- Ability Gives access to users with a disability, or limited skills, while still being able to maintain the sites attractiveness to all users.
- Adjustment To Blindness And Visual Impairment "A unique counseling and educational forum for the frank discussion of blindness related issues."
- The American Foundation for the Blind "American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), a U.S. nonprofit organization that enables blind or visually impaired people to achieve equality and access. Provides information and referrals about living with visual impairment.”
- AMERICAN DISABLED for ATTENDANT PROGRAMS TODAY (ADAPT) Nationally, ADAPT focuses on promoting services in the community instead of warehousing people with disabilities in institutions and nursing homes. Attendant services (help with things like eating, dressing, toileting, moving from wheelchair to bed, etc.) are the cornerstone to community based services for people with severe disabilities.
- Amputee-Online.com The Online Resource for Amputees. Amputee WEB Site. Amputation Online magazine. Amputee Listserv. Personal WEB Pages. Commercial WEB Pages. Non - Profit WEB Pages. Special Projects.
- Axis Disability Rights Website This Website is dedicated to the distribution of information concerning disability rights.
- The Blindness Resource Center Includes: Access to the Internet and Web: Lynx, Windows & Universal Access, Braille: Literacy, Translators, History & Advocacy, Deaf-Blind/Hearing Disability Resources, Eye Diseases and Conditions, History of Reading Codes for the Blind, On-Line Information: libraries, newspapers & electronic texts, Organizations Page: national - international, Research and Innovation, Resource Sites on Blindness, Resources Sites on Disabilities-Generic, University Programs for Persons with Disabilities, Vendors Specializing in Technology for the Blind, Web Homepages of the Blind Community, What's New on the Web.
- The Boulevard A Disability and Healthcare site dedicated to providing valuable information about quality products and services available to Healthcare professionals and individuals with disabilities.
- The Center on Human Policy (CHP) The Center on Human Policy (CHP) is a Syracuse University based policy, research, and advocacy organization involved in the national movement to insure the rights of people with disabilities.
- Connections for Information and Resources on Community Living (CIRCL) CIRCL's mission is to create opportunities for building and sharing individual, organizational and community strengths in supported living.
- Craig Hospital Craig Hospital in Denver has long been recognized as a national center of excellence in the specialty rehabilitation and research for patients with spinal cord and brain injury.
- Crotched Mountain Foundation, New Hampshire Serves children and adults who are physically, emotionally or intellectually challenged. Our therapy, education and support services -- including a lifetime of care through community-based subsidiaries -- empowers them to attain the highest possible degree of physical, emotional and social independence.
- DeafWatch Homepage and Newsletter "The Ultimate Deaf Resource Center"
- Disability Net Disability Net is a major information and news service for all disabled people and people with an interest in disability issues. It is a non-political service, although some information published by groups on the service may be of a political nature. Includes: What's New, Disability Information, Shopping Centre, Groups, Classified, Job Centre, Penpal/Friendship, Requests, About Disability Net,Disability Net News, Soap Box, User Questionnaire, Sex/Personal Relationships, Arts, Education/Training, Employment, Equipment, Holidays/Travel, Housing, Impairment (Disability), Independent Living, Legislation/Politics, Leisure, Other, Sport, Transport, More.
- The Disability Resource Special Announcements, Search for Resources, Events Calendar, Chat, Personal Pages, Book Store, Partners Business Members, Guest Book, Subscribe Here.
- Disabled Peoples International (DPI) Web Page The purpose of DPI is to promote the Human Rights of People with Disabilities through full participation, equalization of opportunity and development. DPI is a grassroots, cross-disability network with member organizations in over 110 countries, over half of which are in the developing world.
- Down Syndrome WWW Page Articles, Essays, Organizations Worldwide, Toy Catalogs and more.
- Easter Seals Today, 1.5 million Easter Seals clients - children and adults with disabilities and their families - lead improved lives because of one or more Easter Seals services they have received: programs for children, vocational training and employment, and medical rehabilitation. Services that are individualized to meet each client's needs, family-focused to meet each family member's concerns, outcome-oriented with a goal of enhanced physical and financial independence, and cost-effective benefiting from charity support.
- HalfthePlanet HalfthePlanet.com seeks to empower people in the disability community, including their families, friends, co-workers, and caregivers. If you're seeking disability information and disability technology (such as universal design, accessible design, and assistive technology), disability research, services for people with disabilities, or assistive devices and products for disabled people, HalfthePlanet.com is the resource of choice.
- INDEPENDENT LIVING USA This INDEPENDENT LIVING USA WEBSITE is intended as a service for individuals with disabilities, their families, providers of services, independent living centers, and professionals. This Website is a directory of resources for independent living. It isunderwritten by Bell Atlantic, and is a venture of the Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley, Inc., the New York State Institute on Disability, Inc., and the Capital District Center for Independence, Inc.
