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ABLEDATA
A national database of information on more than 17,000 products that are currently available for people with disabilities.
AbleLink Technologies
A commercial vendor whose mission and focus is on the research and development of effective technology solutions for individuals with cognitive and intellectual disabilities.
Accessible Web Site Design
A list page of resources that may be helpful in creating pages that are truly accessible.
Accessify.com
Website dedicated to helping designers with accessibility issues. "Accessify" is the verb to "make accessible." Note also their discussion group accessify forum.
Accessibility Forum
The Accessibility Forum is an ongoing collaboration among stakeholders affected by Section 508 including industry, government, and other communities in order to benefit employees and members of the public with disabilities.
Access Outdoors
Access Outdoors' website is an information resource for persons with disabilities who are looking for trips, destinations, products and services related to accessible outdoor recreation.
Access-USA
North America's largest fully integrated production house for all types of alternative format media from braille to captioning.
Adaptive Device Locator System
The Adaptive Device Locator System is a set of databases that help users obtain information about specialized equipment and devices that can compensate for barriers imposed by limited physical capabilities. Elderly persons, people with disabilities, educators, and helping professionals can use the Locator to identify assistive and adaptive devices that can increase independence, facilitate education, and improve quality of life.
ALLTech
ALLTech is a nationally recognized center that provides training, consultation, and technical assistance in the areas of assistive technology, specialized software, Web accessibility, and universal design in education.
Apple's Disability Solutions
Information on computer access solutions for individuals with disabilities.
Assistive Technology On-line Community
On-line discussion group dealing with adaptive and assistive technology.
Assistive Technology Industry Association Web Site
The mission of ATIA is to serve as the collective voice of the Assistive Technology industry so that the best products and services are delivered to people with disabilities. ATIA represents the interests of its members to business, government, education, and the many agencies that serve people with disabilities.
Association of Assisitve Technology Act Programs
The Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs (ATAP) is a national, member-based organization, comprised of state Assistive Technology Act Programs funded under the Assistive Technology Act (AT Act).
Automatic Sync Technologies
Automatic Sync Technologies is a provider of automated captioning, audio synchronization, and audio/video search tools for webcasting, DVD, and broadcasting applications. Automatic Sync Technologies provides clients with solutions for synchronized multimedia with quick turnaround and unsurpassed quality.
AZtech, Inc.
AZtech is a full-service market research and technology transfer company offering a complete range of services, including: focus groups, interviews, surveys, literature searches, industry profiles and trends, technology transfer, invention commercialization and business consulting. AZtech provides professional services to businesses and inventors with strong support from the consumers of assistive technology products.
Closed Caption Maker (CC Maker)
Professional closed-captioning services.
Crick Software
Crick Software promotes the inclusion of children of all abilities by creating flexible products that can be tailored by teachers to the needs of individuals. Most products have the option of switch access, for users with a disability who are unable to use a mouse or keyboard.
Find An Accessible Park
The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD) as complied a list of accessible parks in selected states (U.S. and Puerto Rico only). The website includes listings by state, by accessibility features and by information/intrepretation features. The website also has a simple search engine built in.
Inclusive Technologies
Inclusive Technologies provides a full range of consulting services to companies, consumers, researchers, purchasers, and policy makers on how products can better meet the needs of all users, including users with disabilities and elders. See also link to Inclusive Technologies in the UK.
Lingraphia for Aphasia
The Lingraphica is a speech-generating device designed specifically for adults with aphasia. Combining images, animation, text, and spoken words to provide communication for those who have lost their speech, it enables users to express their needs, thoughts, and wishes. The Lingraphica also provides unlimited speech practice to maximize the return of natural language skills.
Microsoft Accessibility: Technology for Everyone
A website provided by Microsoft that describes and details information about products and services related to accessibility. This site also details how to set up the accessibility features built into their products.
National Center on Accessible Information Technology in Education (AccessIT)
AccessIT promotes the use of electronic and information technology (E&IT) for students and employees with disabilities in educational institutions at all academic levels. This Web site features the AccessIT Knowledge Base, a searchable, growing database of questions and answers regarding accessible E&IT. It is designed for educators, policy makers, librarians, technical support staff, and students and employees with disabilities and their advocates.
New England Assistive Technology Marketplace
A Connecticut based organization, the Marketplace is a resource for individuals with disabilities, their families and the professionals with whom they work.
Northeast Technical Assistance Center (NETAC)
NETAC provides outreach and technical assistance to postsecondary programs in the Northeast serving individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing.
Project Participate
Project Participate, supported by the U.S. Department of Education, helps families, educators, administrators and therapists increase the participation of students with disabilities in school programs. This site contains success stories, inclusion strategies, adapted curricula, training handouts, and intervention planning forms.
Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology Services in School Settings
The QIAT Consortium is a nationwide grassroots group that includes hundreds of individuals who provide input into the ongoing process of identifying, disseminating, and implementing a set of widely-applicable Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology Services in School Settings.
Roadmap for Change
As part of the New Freedom Initiative, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded the Maine Department of Human Services, the Maine Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services, and the Governor's office grants to improve services for people with disabilities. Called Quality Choices for Maine, grant activities will be performed in collaboration with Maine’s Work Group for Community-Based Living. The Work Group includes a broad array of consumer representatives and state representatives from five departments (Transportation, Labor, Education, Human Services, and Behavioral and Developmental Services). The projects on this website were identified as high priorities by the Work Group in the Olmstead planning process.
RampWEB
RampWEB provides clients with fast moving innovative solutions that assist in achieving accessible designs. These solutions improve the accessibility of web- based communications, web applications and client software.
RATE - Recreation Assistive Technology Exchange
The mission of the Recreation Assistive Technology Exchange (RATE) is to share information about assistive recreation devices and accessible recreation resources that are available to Maine residents who have disabilities. This mission is accomplished via workshops, visits, presentations and the dissemination of print and web based information.
Sonokids.com
Sonokids.com is a site, which is totally accessible without the use of a mouse. It includes games and remixers which can be played by blind and visually impaired children. Also our chat can be used with screenreaders. All games and remixers can of course be played by seeing children as well. Have fun!
Special Needs Family Fun
These sites offers family fun and special needs resources to enhance the fun and quality of family life for families with disabilities.
Stanford Online Accessibility Program (SOAP)
The Online Accessibility ATS program has been established to provide guidance and insight to the Stanford Community as they use various online means to share information to their respective constituents.
Teaching Every Student
The Teaching Every Student (TES) section of the CAST Web site supports educators in learning about and practicing Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Tobii ATI
This is a compy that makes hardware and software solutions for people with disabilities. Formerly Assistive Technology, Inc.
Universal Design Education Online
This site supports educators and students in their teaching and study of universal design. Universal design is an approach to the design of all products and environments to be as usable as possible by as many people as possible regardless of age, ability, or situation.
Video Caption Corporation
Video Caption Corporation provides closed captioning and subtitling solutions for all types of video programming. Closed captioning and subtitling are done in-house from start to finish - from transcription to encoding - allowing clients fast turnarounds, strict quality control.
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