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Lots of Links!
(Updated January 2008)
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NOTE: The following websites contain useful information related to the services, needs, and issues of concern to people with visual impairments.
Topics from A to Z: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Abacus:
- A history of the abacus
- A lesson on using the abacus
- Information on the abacus from the Texas School for the Blind (TSBVI)
- TSBVI's abacus packet
- Build a Lego® abacus
ABILITY CULTURE: Culture, Arts and Entertainment for People with Disabilities
Ability Hub
Ablenet, Inc.
Abledata About Blindness
Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals
Accelerated Reader
Access 20/20 Braille, Large Print, Audio and Disk Access Services
Access Art
Access Board
Accessibility Guidelines and Standards
Access Technology Institute
Access U.S.A. Alternate Media Access Service (including signage)
Access World subscription information
Accessibility Guidelines from World Wide Web Consortium
Accessibility Resources Online
Accessible by Design Web Access Site
Accessible CD ROM and other learning media
Accessible Classroom Project
Accessible Games Book
Accessible Graphing Calculator:
Accessible Pedestrian Signals
Accessible Textbooks:
Accommodations for College Students with Disabilities
Accommodations in Statewide Tests for Students with Visual Impairments
Accredited College and University Professional Preparation Programs:
Ace CentreACT Exams
ADA Compliant Signs (see also Braille Signage)
ADA for College Students
ADA Homepage, Department of Justice
ADA Requirements for Truncated Domes (Detectable Warnings on Wheelchair Ramps)
Adapted Graphics Listserv
Adapted and Assistive Technology
Adaptive Physical Education
Adaptive Technologies for Learning and Work Environments
Adaptive Technology Consulting (ATC)
Adaptive Technology Product Fact Sheets
Adaptive Technology Resource Center:
- Home Page
- Electronic Libraries
- Technical Glossary Advocacy Consortium for College Students with Disabilities
- Homepage
- The Braille Forum
- Affiliated Organizations
- Job Bank
- Legislation Resolutions
- Accessible Documents Guidelines
- ASI Sign Systems
- SETON: Identification and Identity Experts
- Entrada Braille: Signs for elevators
- Media Incorporated: Makers of Braille signs
- A comprehensive list of resources
- Read 'em and Speak: A comprehensive listing of resources for e-text and other accessible reading materials
- Sign Language Course
- Learning American Sign Language
- American Sign Language Sites
- ICEVI: International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment
- Main Page
- Free Publications (also available in Spanish)
- In the Spotlight
- Parenting
- Parents' Guide to the Development of Preschool Children with Disabilities
- Main Page
- Frequently Asked Questions
- ROPARD Bibliography - Resources for Parents and Teachers
AER Books and Resources
AFB Textbooks and Instructional Materials Solutions Forum:
Agencies for Blind and Visually Impaired PeopleA Guide to Making Documents Accessible to People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired AIRCVH(Association of Instructional Resource Centers for Visually Handicapped) Directory
Albinism:
Alliance for Technology AccessAlternate Assessment for Students with Severe Disabilities (NYS)
Alternative Format Guidance Memo
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Academy of Optometry
American Council of the Blind:
American Foundation for the Blind Careers and Technology Information Bank
American Printing House for the Blind, Inc
Any Browser Campaign for Accessible Web Design
Approved Sites by Bobby/CAST
A-Prompt: Web Accessibility Demo for Web Authors
The Arc of the United States
Artic Technologies: Accessibility appliances for the blind and visually impaired
New York State Education Department Student Assessment
Assistive Technology from TSBVI
Assistive Technology from EVAS
Assistive Technology Funding and Transfer
Atlas Talking Maps and the Global Positioning System (GPS)
Australian Statewide Vision Resource Center
Automotive Safety Issues for Persons with Disabilities
ASA/Noise Ultrasonic Eyeglasses for the Blind (Leslie Kay)
Assessment Compendium: Instruments for Assessing the Skills and Interests of Individuals with Visual Impairments
Assist with Windows: Tutorials and keyboard guides to help people who are blind use popular Windows programs
Assistive Technology: Sonar Vision glasses for the blind
Assistive Technology Training Online (ATTO):
AssistiveTech.net: Online Resource for Assistive Technology
B
Bat Cane from
Sound Alert
Behavior Advisor
Bell Labs
Text-to-Speech: Speech synthesizer
Benetech: Technology to
benefit people with disabilities (see also Bookshare.org):
Bibliomania: E-text books
and reference
Bioptic: Driving aid for
people with conditions that reduce resolution or visual acuity
Blind Babies Foundation
Blind Children's Fund
Blind
Initiative Guidelines
from the National Association of State Directors of Special Education
(NASDSE)
Blind Online
News Service International
Blind Student’s
Literacy Rights and Education Act
Blindness-Related
Emailing List (BLIST) – A most comprehensive listing
Blindness Resource Center
at NY Institute for Special Education includes the following links:
Blind Readers
Page
Blindskills, Inc.
