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Hearing Disabilities
Listen up on the Web Specializing in information for Deaf and the Hard
of Hearing – http://listen-up.org
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for Persons who are Deaf or
Hard of Hearing – http://www.uark.edu/depts/rehabres
The Deaf Arkansas Directory – http://dww.deafworldweb.org/int/us/ar
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) –
http://www.rid.org
National Association for the Deaf (NAD) –
http://www.nad.org
Deaf Resource Library – http://www.deaflibrary.org
Deaf Education – http://www.deafed.net
Self Help for Hard of Hearing People. –
http://www.shhh.org
Harris Communications (Products for people with hearing loss) – http://www.harriscomm.com
Blindness and Low Vision
Helen Keller services for the Blind – http://www.helenkeller.org
Division Services for the Blind – http://www.state.ar.us/dhs/dsb
Lions World Services for the Blind – http://www.lwsb.org
National Federation of the Blind – http://www.nfb.org
American Federation of the Blind – http://www.afb.org
American Printing House for the Blind – http://www.aph.org
Access-USA (Source for Brailled business cards) – http://www.access-usa.com
Brain Injury
The Disability Rights Center for Arkansas – http://www.advocacyservices.org
Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Association of Arkansas – http://www.ldaarkansas.org
Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities
Division of Mental Health Services (DMHS) in Arkansas –
http://www.state.ar.us/dhs/dmhs
Mental Health Council of Arkansas – http://www.mhca.org
Arkansas Department of Human Services Division of Developmental Disabilities
Services – http://www.state.ar.us/dhs/ddds
Administration on Developmental Disabilities– http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/add/
Arkansas People First– http://www.rcep6.org/PeopleFirst.htm
National Association of Developmental Disabilities Councils – http://www.naddc.org/
Center for the Study of Autism – http://www.autism.org/
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), Arkansas – http://ar.nami.org/index.htm
Arkansas Governor's Developmental Disabilities Council (DDC) – http://www.ddcouncil.org/
Information about Rights for Persons with Disabilities
New Freedom Initiative's Online Resource for Americans with Disabilities –
http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/
Wrightslaw- Up to date information about advocacy for children with disabilities
– http://www.wrightslaw.com
Disability Rights Center (DRC) of Arkansas – http://www.advocacyservices.org
Arkansas State Resources- Who to contact – http://www.nichcy.org/stateshe/ar.htm
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) –
http://www.eeoc.gov
People First- Self Advocacy for persons with Developmental disabilities –
http://www.rcep6.org/PeopleFirst.htm
The National Council on Disability – http://www.ncd.gov
Idea '97- the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997
– http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/Policy/IDEA/
The Arkansas Olmstead Coalition – http://www.aradvocate.com/Olmstead_coalition.html
Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) – http://www.sabeusa.org/
Support and Training Organizations for Persons
with Disabilities
Arkansas Disability Coalition – http://www.adcpti.org
The Ark of Arkansas – http://www.arcark.org
The Ark of the United States – http://www.thearc.org/
Mays Mission for the Handicapped – http://www.maysmission.org
Arkansas Rehabilitation Services- Training and Employment Services – http://www.arsinfo.org
Books, videotapes, etc, about dealing with disabilities in work and educational
environments. – http://prc.csun.edu/Content/Products.asp
Easter Seals – http://ar.easter-seals.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ARDR_homepage
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy – http://www.dol.gov/odep/programs/workforc.htm
JAN (Job Accommodation Network) – http://www.jan.wvu.edu/english/homeus.htm
Independent Living and Centers for Independent Living Resource Center –
http://www.rcep6.org/il.htm
Arkansas Independent Living Council – http://www.ailc-ar.org/
Bender Consulting Services: Helping disabled persons find jobs though technology
consulting – http://www.benderconsult.com/index2.html
Education
Special education in the State of Arkansas – http://arkedu.state.ar.us/directory/rr_special_education.html
DAIS- Disability Access Information & Support- A Resource for the higher
education community – http://janejarrow.com
Arkansas School for the Blind – http://www.arkansasschoolfortheblind.org
