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Standards in Web Accessibility W3C

www.rnib.org.uk

www.albinism.org

 

more to follow

told you here they are

Links to web pages for teachers and parents (I have not checked the links below)

Abacus - The Art of Calculation with Beads
http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/abacus/

(NEW) AbilityHub - Assistive Technology for computers and disability
http://www.abilityhub.com/

Action for Blind People
http://www.afbp.org/

AcuVision
http://www.acuvision.com/

ADA Information Center On-Line, Blind/Visually Impaired
http://www.hr.state.ks.us/dc/

Adaptive Technology Consulting
http://www.AdaptiveTech.net/

Adaptive Technology Resources
http://www.adaptivetr.com/

Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind
http://www.talladega.com/aidb/aidbtext.html

Alliance for Technology Access
http://www.ataccess.org

Aloha Vision Technology
http://www.AlohaVision.com/

Alva Access Group
http://www.aagi.com

American Academy of Ophthalmology - Eyenet
http://www.eyenet.org/

American Association of the Deaf-Blind
http://www.tr.wosc.osshe.edu/dblink/aadb.htm

American Council for the Blind
http://www.acb.org/

American Foundation for the Blind
http://www.afb.org/afb/

American Journal of Ophthalmology On-line
http://www.ajo.com

American Printing House for the Blind
http://www.aph.org/

American Thermoform Corporation ATC. Swell-Form Graphics Machine & Swell-Touch Paper
http://www.atcbrleqp.com/
http://www.atcbrleqp.com/swell.htm

Andrew Heiskell Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
http://www.nypl.org/branch/central_units/lb/LB.html

Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
http://www.goodnet.com/~acbvi/

Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
http://www.azstarnet.com/~asdbhs/index.html

Arla Institute
http://www.arlainst.fi/english.htm

Art through Touch
http://members.aol.com/ATTouch/

ASCRS-ASOA
http://www.ascrs.org/

AskERIC is a personalized Internet-based service providing education information.
http://ericir.sunsite.syr.edu/

Aspire Consultancy to help visually impaired people
http://www.aspire.mcmail.com/

Assistanse is a nationwide Norwegian organization for parents of visually handicapped children.
http://www.assistanse.no/eindex.htm

Assistive and Adaptive Technology in Special Education
http://at-advocacy.phillynews.com

Assistive Technology
http://www.viguide.com/techmain.htm

Assistive Technology Guide for Children with Learning Difficulties
http://www.schwablearning.org/html/resource/publications/assistive_tech.html

Associated Blind
http://www.tabinc.org

Association for Early Intervention Early Intervention Centers
http://ms.anet.cz/~srpcuns/English.htm

Association for Education & Rehabilitationof the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER)
http://www.aerbvi.org

Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE)
http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/FTB/AAATE.html

Association for the Blind
http://www.aftb.org.au

Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
http://www.grcmc.org/blindser/

Baruch College Computer Center for Visually Impaired People
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/ccvip/

Batten Disease Support & Research Association
http://bdsra.org/

BC College and Institute Library Services (CILS)
http://www.langara.bc.ca/library/cils.html

BC Ministry of Education
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/publications.htm
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/visimpair/toc.htm

Beyond Sight
http://henge1.henge.com/~bsistore

Better Vision for Children Fondation (BVC)
http://www.webdesigners-sandiego.com/BVCpg.html

Bibles for the Blind and Visually Handicapped
http://braille.indiana.net/braille/

Blind Children's Learning Center
http://www.blindkids.org/

Blind Faith WEB Links
http://www.scis.nova.edu/~marston

Blind Leading the Blind Foundation
http://www.blb.org/

Blind Links
http://seidata.com/~marriage/rblind.html

Blind Mobility Research Unit (Nottingham)
http://www.psyc.nott.ac.uk/bmru/home.html

Blind Net. USEFUL and FACTUAL information about blindness and related issues.
http://www.blind.net/blindind.htm

Blind Related Links
http://www.seidata.com/~marriage/rblind.html

Blind-L Archives for "Computer use by and for the blind.
http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~f94303mn/handicap/index.cgi

Blindcare
http://www.btinternet.com/~blindcare/

Blindness Arena Information about blindness technology.
http://www.rnzfb.org.nz/jmosen/arblind.htm

BlindRing Listing
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=blind&list

Blindspots
http://www.vashti.net/blind/

BLIST: The Comprehensive Index of Blindness-Related Emailing Lists
http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/blist.html

Bobby Analyzes web pages for their accessibility to people with disabilities as well as their compatibility with various browsers.
http://www.cast.org/bobby

Braille Guide
http://disserv.stu.umn.edu/AltForm/

Braille Institute
http://www.brailleinstitute.org

Braille International
http://www.brailleintl.org/

Braille Planet
http://www.brailleplanet.org/

Braille Transcribing by Liz Gray Information about braille codes and braille transcription.
http://www.tusc.net:80/~lizgray/

BrailleNet "Better access to the WEB for blind and partially sighted people"
http://www.braillenet.jussieu.fr/

