Abilities Expo
internet: http://www.abilitiesexpo.com/IAEBrandManager/v42/index.cvn

Runs several expositions in different parts of the U.S.A., focusing on products and sevices for people with disabilities. They feature seminars and booths from many vendors.

Accessible Arts, Inc.
internet: http://www.accessibleartsinc.org

This group in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. provides live audio description for movies in local theaters.

Adapt-a-Lap
internet: http://www.adaptalap.com/

Sells an adjustable reading table. It has one leg and its height adjusts.

Audio-Tips
internet: http://www.audio-tips.com

This interesting site is designed to be a place where people with disabilities, and others who want to help them, can get to know each other via speech, both hearing the computer speak what is on the screen, and by talking into the computer for others to hear. The owner and moderator is a blind man.

"Blindsided"
internet: http://blindsidedthemovie.com/

This documentary film follows the story of a family whose son loses his vision.

Braille Without Borders
internet: http://www.braillewithoutborders.org/ENGLISH/index.html

This group is trying to enable independence for blind people in Tibet and India.

Center for Universal Design and Housing Accessibility
mail: North Carolina State University, School of Design, Box 8613, Raleigh, NC  27695-9613 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/

Clearer Vision Ministries
internet: http://www.clearervisionministries.org/

They provide trainings for churches in disabilities awareness.

College of Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle
internet: http://www.washington.edu/doit/

Their DO-IT program [Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology] was designed to nurture the academic interests of college-bound high school students with disabilities.

Colors for the Color Blind
internet: http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/

This site gives advice to web designers who are color blind on colors to use on their sites.

Disabled Children's Relief Fund
internet: http://www.dcrf.com/

This group gives grants to individuals for assistive devices and rehabilitation services and to institutions for projects.

Dolphin Research Center
Location: Marathon Shores, FL 33052 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.dolphins.org/

Uses dolphins for therapy.

Elia Life Technologies
internet: http://www.elialife.com/introduction.html

The "Elia Alphabet" is a tactile alphabet based on the forms of Roman letters and is intended as an alternative to braille.

Esmerel's Collection of Disability Resources
internet: http://www.esmerel.org/

Helen Keller International
internet: http://www.hki.org/

"Helen Keller Worldwide works to assist organizations and institutions in countries where the need is great to protect the eyesight of children within their borders and provide quality eye care to their people."

Helping Hands for the Blind
internet: http://www.helpinghands4theblind.com/

"Empowering and enabling those blind persons who only need a 'hand-up' not just a 'hand-out', this organization provides funds for legal services, scholarships, and other types of assistance. Part of their funding comes from the thrift stores they operate.

Howe Press of Perkins School for the Blind
internet: http://support.perkins.org/site/PageServer?pagename=store_homepage

Sells some publications of interest to teachers and parents.

In Touch
internet: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/intouch.shtml

This British radio progam is hosted by Simon Hayhoe, a man who is visually impaired, and it covers issues of visual impairment and society.

Javits Wagner O'Day Act Store
internet: http://www.jwod.com/

"Products available for sale through JWOD.com are primarily items provided to the Federal Government under the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act, (JWOD), a mandatory source of supply for all Federal government employees.These products are manufactured by non-profit agencies throughout the United States that employ people who are blind or have other severe disabilities."

Judy Dixon's Collection of Braille and Tactile-Writing Slates
internet: http://www.brailleslates.org

This is an interesting "virtual museum" of these important devices.

Lifeway Church Resources
internet: http://www.lifeway.com/lwc/mainpage/0%2C1701%2CM%25253D201144%2C00.html

Information on how to organize Sunday School classes for people with disabilities.

Lockfast, Inc.
internet: http://www.lockfast.com/

Sells "Tempo Loop" fabric, to which male Velcro will adhere. They sell left-overs from corporate orders to schools. Contact them for information.

McGuire, Carol Anne
internet: http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=CarolAnneMcGuire_05

This V.I. teacher has helped her students to create a video about how they learn and how braille figures in their school learning.

Mobility International U.S.A. [MIUSA]
mail: P.O. Box 10767, Eugene, OR  97440
internet: http://www.miusa.org

"A national non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote international educational exchange and travel for people with and without disabilities."  They sell many books and video cassettes addressing these issues.

Moyer, Jeff
internet: http://www.jeffmoyer.com

Jeff does motivational speaking, using music to emphasize the positive in disability issues. He has produced several albums of his music.

Narrative Television Network
internet: http://www.narrativetv.com

NTN is owned and operated by people with visual impairments and provides narrated movies and television programs to individuals with disabilities. They also add descriptive narration to corporate training videos. You can now hear samples of their narration from their web site.

National Arts and Disability Center
location: Los Angeles, CA U.S.A.
internet: http://nadc.ucla.edu/

This informative site has general information on art works by artists with disabilities, a list of disabled artists living in California, and a links page full of organizations that help disabled people to do art.

National Respite Locator Service
location: 800 Eastowne Drive, Suite 105, Chapel Hill, NC  27514 U.S.A.
internet: http://chtop.org/ARCH/National-Respite-Locator.html

Novi Zivot [New Life] Theatrical Company of the Blind and Visually Impaired
location: Zagreb, Senoina CROATIA
internet: http://www.novizivot.hr/

A blind theatre company.

Paynter, Gord
internet: http://www.gordpaynter.ca/

This professional comedian is blind. Call his agency at this phone number to inquire about performances.

Pip Squeakers
internet: http://www.pipsqueakers.com

Catalog of baby shoes and sandals in sizes 3 through 6 (U.S.A.) which squeak when the baby takes a step.

Songs of Love
internet: http://songsoflove.org/

Personalized songs are recorded for children and teens who are chronically or terminally ill.

Veo Oigo Siento [I see, I hear, I feel]
internet: http://www.veooigoysiento.com/

This site is maintained by a young Mexican man who is blind.

Vision Associates
internet: http://www.visionkits.com

Vision assessment materials, educational consulting, and assessment workshops.

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