Subcategories
Site Listings
- Access-Able - Offers comprehensive information about making the home environment handicap accessible.
- Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, The - Provides education, services and research information about adaptive technologies by the University of Toronto.
- Alliance for Technology Access - A network of community-based Resource Centers, Developers and Vendors, Affiliates, and Associates dedicated to providing information and support services to children and adults with disabilities, and increasing their use of standard, assistive, and information technologies.
- Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) - A not-for-profit membership organization of organizations manufacturing or selling technology-based assistive devices for people with disabilities, or providing services associated with or required by people with disabilities.
- Assistive Technology Online Community - Information, news, resources, events, discussion forum about Assistive Technology for children and adults with disabilities and special needs. Free membership.
- Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE) - Stimulates the advancement of assistive technology for the benefit of persons with disabilities, including elderly people.
- Augmentative Communication - Publishes the newsletters Augmentative Communication News (ACN) and Alternatively Speaking (AS), which provide information on hot topics in the field, discussion of vital issues for AAC stakeholders, and news from the AAC community.
- Center for Accessible Technology - Resources and services on the use of computer technology for people with disabilities.
- Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) - Opportunities for individuals with disabilities through the development of and innovative uses of technology.
- Center for Computer Assistance to the Disabled - Non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance the quality of life and employment options of persons with disabilities with assistive technology.
- Center for Development and Disability - University of New Mexico assistive technology program. Resource directory for new and used products, consumer reports, loan banks, services, and training.
- Center for IT Accommodation (CITA) - Model demonstration facility influencing accessible information environments, services, and management practices.
- Center for Rehabilitation Technology - Provides support to individuals of any age with disability through expert services, research, design, technological development, information dissemination and education.
- Center on Disabilities - Conference proceedings online
- Cerebral Palsy and Technology - Information about cerebral palsy and the effects that technology can have upon it.
- Consensus Project - Feasibility study to promote consensus in assessing driving ability of people with special needs.
- Davidson Program for Independence - A residential rehabilitation program that provides independence skills for adults who are newly blind or visually impaired.
- Design of An Assistive Communication Device For Individuals with Cognitive and Physical Disabilities - Paper on the design of Wingspeak. By Edward J. Bezdek, Scot B. Gallaher, Judy Liu, and Jennifer A. O'Toole of the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Special Education, and Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin.
- Disabled Drivers Information - Information on vehicle adaptations for disabled drivers in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
- Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI) - Offers resources, online workshops and news on adaptive computer technology.
- Family Guide to Assistive Technology - Helps parents learn more about assistive technology and how it can help their children. Includes tips for getting started, ideas about where to look for money, and suggestions for what to do when applying for funding.
- Federal Policy Barriers to Assistive Technology - The National Council on Disabilities' report describing the barriers in United States Federal assistive technology policy to increasing the availability of and access to assistive technology devices and assistive technology services for people with disabilities.
- Illinois Assistive Technology Project - Offers funding information, assistance, training, newsletters, demonstration center and more.
- John Williams' Assistive Technology Column - Critiques of the new technologies and products that help the disabled to realize their potential as successful, productive employees.
- Office of Advocate for Persons with Disabilities - Consumer-responsive, comprehensive system of access to assistive technology usable by individuals with disabilities.
- Project Participate - Promotes the appropriate use of technology for students with disabilities in school programs.
- Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America - RESNA is an interdisciplinary association of people with a common interest in technology and disability.
- Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology Transfer (T2RERC) - Advances methods, technologies and products, through collaboration with all stakeholders, to improve assistive technology devices and services.
- Tech Connections - Provides information about assistive technology to state vocational rehabilitation and others interested in accommodations for work, school, or home. Includes accommodation ideas, case studies, resources. Funded by NIDRR.
- Trace Research & Development Center - Focuses on making computer and information technologies more accessible to everyone.
- WATA - Washington Assistive Technology Alliance provides information, referrals, consultation, training and more.