Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)
An international, multicultural organization of professionals committed to full participation in higher education for persons with disabilities. Key membership organization for those involved in providing services to students with disabilities in the postsecondary setting.
http://www.ahead.org
DSSHE-L listserv (Disabled Student Services in Higher Education)
This valuable on-line sharing of expertise is composed primarily of disability services professions working in higher education, including those working directly with students with disabilities, institutional ADA personnel, administrators, and ancillary personnel. To subscribe, send this message:
SUB DSSHE-L yourfirstname yourlastname(for example, SUB DSSHE-L Jane Jarrow) -- in an otherwise empty e-mail with a blank subject line -- addressed to:
LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
This is a VERY active list, sometimes having as many as 30-40 messages each day. Some users may find it more manageable to receive postings in digest form. This means that all the messages posted in a given day are stored and some time after midnight they are sent through as a single posting, which can be sorted through as time allows. It means being a day behind in jumping in on discussions, but it allows for monitoring the list without being distracted by the volume of traffic. For those who choose to exercise this option, after subscribing to the list and receiving confirmation of that subscription, write to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
leave the subject line blank, and in the body of the message write SET DSSHE-L digest
The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE)
The Council (formerly NCEOA) is a non-profit organization which represents institutions of higher education, administrators, counselors and teachers who are committed to advancing equal educational opportunity and to promoting diversity in America's colleges and universities. The Council's principal concern is sustaining and improving educational opportunity program services. The majority of educational opportunity programs are the federally funded TRIO programs, which currently operate in over 1,200 postsecondary institutions and more than 100 community agencies.
http://www.trioprograms.org
PEPNet
The Postsecondary Education Programs Network (PEPNet) is a network fo four federally funded regional centers. The consortium provides technical assistance and support to postsecondary institutions serving deaf and hard of hearing people.
http://www.pepnet.org
Access-Able Travel Source
"Access-Able is the premier site for travel access information on the Web, or anywhere else for that fact. Our success has been helped by hundreds of disability organizations, businesses and individuals around the world."
http://www.access-able.com
Closed Captioning Web
This website provides a wealth of information regarding closed captioning as a tool to enhance communication and undertanding for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Excellent information regarding laws that regulate/demand captioning, reviews of recent legal decisions in this area, information on hardware/software for creating and receiving captioning, various services and agencies involved in captioning nationwide, and more.
http://www.captions.org/
CLOSING THE GAP
Internationally recognized source for information on innovative applications of computer technology in special education and rehabilitation.
http://www.closingthegap.com
Office of Civil Rights Regional Offices
The regional offices of the Office of Civil Rights can be located at the link provided below.
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/regmail.html
Society for Disability Studies
The Society for Disability Studies (SDS) is a nonprofit scientific and educational organization. It is a multidisciplinary and international organization composed of social scientists, scholars in the humanities, disability rights advocates, providers, and agency personnel concerned with people with disabilities. The purpose of SDS is to bring together people from diverse backgrounds to share ideas and to engage in dialogues that cut across disciplinary backgrounds and substantive concerns. SDS is committed to developing theoretical and practical knowledge about disability and to promoting the full and equal participation of persons with disabilities in society. The SDS webpage provides a wealth of resources and links to other online sources in this area of study.
http://www.uic.edu/orgs/sds
World Institute on Disability
The World Institute on Disability (WID) is an international public policy center dedicated to carrying out cutting-edge research on disability issues and overcoming obstacles to independent living.
http://www.wid.org
