Helpful Links – Websites for reference

Agriculture Accommodation

Mississippi AgrAbility Project
The Mississippi AgrAbility Project educates and assists agricultural workers with disabilities and their families.

National AgrAbility Project
The National AgrAbility Project was created to assist people with disabilities employed in agriculture.

Auditory Accommodation

National Association of the Deaf
Focuses on grassroots advocacy and empowerment, captioned media, deafness-related information and publications, legal assistance, policy development and research, public awareness, and youth leadership development.

World Recreation Association of the Deaf
The World Recreation Association of the Deaf (WRAD) is a non-profit recreational, educational, and cultural organization made up of deaf, hearing impaired and hearing people who live in all parts of the world.

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
This site is a centralized source of accurate, up-to-date, and objective information on topics dealing with deafness and hearing loss in the age group of 0-21.

Augmentative/Alternative Communication

International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
ISAAC (International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication) is an organization devoted to advancing the field of Augmentative and Alternative communication (AAC).

Computer Access

Home Accommodation

The Center for Universal Design
The Center for Universal Design is a national research, information, and technical assistance center that evaluates, develops, and promotes universal design in housing, public and commercial facilities, and related products.

The US Access Board
The Access Board is an independent Federal agency devoted to accessibility for people with disabilities.

Environmental Control Evaluation

Job Site Accommodation

Job Accommodation Network
This website has a wealth of information and examples of types of accommodations that may be necessary for certain jobs and disabilities. They also have disability related employment resources.

Tech Connections
This website has a wealth of information regarding assistive technology related to the job, including many case studies.

Job Access
This site is a resume bank specifically for people with disabilities

RecruitAbility
This site is an online, targeted recruiting site that connects proactive employers with people with disabilities.

Medical Multimedia Group
This website is a great resource for different repetitive stress injuries. It explains them in plain English, and gives great pictures to show the anatomy of the injury.

Vision Aids

American Federation for the Blind
The nonprofit organization offers information about educational and technological resources for the visually impaired.

National Federation for the Blind
Nonprofit consumer and advocacy organization of blind persons discusses membership, guide dogs, technology, related groups, and the organization's history.

American Printing house for the Blind
Promotes independence of blind & vision- impaired persons by providing special media, tools & materials for education & life.

Seating and Mobility

Spinal Cord Injury Peer Information Library on Technology
An information resource describing the Assistive Technology experiences of individuals with quadriplegia from their own perspective.

National Spinal Cord Injury Association
The National Spinal Cord Injury Association is dedicated to helping the hundreds of thousands of Americans coping with the results of spinal cord injury and disease.

Vehicle Modifications

The Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialist
The Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists was established to support professionals working in the field of driver education / driver training and transportation equipment modifications for persons with disabilities through education and information dissemination.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NHTSA is the federal government agency with the authority to regulate the manufacture of automotive adaptive equipment and modified vehicles used by persons with disabilities.