Provides information on disability laws and other subjects available to download and listen to, as well as podcast transcripts to read. Information covered includes the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Air Carrier Access Act, the Ticket to Work program, the Fair Housing Act and other laws and programs that support the rights and independence of people with disabilities.

DBTAC National Network of ADA Centers: Training - ADA course - Events and Web -based Online Events - Training Requests and Questions. Contact DBTAC: ADA Center at (800) 949-4232 (voice/tty) for questions or requests for training customized to the needs of your group, agency or company on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and disability-related topics. Offered in various formats to meet diverse learning styles and individual needs,alternate formats for materials are available upon request.

News - disability arts online - Disability Arts Online "DAO" showcases disability and deaf arts, profiles artists and offers informative critical evaluation, serving the development of disability arts in the UK and worldwide. dao is fuelled by disabled and deaf artists, performers, writers and musicians working across art forms with a passion for saying something relevant about disability and impairment.

Responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. It is also illegal to discriminate against a person because the person complained about discrimination, filed a charge of discrimination, or participated in an employment discrimination investigation or lawsuit.

Bi-monthly update about the Civil Rights Division's activities in the area of disability rights. The Division enforces laws prohibiting discrimination based on disability in employment, housing, access to businesses serving the public, access to government programs and services including voting and public transportation, and unconstitutional conditions in institutions of confinement.

Disabled World - Disabled World Community Newsletter - Disability and Health News

Built on the concept that in order for people with disabilities to be free they have to be politically and economically empowered. People. Power. Progress . More than 400 presentations on disability issues.ThisAbled.Com provides readers with progressive content and cutting edge reporting. This website will not shy away from touchy or controversial subjects. Offers readers a chance to express their views and make connections in the Forum.

Institute on Disabilities - Temple Uiversity - Pennsylvania's Assistive Technology Lending Library

Provides tools to help Marylanders with disabilities and seniors enjoy the same rights and opportunities as other citizens. These tools are called "assistive technology" or "AT". Assistive Technology (AT) is any item needed to live, work or learn more independently. The program provides a streamlined service of product information, consultation, and resource assistance in order to make assistive technology more available, affordable and usable for Marylanders with disabilities and seniors.

Project of The Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA). Operates the Technical Assistance Project under a new grant from the Rehabilitation Services Administration, U.S. Department of Education.

AFB AccessWorld - News, publications, reviews. Technology for People who are Blind or Visually Impaired

New web site featuring articles written by award winning columnist John Williams. Mr. Williams has been writing about disability issues since 1978 and coined the phrase "Assistive Technology". Also featured are articles written by guest columnists and introductions to new technologies that provide readers with additional insight into the field of Assistive Technology."

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.

Increases access to assistive technology in North Dakota by engaging in activities that raise awareness, disseminate information, provide training and dssessments, work with policy makers, loan equipment for trial-use, and demonstrate assistive technology (AT) devices to individuals of all ages with disabilities and those experiencing the effects of aging throughout the state. IPAT increases AT acquisition by making available a used equipment bulletin board and an alternative financial loan program specific to the purchase of AT devices and services. Delivers servics to people with disabiilities can get the assistive technology they need for work, school and home.

The Enable Newsletter is prepared by the United Nations Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (SCRPD) hosted by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). Input has been received from by UN offices, agencies, funds and programmes, as well as from civil society. It is also available on-line at: http://www.un.org/disabilities.

Located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Mobility Sports designs, builds and distributes hand crafted adapted sports equipment. Our primary focus is sled hockey equipment and sled hockey sticks, but we have built a few custom chairs as well. Involved in manufacturing and distributing assistive technologies. Specializes in augmentative and alternative communication, environmental control systems, and alternative computer access. Offers a wide range of technology products

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"

"Adaptivation manufactures and carries lite tech products for people with mild to severe and multiple disabilities."

Yellow Pages - Database of federally funded technology related projects, directors, funders and vendors

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