Consumer Resources
Blindness-Related Links
Abacus:
http://home.europa.com/~paulg/abacus.history.html
For a history of
the abacus.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/concepts/
For a lesson using
the abacus.
http://www.tsbvi.edu/math/
abacusinfo.htm
For information
on the abacus from
Texas School for
the Blind (TSBVI).
http://www.tsbvi.edu/math/
abacus-packet.htm
For TSBVIís abacus
packet.
http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/abacus
Build a Lego abacus.
Abilitations, Inc.
(adaptive equipment for recreation,
therapy and movement):
http://www.abilitations.com
Ablenet, Inc.:
http://www.ablenetinc.com/home.html
Abledata Database of Assistive Technology:
http://www.abledata.com/Site_2/ Default.htm
http://www.abledata.com/text2/
prod_type.htm
Search by product type.
About Blindness:
http://home.about.com/health/
hubsearch.htm?terms
Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation
and Education Professionals:
http://www.acvrep.org
Accelerated Reader:
http://www.renlearn.com/ar/
howitworks.htm
Access 20/20 Braille, Large Print, Audio
and Disk Access Services:
http://www.access2020.com
Access Art:
http://tours.daytonartinstitute.org/accessart
Access Board Accessibility Guidelines
and Standards:
http://www.access-
board.gov/indexes/accessindex.htm
Access Technology Institute:
http://www.accesstechnologyinstitute.com
Access U.S.A. Alternate Media Access Service
(including signage):
http://www.access-usa.com
AccessWorld® Technology and People with Visual Impairments: http: www.afb.org/aw
Accessibility Resources Online:
http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/cbvh/cbvh801.htm
Accessible by Design Web Access Site:
http://www.iqnetcom.com/iqtechnology5.asp
Accessible CD-ROM, DVD, Web, and Other
Learning Media:
http://ncam.wgbh.org
http://www.hisoftware.com/access/
msAccEssDays.html
Accessible Games Book:
http://members.tripod.com/
Marl author's site.
http://www.allheart.com/1853028304.html
Purchase from Allheart.
Accessible Graphing Calculators:
http://dots.physics.orst.edu/
~gardner/gardner_j_calculator1.htm
http://dots.physics.orst.edu/agc.html
http://dots.physics.orst.edu/calculator
http://www.tsbvi.edu/math/graph-calc.htm
Features large display
scientific calculator.
Accessible Textbooks:
http://www.aph.org/atic/index.html
http://www.tsbvi.edu/textbooks/textbook.htm
Accessible Web Design:
(see also Access Board, American Council of the Blind accessible
documents guidelines, A-Prompt, Approved Sites by Bobby/CAST, Constructing
Accessible Web Sites, EASI, Information Technology Technical
Assistance and Training Center (ITTAC), Macromedia, National Center
for Accessible Media, Readers with Visual Impairments, Section 508,
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (W3CĆ), WebAble and XML (Web)
Accessibility):
http://www.ahead.ie/acc/acc_html.html
http://www.hisoftware.com/access/
msAccEssDays.html
Accessible Web Tools:
http://www.tsbvi.edu/technology/tools.htm
Accommodations for College Students with
Disabilities:
http://das.kucrl.org/iam/Ensuring.html
Accommodations in Statewide Tests for
Students with Visual Impairments:
http://www.nybeacons.org/nytest.html
http://www.education.umn.edu/NCEO
Accredited College and University Professional
Preparation Programs:
http://www.aerbvi.org/certification/
universities.htm
and
http://www.tsbvi.edu/pds/
collaboration.html
ADA Compliant Signs (see also Braille
Signage):
http://www.tactilesignage.com
ADA for College Students:
http://das.kucrl.org/iam/
studentdis.html#3
ADA Homepage, Department of Justice:
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/
adahom1.htm
ADA Requirements for Truncated Domes (Detectable
Warnings on Wheelchair Ramps):
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/
bikeped/dwm.htm
Adaptive PE:
http://www.nfb.org/fr/fr6/frw0113.htm
http://www.svrc.solind.net.au/PE.html
http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/toronto
2002/sports.htm
Adaptive Technologies for Learning and
Work Environments:
http://www.joelazzaro.com
ATC (Adaptive Technology Consulting):
http://www.adaptivetech.net
Adaptive Technology Resource Center:
http://www.utoronto.ca/atrc/index.html
home page, and
http://www.utoronto.ca/atrc/reference/
links/leducation.html
Digital Libraries
for electronic libraries.
