| Here are a few of the web sites assisting students with special needs, their parents and teachers. The sites cover disability/ability information as well as adaptive technology resources. | ||||||
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Educators |
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| Autism Speaks | ||||||
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http://www.autismspeaks.org
Offers visual portrayals of students with autism and then shows a comparative video of a student without autism performing the same activity. The intent is early recognition. |
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| The Center for New Discoveries in Learning | ||||||
| http://www.howtolearn.com/
How to Learn Anything (for parents and teachers) |
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| Council for Exceptional Children | ||||||
| http://www.cec.sped.org/
"The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted." |
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| The CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) | ||||||
| http://ncam.wgbh.org/
"a research and development facility that works to make media accessible to underserved populations such as disabled persons, minority-language users, and people with low literacy skills" |
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| disABILITY Information and Resources | ||||||
| http://www.makoa.org/
Huge list of links for a variety of resources |
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| Educator Bookmarks: The New York Institute for Special Education | ||||||
| http://www.nyise.org/start.htm
The name of the site says it all. |
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| Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC) | ||||||
| http://www.irsc.org/
"The IRSC is a non-profit web site, which has been providing parents, educators, medical professionals, and caregivers with information regarding children with disABILITIES for three years now." |
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| LD OnLine | ||||||
| http://ldonline.org/
Interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers and children — includes discussion groups |
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| National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education through Technology, Media and Materials (NCIP) | ||||||
| http://www2.edc.org/NCIP/
LARGE collection of resources and links |
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| National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System (NECTAS) | ||||||
| http://www.nectas.unc.edu
NECTAS is a national technical assistance consortium working to support states, jurisdictions, and others to improve services and results for young children with disabilities and their families. |
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| NICHCY National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities | ||||||
| http://www.nichcy.org/
The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities |
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| Ohio Department of Education--Office for Exceptional Children | ||||||
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http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?Page=3&TopicRelationID=15&ContentID=11843&Content=23929
Ohio Department of Education information for children with disabilities. |
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| Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) | ||||||
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http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html?src=mr
Information from the U.S. Department of Education |
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| ORCLISH (Ohio Resource Center for Low Incidence and Severely Handicapped) | ||||||
| http://www.transpartisanmeshworks.org/port.gov/Orclish,_Ohio_(education_service_agency)
Serves parents and educators of school-age students with low incidence and severe disabilities. - works with the Special Education Regional Resource Centers (SERRCs) |
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| Ohio SERRC Centers--Resources and Tools for Students with Diabilities | ||||||
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http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEPrimary.aspx?page=2&TopicRelationID=981
Under Ohio's State Plan submitted in accordance with P.L. 94-142, part of the discretionary portion of Title Vl-B is used to fund the Special Education Regional Resource Center (SERRC) network system. This statewide mechanism was designed to develop and implement services and priorities in keeping with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), formerly called the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA). |
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| Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) | ||||||
| http://seriweb.com/
"A collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education." |
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| TeachingLD | ||||||
| http://www.teachingld.org/default.cfm
A service of the Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) of the Council for Exceptional Children—"Information & Resources for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilties." |
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Parents |
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| Braille Bug Site (for children from AFB) | ||||||
| http://www.afb.org/braillebug/
Information about Braille for children with a section for Parents and Teachers |
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| The Center for New Discoveries in Learning | ||||||
| http://www.howtolearn.com/
How to Learn Anything (for parents and teachers) |
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| disABILITY Information and Resources | ||||||
| http://www.makoa.org/
Huge list of links for a variety of resources |
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| Does My Child Have Special Needs? | ||||||
| http://www.cicc4kids.org/dmc_home.asp?f=cicc
Information from the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring. |
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| Family Village: A Global a Global Community of Disability-Related Resources | ||||||
| http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
"A global community that integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their families, and for those that provide them services and support" |
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| IDEA Practices Home Page | ||||||
| http://www.ideapractices.org/
"This site answers questions about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, keeps you informed about IDEAs That Work" |
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| LD OnLine | ||||||
| http://ldonline.org/
Interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers and children — includes discussion groups |
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| NICHCY National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities | ||||||
| http://www.nichcy.org/
The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities |
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| Office for Exceptional Children | ||||||
| http://www.ode.state.oh.us/se/default.htm
