North Georgia Talking
Book Center's List
of Websites for the Disabled
AAPD:
American Association of People with Disabilities
AAPD is the largest
non-profit, nonpartisan, cross-disability organization in the United
States. Their goals are unity, leadership, and impact.
ADA:
Americans with Disabilities Act Technical Assistant Program
A comprehensive
Resource for Information on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
American
Council of the Blind
The nation's leading membership organization of blind and visually impaired
people.
American
Foundation for the Blind
An organization dedicated to addressing the critical issues of literacy,
independent living, employment, and access through technology for the ten
million Americans who are blind or visually impaired.
American
Society for Deaf Children
ASDC is a tax exempt organization furthering the Services of the International
Association of Parents of the Deaf.
Assistive
Media
The mission of Assistive Media is to heighten the educational, cultural, and
quality-of-living standard for people with disabilities and help achieve
independence and become better integrated within the mainstream of society and
community life in general.
BEGINNINGS:
For Parents of Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
The mission of BEGINNINGS is to help parents be informed, empowered and
supported as they make decisions about their child.
Better
Hearing Institute
Their mission is to inspire the public and physicians to take action about
hearing loss.
Bill
Ace Ranch: Camp for the Deaf
The Bill Ace Ranch is a revival ministry centered on the preaching of God's
Word. It now ministers to thousands of hearing and Deaf people each year
around the world.
Bill Brown's Music for the Blind
Complete course as well as hundreds of individual song/lessons for over a dozen instruments taught in an all-audio format. Some may be found on the NLS website.
Blind
Children's Center
The Blind Childrens Center is a family-centered agency which serves children
with visual impairments from birth to school-age. Their programs and
services help children acquire skills and build their independence.
Blind
Children's Learning Center
Blind Children's Learning Center develops the full potential of blind, visually
impaired and deaf/blind children and youth to lead independent lives.
Bookshare.org
Bookshare.org is a web-based system supplying accessible books in digital formats designed for people with disabilities.
Access to copyrighted books from Bookshare.org is limited to people with bona fide print disabilities and the schools
and nonprofit organizations serving them. ** Memberships for U.S. schools and qualifying U.S. students of all ages
including K-12, post-secondary and adult education, are now free, thanks to special funding from the Office of Special
Education Programs (OSEP).**
Canine
Companions for Independence
A non-profit organization that enhances the lives of people with disabilities by
providing highly-trained assistance dogs and ongoing support to ensure quality
partnerships.
Deafness
Research Foundation
The leading source of private funding for basic and clinical research in hearing
science. The DRF is committed to making lifelong hearing health a national
priority by funding research and implementing education projects in both the
government and private sectors.
Department of Justice ADA Home Page
Disability Info
Disability Info provides quick and easy access to comprehensive information about disability programs, services, laws, and benefits.
Dogs
for the Deaf, Inc.
Our mission is to rescue and professionally train dogs to assist people and
enhance their lives.
Duxbury
Systems - Home of Duxbury Braille Translation Software
The worldwide Braille translation leader.
Family Connect
Website established by the American Foundation of the Blind and the National Association for Parents of Children with Visual
Impairments to help families connect with each other and give parents a place to find comprehensive resources and support
24 hours a day.
Florida
Dog Guides for the Deaf, Inc.
Providing hearing/signal guide dogs to the deaf and hearing impaired residents
of Florida, at no cost to the recipients. A community resource and
advocate for the deaf and hard of hearing.
The
Foundation Fighting Blindness
The urgent mission of The Foundation Fighting Blindness is to find the causes,
treatments, preventions, and cures for retinitis pigmentosa (RP), macular
degeneration, Usher syndrome and the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative
diseases.
The
Glaucoma Foundation
The Glaucoma Foundation is the premier not-for-profit organization dedicated to
vital research to find cures for glaucoma.
Hadley School for the Blind
Hadley School for the Blind in Chicago offers classes free of charge to its blind and visually impaired students, their families, and service
providers. Hadley is a distance education school and delivers its courses to students anywhere in a variety of different media forms, with
more than 90 courses in four program areas.
Hearing
Dogs for Deaf People Centre
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People was launched at the world famous Crufts Dog Show in
1982. They have continued to train dogs to alert deaf people to specific
sounds, whether in the home, workplace, or public buildings.
Helen
Keller International
The Helen Keller International division directly addresses the causes of
preventable blindness. They also provide rehabilitation services to blind
people and also help reduce micronutrient malnutrition which can cause blindness
and death in children.
International
Eye Foundation
The International Eye Foundation has been helping people see since 1961.
IEF's staff and volunteers have restored the gift of sight for hundreds of
thousands of people in the developing world.
Lions
World Services for the Blind
They serve people who are blind and visually impaired who need to learn
independent living skills or job training skills that consider the special
requirements of their individual visual impairments. The goal of the rehab
center is to prepare the individual who is blind or visually impaired to
function independently in our "sighted" society.
National
Association for Visually Handicapped (NAVH)
Working with millions of people worldwide dealing with the difficulties of
vision impairment.
National
Association of Deaf (NAD)
The oldest and largest constituency organization safeguarding the accessibility
and civil rights of 28 million deaf and hard of hearing Americans in education,
employment, health care, and telecommunications.
National
Association of Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (NAPVI)
NAPVI is a non-profit organization of, by, and for parents committed to providing support to the parents of children
who have visual impairments.
National
Industries for the Blind (NIB)
NIB's main focus is to guide, support and expand the business potential,
opportunites and reach of our associated agencies and of individuals who are
blind.
National
Institute on Deafness & other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
The NIDCD is one of the Institutes that comprise the National Institutes of
Health (NIH). The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help
prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability.
National
Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
NLS administers a free library program of Braille and audio materials circulated
to eligible borrowers in the United States by postage-free mail.
National
Rehabilitation Information Center
For 20 years, the staff of NARIC have collected and disseminated the results of
federally funded research projects.
National
Federation of the Blind
NFB is a consumer and advocacy organization, that is considered to be the
leading force in the blindness field today. Their purpose is two-fold - to
help blind persons achieve self-confidence and self-respect and to act as a
vehicle for collective self-expression by the blind.
New
York Institute for Special Education
NYISE is a private, nonprofit, nonsectarian education facility which provides
quality programs for children who are blind or visually disabled, emotionally
and learning disabled and preschoolers who are developmentally delayed.
NISH:
Creating Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities
NISH is the national nonprofit agency designated by the Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disable to provide technical assistance to
Community Rehabilitation Programs (CRPs) interested in obtaining federal
contracts under the JAvits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Program.
Recording
for the Blind & Dyslexic
RFB&D has been an invaluable educational resource, enabling those with print
disabilities to complete their educations, advance their careers, and gain
self-esteem.
Royal
National Institute for the Blind
RNIB offers practical support and advice to anyone with a sight problem.
TeleSensory
Home Page
For
three decades, Telesensory has been helping visually impaired and blind people
achieve greater independence through innovative, technology-based products.