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People with disabilities - how they live, learn, work, play and travel. Also disability news, studies, information, and statistics.

People with disabilities - how they live, learn, work, play and travel. Also disability news, studies, information, and statistics.

Arts

People with disabilities creating arts, or artworks and adaptations for people with disabilities.

Assistive Technology

Information, research, and data about Assistive Technology - devices and services that assist people with disabilities with daily living tasks, communication, education, work, and recreation.

Information, research, and data about Assistive Technology - devices and services that assist people with disabilities with daily living tasks, communication, education, work, and recreation.

What is Assistive Technology?

Assistive or Adaptive Technology (AT) commonly refers to products, devices or equipment, whether acquired commercially, modified or customized, that are used to maintain, increase or improve the functional capacities of individuals with disabilities.

Business

Businesses whose purpose is to create job opportunities for disabled people, or that provide other services for this population.

Chats and Forums

Chats, forums, message boards, and bulletin boards about general disability topics.
Chats, forums, message boards, and bulletin boards about general disability topics.

Children

Information, resources, organizations, and support for children with disabilities and their families.

Conferences

Conferences on general disability themes.

Directories

Organized lists of links and other resources about disabilities.

Disability Studies

Research on the history, culture, activities, education, and living conditions of people with disabilities.

Education

General inforamtion sites about education for people with disabilities.

Employment

General sites on the topic of employment for people with disabilities. National-level and international-level organizations serving all disabilities.

Family Resources

Information and resources for families living with a disability.

Humor

Humorous sites by and about people with disabilities.

Independent Living

General information, and national and international organizations, concerned with Independent Living. (See FAQ)

Lifestyle

Online lifestyle communities for people with disabilities.

Mailing Lists

  • Submit sites on email lists for specific disabilities to the appropriate Health/Conditions and Diseases category.
  • Submit sites on email lists for a specific locality to the appropriate Regional category.
Electronic discussion groups on general disability topics whose communications are transmitted over email.

News and Media

Sites for news agencies, radio and television stations, and newspapers and magazines concerned with disabilities.

Organizations

National and international organizations serving people with general disabilities or a range of disabilities.

Personal Pages

NB Please use the most specific category for each site, by checking each of the subcategories and @linked categories listed here.

  • Submit sites about support groups, agencies, or services for a particular city, state, or province to the appropriate Regional category
  • Submit sites that sell adaptive equipment or assistive technology directly to consumers to Shopping: Health: Disabilities
  • Submit commercial sites (manufacturers, distributors, etc.) selling disability-related products or services to the professional healthcare industry to Business: Industries: Healthcare: Products and Services: Disability
  • Submit sites about controversies, issues, advocacy, discrimination, and abuse to Society: Issues: Disabilities
  • Personal web pages of people with disabilities.

    Recreation

    Sites about recreation for and by people with disabilities.

    Regional

    Do not submit any sites to this category. Submit them to the appropriate Regional categories.
    Symlinks to the Disability Resource categories in Regional.

    Respite Care

    General information and organizations related to respite care for people with disabilities.

    Service Animals

    Please submit sites here for service dogs OTHER than guide dogs and hearing dogs. There are seperate categories for guide and hearing dogs.

    Service animals are trained to assist people with various diabilities.

    Travel

    Information and resources for the disabled traveler and his/her companions.

    Universal Design

    Informational sites about designing homes, businesses and landscapes to be accessible and enjoyable for as many people as possible.

    Web Rings

    Linked sites on disability topics.

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