Brighton Society for the Blind
http://www.bsblind.co.uk/

British Computing Association for the Blind - BCAB
http://www.rnib.org.uk/bcab/brochure.htm

British Educational Communications and Technology agency (BECTa)
http://www.becta.org.uk

British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society
http://www.brps.demon.co.uk/

British Telecom Guide for Disabled People
http://www.bt.com/community/aged_and_disabled

BRL: Braille through Remote Learning. Distance education about brialle.
http://www.shodor.org/braille/

BrookesTalk
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/cms/research/speech/btalk.htm

Bundes-Blindenerziehungsinstitut (Federal Institute for the Education of the Blind)
http://www.bbi.asn-wien.ac.at/bbi/english/

Busy Teachers' WebSite K-12
http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/

California School for the Blind
http://home.earthlink.net/~brianmont/

California State University (Northridge) Center on Disabilities (CSUN)
http://www.csun.edu/cod/

California Transcribers & Educators of the Visually Handicapped
http://edtech.sdcs.k12.ca.us/epd/ctevhhome.html

California's Special Education Assistive Technology Program
http://www.dds.cahwnet.gov/at009.htm

Camera Obscura. About Internet resources on visual impairment.
http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/index.html

Canadian Council of the Blind
http://www2.ebtech.net/~sarwcane/ccb.htm

Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
http://www.cnib.org/

Carroll Center for the Blind
http://www.carroll.org

CECIAA
http://www.ceciaa.com/accueil_en.html

Center for Information Technology Accomodation (CITA)
http://www.gsa.gov/coca/

Cyber Blink. Documents and information on visual impairment.
http://www.realtime.net/~shaffer/cyberblink.html

College of Optometrist
http://www.college-optometrists.org

Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind
http://www.clb.org/

Columbia Visual Health & Surgical Center. Information about eye conditions and diseases.
http://www.web-xpress.com/vhsc/index.html

Comenius University Support Centre for Visualy Impaired Students (CEZAPP)
http://158.195.24.10/

Comfort Connection Family Resource Center
http://www.comfortconnection.org/

Connecticut Institute for the Blind/Oak Hill
http://www.ciboakhill.org/

COST 219 bis -Telecommunications Access for Disabled People and Elderly
http://www.stakes.fi/cost219/index.html

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
http://www.cec.sped.org

Council of Citizens with Low Vision International
http://www.cclvi.org/

Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)
http://www.copaa.net

Council of Schools for the Blind (COSB)
http://www.tsbvi.edu/cosbnews/index.htm

CrissCross Technologies. Specialize in learning and training materials for computer users who are visually impaired.
http://www.crisscrosstech.com/

CSS Centre for the Blind and Visually Impaired
http://www.css-sl.si/en_index.htm

Czeck Blind United
http://www.braillnet.cz/menueng.htm

Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind
http://dallaslighthouse.org

Danish Centre for Technical Aids for Rehabilitation and Education
http://www.hmi.dk/hmitg/profil.html

Deafblind Link. A lot of information about deafblindness.
http://www.s55wilma.demon.co.uk/index.html

Deafblindness Web Resources
http://www.eng.dmu.ac.uk/~hgs/deafblind/

Debbie Day Homepage
Resources for Parents & Teachers of Blind Kids
http://members.home.net/ddays/blindkids.html

Dennis Bartlett's Home Page
http://www.visi.com/~bartlett

Derbyshire Look Group. Information and links to parents of Visually Impaired Children.
http://freespace.virgin.net/amanda.gibson/

Diabetic Retinopathy Foundation
http://retinopathy.org

Dialogue Magazine's Home Page
http://www.teleport.com/~blindskl/

Digital Journal of Ophthalmology
http://www.djo.harvard.edu/

Disabilities Information Resources
http://www.dinf.org/

Disability net - information for all sorts of disabilities.
http://www.disabilitynet.co.uk

Disabled People's International (DPI)
http://www.dpi.org/

Distance Education Reference
http://www.russianstory.com/cdrom/icded96/links.htm

Do-It at the University of Washington
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~doit/

Dorton at a Distance - VITA
http://www.dorton-coll.ac.uk/

Dorton House School Access Technology Services
http://www.dorton.demon.co.uk

ED's Oasis MasterSearch lesson plan
http://edsoasis.org/Treasure/treasT.html

ED's Oasis Teachers' Guild Lesson Plan Library!
http://edsoasis.org/TGuild/Lessons/TGuildTOC.html

EdLaw
http://www.edlaw.net

Education Development Center, Inc. 
NCIP Links that provide information, and resources relating to technology and students with disabilities
http://www2.edc.org/NCIP/links.htm

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
http://www.aspensys.com/eric/index.html

EEI Adaptive
http://www.eeiadaptive.com/

Eye Cancer Network
http://www.eyecancer.com/

Eye Site
http://www.i-care.net/

EyeMax. Information resource for the Eyecare Professional.
http://www.eyemax.com/

Electronic Book: Teaching orientation and mobility to blind children
Institute for Innovative Blind Navigation
http://isd.saginaw.k12.mi.us/~mobility/refhome.htm