- Information Access Laboratory The Information Access Laboratory is dedicated to encouraging students with disabilities in the sciences by eliminating barriers that hinder their educational pursuits.
- Institute on Independent Living We serve self-help organizations of disabled people who work for equal opportunities, self-determination and self-respect. We offer training materials, technical assistance and information on personal assistance, advocacy, access, legislation and peer support.
- JOB access The goal of JOB access is to enable people with disabilities to enhance their professional lives by providing a dedicated system for finding employment.
- LD OnLine An interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and children. Includes: What's New, ABC's of LD/ADD, LD In Depth, First Person, The LD Calendar, Audio Clips, KidZone, Finding Help, The LD Store, Talk Back, Bulletin Boards, Search.
- L D Resources "This site contains a variety of resources for the learning disabilities community. But, we're generalists so the site also includes essays on a variety of topics, reviews of things, events, and ideas that catch our interest that we think you might want to know about".
- Life On Wheels: A Book on Active Wheelchair Living Written by Gary Karp, a spinal cord paraplegic, Life On Wheels is a general guidebook to the experience of using a wheelchair as an active, independent adult.
- Low Vision Gateway The Low Vision Gateway was created to be your starting point to access information on the World Wide Web related to the fields of low vision and blindness. The purpose is not to present one approach or bias but to provide access to all related information on the Internet.
- MedSupport MedSupport is dedicated to educating and assisting the disabled and their caregivers.
- Meeting Tomorrow Meeting Tomorrow rents audio visual equipment and computers for meetings and events nationwide. All of your equipment is delivered, and if you request, set up at your home, office, hotel or other meeting location.
- MSWatch Dedicated to helping manage multiple sclerosis, MSWatch is one of the largest online communities for people with MS and their CarePartners. Members have access to the latest information and research, answers from experts, and important tools that help manage multiple sclerosis.
- Multiple Sclerosis Central Multiple Sclerosis Central's philosophy is to provide pertinent and veritable information to our membership. We believe in the importance of offering features where our members can participate in an open and sincere manner.
- The National Association of Developmental Disabilities Councils Promotes national policy which enables individuals with developmental disabilities the opportunity to make choices regarding the quality of their lives and be included in the community.
- The National Center on Accessibility (NCA) Located at Indiana University's Bradford Woods, NCA provides technical assistance to organizations of all sizes who are designing and retrofitting their leisure areas and programs for accessibility.
- National MS Society For more than 55 years, the National MS Society has been one thing people with MS can count on: on a personal level and in the public arena. In 1946 -- before advocacy was a household word -- the National MS Society began advocating for people with multiple sclerosis.
- Our-Kids Our-Kids is a "Family" of parents, caregivers and others who are working with children with physical and/or mental disabilities and delays. We call the list "Our-Kids". Over 35 countries are represented on the list.
- RehabTeam Site Very informative on line handbooks for patients with SCI and TBI and their families. Also, manuals for Providers of SCI and TBI.
- Spinal Cord Injury: A Medical, Rehabilitative, and General Approach This site also looks at the effects of alcohol, especially as it applies to drinking and driving. Other disabilities are looked at on this page including Muscular Dystrophy, along with links to many other disabling conditions. Read excerpts below from a book I am writing on SCI as it pertains to my experiences as a person with an SCI.
- Sportaid Offers a wide variety of wheelchair and other mobility products.
- THINK FIRST The mission of the THINK FIRST Foundation is to prevent brain and spinal cord injuries through the education of individuals, community leaders and the creators of public policy. This upbeat program educates young people about personal vulnerability and risk taking. The message is that you can have a fun-filled, exciting life, without hurting yourself if you "THINK FIRST" and use your mind to protect your body.
- Through the Looking Glass Through the Looking Glass is a community non-profit organization which emerged from the disability independent living movement in 1982.
- United Cerebral Palsy's National Homepage While this site provides information on the programs and services of the nation's second largest health charity, it also offers a wealth of information on a variety of disability topics. What's New? Innovative Projects, Advocacy In Action, Research, Resource Center, Fund Raising, How You Can Help UCP, Marketplace, Discussion Groups, UCP Affiliates Only, Search.
- Used Home Medical Equipment A website dedicated to finding someone in your own neighborhood for your good quality used home medical equipment.
- World Institute on Disability (WID) The World Institute on Disability is a non-profit public policy center dedicated to the promotion of independence and full inclusion in society of people with disabilities. Founded in 1983 by leaders of the Independent Living/Civil Rights Movement for people with disabilities, WID is committed to bringing policy into action.
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