Other Resources

Assistive technology
ADA employment provisions
Alternative dispute resolution/conflict resolution
Related organizational resources

Assistive Technology

ABLEDATA, http://www.abledata.com/index.htm
ABLEDATA is a guide to assistive technology, sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education.

Adaptive/Assistive Technologies http://www.bv.net/~john/adaptass.html
A collection of resources on AT products, services, and providers

American Council of the Blind http://www.acb.org
This site provides general information about the Council, including current and back issues of the monthly publication The Braille Forum. State and special interest affiliated organizations, a job bank, and a guide to assistive technology resources and information about blindness are also provided.

American Foundation for the Blind--General Information Center http://www.afb.org
In addition to general information about the foundation, this site provides information about assistive technology products, including product reviews by users.

Apple Computer, Inc. http://www.apple.com/disability
Apple's web site provides information on Macintosh assistive technology products.

Bobby http://www.cast.org/bobby
Bobby is a web-based tool that analyzes web pages for their accessibility to people with disabilities using the guideline of the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Sites approved by Bobby are entitled to display a "Bobby approved" icon on their page.

Assistive Technology Information http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/d/r/drs172
The ATI site offers a good introduction to and definition of assistive technology.

Assistive Technology Outcomes http://www.utoronto.ca/atrc/reference/atoutcomes/
Site offers information on Assistive Technology Outcomes Assessment Tools.

Center for Information Technology Accommodation http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/cita/index.htm
From the Office of Governmentwide Policy, this web site provides information on CITA services and activities, current projects, legislation and policy, assistive technology resources for hearing impaired and deaf persons, as well as a link to assistive technology providers.

Federal Communications Commission Disabilities Issues Task Force http://www.fcc.gov/dtf/
This FCC page includes information on telecommunication issues as they relate to disabilities. Topics include closed captioning and video descriptions, web site accessibility, hearing aid compatibility, telephone relay services, and more.

Job Accommodation Network (JAN) http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu
JAN is a service of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. The web site includes links to their publications, with many useful accommodation ideas.

The Lighthouse, Inc. http://www.lighthouse.org/
An international resource for the visually impaired, this site provides information on vision impairment and rehabilitation. Products, publications, a calendar of events, and organization information are all available from this site. In addition there is an extensive listing of online resources for the visually impaired.

Microsoft Technology http://www.microsoft.com/enable
This site offers information on assistive technology products from Microsoft

National Federation of the Blind http://www.nfb.org
The NFB serves as an information and referral service for the blind providing information on scholarships, literature and publications about blindness, aids and appliances, other adaptive equipment for the blind, and advocacy services. The web site provides links to computer resources, low vision and research resource lists, as well as the International Braille Technology Center. The site also offers guidelines for web page accessibility.

National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Center on Employment of the Deaf http://www.rit.edu/NTID/CO/CE
NTID's center offers consultation and advice on assistive devices

Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) http://www.resna.org/
RESNA provides professional listings and information on rehabilitation and assistive technologies.

Tools for Life Assistive Technology Center http://www2.gasou.edu/tools/tools.htm
The center's web page is an outgrowth of its Demonstration Center, based at Georgia Southern University. It offers photos and descriptions of common assistive devices.

Trace Research and Development Center http://trace.wisc.edu/
Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and funded in part through the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Trace is a research, development, and resource center focusing on access to computers by people with disabilities. Over the last several years, the Trace Center has also become involved in disability access and universal design of the World Wide Web, information transaction machines, and telecommunications. Their web site provides information on computers and software, and telecommunications. Information on universal design tools is also provided.

Untangling the Web: Assistive Technology http://www.icdi.wvu.edu/others.htm#g10
Part of a larger list of disability related links, this site offers links to AT sites that are not specifically computer-related.

Virtual Assistive Technology Center http://www.at-center.com/
At this site you can find free and inexpensive software helping individuals with disabilities use computers. Software is available for Windows, Mac, and DOS operating systems.

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) http://www.w3.org/WAI/
The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) pursues accessibility of the Web through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach, and research and development. The site provides links to resources on web accessibility, tools and guidelines for accessibility, as well as general information on the WAI.

ADA Employment Provisions

ADA Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTAC)
Call to reach the center nearest you: 800.949.4232 (voice/TTY).
http://www.adata.org/

Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute
201 Dolgen Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
607.255.7727 (voice)
607.255.2891 (TTY)
607.255.2763 (fax)
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/ped/projects/ADA_Projects/IEP/
(web page for employer survey results)

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1801 L Street NW
Washington DC 20507
800.669.4000 (voice)
800.669.6820 (TTY)
http:// www.eeoc.gov

Alternative Dispute Resolution/Conflict Resolution

ADR Vantage, Inc.
1660 L Street, NW, Suite 1050
Washington, DC 20036
202.296.ADAV (voice)
202.296.0355 (voice/TTY)
202.293.5915 (fax)
http://www.adrvantage.com

American Arbitration Association
Corporate Headquarters
335 Madison Avenue,10th Floor
New York, NY 10017-4605
212.716.5800 (voice)
http://www.adr.org

The Key Bridge Foundation
The Key Bridge Foundation for Education and Research is a nationally recognized dispute resolution training and service provider. The Foundation uses and teaches responsible and effective alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques.
http://www.keybridge.org

Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR)
1527 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
202.667.9700 (voice)
http://www.spidr.org

National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM)
1527 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
202.667.9700 (voice)
http://www.nafcm.org

Cornell University Conflict Resolution Group
Stephen P. LaLonde, Coordinator
Cornell-ILR
Powers Building, Suite 243
16 W. Main St.
Rochester, NY 14614-1601
716.262.7864 (voice)
sl91@cornell.edu

Related Organizational Resources

American Council of the Blind http://www.acb.org
This site provides general information about the Council, including current and back issues of the monthly publication The Braille Forum. State and special interest affiliated organizations, a job bank, and a guide to assistive technology resources and information about blindness are also provided.

American Foundation for the Blind--General Information Center http://www.afb.org
In addition to general information about the foundation, this site provides information about assistive technology products, including product reviews by users.

American Speech and Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/
ASHA provides referrals to audiologists and speech-language pathologists; it also offers a series of brochures, information packets, booklets and fact sheets to educate people about a wide range of speech, language, and hearing disabilities.

Association for Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA, Inc.) http://www.alda.org/
ALDA is a support organization for people deafened later in life, after growing up hearing.

The Lighthouse, Inc. http://www.lighthouse.org/
An international resource for the visually impaired, this site provides information on vision impairment and rehabilitation. Products, publications, a calendar of events, and organization information are all available from this site. In addition there is an extensive listing of online resources for the visually impaired.

National Association of the Deaf http://www.nad.org
Programs and activities of NAD include certification of American Sign Language professionals, certification of sign language interpreters, deafness-related information and publications, and legal assistance.

National Federation of the Blind http://www.nfb.org
The NFB serves as an information and referral service for the blind providing information on scholarships, literature and publications about blindness, aids and Appliances, other adaptive equipment for the blind, and advocacy services. The web site provides links to computer resources, low vision and research resource lists, as well as the International Braille Technology Center. The site also offers guidelines for web page accessibility.

Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. http://www.rid.org/
RID administers the National Testing System that certifies interpreters and provides support services and contact information for interpreters.

Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc. (SHHH) http://www.shhh.org/
SHHH rovides information and tools for self-help on many aspects of hearing loss.

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) http://www.shrm.org
SHRM is the leading voice of the human resource profession. SHRM provides education and information services, conferences and seminars, government and media representation, online services and publications to more than 130,000 professional and student members throughout the world.