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AGENCIES - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

• The White House Official Site
• U.S. Governments Official Web Portal
• Senate and House
• Contact your Legislator in Washington
• Library of Congress
• Social Security Online
• http://www.ed.gov/index.jsp
• U.S. Department of Education
• Aviation Consumer Protection-DOT
• US Government Accountability Office  

AGENCIES - STATE OF FLORIDA

• Connects you to All State of Florida Agencies
• Senate and House
• Florida Department of Education
• Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
• Florida Department of Health
• Children's Medical Services
• Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program
• Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources System
• A.T. E. N. Assistive Technology Education Network
• Office of Education Technology
• K-12 Public Schools
• Florida School for Deaf and Blind
• Florida Division of Blind Services
• Florida Public Service Commission
• Americans with Disabilities Working Group (ADAWG)
• Agency for Persons with Disabilities

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES

• Global Search Portal for AT
• Florida Institute for Rehabilitative Education 
• Do It Yourself 
• The Alliance for Technology Access
• Association of Tech Act Projects
• AbleData Information on Technology
• Ability Hub -Multi-source site
• Easter Seal Massachusetts
• CODI - Cornucopia of Disability Information on Assistive Technology
• AbleProject.org
• Synapse Adaptive
• Technology for Long Term Care
• A Parent's Guide to AT 
• Autism Society of Florida
• Unlimited Solutions Assistive Technology Specialists

AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION DEVICES

• Dynavox
• Crestwood Communication Aids, Inc.
• Communications Aid Manufacturers Association

COMPUTER ACCESSIBILITY

• Microsoft Accessibility Technology for Everyone
• Apple- People with Special Needs
• IBM- Accessibility Center
• Equal Access to Software
• Office of Electronic Government and Technology
• Department of Defense Computer/Electronic Accommodation Program
• Virtual Assistive Technology
• Accessible entertainment and Games for Children with visual impairments
• Access IT - National Center on Information Technology in Education

DISABILITY RIGHTS

• Florida Protection and Advocacy Center
• ADA Home Page
• Job Accommodation Network
• Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
• The Center for an Accessible Society
• Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws
• Telecommunication for the Deaf

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

• Resources provided by National Organization on DisAbility
• Preparedness List
• Florida Division of Community Affairs - Emergency Management
• Terrorism Awareness Information
• Information to help you Prepare
• Disaster Preparedness for the Elderly - Dept of Elder Affairs
• American Red Cross
• FAAST Resource List

EMPLOYMENT

• Small Business & Self Employment Services
• Tech Connections
• Goodwill Industries International
• Suncoast Center for Independent Living, Inc

FAMILY RESOURCES ONLINE

• Exceptional Parent Magazine
• Autism Society of America 
• National Consortium on Leadership and Disability for Youth
• Teacher Loan Forgiveness Eligibility Rules Applicable to All Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and Federal Direct Loan Program Borrowers
• The Family Cafe
• Family Care Council
• Sunrise Community, Inc.
• Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County
• Children's Services Council of Broward
• Florida Developmental Disabilities Council
• Florida Respite Coalition
• Parent's Information and Resource Center, Inc.
• Learning Disability Portal
• PODS Angels
• Schott Communities
• Family Center on Technology and Disability
• Devereux of Florida
• Kids in Distress, Inc.
• March of Dimes
• Miami Children's Hospital Dan Marino Center
• The ARC of the US- Connecting cognitive, intellectual and developmental disabilities
• Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
• A learning Center for Parents to ask questions
• Internet Resource about Visual Impairments
• Brain Injury Association of Florida
• Through the Looking Glass - Resource for families
• Grottoes of North America
• Vision Connection
• Special Need Families Fun
• I Can Online - Talk Radio
• Hope Center, Inc.
• Habilitation Center for the Handicapped
• Best Buddies
• Broward Children's Center
• Cadenza Music Therapy
• Children's Diagnostic & Treatment Center Inc.
• Down's Syndrome Association

GENERAL ASSISTANCE LINKS

• Florida Spinal Cord Injury Resource Center
• National Independent Living Resource Listing
• Untangling The Web (additional helpful links)
• The Boulevard provides a Portal for multiple links to disability resources

