*The Great Lakes DBTAC provides this list of resources for additional information. The list is not
all-inclusive. Some resources may have been inadvertedly omitted. Inclusion on this
list should not be construed as an endorsement of any kind. If you have a resource
to include on this list, please send information in an E-mail to: gldbtac@uic.edu.
We will make every attempt to include it, if the resource meets the guidelines of the
GLDBTAC.
Disability
Access Symbols
Produced by the Graphic Artist Guild
Foundation through a grant from the National Endowment for the
Arts.
www.gag.org/das
American
Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT)
Advocacy organization promoting
community services instead of institution and nursing home
warehousing of people with disabilities.
PO Box 9598
Denver, CO 80209
(303) 333-6698
E-mail: national@adapt.org
www.adapt.org
Cornucopia
of Disability Information (CODI)
A community resource for consumers
and professionals providing disability information in a wide
variety of areas.
http://codi.buffalo.edu/
Disability
History Project
Preserving and examining the history
and culture of the oppression and struggle towards freedom of
people with disabilities.
255 3rd Street, #202
Oakland, CA 94607
www.disabilityhistory.org
The
Disability Rights Activist
Updates on legislation and legal
cases impacting people with disabilities.
www.disrights.org
Family
Village
A global community of
disability-related resources.
Waisman Center,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1500 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705-2280
E-mail: familyvillage@waisman.wisc.edu
www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
Justice
for All
Disseminating information from
Washington D.C. to the grassroots advocacy activity of people with
disabilities.
www.jfanow.org
National
Alliance of the Disabled
www.naotd.org/noatd.html
National Council
on Disability
www.ncd.gov
National Information Center
for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
(800) 695-0285
www.nichcy.org
National
Organization on Disability (NOD)
Promoting full and equal
participation of America's 54 million men, women and children with
disabilities in all aspects of life.
910 Sixteenth Street, N.W.
Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 293-5960 Voice
(202) 293-5968 TTY
www.nod.org
Paralyzed
Veterans of America
801 Eighteenth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006-3517
www.pva.org
TASH
International advocacy association of
people with disabilities, their family members, other advocates
and people who work in the disability field.
29 W. Susquehanna Avenue
Suite 210
Baltimore, MD 21204
(410) 828-8274
Email: info@tash.org
www.tash.org
United Cerebral
Palsy Association
www.ucpa.org
Breaking
New Ground
Rehabilitation technology relating to
agricultural worksites.
http://abe.www.ecn.purdue.edu/ABE/Extension/BNG/bnginfo.html
Infinitec
Infinite potential through assistive technology.
www.infinitec.org
Rehabiliation
Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America
(RESNA)
An interdisciplinary association for
the advancement of rehabilitation and assistive technologies.
1700 North Moore Street, Suite 1540
Arlington, VA 22209-1903
(703) 524-6686 Voice
(703) 524-6639 TTY
www.resna.org
Tech
Connections
A national dissemination project
designed to increase the utilization of existing and emerging
assistive technology by State Vocational Rehabilitation programs,
Employment Specialists, Employers, and anyone interested in
getting assistive technology into the hands individuals with
disabilities.
Toll free 1-877-TEK-SEEK
www.techconnections.org
Gallaudet University
www.gallaudet.edu
Heath
Resource Center - American Council on Education
National Clearinghouse on
Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities
American Council on Education
One Dupont Circle
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036-1193
(800) 544-3284 Voice/TTY
(202) 939-9320 Voice/TTY
E-mail: heath@ace.nche.edu
www.acenet.edu/About/programs/Access&Equity/HEATH/home.html
PACER
Center (Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights)
4826 Chicago Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55417
(612) 827-2966 Voice
(612) 827-7770 TTY
www.pacer.org
National
Business & Disability Council
Resource for corporations that are
hiring, working with, and marketing to people with disabilities.
201 I.U. Willets Rd
Albertson, NY 11507
(516) 465-1515
www.business-disability.com
Job
Accommodation Network
(800) 526-7234 (Voice)
(800) 526-7234 (TTY)
http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/
Concrete
Change
An international effort to make all
homes visitable.
http://concretechange.home.mindspring.com/
National
Fair Housing Advocate
Tennessee Fair Housing Council
719 Thompson Lane, Suite 324
Nashville, TN 37206
(800) 254-2166
http://fairhousing.com/
Independent
Living USA
Links to centers for independent
living.
www.ilusa.com
Institute
on Independent Living
The Institute serves self-help
organizations of disabled people who work for equal opportunities,
self-determination and self-respect.
www.independentliving.org
American
Bar Association Commision on Mental & Physical Disability Law
(202) 662-1570 Voice
(202) 662-1012 TTY
E-Mail: cmpdl@abanet.org
www.abanet.org/disability
Bazelon
Center for Mental Health Law
Legal advocacy for the civil rights
and human dignity of people with mental disability.