Advocacy Consortium for College Students
with Disabilities:
http://www.ggw.org/~advocacy
consortium
AER Books and Resources:
http://www.aerbvi.org/publications/
books.htm
AFB Textbooks and Instructional Materials
Solutions Forum:
http://www.afb.org/info_document
_view.asp+
Agencies for Blind and Visually Impaired
People:
http://info.rnib.org.uk/Agencies/allagencies.htm
A Guide to Making Documents Accessible
to People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired:
http://www.anybrowser.org/
campaign/abdesign.html
AIRCVH Membership Directory:
http://www.tsbvi.edu/textbooks/
afb/airc.htm
Albinism:
http://www.svrc.solind.net.au/tipsforteachers.html
http://www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis/vision.html
Alliance for Technology Access:
http://www.ataccess.org
Alternate Assessment for Students with
Severe Disabilities (NYS):
http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/
alterassessment/home.html
Alternate Format Legislation (NYS):
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?ch=377
Alternative Format Guidance Memo:
http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/timely.htm
American Academy of Ophthalmology:
http://www.aao.org
American Academy of Optometry:
http://www.aaopt.org
American Council of the Blind:
http://acb.org
for homepage,
http://acb.org/magazine/index.html
For The Braille
Forum.
http://acb.org/affiliates/index.html
for contacts For
National Alliance of
Blind Students (NABS)
and
National Association
of Blind Teachers.
http://acb.org/acbjobs/index.html
For ACB Job Bank.
http://acb.org/resolutions/res2000.html
For legislation
resolutions.
http://www.acb.org/accessible-formats.html
Accessible document
guidelines.
Any Browser Campaign for Accessible Web Design:
http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign
American Printing House for the Blind:
http://www.aph.org
Home
http://www.aph.org/custom/index.html
Accessible Textbook
Initiative and Collaboration
(ATIC)
http://www.aph.org/louis.htm
Louis database of
accessible materials
http://www.aph.org/fh/index.html
Fredís Head database
of tips
and techniques
American Sports Association of Blind Athletes:
http://www.ASABA.org
Approved Sites by Bobby/CAST:
http://www.cast.org/Bobby/
A-Prompt (Web Accessibility Demo for Web
Authors):
http://aprompt.snow.utoronto.ca/overview.htm
The ARC of the United States:
http://www.thearc.org/index.htm
Artic Technologies:
http://www.artictech.com
Assessment (State):
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/assess.html
Assistive Technology Funding and Transfer:
http://trecenter.org/xfermemo.htm
Assistive Technology Quality Indicators:
http://sweb.uky.edu/~jszaba0/QIATmatrix.PDF
Atlas Talking Maps and GPS (Global Positioning
System):
http://www.senderogroup.com/atlas.htm
Australian Statewide Vision Resource Center:
http://www.svrc.solind.net.au
Autism and Visual Impairment:
http://www.focusfamilies.org/
focus/newsletter/Focal_point_Fall.pdf
Automotive Safety Issues for Persons with
Disabilities:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/adaptivemotor.html
ASA/Noise Ultrasonic Eyeglasses for the
Blind (Leslie Kay):
http://www.acoustics.org/press/140th/kay.htm
Assessment Compendium: Instruments for
Assessing the Skills and Interests of Individuals with Visual Impairments:
http://www.lighthouse.org/assessment/
Assistive Technology Training Online:
http://at-training.com/registered/default.asp
and
http://at-training.com/registered/Resources
Product database.
AssistiveTech.net Online Resource for
Assistive Technology:
http://www.assistivetech.net/index.cfm
Association on Higher Education and Disability
(AHEAD):
http://www.ahead.org
Bat Cane from Sound Alert:
http://www.soundalert.com/announcements18.htm
Beep Baseball:
http://www.nbba.org
Behavior Advisor:
http://www.behavioradvisor.com
Benetech Technology to Benefit People
with Disabilities:
(see also http://www.Bookshare.org):
http://www.benetech.org
Biggy-Light (and other) Large Cursors:
http://www.rjcooper.com/biggy-light/
http://rbx.de/big-cursors
for rabe's Big-Cursors
http://www.cometcursor.com
or
www.comics.com
For the Free Comet
Cursor.
