Links to Useful Resources
The Disability Resource Center recommends the following external resources to assist students with disabilities.
- ADHD
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- Disability Resources
- Financial Aid
- Emergency Preparedness
- Employment
- Learning Disabilities
- Psychological Impairments
- Rehabilitation
- Study Skills
- Universal Design
- Web Accessibility
- Women with Disabilities
ADHD
ADDitude Magazine: Living Well with ADD and Learning Disabilities
Hallowell Center: the founding office of the Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional Health in Sudbury, MA.
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: the nation's leading non-profit organization serving individuals with AD/HD and their families
National Resource Center on AD/HD: a clearinghouse for science-based information about all aspects of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD)
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autism Speaks: working to change the future for all who struggle with autism spectrum disorders
CATS (Creating Accessible Teaching and Supports): information and resources related to Asperger’s and Autism
Central Coast Autism Spectrum Center: dedicated parents and professionals coming together to create a vision for expanded and centralized autism services in SLO county
Help Group: nonprofit organization that offers comprehensive services to children with a variety of disorders, including Autism Spectrum Disorders
MayoClinic.com: information and resources for individuals with Asperger's
National Institute of Neurological Disorders: Asperger Syndrome Fact Sheet
O.A.S.I.S.: Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support
Wrong Planet: a web community designed for individuals (and parents of those) with Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, ADHD, PDDs, and other neurological differences
Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Class Act: contains information intended to improve existing teaching practice regarding "access" to learning for deaf and hard-of-hearing students in postsecondary classrooms.
Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program: a public program mandated by the California State legislature to provide assistive telecommunications equipment.
Defining Communication Access for Students with Partial Hearing Loss helps service providers develop an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of various accommodations in the range of learning environments to help them better understand when print accommodations are appropriate.
Communication Access for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People: a handbook designed to assist event planners in complying with requests for communication access.
Hands On: a New York based service organization dedicated to providing greater accessibility to arts and cultural events for the deaf and hard of hearing community.
PEPNet, the Postsecondary Education Programs Network: a national collaboration of the four Regional Postsecondary Education Centers for Individuals who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf: a national organization dedicated to promoting excellence in the field of sign language interpreting.
Teacher Tip Sheets for instructors who have deaf and/or hard of hearing students in their classes.
Western Regional Outreach Center Consortia (WROCC) : provides in-service training and technical assistance to increase and enhance post-secondary educational opportunities for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing.
RIT Library Deaf and Hard of Hearing Table of Contents : list of deafness-related Internet resources, including multicultural sites, international sign language sites, and English as a second language resources.
Deaf Performing Arts Network (D-PAN) was formed to make music and music culture accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing community, as well as to create career and learning opportunities in the music business.
Disability Resources
Disability Fact Sheet Handbook: Provides fact sheets covering various physical, learning and psychological disabilities - includes definitions, characteristics, appropriate accommodations and resources to help students, faculty and staff.
Policies for the Provision of Accommodation and Support Services to Students with Disabilities: Includes relevant CSU policies, CSU Academic Senate resolutions and California state laws.
ADA Library Online: Developed by Meeting the Challenge, Inc. of Colorado Springs with funding from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, this website makes available more than 3,4000 documents related to the ADA and offers extensive document collections on other disability rights law and issues.
Accessibility in Distance Education: The Access in Distance Education (ADE) website, supported by the NEC Foundation of America and Verizon Foundation, has been designed to meet the needs of faculty teaching students with disabilities in the online environment.
HEATH National Clearinghouse on Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities: provides specialized information, including an extensive series of resource papers to people with disabilities, their families and the professionals who work with them.
EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information: provider of online training on accessible information technology for persons with disabilities.
Pacific ADA Center (Pacific DBTAC): building a partnership between the disability and business communities and promoting full and unrestricted participation in society for persons with disabilities through education and technical assistance.
Emergency Preparedness
Emergency Evacuation Preparedness Guide: focuses on developing emergency evacuation preparedness plans that take into account the needs of people with disabilities and activity limitations.
