Professional society for individuals and organizations interested in technology and disability. Supports the development, dissemination, and utilization of knowledge and practice pertaining to rehabilitation and assistive technology so that all citizens can achieve the highest quality of life.
ILS Independent Living Source Guide to selecting Assistive Technology, switches and products. ILS goal is to enable and transform everyday life by providing quality assistive living products and technologies that meet our customer's unique and special needs while creating independence and increasing the quality of life everyone deserves.
Not for profit organization that provides dolphin assisted therapy to children with critical illnesses, disabilities and special needs from all over the world.
Empowering and educating people with disabilities. The mission of EmpowerTech is to educate, train, support, and empower people with physical and developmental disabilities through assistive technology (AT).
Serves Kentucky residents of all ages with disabilities of all types, their families, employers and employment service providers, educators, health care and social service providers, and others seeking information about assistive technology (AT) and accessible information technology. Four Regional Resources Centers provide device demonstrations and short-term loan of assistive technology devices for up to six weeks.
Assitive technology vendor covering Virginia, West Virginia, Washington D.C., and North Carolina. Provides expert knowledge and training in the areas of Consultation and evalution for Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) Speech Generating Devices and
accessories. Language development training and assistance for AAC users and their support teams. Recommendations for funding support for purchasing a speech generating device"
NCTI National Center for Technology Innovation - Advancing Technology Innovations for all students - Assists researchers, developers and entrepreneurs in creating innovating learning tools for all students, with special focus on students with disabilities
Indiana University - University Information Techology servies - Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers. Hedlines and excerpts of the latest news in accessibility, adaptive technology and assistive devices
Provides a wide range of resources on assistive and instructional technologies, from introductory fact sheets through CEU's for practitioners and educators.
The mission of the Waisman Center, University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) is to support the full inclusion and self determination of people with developmental disabilities and their families through:development of personnel qualified to provide services in the health, education, and social service systems provision of services, technical assistance and the dissemination of information, improvement of assessment, service and support approaches, contribution of new knowledge about the causes and prevention of developmental disabilities, the impact of disabilities on individuals and families, and the efficacy of different assessment, intervention and support methods.
The NACDD serves as the national voice of State and Territorial Councils on Developmental disability. Supports councils in implementing the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act and promoting the interests and rights of people with developmental disabilities and their families
The National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) is the nonprofit membership organization for the federally mandated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Systems and Client Assistance Programs (CAP) for individuals with disabilities. Collectively, the P&A/CAP network is the largest provider of legally based advocacy services to people with disabilities in the United States.