Bioptic Driving in the U.S. and Abroad:
http:www.BiOpticDriving.org
Bitstream Converts Scanned Images into
Editable Adobe PostScript Line Art:
http://www.adobe.com/
products/streamline/main.html
Blind and Low Vision Products (Abledata):
http://www.abledata.com/text2/
SensoryDisabilities.htm#BLIND
http://www.abledata.com/text2/blind_
and_low_vision.htm
Orientation for
O&M.
Blind Artists:
Ann Gazzelle.
Email is agazelle@gcfn.org
http://www.blindartist.com
Lisa Fittipaldi's
website.
http://www.seeinguthrough.com
See also Michael
Naranjo.
Blind Audio Tactile Mapping System:
http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/assist/bats
http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~djacobso/
haptic/hapticmain.html
Blind Babies Foundation:
http://www.blindbabies.org
Blind Children's Fund:
http://www.blindchildrensfund.org
Blind Home Schoolers Listserv:
http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/blindhomeschooler/
Blind Initiative Guidelines NASDSE:
http://www.nasdse.org/blind_
initiatives_guidelines.htm
Blind Online News Service International:
http://www.redwhiteandblue.org/
news/BONSMENU.HTM
Blind Student's Literacy Rights and Education
Act:
http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/
lsn/rtoolp7.htm
Blindness-Related Emailing List (BLIST)
A Comprehensive Listing:
http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/blist.html
Blindness Resource Center at NY Institute
for Special Education:
http://www.nyise.org/blind.htm
Includes the following
links, among others:
http://www.nyise.org/eye.htm
For eye conditions.
http://www.nyise.org/blindness.htm
For resource sites
on blindness.
http://www.nyise.org/braille.
htm#transcription
For transcription
services.
Blind Readers Page:
http://www.execpc.com/~wgraczyk/blndrdrs.html
Blindskills, Inc.:
http://www.blindskills.com
BlindSoftware.com (downloadable):
http://www.blindsoftware.com/index.asp
Books/Reading E-mailing Listserv for Blind
or Visually Impaired Readers:
http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/books/list.html
Bookshare.org Digital Books without Borders:
http://www.bookshare.org/
web/Welcome.html
http://www.bookshare.org/web/
AboutOrganizations.html#2cost
For organizational
accounts
and subscribers.
Braille 2000 Transcription Programs:
http://www.c-a-s.com/brl2000
Braille Authority of North America (BANA):
http://www.brailleauthority.org
Braille Book Files to Download from TSBVI:
http://www.tsbvi.edu/braille/
braillebooks.htm
Braille Bug® A children's educational and game web site about braille and its history. http://www.afb.org/braillebug
The Braille Connection Program for Adventitiously
Blinded Students:
http://www.aph.org/products/braillc.html
Braille Development Section of the National
Library Service (NLS), Certification as a Braille Transcriber Proofreader:
http://www.loc.gov/nls/bds.html
Braille FUNdamentals Curriculum:
http://www.tsbvi.edu/
publications/braille.htm
Braille Institute of America:
http://www.brailleinstitute.org
Braille Instruction Resources:
http://www.education.bham.ac.uk/research/victar/
Braille Is Beautiful:
http://www.nfb.org/bibsite/bibenter.htm
Braille Jewelry:
http://www.braillejewelry.com
Braille Music Transcription:
http://www.chpi.org/brlmusic.htm
BrailleNote Notetaker from Pulse Data
International:
http://www.braillenote.com/index.cfm
Braille Notetaker Repair:
http://computerassistivetech.com
Braille Novel-T's:
http://www.braillenovelts.com
Braille on the IEP, IDEA
(PL 105-17) Regulations:
http://www.nfb.org/law/braliep.htm
Braille.org
International Braille Research Center:
http://www.braille.org
Includes the following,
among other links:
http://www.braille.org/#LIST
Facts about braille,
including history.
http://www.braille.org/braille_books
Electronic Braille
book library.
http://www.braille.org/papers/index.htm
Braille code and
instruction resources.
