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American Council of the Blind (ACB)
The nation's leading membership organization of blind and visually impaired people.
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
A leading national resource for people who are blind or visually impaired, the organizations that serve them, and the general public.
Descriptive Video Service (DVS)
A national service that makes television programs and movies released on home video accessible to blind and visually impaired people.
National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
The largest organization of the blind in America.
Duxbury Systems
Information on DBT and MegaDots Braille translation software.
Deafness/Hard of Hearing Resources
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
A non-profit membership organization that was established in 1890 to empower hearing-impaired persons to function independently.
The Caption Center
The Caption Center is a non-profit service of the WGBH Educational Foundation and the world's first captioning agency, established in 1971.
National Association of the Deaf
Self Help for Hard of Hearing People
A non-profit, educational organization dedicated to the well being of people of all ages and communication styles who do not hear well.
Sorenson Video Relay Service
The system works with a remote, and video phone, and a TV, and requires a high speed Internet connection. A deaf person uses the remote to dial the number they would like to reach, which is then intercepted by an operator. The caller and the operator are able to see each other and communicate through sign language. The operator then relays the message from the deaf caller to the person on the other end of the phone. The system also allows two deaf people to communicate directly by signing to each other.
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Sorenson Video Phone is available at Willowick Library.
Adaptive Environments Center
Information about environmental issues that confront people with disabilities and elderly people.
American Association of People with Disabilities
Organization working for unity, leadership and impact among people with disabilities to ensure the future of inclusion as promised by ADA.
Justice for All
An e-mail network, JFA’s goal is to work with national and state organizations of people with disabilities to get the word from Washington D.C. out to the grassroots.
Laketran
Laketran is committed to providing quality public transportation services to all Lake County residents with special emphasis on meeting the transportation needs of senior citizens and people with disabilities.
National Association of the Physically Handicapped
N.A.P.H. is a national organization of people with disabilities and non-disabled associates banded together to advance the social economic and public welfare of people with disabilities.
National Council on Independent Living
Membership organization that focuses on the human rights of, and the services for, people with disabilities to further their full integration and participation in society.
On A Roll Radio
The only weekly live commercially syndicated radio talk show in the nation for the disabled. (Also on the Web)
Untangling the Web
Comprehensive list of disability related Web sites.
WebABLE!
The World Wide Web information repository for people with disabilities and accessibility solution providers.
West Virginia Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (WVRRTC)
An information resource on vocational rehabilitation and disability issues and the federal agencies that provide support in these areas.
World Institute on Disability
WID is an international public policy center dedicated to carrying out cutting-edge research on disability issues and overcoming obstacles to independent living.
Library of Congress - The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
NLS administers a free library program of Braille and recorded materials circulated to eligible borrowers through a network of cooperating libraries. (Note: WEPL Offers Talking Book Service)
National Council on Disability (NCD)
An independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on issues affecting 49 million Americans with disabilities.
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
OSERS supports programs that assist in educating children with special needs, provides for the rehabilitation of youth and adults with disabilities, and supports research to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities.
Henter-Joyce
Manufacturer of JAWS, a PC-based screen reader.
IBM Special Needs Solutions
Information about assistive devices and software tools that make computers more accessible to people with vision, hearing, speech, mobility and attention/memory disabilities.
Microsoft Accessibility Support
Information about what Microsoft is doing to help remove barriers to make the world more accessible, including the implementation of SAMI (Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange).
The Productivity Works
Manufacturer of pwWebSpeak, an Internet browser which provides both a non-visual, auditory presentation of the World Wide Web as well as a simplified visual presentation including large character display.
Research, Development and Education
Adaptive Computer Technology Centre (ACT)
ATC is devoted to increasing the accessibility of information technology.
Alliance for Public Technology (APT)
A Washington, DC-based coalition of public interest groups and individuals whose goal is to foster broad access to affordable, usable information, and communication services and technology.
Benton Foundation's Communications Policy Program
The Benton Foundation works with nonprofit organizations to gain an effective voice for social change and to shape the emerging communications environment.
Center for Applied Special Technologies (CAST)
A non-profit organization whose mission is to expand opportunities for people with disabilities through innovative multimedia computer technology. Developers of Bobby, a graphical web-based program designed to help web site designers and graphic artists make their web pages accessible by the largest number of people.
Gallaudet Research Institute (GRI)
Research projects in many areas involving deafness and deaf people.
National Center for Disability Dissemination Research (NCDRR)
Disseminates efforts of NIDRR-funded research projects and increases the accessibility of research outcomes for the benefit of their consumers, particularly those from minority backgrounds.
National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP)
Promotes the effective use of technology to enhance educational outcomes for students with sensory, cognitive, physical and social/emotional disabilities.
Project Archimedes
Seeks to promote equal access to information for individuals with disabilities by influencing the early design stages of tomorrow's computer-based technology.
Project EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
Works to make information technology accessible to persons with disabilities with the use of adaptive computer technology.
Technology Assessment Program (TAP)
Research group at Gallaudet University focusing primarily on communication technologies and services that eliminate communication barriers traditionally faced by deaf and hard of hearing people.
Trace Research & Development Center
An interdisciplinary research, development and resource center on technology and disability.
WGBH Educational Foundation
WGBH takes advantage of many techniques for making a complex Web site accessible.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
An international industry consortium, the W3C was founded in 1994 to develop common protocols for the evolution of the World Wide Web. The W3C also sponsors the Web Access Initiave (WAI), which works to make Web protocols (HTML, SGML, HTTP, etc.) more accessible to people with disabilities. Check here for Page-Authoring guidelines for assistance in making your Web site more accessible.