Empowerment Zone, the home page of Jamal Mazrui!
http://www.empowermentzone.com/

En-Vision America
http://www.envisionamerica.com/

ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
http://www.cec.sped.org/ericec.htm

ERIC Digest. Short reports (1,000 - 1,500 words) on topics of prime current interest in education.
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/index/

European Agency for Special Education Needs
http://www.european-agency.com

European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER)
http://www.ever.be

European Blind Union (EBU)
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/EBU_UEA/

European Disability Forum
http://www.edf.unicall.be/index.asp

European Distance Education Network
http://www.eden.bme.hu/

Exhall Grange School
http://www.campus.bt.com/CampusWorld/orgs/org9304/

Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired
http://www.nkl.fi/ENGLISH/FFVIINTR.HTM

Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind
http://www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/about.index.html

Focus on the Visually Impaired
http://www.visuallyimpaired.com/

Focus On Vision
http://www.focusonvision.com/

Force Foundation
http://145.99.72.69:88/english/Links/links.htm

FORTEC Rehabilitation Technology, Vienna University of Technology
http://sun4.iaee.tuwien.ac.at/fortec

Foundation for Blind Children
http://the-fbc.org/index.html

Fund for the Blind
http://www.brailcom.cz/EN/

Games for Blind Children (Fabienne Viallet)
http://www.chez.com/viallet/blind/BLIND_AN.htm

Glaucoma Foundation
http://www.glaucoma-foundation.org

Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network (GLADNET)
http://www.gladnet.org/

Glossary of Ophthalmological Terms (Larry Bickford)
http://www.west.net/~eyecare/glossary.html

Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind
http://www.guidedog.org

Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (GDBA)
http://www.gdba.org.uk/

Hands and Eyes Newsletter
ART AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH VISION IMPAIRMENTS
http://home.earthlink.net/~vharris/links.html

Dixon, Judy, Favorite Sites. Many links on visual impairment.
http://www.concentric.net/~dixonjm/

Indiana School for the Blind
http://isb.butler.edu/school/

Information for professionals in visual disabilities
http://www.tiresias.org/

International Council for Distance Education
http://www.icde.org/Textindex.htm

Internet Resources for Parents
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/ak12/k12/k12parents.html

Iowa Department for the Blind, ASSIST With Windows!
http://www.blind.state.ia.us/assist/

Jaws for Windows user help group
http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~nallan/jfw

KerrLaw
http://www.KERRlaw.com

LDOnline
http://www.ldonline.org

Links on blindness and visual impairment.
http://www.ability.org.uk/blind.html

Links on vision and visual impairment. There are more than 900 links
http://home.swipnet.se/macula-lutea/countrylinks.htm

Lithuanian web page about Blind and VI
http://www.lass.lt

(NEW) MD Support
http://www.mdsupport.org

Multimedia Enabling Technologies at the Open University
http://met.open.ac.uk/METHome.html
http://met.open.ac.uk/dis/indext.htm

On line computing books
http://www.mcp.com

Overbrook School for the Blind
http://www.obs.org/txtindex.htm

Queen Alexandra College of Further Education for blind and partially sighted students in Birmingham
http://www.q-a-c.demon.co.uk

Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic
http://www.rfbd.org

REHACare International
International Trade Fair for Rehabilitation, Equipment and Care for the Disabled
http://www.mdna.com/shows/reha.html

RESNA Technical Assistance Project
http://www.resna.org

RNC Related Links
http://www.rncb.ac.uk/links/

Rodney Peter page
http://www.dlh.dk/psyc/slu/syn/

Royal National Institute for the Blind - RNIB
http://www.rnib.org.uk

Sensory Disabilities Research Unit - University of Hertfordshire
http://phoenix.herts.ac.uk/SDRU/hmpage.html

Simon Ungar home page. Tactile Maps
http://www.lgu.ac.uk/psychology/ungar/
http://www.lgu.ac.uk/psychology/ungar/intact/tmc.html
http://www.lgu.ac.uk/psychology/ungar/intact/intactlinks.html

Society for Disability Studies Links
http://www.uic.edu/orgs/sds/links.html#general

Special Ed Advocate (WrightsLaw)
http://www.wrightslaw.com

Special Education Technology - British Columbia
http://www.setbc.org/
Technology Guide to Assist Students with Visual Impairments in Meeting Curriculum Goals
http://www.setbc.org/special/virg/

Special Educational Needs (Visually Impaired)
http://www.dorton-coll.ac.uk/csen_students.html
Links to other sites of related interest
http://www.dorton-coll.ac.uk/links.html

Special Needs and Distance Learning Network
http://www.ndu.sih.se/public/english/index.htm

Special Needs Education Project
http://www.schoolnet.ca/sne/e/blisites.html

SuperKids - The Parent's and Teacher's Guide to Educational Resources
http://www.superkids.com/

Tactile Access to Education for Visually Impaired Students
http://www.purdue.edu/odos/TAEVIS/

Technology as a Tool for Education and Communication. Aug Comm Website
http://www.lburkhart.com/

Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/index.htm