Braille Printers from Enabling Technologies:
http://www.brailler.com/index.htm
Braille Proofreader's Font for Sighted
Persons:
http://www.dotlessbraille.org/prooffont.htm
Braille Reading Learning Standards (Washington
State):
http://www.geocities.com/dmehlenbacher/rubric.htm
Braille Reading Speed Measurement:
http://www.szp.swets.nl/szp/journals/vi013131.htm
Braille Review:
http://www.vhighline.net/braille
Braille Revival League and Web Sites on
Braille:
http://www.hgea.org/~mota/braille.htm
Braille Signs:
http://www.asisignsystems.com
http://www.seton.com
http://www.elevatorbraille.com
http://www.media-ada.com
Braille Through Remote Learning (BRL):
http://www.brl.org
Braille Transcribers' Listserv:
BrailleTranscribers@egroups.com
Braille Transcribing (Liz Gray):
http://www.tusc.net/~lizgray/index.html
Braille Transcription Resource List from
National Federation of the Blind (NFB):
http://www.nfb.org/braille/braltran.htm
Camera Obscura Blindess Related Resources
(including):
http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/index.html
A VERY comprehensive
list!
http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/books/
Read 'em and Speak
comprehensive
listing of resources
for e-text and other
accessible reading
materials.
Campanian Society (cultural, educational
and travel activities):
http://www.campanian.org
Camp Winnekeag:
http://www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis/vision.html#sect4
Cane and Mobility Resources:
http://www.ssor.net/barbara/index.htm
CareerConnect® www.afb.org/careerconnect
A free, online resource for people who want to learn about the range and diversity of jobs performed by adults who are blind or visually impaired throughout the United States and Canada. Whether you are a student exploring careers, a job seeker investigating work options, an employer planning to diversify your workforce, a professional working with visually Impaired people; or, a friend or family member assisting someone who is blind or has low vision, this web site can help you! The CareerConnect® site has general information about the United States labor market in a completely accessible format.
CareerZone Transition Planning Site:
http://www.nycareerzone.org
Carroll Center for the Blind:
http://www.carroll.org
CEC (Council for Exceptional Children)
and Division on Visual Impairments:
http://www.cec.sped.org/index.html
http://www.ed.arizona.edu/dvi/welcome.htm
Chisanbop Finger Math Visual Tutorial:
http://klingon.cs.iupui.edu/~aharris/
chis/chis.html
Chocolate Brailled Greeting Bars:
http://www.chocunltd.com
Choices for Children:
http://www.afb.org/info_document
_view.asp?documentid=1696
Classic Reader Electronic Text Source:
http://www.classicreader.com/
read.php/sid.6/bookid.1317
Closing the Gap Technology Resources:
http://www.closingthegap.com
Cole Eye Institute at the Cleveland Clinic:
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/eye/patient_info
Computers to Help People:
http://www.chpi.org
Includes the following
links,
among many others:
http://www.chpi.org/ordbrl.htm
For Brailling Ordinary
Text.
http://www.chpi.org/brlmusic.htm
For Braille Music
Transcription.
http://www.chpi.org/tbcfly.htm
For Braille and
E-text Math.
http://www.chpi.org/tactgraf.htm
For Tactile Graphs
and Maps.
http://www.chpi.org/techbrl.htm
For the Technical
Braille Center.
Constructing Accessible Web Sites:
http://www.hisoftware.com/access/
msAccEssDays.html
Copyright Exemptions for Alternative Formats:
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#121
http://www.nfb.org/law/copyrigh.htm
http://www.rnib.org.uk/wesupply/publicat/copyr.htm
http://www.cetus.org/fairindex.html
Core Curriculum for Blind and Visually
Impaired Students (National Agenda):
http://www.tsbvi.edu/agenda/corecurric.htm
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC):
http://www.cec.sped.org main page, plus
http://www.myceconline.org/openbb
For various special
education
discussion forums.
http://www.cec.sped.org/cc
For special education
career connections.
http://www.cec.sped.org/pd/wc_
assessing_course_info.html
Online assessment course.
http://www.cec.sped.org/pd/lcce.html
Life Centered Career
Education Training.
