ADD and their families.

  • ADDvance, magazine for women and girls with Attention Deficit Disorder.

  • ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education

  • International Dyslexia Association

  • Kentucky State Resources, links to resources on learning disabilities.

  • Learning Disabilities Association of America

  • National Attention Deficit Disorder Association

    • This page was last updated 3 November 2006. To suggest additions or corrections to this list, send mail to Carla Cantagallo at carla@uky.edu.

    URL: http://www.uky.edu/Subject/disability.html
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