Arkansas School for the Deaf – http://www.state.ar.us/asd
Scholarship Search Engine – http://www.fastweb.com
Entrypoint! Internship Opportunities – http://www.entrypoint.org
National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) – http://ntidweb.rit.edu
Gallaudet University – http://www.gallaudet.edu
Association for Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) – http://www.ahead.org
ARK-AHEAD- Association for Higher Education and Disability in Arkansas – http://www.ualr.edu/~arkahead/
Disability Support Services in Arkansas Higher Education – http://www.ualr.edu/~arkahead/dssindex.htm
Postsecondary Education Programs Network – http://www.pepnet.org
University Affiliated Programs – http://www.uams.edu/uap/
EASI- National Center for Accessible E-learning – http://www.easi-elearn.org/
Assistive Technology
ICAN- Increasing Capabilities Access Network – http://www.arkansas-ican.org
Web site accessibility tool – http://www.cast.org/bobby
ReadPlease – http://www.readplease.com
Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic – http://www.rfbd.org
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped – http://www.loc.gov/nls
EASI- Equal Access to Software and Information – http://www.rit.edu/~easi/
General Resource Information
International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet –
http://www.icdri.org
Diversity Employment Solutions -- http://www.my-des.com/
More links – http://www.arsources.org/links.html
Arkansas Disability Resources – http://www.anythingarkansas.com/society/Disability.html
University of Tennessee College of Education Research page – http://www.coe.utk.edu/research
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities–
http://www.nichcy.org/
Examples of Universal Design
70’s Kitchen Makeover – http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_design_kitchen/article/0,,HGTV_3375_1369613,00.html
Universal Design Kitchens – http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_design_kitchen/article/0,,HGTV_3375_1395687,00.html
Universal Design – http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_design_kitchen/article/0,,HGTV_3375_1396254,00.html
Better Bathrooms – http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_design_bathroom/article/0,,HGTV_3365_1395696,00.html
Universal Design- Bath – http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_design_bathroom/article/0,,HGTV_3365_1394261,00.html
Safer Stairs – http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_design_universal_design/article/0,,HGTV_3385_1395703,00.html
Wheelchair Ramps – http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/ah_personal_care_safety/article/0,,HGTV_3149_1397397,00.html
Gardening with Help – http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/ah_personal_care_other/article/0,,HGTV_3148_1397753,00.html
Barrier-free Gardens – http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/ah_personal_care_other/article/0,,HGTV_3148_1390414,00.html
An “Aging” Home – http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/remodeling/article/0,,HGTV_3659_1384133,00.html
The Easy Living Home – http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_design_universal_design/article/0,,HGTV_3385_1373738,00.html
A Remodeling Couple – http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/rm_home_building_other/article/0,,HGTV_3727_1374791,00.html
Maximizing Space – http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_design_small_space/article/0,,HGTV_3382_1394778,00.html
Full Time Nomads – http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/ah_kids_family_other/article/0,,HGTV_3126_1396384,00.html
Miscellaneous
Arkansas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents – http://www.aanhr.org
Typewell educational transcription system – http://www.typewell.com
Disability graphics online – http://www.lareau.org/disgraph.html
Downloadable Braille and ASL (American Sign Language) fonts – http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/fonts.html
Help for persons who can’t afford Medicine – http://www.needymeds.com
Arkansas State CASA Organization – http://arkansascasa.org
Access Arkansas – http://www.state.ar.us
Social Security Online – http://www.ssa.gov
Administration for Children and Families – http://www.acf.dhhs.gov
FirstGov- Your first click to the US Government – http://www.firstgov.gov/
Arkansas Children's Hospital – http://www.archildrens.org/
Arkansas Department of Health – http://www.healthyarkansas.com/
Arkansas Department of Human Services – http://www.state.ar.us/dhs/dco/
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