CrissCross Technologies
(Training for Users of Talking Computers):
http://www.crisscrosstech.com
DAAS Vision Simulators:
http://www.daasvision.com
Daisy Consortium for Digital Talking Books:
http://www.daisy.org
Dancing Dots Music Software:
http://www.dancingdots.com
DB-LINK National Information Clearinghouse
for Children Who are Deaf-Blind:
http://www.tr.wou.edu/dblink
Deaf-Blindness and Sign Language:
http://www.signcourse.com
http://modena.intergate.ca/business/asl
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/DIS/OHSICS/
forlang/amslan.htm
http://www.icevi.org
Descriptive Video Service (WGBH):
http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/access/dvs
Different Just Like Me:
http://www.differentjustlikeme.cc/
reviews_text.html
Digital-Audio Electronic Textbooks from
RFB&D:
http://www.rfbd.org/digitalaudio.htm
Disability History:
http://pediatrics.med.miami.edu/
HistoryDisabilityArt/links.htm
Distance Education and Accessible Learning:
http://www.distance-educator.com/dnews/?name=
News&file=article&sid=7717
Dog Guides:
http://www.gdui.org
DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking
and Technology) Program (People with disabilities successfully pursuing
academics and careers):
http://www.washington.edu/doit
Dolphin Computer Access for People Who
are Visually Impaired:
http://www.dolphinusa.com
Dotless Braille:
http://www.dotlessbraille.org
DOTS for Braille Literacy Free newsletter includes information about new braille products, strategies for teaching, and resources for teachers, parents, family members, and anyone interested in braille literacy. Available in braille and via e-mail. http://www.afb.org/dots
Dots Plus Tactile Fonts:
http://dots.physics.orst.edu/dotsplus.html
Duxbury Systems Braille Translation Software:
http://www.duxburysystems.com
Dynavox Page Exchange:
http://members.aol.com/dds4kids/dynavox.html
Early Intervention Training Center for
Infants and Toddlers with Visual Impairments:
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~edin
E-Access Bulletin:
http://www.e-accessibility.com/
news.html
E-book Library at the University of Virginia:
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/ebooklist.html
Education Grants and Contracts:
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCFO/gcsindex.html
Educator's Guide to Evaluating the Use
of Technology in Schools and Classrooms:
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EdTechGuide
EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information):
http://www.rit.edu/~easi
Educational Toys from VTech Kids:
http://www.vtechkids.com
Electronic Classroom:
http://www.readingonline.org/
electronic/elec_index.asp
Electronic Text Initiatives at NYU:
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/advocacy/info/etexts.html
Electronic Travel Aids (Tom Brennan's
site):
http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/etas.html
E-Medicine World Medical Library:
http://www.emedicine.com
Enabling Devices Toys for Special Children
(Switch-Activated, etc.):
http://www.enablingdevices.com
Encyclopedia Online:
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org
English Braille American Edition 1994:
http://www.brl.org/ebae/index.html
Enhanced Vision Systems (Jordy, Flipper,
etc.):
http://www.enhancedvision.com
En-Vision America Assistive Technology
(talking prescriptions, etc.):
http://www.envisionamerica.com
ERIC (Educational Resources Information
Center):
http://www.eric.ed.gov
eSchool News Online:
http://www.eschoolnews.org
eSight Careers Network (Resources for
People Who
are Visually Impaired):
http://www.esightcareers.net
Eutactics Special Education Management
Systems for IEPs:
http://www.eutactics.com
EVAS Assistive Technology:
http://www.evas.com/cgi-bin/start.exe/Main.htm
Exceptional Teaching Aids, Inc.:
http://www.exceptionalteaching.com
Expanded Core Curriculum of the National
Agenda:
http://www.tsbvi.edu/agenda/
Eye Anatomy Tutorial at Cole Eye Institute:
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/
eyeinst/patient_info/eyeanatomy.htm
Eye Resources on the Internet:
http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/dept/
websites/eyeres.htm
Eye Sight (Eyesite Ocular/Medical Information):
http://www.ssor.net/eyesite/index1.htm
Eye Test Software-Vision Rx:
http://www.visionrx.com
Family Friendly Fun and Special Needs
Resources:
http://www.family-friendly-fun.com
FCC Video Description Regulations:
http://www.fcc.gov/cib/dro/video-description.html
Five Minute Introduction to Braille:
http://www.dotlessbraille.org/Five.htm
Font Creator Program (for Braille fonts):
http://www.high-logic.com
For Our Children's Unique Sight (FOCUS)
on Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (O.N.H.) and Septo-Optic Dysplasia, (S.O.D.):
http://www.focusfamilies.org/focus
Fred's Head Database:
http://www.aph.org/fh/index.html
Freedom Scientific Blind/Low Vision Group:
http://www.freedomscientific.com/index.html
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_
news/current_newsletter.asp
Newsletter.