1101 15th Street NW, Suite 1212
Washington, DC 20005-5002
www.bazelon.org
Disability
Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc. (DREDF)
National law and policy center
dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of people
with disabilities through legislation, litigation, advocacy,
technical assistance, and education and training of attorneys,
advocates, persons with disabilities, and parents of children with
disabilities.
2212 Sixth Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 644-2555 V/TTY
dredf@dredf.org
www.dredf.org
FedLaw
List of federal laws addressing
individuals with disabilities and links.
www.legal.gsa.gov/legal6a.htm
FindLaw
Searchable database for legal cases,
terminology, court structures, etc.
www.findlaw.com
LEGAL
http://codi.buffalo.edu/graph_based/.legal.cases/
Protection
and Advocacy Programs
www.protectionandadvocacy.com
Supreme
Court Cases
By Cornell Law School
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
MainStream
Magazine
www.mainstream-mag.com
National
Center for Accessible Media
Guidelines for accessible media,
audio description and web development.
125 Western Avenue
Boston, MA 02134
(617) 492-9258 Voice/TTY
E-mail:ncam@wgbh.org
www.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/ncam
New Mobility Magazine
www.newmobility.com
On
a Roll
Talk radio on life and disability.
www.onarollradio.com
Ragged
Edge Magazine
www.ragged-edge-mag.com
Guidelines for
Reporting & Writing About People with Disabilities
www.lsi.ukans.edu/rtcil/GUIDELIN.HTM
President's
Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities
www50.pcepd.gov/pcepd/pubs/fact/comucate.htm
Disability
Statistics Center
The Disability Statistics Center
produces and disseminates statistical information on disability
and the status of people with disabilities in American Society to
establish and monitor indicators of how conditions are changing
over time to meet their health, housing, economic and social
needs.
www.dsc.ucsf.edu
Matrix
Research Institute
Creating knowledge to promote the
employment of people with disabilities.
6008 Wayne Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19144
(215) 438 - 8200 Voice
(215) 438 - 1506 TTY
www.matrixresearch.org
National
Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR)
Southwest Educational Development
Laboratory
211 East Seventh Street, Suite 400
Austin, Texas 78701-3281
(800) 266-1832 or (512) 476-6861
(V/TTY)
(512) 476-2286 (Fax)
Email - jwestbro@sedl.org
www.ncddr.org
National
Institute on Disability and Rehabiliation Research
www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/NIDRR
National
Rehabilitation Information Center(NARIC)
(800) 346-2742
(301) 495-5626 (TTY)
www.cais.com/naric
REHABDATA
Search for disability-related
research conducted since 1993. Funded by NARIC.
www.naric.com/naric/search/rhab/connection/index.html
Trace
Research & Development Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison
5901 Research Park Boulevard
Madison, WI 53719-1252
(608) 262-6966 Voice
(608) 263-5408 TTY
E-mail: web@trace.wisc.edu
www.trace.wisc.edu/index.html
World
Institute on Disability
An international public policy center
dedicated to carrying out cutting-edge research on disability
issues and overcoming obstacles to independent living.
510-16th Street, Suite #100
Oakland, CA 94612-1500
(510) 763-4100 Voice
(510) 208-9496 TTY
www.wid.org
Access-Able
Travel Source
www.access-able.com
Listing
of Travel Organizations
Maintained by Infinitec
www.all-learners.infinitec.org/travelorgsandcompanies.html
Universal
Design Education Program
Coordinated by Adaptive
Environments.
www.adaptenv.org/udep.htm
Bobby
www.cast.org/bobby
National
Center for Accessible Media
Guidelines for accessible media,
audio description and web development.
www.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/ncam
Web
Accessibility Initiative by Trace Research & Development
Center
www.trace.wisc.edu/world/web
W3C
Recommendation for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
Industry leaders and disability
organizations come together to endorse a common solution for web
access.
www.w3.org
Last updated December 14, 1999.