Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities
CCSPD
promoting EMPOWERMENT and INCLUSION

WEB SITES:

• AHEAD (The Association on Higher Education and Disability) is an international, multicultural organization of professionals committed to full participation in higher education for persons with disabilities.
• DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology)
• EASI (Equal Access To Software And Information)
• HEATH Resource Center (the National Clearinghouse on Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities)
• NCSA Mosaic Access Project (Internet Access by People with Disabilities)
• NCAM (National Center for Accessible Media CPB/WGBH Boston)
• Office for Civil Rights - The mission of the Office for Civil Rights is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the nation through vigorous enforcement of civil rights.
• TRACE (Technology and Disability)
• U.S. Department of Justice - Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) HOME PAGE

LIST SERVERS:

• Disabled Student Services in Higher Education (DSSHE-L)
  DSSHE-L is a LISTSERV discussion group formed to serve as a communication vehicle for those interested in the provision of services to students with disabilities in higher education. Issues discussed include: service delivery models, legal issues pertaining to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, publications of interest, etc. DSSHE-L was started in 1993 as an outgrowth of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators' Disability Concerns Network.
  • To subscribe to DSSHE-L, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.acsu.buffalo.edu. Leave the subject line blank and send the following one line message:
    SUB DSSHE-L "YOUR FIRST NAME YOUR LAST NAME".
• EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information
  (An Affiliate of the American Association for Higher Education)
  ELECTRONIC DISCUSSION LISTS:
  EASI supports three major, public electronic discussion lists: EASI, AXSLIB-L and EASI-SEM. These include more than 2,000 people from more than 40 countries. The EASI List focuses on general discussions about adaptive equipment, access issues and other disability and computer topics. The second list is the library access list, called AXSLIB-L. The third list, EASI-SEM specializes in the dissemination of information and materials to advance access to the fields of science, engineering and math for students and professionals in those areas. To join these lists, send a message to:
  listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu
  Leave the subject line blank. In the body of the text type:
  sub easi "first name last name"
  or
  sub AXSLIBL "first name last name"
  or
  send a message to
  listserv@listserver.isc.rit.edu
  sub EASI-SEM "first name last name"
• ELECTRONIC JOURNAL
  EASI publishes a quarterly electronic journal, "Information Technology and Disabilities," that focuses on technology issues that relate to people with disabilities. The journal is available in two ways. First, it is on the Web and gopher. Second it is available through a listserv list, itd-jnl. (This is a distribution list and not a discussion list.) To subscribe, send e-mail to:
  listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu
  Leave the subject line blank and send the following one line message:
  sub itd-jnl followed by your "first name last name".
• SEMINARS AND ONLINE WORKSHOPS
  In conjunction with the Rochester Institute of Technology, EASI delivers two three-week, online workshops via the Internet. Adapt-it focuses on adaptive computing technology and support services. EASI-SEM specializes in access to science, engineering and math. People from more than 24 countries have participated, in addition to people from all over the United States. Both workshops are delivered several times a year. The workshops can be previewed on the Web at
  http://www.rit.edu/~easi/workshops.html
  or more details can be obtained by sending e-mail to
  listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu
  with three words in the message:
  get workshop syllabus