Assistive Technologies


Internet Sites:

 Adaptive Technology Resource Center
A variety of resources on assistive technology, including website
accessibility.
http://www.utoronto.ca/atrc/
Assessment/Evaluation Products/Services.
http://www.asha.org/buyers_guide/buyers_guide.htm

Speaking to Write:  Realizing the Potential of Speech Recognition
for Secondary Students with Disabilities
This project is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.  It explores the use of speech recognition software by secondary students withdisabilities.
http://www.edc.org/spk2wrt
SNOW (Special Needs Opportunity Windows)     (top of page)
Is a project aimed at supporting educators of students with special needs.  SNOW's web site serves as a clearinghouse of practical resources and curriculum materials, as a place for educators to meet and share ideas, and as a place for educators to develop their professional skills.
http://snow.utoronto.ca/
EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information (top of page)
EASI's mission is to make information technology accessible to persons with disabilities with the use of adaptive computer
technology. An affiliate of AAHE (The American Association for Higher Education)
http://www.rit.edu:80/~easi/
Apple's Disability Solutions  (top of page)
Apple Computer has designed this home page to provide you with a one-stop resource where you can find the latest information about Macintosh assistive technology and many other disability related programs for individuals with disabilities.
http://www.apple.com/education/k12/disability/
WebABLE  (top of page)
(pronounced Web-ABLE) is the World Wide Web information repository for people with disabilities and accessibility solution providers. WebABLE! is dedicated to promoting the interests of adaptive, assistive, and access technology researchers, users, and manufacturers.
http://www.webable.com/

The Trace Center   (top of page)
An interdisciplinary research, development and resource center on technology and disability. Includes a catalog of Trace publications, including "Quick Sheets," short resource lists on a variety of topics, among others. The Designing an Accessible World section provides a wealth of information about including access for people with disabilities when designing Web sites, computers, consumer products, kiosks, and telecommunications. One of the highlights of the site is a newly released paper on "Design of HTML Pages to Increase Their Accessibility to Users With Disabilities." Trace's
Web site is an enhancement of an already existing gopher site.
http://www.trace.wisc.edu/
Archimedes Project    (top of page)
From Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI). Excerpt - "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."
http://www-csli.stanford.edu/arch/arch.html
ABLEDATA   (top of page)
Includes links to disability related Internet resources and search engines for further searching. The ABLEDATA Database is a national database of information about assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment that is available from domestic and international sources. ABLEDATA is a project of The National Institute on disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), an agency of the U.S. Department of Education.
http://www.abledata.com/index.htm
Nationwide Flashing Signal Systems Corporation (NFSS)  (top of page)
8120 Fenton Street  Silver Spring, MD 20910
TTY:  888/589-6670
Voice:  888/589-6671
Fax:  301/589-5153
Information E-mail:  info@nfss.com
http://www.nfss.com/
CAST Bobby  (top of page)
Web page accessibility utility to help make web pages usable by those with disabilities.
http://www.cast.org/bobby/
Creating a World of Opportunities: Liberating People with
Disabilities Through Adaptive Technologies (top of page)
This 1995 videoconference discusses how adaptive technology can empower persons with disabilities in school, work and personal life and outlines the benefits of adaptive technology for their organizations.
http://interwork.sdsu.edu/ablenet/cre.html
Web Accessibility Initiative [WAI]  (top of page)
The WAI (pronounced 'way') is a W3C activity whose purpose is to make the Web formats and protocols (HTML, XML. CSS, HTTP, etc) more accessible to people with disability permanent or not).
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Discussion Groups:  (top of page)
ABLETECH-L
For parents, teachers, and others concerned with disabilities and assistive technology. To subscribe, address an e-mail message in the following manner:
To: listserv@listserv.okstate.edu
subscribe ABLETECH-L YourFirstName YourLastName
ERIC Resources:  (top of page)

ERIC Digest - Assistive Technology for Students with Mild
Disabilities (1995)

http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed378755.html
ERIC Digest - Integrating Assistive Technology into the Standard
Curriculum (1998)
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed426517.html
I know the list is long and Ii've NOT been to all the sites yet, but it's all about assistive technology.   (top of page)

Cris Serdy, Brighton Avenue Elementary, ex 4054
cserdy@brighton.acboe.org
 


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