Area Links:

Local Medical Supply Resources: (click here to enter)

Because we're often asked for information about local medical suppliers, we've developed the Local Medical Supply Resources page with contact and location information about various local suppliers of medical services and supplies.

Transportation: (click here to enter)

This section includes information on both getting around Albany and long-range transportation to and from the City of Albany.

Assistive Technology web sites

There are many programs/devices on the market - -these are just a few representative web resources and are not endorsements

Vision Connection - http://www.lighthouse.org/medical

Assistive Technology - http://www.enablemart.com/default.aspx?store=10

AlphaSmart http://www.alphasmart.com/

Learning Independence through computers http://www.linc.org/voicesw.html

Premier Assistive Technology http://www.premier-programming.com/home.htm

Kurzweil http://www.kurzweiledu.com/

Dragon Naturally Speaking http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/

Career/ Internship /Work web sites

Ticket to Work http://www.yourtickettowork.com/

Job Accommodation Net

Entry point www.entrypoint.org/

Mobility International MIUSA miusa.org/

World Institute on Disability  www.wid.org/

Jobs for the Disabled Task Force  www.frankdevlyn.org/disabled/

Government web sites

Office of Civil Rights home page for rulings and information

http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/topics.html

ADA Homepage

ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and facilities http://www.access-board.gov/adaag/html/adaag.htm

ADA Document Portal http://www.adaportal.org/

ADA Guide For Small Towns

The ADA And City Governments - Common Problems

ADA Regulation & Technical Assistance

ADA Watch

United States Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml?src=a

Ideas that work – US Office of Special Education Programs http://www.osepideasthatwork.org/toolkit/ta_bibliography.asp

Department Of Justice

Disability Info.gov http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=5195

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

HAVA Informational Site

Office of Civil Rights Federal Transit Admin.

Project Civic Access

NYState Education Resources

Information sources

Disability Access Information and Support http://www.daisweb.com/

Center for Research on Learning – University of Kansas http://das.kucrl.org/materials.shtml

Society for Disability Studies http://www.uic.edu/orgs/sds/

ADD Resources, Your doorway to new possibilities

The Interactive Guide to Learning Disabilities

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder

Hello Friend

Cyberwink

Organizations:

ADDvance Answers to your questions about ADD/ADHD http://www.addvance.com/

American Association Of People With Disabilities

American Psychological Association http://www.apa.org/

Attention Deficit Disorder Association http://www.add.org/

ADD Resources http://www.addresources.org/

AHEAD Association for Higher Education and Disability http://www.ahead.org/

Deaf Nation http://www.deafnation.com/

Deaf Resource Library http://www.deaflibrary.org/

Listing of disability Organizations and resources on one web page http://www.makoa.org/org.htm

National Federation of the Blind http://www.nfb.org/nfb/default.asp?SnID=1759022407

National Council on Disability

National Organization on Disability

National Association of the Deaf http://www.nad.org/site/pp.asp?c=foINKQMBF&b=91587

National Resource Center on Learning Disabilities http://www.nrcld.org/

Sources for electronic or audio books:

Bookshare http://www.bookshare.org/web/Welcome.html

Page by Page – Read classic books on line free http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/

Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic http://www.rfbd.org/

121 Books http://www.121books.org/

American Association of Publishers web site on Higher Education and Electronic Formats http://www.publishers.org/highered/index.cfm