This Web site is created to help ABLE/GED teachers learn what to do and how to teach when there is a deaf adult in their classrooms. In this Web site, you will find resources on instructional strategies, curriculum guides, sociological and psychological problems that comes with being deaf, and accommodations for deaf learners.
ABLEDATA provides objective information about assistive technology products and rehabilitation equipment available from domestic and international sources.
CAST.org is the leading web resource for Universal Design for Learning. They offer publications on UDL, professional development opportunities, a wide variety of learning tools, and much more!
Closing the Gap is an organization that focuses on assistive technology for people with special needs through its bimonthly magazine, annual international conference and extensive Web site.
Almost all colleges and universities provide some level of services and/or accommodations for learning disabled students, as mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The colleges and universities listed on this site go a step further...they offer programs, some quite comprehensive, designed to support students with learning disabilities.
The County Directory of Ohio BVR Offices is useful for anyone seeking assistance through the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation. BVR additionally offers free or low fee disability assessments for qualifying individuals.
The Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC) - Great Lakes ADA Center's mission is to increase awareness and knowledge with the ultimate goal of achieving voluntary compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Learn about Assistive Technology
Job Accommodations Network is a service provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). JAN's mission is to facilitate the employment and retention of workers with disabilities by providing employers, employment providers, people with disabilities, their family members and other interested parties with information on job accommodations, entrepreneurship, and related subjects.
NATRI's mission is threefold: to conduct research related to the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of assistive technology (AT) services in schools; to identify promising practices in the delivery of AT services, and to disseminate research findings and information about promising practices in ways that will assist school personnel to develop or improve AT policies and practices for students with disabilities.
technopoli was created to help educators easily and quickly find seminars, workshops, conferences, and training about integrating learning technologies into teaching and learning.
The Ohio Learning Network created the calendar and easy search functions to save you time!
Receive weekly email updates via the “Get Updates” feature and automatically receive events in the calendar that match your needs. (Can it get much more convenient than that?) Or, set up RSS!
Share your events! New Providers can easily add events to technopoli (Learn more about types of events that can be submitted in the Criteria for Submitting Events section)
The ATA has a network of community-based technology resource centers that provide information and support services to children and adults with disabilities.
ATAP supports state AT programs in implementing the Assistive Technology Act. States may operate a state finance program or a device loan program for assistive technology devices.
University of Kansas, has technology resources on its web site.
The Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities is another source of assistive technology information.
RESNA is an interdisciplinary association for the advancement of rehabilitation and AT. The RESNA site provides access to the AT JobBank for career opportunities in AT as well as a resource on accessible educational technology.
USA Tech Guide provides information on assistive technology with links to over 1900 sources.
04-Jan-2012 — 05-Jan-2012
The Disability History Museum (DHM), whose mission is to foster a deeper understanding about h..
03-Jan-2012 — 05-Jan-2012
WrightChoice, Inc., headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, will soon launch an annual publication, D..
03-Jan-2012 — 04-Jan-2012
More and more high school students with disabilities are planning to continue their education ..