Employment
AccessCAREERS: provides information and resources and shares promising practices for the purpose of increasing access to careers for individuals with disabilities.
Disability Benefits 101: for information about disability and health benefits.
DisABLED Person, Inc: launching an online recruitment community for college grads with disabilities on September 15, 2009
Entry Point: offers outstanding internship opportunities for students with disabilities in Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science.
Job Accommodation Network: An international consulting service that provides information about job accommodations and the employability of people with disabilities.
Diversity Career Center Site for CAREERS and the disABLED magazine: Commercial site sponsored by Equal Opportunity Publications, Inc.
U.S. Department of Labor - Office of Disability Employment Policy: provides national leadership by developing and influencing disability-related employment policy and practice affecting the employment of people with disabilities.
Federal Employment of People with Disabilities: provides a simple and straightforward mechanism to help Americans, with and without disabilities, better understand how to hire and retain persons with disabilities.
Financial Aid
U.S. Department of Education: Especially for Parents
U.S. Department of Education: Especially for Students
College Board: get the latest information about college costs, scholarships, financial aid applications, education loans, and college financing.
The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid: a comprehensive annotated collection of information about student financial aid on the web.
Learning Disabilities
LD Resources: a collection of resources on various aspects of learning disabilities with comments from community members.
International Dyslexia Organization: a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals with dyslexia, their families and the communities that support them.
LDOnline: the world's leading website on learning disabilities and ADHD.
Learning Disabilities Association of America: provides cutting edge information on learning disabilities, practical solutions, and a comprehensive network of resources.
National Center for Learning Disabilities: online resources for parents, educators, and individuals with learning disabilities.
Psychological Impairments
California Board of Behavioral Sciences: Mental Health Awareness
Healthy Place: providing comprehensive, trusted information on psychological disorders and psychiatric medications from both a consumer and expert point of view.
National Alliance on Mental Illness: offering support and public education efforts that focus on educating America about mental illness, offering resources to those in need, and insisting that mental illness become a high national priority.
Rehabilitation
California State Department of Rehabilitation: works in partnership with consumers and other stakeholders to provide services and advocacy resulting in employment, independent living and equality for individuals with disabilities.
The Game Cycle: making Exercise as Addictive as Gaming.
Study Skills
University of Texas at Austin Learning Center: works to empower students in their pursuit of lifelong learning.
University of Illinois at Chicago: tips from the Academic Center for Excellence.
The Procrastinator's Support Center at Ohio State.
Universal Design
Universal Design Initiative: launched by The Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) to "dynamically address current and emerging issues with respect to disability, education, and accessibility to achieve universal access."
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a new approach for teaching, learning, and assessment, that draws on new brain research and new media technologies to respond to individual learner differences.
Web Accessibility
Cal Poly's Accessibility and Information Resources: it is the policy of the California State University to make information technology resources and services accessible to all CSU students, faculty, staff, and the general public regardless of disability status. Link contains information and resources for implementing this policy.
University of Washington "DO-IT": serves to increase the participation of individuals with disabilities in challenging academic programs and careers.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): committed to leading the Web to its full potential by promoting a high degree of usability for people with disabilities.
Fresno State's Web Accessibility: site with useful information, tools and resources for implementing Web accessibility.
National Center for Accessible Media: a research and development facility dedicated to the issues of media and information technology for people with disabilities in their homes, schools, workplaces, and communities.
Illinois Web Accessibility Standards: established by the Illinois Technology Office in an effort to address the needs of all users. On February 14, 2002, the Governor of Illinois signed an Administrative Order directing Illinois agencies to "utilize the Illinois Web Accessibility Standards for the development of web sites, intranets, and web-based applications."
Media Access Generator: a multimedia authoring tool for making materials accessible to people with disabilities.
University of Maryland University College's Accessibility in Distance Education: offers a resource for faculty for online teaching.
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act: requires that Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities.
Women with Disabilities
National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC): provides the first-ever federal resource center for women with disabilities, offering summaries about critical health issues for a variety of disabilities.