Disability Web Links

Assistive Technology

• Project Gutenburg
  
  
• ADA Document Portal
  
  
• Computer Access in higher Education
  
  
• Software List
  
  
• Captioned Media Program

Career/Job Line

• 2004-2005 Wisconsin AmeriCorps Program List
  
  
• National business & Disability Council division of Abilities, Inc. (National Resume Database, Job Postings and member web sites. http://www.nbdc.com click on "Job Seekers", then "Post Resume".
  
  
• Job and resume banks for people with disabilities (from the Federal Government) https://www.disability.gov/
  
  
• The Job Accommodation Network (JAN): a free consulting service that provides information about job accommodations, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the employability of people with disabilities. http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/jan.htm
  
  
• http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/links
  
  
• UW-L Career Services
  
  
• National Youth Leadership Network
  
  
• Special Career Topics Web Link Library
  
  
• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability: Navigating the Road to Work
  
  
• Diversity World: Enriching Workplaces and Reducing Employment Barriers:
  
  
• American Society of Newspaper Editors: ASNE Sets New Vision for Newsroom Diversity Beyond 2000
  
  
• Academic Careers Online: http://www.academiccareers.com

Faculty Resources

• Disability Access Checklist for faculty
  
  
• CAST Professional Development... Universal Design, Access to the General Curriculum, and Technology
  
  
• Disabled Student Services in higher Education DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU - archives
  
  
• Fast Facts for Faculty: Universal Design for Learning Elements of Good Teaching
  http://ada.osu.edu/resources/fastfacts/index.htm
  
  
• Resources for serving blind and visually impaired students
  http://www.bethel.edu/disability/resources/external/ahead-handout.html
  
  
• Language that is respectful and accurate when describing and disability issues
  http://www.ncdj.org/styleguide.html
  
  
• Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology
  The Faculty Room
  
  
• Module I: Learning About Disabilities:
  http://www.csun.edu/~sp20558/dis/ladinstruc.html
  
  
• The Foreign Language Teacher's Guide to Learning Disabilities
  http://www.fln.vcu.edu/ld/ld.html
  
  
• "Family Air Sangs" (Familiar Sayings):
  http://www.csun.edu/~sp20558/dis/ladhoj.html
  
  
• Reasonable Accommodations for People with Psychiatric Disabilities:
  An On-Line Resource for Employers and Educators: http://www.bu.edu/cpr/reasaccom/
  
  
• Montana State University Bozeman: Disability: Faculty:
  http://www.montana.edu/wwwres/disability/index.shtml#faculty
  
  
• Talking About Disability: http://www.mcil.org/mcil/mcil/talking.htm
  
  
• A Guide to Writing About People with Disabilities: http://www.mcil.org/mcil/log/1104log.htm
  
  
• Project PACE- University of Arkansas at Little Rock: http://www.ualr.edu/~pace/
  
  
• Society for Disability Studies: http://www.disstudies.org
  
  
• The Disability Resource Center: http://www.usu.edu/drc
  
  
• WebAim: http://www.webaim.org
  
  
• Ohio State University: http://www.osu.edu/grants/dpg
  
  
• Penn State University: http://www.ed.psu.edu/poa
  
  
• The Association on Higher Education on Disability (AHEAD): http://www.ahead.org/
  
  
• National Clearinghouse on Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities (HEATH): http://www.heath.gwu.edu
  
  
• Disability Access Information & Support (DAIS): http://janejarrow.com/
  
  
• Common teaching Methods: http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/
  
  
• Faculty Training: www.facultyware.uconn.edu
  
  
• First Aid and Epilepsy: http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/answerplace/Medical/firstaid/
  
  
• Tolerance: http://www.tolerance.org

Financial Aid/Scholarship Resources for Students with Disabilities

• Computer Grants - THE BEAUMONT FOUNDATION
  http://www.bmtfoundation.com/grants
  
  
• The Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation, Inc. (Scholarship) www.ela.org
  
  
• HEATH Resource Center http://www.heath.gwu.edu
  
  
• http://www.icdri.org/Financial%20Aid/finaid.htm
  
  
• http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/disabled.phtml
  
  
• http://www.theoldschool.org/disabled.asp
  
  
• http://ericec.org/faq/finance.html
  
  
• http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Academics/financial-aid.html
  
  
• http://www.neads.ca/en/norc/funding/
  
  
• http://www.work4.sjsu.edu/parents/parents.html
  
  
• http://www.csus.edu/sswd/services/scholarshipsdisabilityrelated.htm
  
  

Financial Aid/Scholarships

Printed References

Counseling for College, Matthay, 2nd edition, Peterson’s Guide, 1995, call 1-800-338-3282, write Peterson’s Guides, PO Box 2123, Princeton, NJ 08543-2123.

Dollars for College-Students with Disabilities, Garrett Park Press, call 1-301-946-2553, write Garrett Park Press, PO Box 190, Garrett Park, MD 20896.

1996 Financial Aid for Students with Disabilities, HEATH Resource Center, call 1-800-544-3284 (voice & TTY), write HEATH, One Dupont Circle, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036-1193.

Financial Aid for the Disabled and Their Families, 1996-98, Schlacter and Weber, Reference Service Press, call 1-415-594-0743, write Reference Service Press, 1100 Industrial Road, Suite 9, San Carlos, CA 94979-4131

National Scholarships and Grants for Post-Secondary Students With Disabilities, 1996, National Educational Association of Disabled Students, call 613-526-8008 (voice & TDD), write NEADS 4th Level Unicentre, 1125 Colonel by Drive, Carleton University Ottawa, KIS 5B6.

NOTE: Some references may cost. Be sure to inquire about cost as you make your contacts.