Ohio Department of Education information for children with disabilities. |
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| ORCLISH (Ohio Resource Center for Low Incidence and Severely Handicapped) | ||||||
| http://www.transpartisanmeshworks.org/port.gov/Orclish,_Ohio_(education_service_agency)
Serves parents and educators of school-age students with low incidence and severe disabilities - works with the Special Education Regional Resource Centers (SERRCs) |
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| PACER Center | ||||||
| http://www.pacer.org/
Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights — "The mission of PACER Center is to expand opportunities and enhance the quality of life of children and young adults with disabilities and their families, based on the concept of parents helping parents." |
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| Parents, Inc.: Families Assisting Families of Children with Disabilities | ||||||
| http://www.parentsinc.org/
PARENTS is a partnership of Alaska families with disabilities that provides support, training resources, and advocacy statewide; however, this site contains relative information for people living in other states. |
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| Parentpals.com | ||||||
| http://www.parentpals.com/index2.html
Special Education Guide for parents and professionals |
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| SERI - Special Education Resources on the Internet | ||||||
| http://seriweb.com/
"This collection exists in order to make on-line Special Education resources more easily and readily available in one location" |
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| Ohio SERRC Centers--Resources and Tools for Students with Diabilities | ||||||
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http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEPrimary.aspx?page=2&TopicRelationID=981
Under Ohio's State Plan submitted in accordance with P.L. 94-142, part of the discretionary portion of Title Vl-B is used to fund the Special Education Regional Resource Center (SERRC) network system. This statewide mechanism was designed to develop and implement services and priorities in keeping with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), formerly called the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA). |
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Organizations |
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| Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities (CCLD) | ||||||
| http://www.aboutld.org | ||||||
| Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD) | ||||||
| http://www.cldinternational.org | ||||||
| Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) | ||||||
| http://www.dldcec.org | ||||||
| The International Dyslexia Association (IDA) | ||||||
| http://www.interdys.org | ||||||
| Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) | ||||||
| http://www.LDAAmerica.org | ||||||
| National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) | ||||||
| http://www.LD.org | ||||||
| Schwab Learning, a program of the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation | ||||||
| http://www.schwablearning.org | ||||||
Technology 'Software' |
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| access.adobe.com | ||||||
| http://access.adobe.com/
a resource designed to help people with visual disabilities work more effectively with Adobe® Acrobat® software and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files |
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| AccessABLE | ||||||
| http://www.skally.net/accessAble.html Building Accessible Web Pages |
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| Bobby | ||||||
| http://www.cast.org/bobby/
Bobby is a tool for Web page authors. It will help them identify changes to their pages needed so users with disabilities can more easily use their Web pages. |
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| CAST: National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum | ||||||
| http://www.cast.org/
This site serves as a model for the implementation of Universal Design for Learning ™ (UDL) on the World Wide Web. CAST uses technology to expand opportunities for all people. |
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| EASI | ||||||
| http://www.rit.edu/~easi/
Equal Access to Software and Information |
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| Microsoft | ||||||
| http://www.microsoft.com/enable/
Microsoft Accessibility Technology for Everyone |
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| National Center for Accessible Media | ||||||
| http://ncam.wgbh.org/
"Dedicated to achieving media access equality for people with disabilities." |
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| NCIP: National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education through Technology, Media and Materials | ||||||
| http://www2.edc.org/NCIP/links.htm#tech
Technology and disability resources |
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| Tips for Making Your Web Site Accessible | ||||||
| http://www.blind.state.ia.us/access/tips.htm
Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 |
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| W3C | ||||||
| http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/full-checklist.html
from Iowa Department for the Blind |
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| Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) | ||||||
| http://www.w3.org/WAI/about.html
This site covers five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach, and research and development. "The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect."-- Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web |
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| WebABLE! | ||||||
| http://www.webable.com/
"At WebABLE, our mission is to make the Internet and World Wide Web accessible to people with disabilities. To accomplish this mission, we provide accessibility technology and services to corporate, government, educational, and non-profit clients." |
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Technology 'Hardware' |
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| ABLEDATA | ||||||
| http://www.abledata.com/
Source for information on assistive technology |
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| Closing the Gap | ||||||
| http://www.closingthegap.com/
Computer Technology in Special Education and Rehabilitation |
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| Microsoft | ||||||
| http://www.microsoft.com/enable/
Microsoft Accessibility Technology for Everyone |
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| NCIP: National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education through Technology, Media and Materials | ||||||
| http://www2.edc.org/NCIP/links.htm#tech
Technology and disability resources |
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| WebABLE! | ||||||
| http://www.webable.com/
"At WebABLE, our mission is to make the Internet and World Wide Web accessible to people with disabilities. To accomplish this mission, we provide accessibility technology and services to corporate, government, educational, and non-profit clients." |
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