Free Matter for the Blind Postal Regulations:
http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub347.htm
Games Accessible to People Who are Blind:
http://www.arcamax.com/cgi-
bin/shop.pl?cid=29224
http://www.bavisoft.com
http://www.crisscrosstech.com/usbca
http://www.espsoftworks.com/
textonly/index.html
ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/starters/ashes.exe
http://www.gamesfortheblind.com
http://www.gmagames.com/index.html
http://www.kitchensinc.net
http://www.pnc.com.au/~arkangle/
kchess/elite.html
http://pcsgames.com
http://www.simcon.net/jkitchen
http://www.zform.com
Georgia Project for Assistive Technology:
http://www.gpat.org
ghbraille (Braille translation service):
http://www.ghbraille.com
GlowDog (reflective clothing for people
and pets):
http://www.glowdog.com
Gnome Braille Translator:
http://www.chpi.org/gnomebrl.html
Graphical Calculus Course for Blind Students:
http://163.238.35.140/
CalculusForTheBlind
Guide Dog Schools (various sites)
-See also Dog Guides:
http://www.lowvision.org/canine_
partners_for_the_blind_.htm
http://home.earthlink.net/~deedaze/guidedog.html
http://millcreekmedia.com/sixfriends/
subdir1/dogguide.html
Guide Horse Foundation:
http://www.minihorse.cc
http://www.danandcuddles.com
Story about
the first guide horse user.
GW Micro / Synapse Adaptive Technology:
http://www.gwmicro.com
http://www.synapseadaptive.com/gw/gwhome.htm
Hadley School for the Blind:
http://www.hadley-school.org
Includes
the following links, among others:
http://www.hadleyschool.org/
Graphical_Site/
3_c_1_braillcomm_w.asp
For Braille
and communication courses.
http://www.hadley-school.org/
Graphical_Site/3_g_1_parentfamily_w.asp
For parent
and family courses.
Hands and Eyes Newsletter-Art and Learning
Activities for Visually Impaired Students and their Friends:
http://home.earthlink.net/~vharris/
Handicapped Individuals and the Law:
http://www.lawguru.com/ilawlib/102.htm
HEATH-National Clearinghouse on Post-Secondary
Education for Individuals with Disabilities:
http://www.heath.gwu.edu/index.html
Hotbraille-Free Braille Translation Service:
http://www.hotbraille.com
How is College Different from High School?
(Transition tips from Southern Methodist University):
http://www2.smu.edu/alec/transition.html
How to Effectively Scan a Book:
http://www.esight.org/View.cfm?x=773&ov_id=-1
HumanWare Assistive Technology
(for people with visual and learning difficulties):
http://www.humanware.com
Hungry Fingers Educational Tools for Visually
Impaired Children:
http://www.hungryfingers.com
IBOT (stair-climbing!) Power Wheelchair
from Dynopower:
http://www.dynopower.freeserve.co.uk/
homepages/newchair.htm
I Can See Books-E-Text Transcription Service
Index:
http://www.island.net/~cfaris
IDEA Reauthorization Proposed:
democratic/chairmansmark/
I Feel Pixel (Combines tactile and audio
feedback):
http://www.ifeelpixel.com
http://www.ifeelpixel.com/description
http://www.ifeelpixel.com/screenshots
Illustrator (Drawing program to produce
tactile graphics):
http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/main.html
Index Braille Embossers and WinBraille
Braille Editor:
http://www.indexbraille.com/index.htm
Information Technology Technical Assistance
and Training Center (ITTAC):
http://www.ittatc.org
http://www.ittatc.org/training/webcourse
Free accessible
Web course.