Financial Aid/Scholarships

Internet References

• Financial Aid for Disabled Students: http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/disabled.phtml
  
  
• HEATH Resource Center of the American Council on Education, a clearinghouse on post-secondary education for individuals with disabilities:
  http://www.heath.gwu.edu and HEATH Resource Center:
  
  
• Financial Aid for Students with Disabilities: http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/disabled.phtml
  
  
• National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS): Scholarships & Grants:
  http://www.neads.ca/en/norc/funding/contents.php
  
  
• How to Find Scholarships For Students with Disabilities:
  http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/disabled.phtml
  
  
• Grants to know about before you begin:
  http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/about/knowabtgrants/pt198.html and http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet
  
  
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: http://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html
  
  
• Graduate Fellowships - Humanities: http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Student/GRFN/list.phtml?category=HUMANITIES
  
  
• The Society for Disability Studies: http://www.disstudies.org.
  
  
• Foundation Fighting Blindness online newsletter: http://www.blindness.org/FFBInSight/
  
  
• Wrightslaw: www.wrightslaw.com

General Information

• The Disability Rights Movement (an exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum)
  
  
• New Paradigm of Disability Bibliography
  
  
• American Association of People with Disabilities www.aapd-dc.org
  
  
• Justice for All www.jfanow.org
  
  
• Consulting & Resources www.AboutDisability.com
  
  
• Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) http://www.icdr.us/
  
  
• Web Resources for Assisting College Students with Disabilities
  
  
• Benefits CheckUp www.benefitscheckup.org
  
  
• The National Center on Disability and Journalism www.ncdj.org
  
  
• Media and Disability Bibliography Project of the Media and Disability Interest Group of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
  http://www.towson.edu/~bhalle/m&d-biblio.html
  
  
• Disability History Museum Library http://www.disabilitymuseum.org/lib
  
  
• First aid and epilepsy: http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/answerplace/Medical/firstaid/
  
  
• Disability graphics: http://www.lareau.org/disgraph.html
  
  
• Clipart: http://www.amasci.com/~jlubin/disabled/graphics/#top
  
  
• George Washington University, Postsecondary education for students with disabilities:
  http://www.heath.gwu.edu/
  
  
• ADD Resources: www.addresources.org
  
  
• Disability Studies Web Ring: http://j.webring.com/hub?ring=disstudies
  
  
• e-bility: http://www.e-bility.com/index.php

International Education

• Rehabilitation International http://www.rehab-international.org/
  
  
• Disabled Peoples International: http://www.dpi.org/

Study Skills and Strategies

• Test Prep Review: Free Practice Tests http://www.testprepreview.com/praxis_practice.htm
  
  
• Preparing for or Anticipating Test Anxiety
  http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/stressstudy.shtml#test
  
  
• Study Guides and Strategies: http://www.studygs.net
  
  
• SOS Mathematics: http://www.sosmath.com/
  
  
• Mendel Web's Statistics Calculation Page: http://www.mendelweb.org/MWcalcstat.html
  
  
• University Writing Resources: http://www.inkspot.com/craft/university.html
  
  
• The Gateway to Educational Materials: http://www.thegateway.org/
  
  
• GCF Global Learning: http://www.gcflearnfree.org
  
  
• National Resource Center on AD/HD: http://www.help4adhd.org/
  
  
• Montana State University Bozeman: Disability:Students:
  http://www.montana.edu/wwwres/disability/index.shtml#students
  
  
• People with Disabilities--and our Allies: Join the Work Toward Concrete Change:
  http://www.concretechange.org/
  
  
• Visitability: Becoming a National Trend?:
  http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/0103/visitability.html
  
  
• Visitability Updates: http://www.accessiblesociety.org/e_letters/eletter121801.htm
  
  
• "Visitability" Becoming More Visible Nationwide: http://www.accessiblesociety.org/e_letters/eletter120401.htm
  
  
• Benefits CheckUp: www.benefitscheckup.org
  
  
• Talking About Disability: http://www.mcil.org/mcil/mcil/talking.htm
  
  
• A Guide to Writing About People with Disabilities: http://www.mcil.org/mcil/log/1104log.htm
  
  
• The Disability Rights Movement:
  http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/disabilityrights/exhibit.html
  
  
• DO-IT: http://www.washington.edu/doit/
  
  
• Academic Advising Center: http://www.uwlax.edu/advising/

Universal Access/Web Accessibility

• http://www.w3.org
  
  
• http://trace.wisc.edu/world/gen_ud.html
  
  
• http://www.cast.org

Universal Design

• CAST Professional Development ... Universal Design, Access to the General Curriculum, and Technology
  
  
• R E R C on Universal Design: http://www.ap.buffalo.edu/idea/e-newsletter/index.htm
  
  
• Homes For Easy Living: http://www.homesforeasyliving.com/
  
  
• Universal Design-Curriculum Transformation and Disability: http://www.cast.org/
  
  
• Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access
  http://www.ap.buffalo.edu/idea/e-newsletter/
  
  
• VISIT-ABILITYcm http://www.concretechange.org/
  
  
• Fast Facts for Faculty: Universal Design for Learning Elements of Good Teaching http://telr.osu.edu/dpg/fastfact/undesign.html
  
  
• DO-IT World Wide Access: Accessible Web Design http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Technology/universal.design.html
  
  
• Accessibility Training for Distance Learning Personnel: http://www.athenpro.org/node/56
  
  
• Accessibility in Online Teaching: http://www.accredited-online-college-degrees.com/teaching.htm
  
  
• Assistive Technology and Universal Design: http://jset.unlv.edu/18.4/hitchcock/first.html