Assistive Technology
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- AbleData
- This website is part of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, US Department of Education. Provides information on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment available from domestic and international sources to consumers, organizations, professionals, and caregivers within the United States.
- Phone: 800.227.0216
- Email: abledata@orcmacro.com
- Alliance for Technology Access
- This is a network of community-based resource centers, vendors, and developers and associates providing information and support services to children and adults with disabilities.
- Phone: 707.778.3011
- Email: ATAinfo@ATAccess.org
- Applied Science and Engineering Laboratories
- Offered by DuPont Hospital for Children and the University of Delaware. Applied Science and Engineering Laboratories offer a database with general information, specific technologies, and links to additional sites.
- The Boulevard
- A disability resource directory of products and services for the physically challenged, elderly, caregivers and health care professionals. This is a commercial site.
- Children's Technology Review
- This site offers links to reviews of children's software and other interactive media products, for parents and professionals.
- Closing the Gap
- An organization focusing on assistive technology for children and adults with special needs through a newsletter, Resource Directory, annual conference, web site and online service.
- Phone: 507.248.3294
- Human Ability and Accessibility Center
- Resources for providing successful access to information and use of information technology for people with disabilities. From the IBM website.
- Phone: 800.IBM.4YOU
- National Assistive Technology Research Institute (NATRI)
- Conducts assistive technology research and helps to move those findings into practice. NATRI also provides resources to improve the delivery of assistive technology services.
- 229 Taylor Education Building
- University of Kentucky
- Lexington, KY 40506-0001
- Phone/Voice Mail: (859) 257-4713
- TDD (859) 257-4714
- FAX: (859) 257-1325
- Email: natri@coe.uky.edu
- RESNA Technical Assistance Partnership
- Provides technical assistance to the 56 state and territory assistive technology programs as authorized under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998. Sponsored by RESNA,the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America.
- Email: resnata@resna.org
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