• Online Learning Resource
• Business Week Articles
• Lutheran Services of Florida, Inc. 
• Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Special Needs Programs
• Easter Seals of Florida
• United Cerbral Palsy
• Victory Living Programs
• Miami Lighthouse for the Blind
• Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind
• Lighthouse of Broward County
• Family Network on Disabilities
• American Federation for the Blind
• American Council of the Blind 
• Hernando Lighthouse for the Blind 
• Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
• National Association for Visually Handicapped
• Access Unlimited - The Disability Link Barn
• Florida Independent Living Council
• Florida Association of Centers for Independent Living
• California State University Northridge (CSUN) Center on Disabilities
• Closing the Gap
• Jewish Braille Institute (JBI International)
• Lighthouse of Central Florida (CITE)
• Ann Storck Center, Inc.
• ARC of Florida
• Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD)
• Dimensions Therapy Center
• Jewish Community Services of South Florida
• Jewish Family Services of Broward County

RECREATION, TRAVEL & PLAY

• Boy Scouts of America
• God's Little Acres
• National Center on Access
• Playground Equipment and Design
• Boundless Playgrounds
• Toy Lending service
• YMCA
• Lion's Club
• Special Needs Camps
• Exercise and Disability
• Special Olympics
• VSA-Learning Opportunities through Art
• Accessible Vans of America (Rental needs met)
• Handicapped Travel Club, Inc
• Accessibility within Yellowstone
• Accessible Rentals for Trips
• Environmental Traveling Companions
• Communications Aid Manufacturers Association
• Toys R Us (adaptive toys)
• Cartoon Cuts
• Horses and the Handicapped of South Florida

RESNA / NIDRR

• Technical Assistance Project
• State Tech Act Projects Listing
• National Institute on Disability & Rehabilitation Research
• National Center for Dissemination of Disability Research
• Model Spinal Cord Injury System

Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERC)

• Cognitive Technologies
• Accessible Medical Instrumentation
• Accessible Public Transportation
• Children with Orthopedic Disabilities
• Communication Enhancement
• Hearing Enhancement
• Technology Access for Land Mine Survivors
• Mobile Wireless Technologies for Persons with Disabilities
• Prosthetics and Orthotics
• Recreational Technologies and Exercise Physiology Benefiting Persons with Disabilities
• Rehabilitation Robotics and Telemanipulation: Machines Assisting Recovery from Stroke
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Technologies for Children with Orthopedic Disabilities
• Technology for Successful Aging
• Technology Transfer
• Telecommunications Access
• Telerehabilitation
• Universal Design and the Built Environment at Buffalo
• Information Technology Access
• Wheelchair Transportation Safety
• Wheeled Mobility
• Workplace Accommodations

SPANISH ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SITE

• Site is dedicated to Spanish speakers
• Program
• Virtual Assistive Technology
• Accessible entertainment and Games for Children with visual impairments
• Access IT - National Center on Information Technology in Education

TELECOMMUNICATAION / DEAFNESS / HARD OF HEARING

• Florida Telecommunications  Relay, Inc.
• Alexander Graham Bell of Florida
• Florida Association of Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists
• Florida Association of the Deaf
• Self Help for Hard of Hearing
• National Association of the Deaf
• Sprint Relay on Line
• League for the Hard of Hearing
• American Academy of Audiology
• Alliance for Families with Deaf Children
• Bolesta Center
• Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program

UNIVERSAL DESIGN / HOME MODIFICATION

• Making Homes Accessible
• National Resource
• Universal Design & Home Accessibility
• Center for Universal design at NC State University
• Ageless Design for those with Alzheimer’s
• Universal Design Education on line

WEB DESIGN - ACCESSIBILITY

• Accessibility on line
• AWARE Center
• BOBBY free portal to check your site for accessibility
• TRACE - Designing a more usable web site
• DO-IT Accessible web design University of Washington
• National Center for Dissemination of Disability Research
• Policies relating to Web accessibility
• Free web assessment Tool
• World Wide Web Consortium