Innoventions, Inc.
-Source of Magnicam CCTV:
http://www.magnicam.com
Institute for Families of Blind Children:
http://www.instituteforfamilies.org
Instructional Materials Accessibility
Act (IMAA)
Section-by-Section Analysis:
http://www.tsbvi.edu/textbooks/afb/
imaa%2Dstep.htm
Instructor's Manual for the New Programmed
Instruction in Braille:
http://www.spedex.com/text/store/literacy/7.htm
IntelliTools-IntelliKeys, IntelliTalk,
etc.:
http://www.intellitools.com
International Braille Research Center:
http://www.braille.org
International Children's Anophthalmia
Network:
http://www.ioi.com/ican
International Children's Digital Library:
http://www.icdlbooks.org
International Council for Disability Resources
on the Internet:
http://www.icdri.org/index.html
International Council for Education of
People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI):
http://www.icevi.org
Internet Anagram Server at Wordsmith:
http://wordsmith.org/anagram
Job Exchange (SpEdEx):
http://www.spedex.com/jobs/jobs.htm
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness
Online:
http://www.afb.org/JVIB/main.asp
Laboratory Task Accommodations for Students
with Visual Impairments:
http://barrierfree.arch.gatech.edu/Lab/accom_vision.html
Lighthouse International:
http://www.lighthouse.org
http://www.lighthouse.org/resources
_main.htm#disorders
For
eye conditions.
Lilli Nielsen's Active Learning Approach
and "Little Room" Products:
http://www.lilliputnorthamerica.com/cover.html
http://www.lilliworks.com
Lions World Services for the Blind:
http://www.lwsb.org
Literacy Section of Reading Online:
http://www.readingonline.org/
newliteracies/lit_index.asp
? HREF=/newliteracies
/webwatch/braille/index.html
Literacy Section of Reading Online:
http://www.readingonline.org/newliteracies/lit_index.asp
?
HREF=/newliteracies/webwatch/braille/index.html
Literature of the Fantastic
(Public Domain Literature for e-text):
http://www.sff.net/people/doyle
macdonald/lit.htp
Liz Grey's Links to Braille Information:
http://www.tusc.net/~lizgray/links.html
Low Vision Enhancement System (LVES):
http://www.rti.org/technology/low_vision.cfm
and
Low Vision Gateway:
http://www.lowvision.org/default.htm
Macromedia Accessibility Resource Center:
http://www.macromedia.com/
macromedia/accessibility
Macromedia Flash Accessibility:
http://www.tsbvi.edu/
technology/flash.htm
http://www.macromedia.com/
macromedia/accessibility
MAGpie Media Access Generator:
http://ncam.wgbh.org/
webaccess/magpie
Mathematics Accessible to Visually Impaired
Students (MAVIS):
http://www.nmsu.edu/~mavis
Math and Number Systems:
http://www.dotlessbraille.org/numbersystems.htm
http://www.dotlessbraille.org/NemethIntro.htm
Compares Nemeth
Code with
HTML using an algebra
problem.
Math Manipulatives:
http://www.etacuisenaire.com
http://www.delta-education.com
Money Skills Instruction:
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/
english/teachers
Moon Braille:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~terryk/moon.htm
Mountbatten Brailler:
http://www.setbc.org/res/mbpro/
Multiple Disabilities Survey Results (APH):
http://sun1.aph.org/edresearch/md_results.html
National Accreditation Council for Agencies
Serving the Blind:
http://www.nacasb.org
National Alliance of Blind Students (NABS):
http://uranus.spaceports.com/~nabs/nabs_html
National and New York StateLearning Standards
(NY Institute for Special Education):
http://www.nybeacons.org/standards.html#state
and
http://www.nybeacons.org/
blindness.html
Resources
regarding students
who
are blind or visually impaired.
