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- Closing The Gap
- This Henderson, Minnesota company is well-known for their annual conference featuring nearly every assistive technology vendor that's around. They also publish a Closing the Gap newsletter which, again, focuses on assistive technology. Through their web site, you can request a free sample of their newsletter, subscribe to it, and access their on-line resource library which has many articles on such subjects as obtaining funding for assistive technology, language development, and learning styles. You can also order their Resource Directory, a 250 page, tabloid size guide to thousands of commercially available hardware and software products and organizations that serve people with special needs. This directory costs $14.95 or is free with a subscription to their newsletter.
- Distance Learning course in Adaptive Computer Technology
- This is a course sponsored by the University of Washington that will be held over the Internet. Its intended audience is rehabilitation counselors, physical therapists, occupational therapists, teachers in K-12 and post-secondary education, librarians, and educational technologists. Its curriculum will include: understanding the benefits of adaptive computer technology, identifying the costs of adaptation and funding sources, understanding the federal laws related to disability accommodation, and designing a physical environment.
- EASI's K to 12 Education Technology Centre
- The part of the EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) site features information about adaptive technology devices, how their use can be incorporated in an inclusion setting, how purchases can be funded, sample goals and objectives for an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and more.
- Empowerment Zone
- The Empowerment Zone is the home page of Jamal Mazrui, a blind man in the Boston area who is well-known from his work with the Boston Computer Society and speeches at Perkins conferences. This section offers an abundance of information on such topics as: "Computers, Technology and Disability," "Strategies for funding assistive technology through collaboration," and "Using Knowledge and Technology to Improve the Quality of Life for Individuals who have Disabilities."
- Handbook for Funding Assistive Technology
- This 1992 publication was published by the Rehabilitation Engineering Center (REC) at the Electronic Industries Foundation (EIF).
- Questions to ask in choosing adaptive technology
- An article by Kelly Pierce
- The Right Stuff: How to choose appropriate Adapted Technology
- An article by Kelly Pierce
- Resource Guide to Federal Funding for Technology in Education
- This page lists various sources available to fund assistive technology in education, such as: Department of Education, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Department of Commerce, NASA, U.S. Department of Defense-Advanced Research Projects Agency, etc.
- Screen Magnifiers Page
- This page is maintained by Peter Verhoeven and is a collection of information about various screen magnifier software for individuals with low vision. He tells you the pros and cons of the software, as observed through his own testing of it.
- Blind and Disabilities Resource Programs
- This site offers links to many assistive technology programs that can be downloaded, such as a large character directory lister and speech-friendly versions of: a name and address database, a checkbook manager, a phone dialer, a timer, etc.
- Virtual Assistive Technology Center
- Denise Lance, a doctoral student in special education at the University of Kansas, offers this page which has several links to free and shareware (try before you buy) software for people with disabilities using a Macintosh or Windows PC. It also offers some good descriptions of books about assistive technology.
- Your Evaluator and Dealer
- An article by Kelly Pierce which discusses how to choose a good dealer or evaluator for your assistive technology purchase.
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