Assistive Technology
Assistance Centers:
- Maryland Technology Assistance Program: (http://www.mdtap.org/)
technology related assistance to individuals with disabilities. - North Dakota Interagency Program for Assistive Technology: (http://www.ndipat.org/)
provides links and resources. - Special Education Technology: (http://www.setbc.org/)
designed to assist school districts in British Columbia in meeting the technology needs of students with physical disabilities and visual impairments. - Technology and Inclusion: (http://www.taicenter.com/)
support organization for people with disabilities. - Texas Assistive Technology Partnership: (http://tatp.edb.utexas.edu/)
provides information, conducts training and technical assistance and works with policy makers to support children and adults with disabilities.
- Assistive Technology Act of 1998: (http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/s2432.html)
document of the Act. - Assistive Technology and IDEA: (http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/ATBasics/Foundation/...)
defines AT as both a device and a service. - disABILITY
Information and Resources: (http://www.makoa.org/index.htm)
resources for all areas. - Helpful Hints on Getting Assistive Technology Devices and Services through Your School District: (http://www.kidstogether.org/at_help.htm)
describes the responsibilities of school districts.
- Alliance for Technology Access: (http://www.ataccess.org/)
network of community-based Resource Centers, Developers, Vendors and Associates. - Assistive Technology, Inc.: (http://www.assistivetech.com/)
premier developer of hardware and software solutions for people with physical, cognitive, and speech disabilities. - Center for Applied Special Technology: (http://www.cast.org/)
uses technology to make education more flexible and accessible for all students, especially those with disabilities. - Closing
the Gap: (http://www.closingthegap.com)
computer technology in special education and rehabilitation. - Equal Access to Software & Information: (http://www.rit.edu/%7Eeasi/)
online training on accessible information technology for persons with disabilities. - National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education: (http://www2.edc.org/NCIP/)
library, workshop, tours, and events. - National Center for Accessible Media: (http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/access/)
working to bring media access to all of television, web, movie theaters, and more. - Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic: (http://www.rfbd.org/)
educational library for those with print disabilities.
- Assistive Technology Public Funding Source Guide: (http://www.techaccess-ri.org/fundintr.htm)
key and source guide. - Family Village: Funding Assistive Technology: (http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/at/funding-at.html)
accessibility shopping mall of resources. - Financing Assistive Technology: (http://trace.wisc.edu/archive/fintech/fintech.html)
handbook for funding. - Financing of Assistive Technology Devices and Services: (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/1993/assistive.htm)
a report to the President and the Congress of the United States. - Funding Assistive Technology: (http://www.tumbleforms.com/bergeron/funandin.html)
links and resources. - Funding Assistive Technology: (http://www.tsbvi.edu/Outreach/seehear/fall99/funding-at.htm)
available pamphlets. - Funding Assistive Technology: (http://www.nls.org/atart.htm)
a legal report. - Informed
Consumer's Guide to Funding Assistive Technology: (http://www.abledata.com/abledata_docs/funding.htm)
provides sources of information.
- CAST - Bobby: (http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp)
helps you test your web pages to see if they are accessible. - Designing More Usable Web Sites: (http://trace.wisc.edu/world/web/index.html)
dedicated to cooperative efforts linked toward building a more usable Web for all. - Web Page Accessibility: (http://library.uwsp.edu/aschmetz/Accessible/...)
a comparative study.
