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"ABLEDATA" - A federally funded project which provides information on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment available to consumers, organizations, professionals, and caregivers. www.abledata.com Alpha One - Links to Disability Resources - - Includes links relating to assistive technology, carpal tunnel syndrome, cognitive disabilities, commercial resources, computers and the internet, developmental disabilities, hearing disabilities, HIV/AIDS, independent living, legal resources, organizations, physical disabilities, 'potpourri' and visual disabilities. http://www.alpha-one.org/ Alternatives Unlimited, Inc., Career Resource Center: Alternatives’ Career Resource Center is a non-profit SEE (Services for Education and Employment) Program that provides employment and education services for individuals living in the Central Massachusetts area. We are a human service agency that provides individuals who have developmental or psychiatric disabilities with the skills and supports necessary to be successful and satisfied in the living, learning or working environment of their choice in the community. 140 Main St. Milford, MA, Tel: 508-473-2661, Fax 508-473-4040 The Arc of the United States - National Organization of and for people with mental retardation and related disabilities and their families. www.thearc.org/ Cape Cod Disability Access Directory - The Cape is a delightful place to visit, vacation or live, especially when you know where to go and what you can do. Making your time there easier, whether you are a person with a disability or simply looking for a more user-friendly, accessible environment, is what the Cape Cod Disability Access Directory is all about. http://www.capecoddisability.org/ . Center for Living and Working, Inc. -The non-profit independent living center serving people with disabilities in Central Massachusetts. Disability Access Symbols - The 12 symbols may be freely used to promote and publicize accessibility of places, programs and other activities for people with disabilities. You are encouraged to place these symbols next to relevant information in all publications and media. www.gag.org/resources-das/index.html disABILITY Information and Resources - Powerful resource links created by Jim Lubin, who, we understand, is a C2 quadriplegic, completely paralyzed from the neck down and dependent on a ventilator to breathe. We understand he used a keyboard / mouse emulator with a sip and puff switch to type morse codes so that he could create this web site. http://www.eskimo.com/~jlubin/disabled/ The Disability Law Center Massachusetts - DLC is responsible for protecting and advocating for the rights of MA residents with disabilities. DLC receives federal, state, and private funding but is not part of MA or federal government. DLC also receives support from other public and private sources to provide legal advocacy to protect the legal rights of people with disabilities. www.dlc-ma.org/ Esmerel's Collection of Disability Resources - Links to resources regarding adaptive technology, blindness, deafness, "List of Lists" of Resources, uncommon disability, specific disability, special interest, one-handed disability. Site includes mail, news and bulletin boards. http://www.esmerel.org/ Half the Planet: Site offers information, ideas, products and services for the adaptation community, including people with disabilities, families, friends, co-workers, employers, manufacturers, distributors, service providers, educators, legislators, regulators and advocates. http://www.halftheplanet.com/aboutus.cfm Kennedy-Donovan Center: This is a private, non-profit, human service agency offering individualized and community-based services to children, adults, and families with developemental disabilities. Their stated goal is to help those in need of their services to achieve their optimum level of self-advocacy, independence, and quality of life. Kevin Childs Disability Links - A private website geared towards providing people with disabilities access to information to assist them in accessing housing, educational, vocational, self-help, psychosocial, and legal resources. http://home.att.net/~kcisfree/ National Arts and Disability Center - - NADC is the national information dissemination, technical assistance and referral center specializing in the field of arts and disability. The NADC is dedicated to promoting full inclusion of children and adults with disabilities into the visual-, performing-, media, and literary-arts communities. http://nadc.ucla.edu/ National Organization on Disability - NOD promotes full and equal participation of America's 54 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life. NOD is funded entirely by private sector contributions. NOD is a national disability network organization concerned with all disabilities, all age groups and all disability issues. www.nod.org/ National Spinal Cord Injury Association - The Greater Boston Chapter of NSCIA helps people with spinal cord injury "rebuild their lives." The organization fosters a "can do" attitude with its nationally renowned peer visitation program, where individuals with previous injuries go back and help others with new injuries. It provides grass roots advocacy, access to resources, and assistance on all issues of living with paralysis. http://www.sciboston.com/ New England ADA Technical Assistance Center - One of ten regional disability and business technical assistance centers funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). The Center is a project of Adaptive Environments, Inc., a nonprofit organization. The Center's goal is to facilitate voluntary and effective compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. http://adaptiveenvironments.org/neada/ The Resource Partnership is a non-profit corporation that is dedicated to the employment of people with disabilities in Massachusetts. The partnership is committed to the eradication of the misconceptions that surround their employment. www.resourcepartnership.org Tips for Accessible Travel - Travel by people with disabilities, also known as "accessible travel," is on the rise. Of the nearly 50 million people considered to be disabled in the U.S. alone, approximately 75% travel. The travel industry is finally waking up to disabled travelers' special needs, and the sheer abundance of information on accessible travel is astounding. Much of it generated by disabled travelers. http://aolsvc.independenttraveler.aol.com/travel/resources/article.cfm?AID=81&category=11 VERIZON
Center for Customers with Disabilities - The BACCD can serve you
if you have difficulty using a telephone because of a disability.
VIBUG, Visually Impaired and Blind User Group, Boston - Dedicated to advancing access by visually impaired and blind persons to the world of computer applications. Its mission is to exchange information and advice among visually impaired computer users and expand computer literacy within the visually impaired community--especially the use of computers to overcome limitations of visual impairment. www.vibug.org/ Home |