BlindSoftware.com (downloadable)
Books/Reading
Emailing Listserv for Blind and Visually Impaired Readers
Bookshare.org:
Digital Books Without Borders (see also Benetech):
Braille Authority of North
America (BANA)
Braille Book
files to download from TSBVI
Braille Development Section
of the National Library Service (NLS), Certification as a Braille
Transcriber of Proofreader
Braille Institute of America
Braille
Instruction Resources
Braille Is Beautiful
BrailleNote notetaker from
Pulse Data International
Braille on the IEP:
IDEA (PL 105-17) Regulations
Braille.org International Braille Research Center:
Braille Printers from
Enabling Technologies
Braille Proofreader's
Font for Sighted Persons
Braille
Reading Learning Standards
Braille Revival League and
web sites on braille
Braille Signs:
Braille Star from
HumanWare
Braille through Remote Learning (BRL)
Braille Transcribers' listserv: BrailleTranscribers@egroups.com
Braille Transcribing (Liz
Gray)
Braille Transcription
Resource List from National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
Braille translation service: ghbraille
Braillewriters
throughout History at APH Callahan Museum
C
Camera Obscura Blindness Related Resources:
CareerZone Transition Planning
Site
Chapter
377 of the Laws of 2001
Chocolate Brailled Greeting Bars
Classic Reader Electronic Text Source
Classroom Strategies
for Regular Educators who have students with visual impairments
Closing the Gap technology
resources
Cole Eye Institute
at the Cleveland Clinic
Computers to Help People: includes
the following links:
Core Curriculum
for Blind and Visually Impaired Students (National Agenda):
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC):
CrissCross Technologies:
Training for Users of Talking Computers
Cursors: Large cursors for the visually impaired
Daisy Consortium for Digital Talking Books
DB-LINK: National Information
Clearinghouse for Children who are Deaf-Blind
Deafblindness and Sign Language:
Descriptive Video Service
(WGBH)
Digital-Audio Electronic
Textbooks from RFB&D
DO-IT Program (Disabilities,
Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology) - People with disabilities
successfully pursuing academics and careers
Dolphin Computer Access for
people who are visually impaired
Duxbury Systems Braille Translation
Software
E
Early Intervention Training Center
for Infants and Toddlers with Visual Impairments
Education Grants
and Contracts
Educator's Guide to Evaluating
the Use of Technology in Schools and Classrooms
Educational Resources Information Center
(ERIC)
Educational Toys from VTech
Kids
Electronic
Text Initiatives at NYU
Electronic
Travel Aids (Tom Brennan’s site)
E-medicine World Medical Library
Enabling Devices Toys for
Special Children (Switch-Activated, etc.)
English Braille American
Edition 1994
Enhanced Vision Systems (Jordy,
Flipper, etc.)
En-Vision America Assistive
Technology (Talking Prescriptions, etc.)
Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI)
ERIC (Educational Resources Information
Center)
eSight Careers Network:
Resources for people who are visually impaired
Expanded Core Curriculum
of the National Agenda
Exploring
College Planning Resources
Exceptional Teaching Aids,
Inc.