National Association of Blind Students
(NABS), NFB:
http://www.nfb.org/students/studivis.htm
National Braille Association:
http://www.nationalbraille.org
National Braille Press Catalogue of Publications:
http://www.nbp.org/catalogue.html
National Braille Factory:
http://www.nationalbraillefactory.com
National Center for Accessible Media:
http://ncam.wgbh.org
National Center on Educational Outcomes:
http://www.education.umn.edu/NCEO
National Center on Low Incidence Disabilities:
http://vision2.unco.edu/needs
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
Research (NIDRR):
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/NIDRR
NIST (National Institute of Standards
and Technology)
Braille Display Project:
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/
isis/projects/brailleproject.html
http://www.webdesk.com/refreshable-tactile-display
National Library Service for the Blind
(NLS):
http://www.loc.gov/nls/index.html
http://www.loc.gov/nls/bds.html
http://www.loc.gov/nls/bds.html
Training
and certification as a Braille
transcriber
or proofreader.
National Organization for Albinism and
Hypopigmentation (NOAH):
http://www.albinism.org
National Sports Center
for the Disabled:
http://www.nscd.org
Naturally Speaking Unofficial Information
Pages:
http://www.synapseadaptive.com/
joel/index.html
Navigator Internet Guide for Students,
Parents and Teachers:
http://www.nytimes.com/
learning/general/
navigator/index.html
Nemeth Code for
Braille Mathematics:
http://www.dotlessbraille.org/nemethcode.htm
Neurological Eye Simulator:
http://cim.ucdavis.edu/Eyes/eyesim.htm
New Vision Store
(products for people with visual impairments):
http://www.thenewvisionstore.com/
New York Institute for Special Education:
http://www.nyise.org/index.html
New York State Commission for the Blind
and Visually Handicapped:
http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/cbvh/default.htm
New York State Resource Center for Visually
Impaired:
http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/lsn/visual.htm
New York State School for the Blind:
http://www.nysed.gov/vesid/nyssb.htm
New York State Standards and Resource
Guides:
http://nystandards.edutech.org/standards/home.cfm
NYS Transition Student and Family Resources:
http://web.nysed.gov/vesid/sped/trans/sandf.htm
New York State White Cane Law:
http://www.nysgtsc.state.ny.us/peds-vt.htm
No Child Left Behind Act:
http://www.nasdse.org/downloadnclb.htm
NoIR Medical Technologies:
http://www.noirmedical.com
NorthStar Audio Books:
http://www.nsaudio.com
Occupational Outlook Handbook:
http://www.bls.gov/oco
Office of Teaching (and Certification)
Homepage:
http://unix32.nysed.gov:9220/tcert/index.html
Optek Systems Access Technology for People
with Visual Impairments:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/
~terryk/index.html
Opus Technologies (Braille music fonts):
http://www.opustec.com
O'Reilly Electronic Books - Read Online:
http://safari.oreilly.com
ORCLISH (Ohio Resource Center for Low
Incidence and Severely Handicapped):
http://www.orclish.org/2_vis_imp/vis.html
Visual
Impairment Resources.
http://www.orclish.com/2_vis_imp/ohio
_braille_law.html
Ohio's
Braille Law and
related
resources.
Orientation and Mobility Severity Rating
Scale:
http://www.tsbvi.edu/Outreach/
michigan/oandmsrs.htm
PAM-Aid-Personal Adaptive Mobility Aid
for the Frail Visually Impaired:
http://www.cs.tcd.ie/PAMAID
and
http://phoenix.herts.ac.uk/SDRU/
PAM-AID.htm
Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational
Rights (PACER):
http://www.pacer.org
Parenting Special Needs:
http://specialchildren.about.com/terms=Blindness
http://specialchildren.about.com/cs/parenting
http://handicap.bfn.org/library/parents.text
Parent Network Center of WNY:
http://expage.com/parentnetworkwny
Parent's Guide to College:
http://das.kucrl.org/iam/parentbro.html
Parents of Blind and Visually Impaired
Children:
http://www.parentingtheblind.org
Parrot Voice Mate-Voice Recognition Digital
Organizer:
http://www.voice-assistant.com
Pattan Pennsylvania Training and Technical
Assistance Network Resources (for students with sensory impairments):
http://www.pattan.k12.pa.us
PC Talking-Typing Tutor for Windows:
http://www.talktypetutor.com
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