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DisAbilities Resources Online
Hearing Disabilities
and Impairment
Hearing Impairment/Deafness
Websites
http://www.utep.edu/dsso/hearing.htm
Extensive links to sites offering resources and information on hearing
impairment and deafness, provided by the University of Texas in
El Paso.
Mobility Impaired
Assistance Dogs International
http://www.adionline.org/
Website for this organization that helps provide guide dogs, hearing
dogs and service dogs. Assistance Dogs International, Inc. is a
coalition of not for profit organizations that train and place Assistance
Dogs. The purpose of ADI is to improve the areas of training, placement,
and utilization of Assistance Dogs as well as staff and volunteer
education.
Canine Partners for
Life
http://www.k94life.org/whoweare.htm
Website for this Pennsylvannia based organization which works to
increase the independence and quality of life of individuals with
mobility impairments by providing professionally trained service
dogs and support services.
Vision
Impairment
American Council for the
Blind
http://acb.org/
The website for the American Council of the Blind. This service
provides general information about the Council, including recent
issues of our monthly publication, The Braille Forum. The site provides
many links to other important sites.
Blind NET
http://www.blind.net/blindind.htm
These pages will provide you with USEFUL and FACTUAL information
about blindness; general information as well as links to organizations
of the Blind, those organizations for the Blind that work with us,
some of the companies that provide equipment we use, and other resources.
History of Reading
Codes for the Blind
http://www.nyise.org/blind/
Fascinating and important history of reading codes which includes
discussion of the work of Valentin Hauy
Louis Braille, Gall, Alston, Lucas and Moon, as well as information
on American Modified Braille and British Braille.
National Federation
of the Blind
http://www.nfb.org/
Official site for this organization.
Visually
Impaired - Yahoo Directory
http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=%2BVisually+%2BImpaired
Directory to many sites providing information on research and treatment
of visual impairments.
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