Links to Disabilities Information
&
Resources
(Supports in the post-secondary environment
for student disabilities.
Where indicated, there are some links
to public school resources as well.)
CANADA
Abilities Foundation - Enablelink Network
http://www.abilities.ca/
Adaptech Research Network
(Dawson College, Montreal, Quebec)
http://www.adaptech.org/pubs/olt01
Assistive Technology Centre (Nova Scotia)
http://www.nsnet.org/atc/
see also Technical Resource Centre at:
http://www.nsnet.org/trc/
Autism Society of Nova Scotia
http://www.autismsocietynovascotia.ca/
Also see their excellent RESOURCE LINKS page at:
http://www.autismsocietynovascotia.ca/links.html
British Columbia Government's
Resource Directory of Programs and Services
for Students with Disabilities
(Ministry of Education - Adult Special Education)
http://www.aved.gov.bc.ca/adultspecialed/resource/
Counselling Centre
(St. F.X. University - many useful links to Disability sites
and Financial Aid for students with disabilities)
http://www.stfx.ca/campus/stu-serv/counselling/
Council of Canadians with Disabilities
http://www.ccdonline.ca/
Canadian Association of Independent Living Centres
http://www.cailc.ca/
Canadian Association of the Deaf
http://www.cad.ca/
Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
http://www.cnib.ca/
Canadian Paraplegic Association
http://www.canparaplegic.org/national/index.tpl
Disability Research Information page
(from the Canadian Council on Social Development -
lots of useful links)
http://www.ccsd.ca/drip/
Disability Weblinks
http://www.disabilityweblinks.ca/pls/dwl/dl.home
Global Diversity@Work
http://www.diversityatwork.com/index.cfm
also see 'The Equity Continuum'™
http://www.diversityatwork.com/equity_continuum.html
Learing Disabilities Resource Communuty Network
http://www.ldrc.ca/
Office of Disability Issues (News section)
http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/hrib/sdd-dds/odi/content/news.shtml
Social Union - Main menu
http://socialunion.gc.ca/menu_e.html
Government - Provinces of Canada
Disabled Persons Commission of Nova Scotia
http://www.gov.ns.ca/disa/
(see also Nova Scotia Community Organization Network
at: http://nsnet.org/ )
National Life/Work Centre
(Memramcook Institute, New Brunswick)
http://www.lifework.ca/home.htm
People with Disabilities ©1997
(from the Women's Network, Ontario)
http://dawn.thot.net/disability_guide.html
Roeher Institute
http://www.roeher.ca/english/about/about.htm
UNITED STATES
American Disabilities Act
(U.S Department of Justice)
http://www.ada.gov/
Assistive Technologies
(from the Orange County Public Schools,
Florida)
http://www.ese.ocps.net/ATTeam.htm
IMS Guidelines for Developing
Accessible Learning Applications
http://ncam.wgbh.org/salt/guidelines/
Macromedia - Accessibility: Voluntary Product
Accessibility Template
http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/accessibility/tools/vpat/flash.html#119
National Organization on Disability
http://www.nod.org/
U.S National Organization on Disability
-Information on Funding Resources-
http://www.nod.org/content.cfm?id=931
also see quick links at:
http://www.nod.org/info/
INTERNATIONAL
(outside North America)
United Nations Persons with Disabilties
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/