Eye
Anatomy Tutorial at Cole Eye Institute
Eye Sight The Eyesite:
Ocular/medical information
F
Family Friendly Fun and
Special Needs Resources
FCC Video
Description Regulations
Five Minute Introduction
to Braille
For Our Children’s
Unique Sight (FOCUS) on Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (O.N.H.) and Septo-Optic
Dysplasia, (S.O.D.):
Freedom Scientific Blind/Low Vision
Group (see also Scientific Notebook):
G
Games accessible to people who are blind:
ghbraille (Braille translation
service)
Global
Positioning System for the Blind
GlowDog: Reflective clothing for people
and pets
Graphical Calculus
Course For Blind Students
Growing Strong Guide to
Blindness and Visual Impairment-Related Information and Resources (Sarah
Jane Blake’s Web site)
Guide Dog Schools (various sites):
Guide Horse Foundation:
Guidelines for Providing State Assessments in Alternate Formats For Students with Visual Impairments
Guide
to Toys for Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired
GW Micro / Synapse Adaptive Technology:
H
Hadley School for the Blind:
Hands And Eyes
Newsletter: Art and Learning Activities for Visually Impaired Students
and Their Friends
Handicapped Individuals
and the Law
HEATH: National Clearinghouse
on Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities
Hotbraille: Free Braille Translation
Service
How is College Different
from High School? (Transition tips from Southern Methodist University)
HumanWare: Assistive technology
for people with visual and learning difficulties
I
IBOT:Stair-climbing power wheelchair from Dynopower
I Can See Books E-Text Transcription Service Index:
IDEA
news online information about the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act
Index Braille Embossers and
WinBraille Braille editor
Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center (ITTAC):
Innoventions, Inc. – Source
of Magnicam CCTV
Institute for Families
of Blind Children
Instructional
Materials Accessibility Act (IMAA): Section-by-Section Analysis
Instructor's
Manual for the New Programmed Instruction in Braille
IntelliTools, IntelliKeys,
IntelliTalk, etc.
International Braille Research Center
International Council for
Disability Resources on the Internet
International Council for Education of
People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI)
International Council on English Braille (ICEB):
Internet Anagram
Server at Wordsmith
J
Job Exchange (SpEdEx)
Journal of Visual Impairment
and Blindness Online
Laboratory Task Accommodations for Students with Visual Impairments
Lernout & Hauspie (Dragon,
Naturally Speaking)
Lighthouse International:
Lilli Nielsen’s Active Learning Approach and "Little Room" products:
Literacy Section of Reading Online
Literature
of the Fantastic: Public Domain Literature for e-text
Liz Grey’s Links
to Braille Information
Low Vision Enhancement
System (LVES)
Macromedia Accessibility Resource Center:
Mathematics Accessible to Visually
Impaired Students (MAVIS):
Math and Number Systems:
Michigan Severity
Rating Scale
Multiple Disabilities
Survey Results (APH)
National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind
National and New York State Learning Standards (NY Institute for Special
Education):
National Association
for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (NAPVI)
National Association
of Blind Students (NABS), NFB
National Braille Press Catalogue
of Publications
National Center for Accessible Media
National Eye Institute Information on Eye Conditions:
National Institute on
Disability and Rehabilitation Research
National Library Service for the Blind (NLS):
National Organization for Albinism
and Hypopigmentation (NOAH)
National Sports Center for the Disabled
Naturally Speaking
Unofficial Information Pages
Navigator
Internet Guide for Students, Parents and Teachers
Nemeth Code for
Braille Mathematics
New Vision Store:
Products for people with visual impairment
New York Institute for Special Education
New York State Resource
Center for Visually Impaired
New York State School
for the Blind
New York
State Standards and Resource Guides
NYS
Transition Student and Family Resources
Office of Teaching (and
Certification) Homepage
Olympus
Digital Voice Recorder
ONCE: The Spanish
National Organization of the Blind
Optek Systems
Access Technology for people with visual impairments
Opus Technologies: Braille Music
fonts
ORCLISH (Ohio Resource Center for Low Incidence and Severely Handicapped):
Orientation
and Mobility Severity Rating Scale
PAM-AID (Personal Adaptive Mobility Aid for the Frail Visually Impaired):
Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational
Rights (PACER)
Parenting Special Needs:
Parent Network Center of
Western New York
Parents of Blind and Visually
Impaired Children
Parrot Voice Mate Voice Recognition
Digital Organizer
PaTTAN Pennsylvania Training
and Technical Assistance Network Resources for students with sensory
impairments
PC Talking Typing Tutor for Windows
PE
Central (Adaptive Education)
Polka-dots page on keyboard
that work for 6-key braille entry
Professional Development
and Inclusive Education
Project Gutenberg Public Domain
Electronic Text Resources
Project PAVE (Providing
Access to the Visual Environment)
Pulse
Data International Products (BrailleNote and Smart View)
Read 'Em and Speak - list of electronic text sources
Readers with
Visual Impairments: Web Design Considerations
ReadPlease free text-to-speech
software
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
Rehabilitation Recruitment
Center (job listings for rehabilitation professionals)
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision:
Repro-Tronics
Products for Tactile Graphics
Resources for Learning and Refreshing Literary Braille Skills
Resources for Parents
and Teachers of Blind Kids (Debbie Day’s Site)
ROPARD (Retinopathy of Prematurity FAQ and Association):
Scan and Read: Portable (e-text) Reading machine from Premier Programming
School for the
Blind Searchable Database
Science and Math in E-text
and Braille (from Computers to Help People, Inc.)
Scientific Notebook (see
also Freedom Scientific/Duxbury)
The Screen Magnifiers Homepage
SEA/NASDSE Survey
on Braille Instruction
Section 508 – The Road to
Accessibility
Seedlings Braille Books for Children
Sensory Tools from
Robotron (Talking Compass, Braille Display Scientific Calculator,
Pronto Reading Machine and BrailleMaster software)
Software
for the Blind or Visually Impaired Computer User
Special Child (for parents & caregivers
of children with disabilities)
Special
Education in New York State for Children Ages 3-12: A Parent's Guide
Special Education
Resources for K-12
Speech Friendly
Search Engines and Tools (Tom Brennan’s site)
Standards,
Testing and Accountability
Statistics
on Vision Impairment: A Resource Manual
Strategies for teaching students with vision impairments:
Students
with Disabilities Transition from High School to College Guide
Tactile Colour for People
with Visual Impairments
TAEVIS (Tactile
Access to Education for Visually Impaired Students)
Teaching
Jobs in New York State
TechAdapt: Accessible Media
and e-text Services
Techno Braille® from
Creative Tactile Solutions
Technology
at Your Fingertips handbook
Technology
Guide to Assist Students with Visual Impairments in Meeting Curriculum
Goals
Technology Literacy Challenge
(TLC) Fund of NYS
Tesco Tutorials (Listening
to Windows, etc.)
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI):
Text-to-Speech:
Speech synthesizer
Texas Textbook Adoption Proclamation of 1999
Textbooks in
Alternative Formats (NYS Talking Book and Braille Library):
Tiresias International Information on Visual Disability (Scientific Research
Unit of Royal National Institute for the Blind):
Toccata
Braille Music Transcription Software
Toshiba America
Foundation Education Grants
Touch the Universe: A
NASA Braille Book of Astronomy
Toys,
Glorious Toys – For children with sensory impairments - From
See/Hear
Toys with Switch Activation:
Trace Resource and Development Center
for Assistive Technology:
TRAID (Technology
Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities)
Transition Resource
Institute in Illinois
Transition Resources: miscellaneous sources:
TravelVision Orientation & Mobility
Resources
TVI
Certification in NYS and other special licenses
Unicode: Allows any character from any language or alphabet to be represented uniquely in an electronic source.
University of Pennsylvania
Online Texts Collection
U.S. Department
of Education Grants and Contracts
U.S. Department of
Justice FREE ADA Technical Assistance CD-ROM
User Agent Accessibility
Guidelines (W3C®)
Using Talking Signs® Systems
to Teach Blind Children O&M (TSBVI)
Vendors Specializing in Technology for the Blind (NY Institute for Sp. Ed. site)
Video TIM (Tactile Imaging Machine), similar to Optacon:
ViewPlus Technologies (Tiger Advantage Tactile Graphics):
V.I. Guide to Internet Resources about Visual Impairments for Parents
and Teachers:
Visual Healing: A Self-Help
Therapy Program for Macular Degeneration, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Glaucoma
and Other Eye Disorders
Visually Impaired Preschool Services,
Inc. (Kentucky)
Washington Assistive Technology Alliance
WebAble and Web Access Checklists (IBM W3C) and Projects (NCAM):
Web Access (see also Access
Board, Accessible Web Design, Accessible
Web Tools, American Council of the Blind accessible
documents guidelines, Any Browser Campaign for Accessible
Web Design, A-Prompt, EASI, Information
Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center, Macromedia, National
Center for Accessible Media, Readers with Visual
Impairments, Section 508, User
Agent Accessibility Guidelines (W3C®), WebAble
and Web Access Checklists, and XML: Web Accessibility
Guidelines)
WinZip® Archive utility for Windows (use to unzip files to transcribe
into braille or LP):
Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative:
World Trade Center Disaster Captioned
Photos
XML: Web Accessibility Guidelines
The Zimmerman Low Vision Simulation Kit
Zip and Unzip Utilities:
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