Related Links for Resources or Articles for People with Disabilities

• ADA Home Page: U.S. Department of Justice Americans with Disabilities Act Home Information and technical assistance on the American For Disabilities Act
  http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
• Know-the-ADA, ADA Resources: Living with Blindness: Causes of blindness are cataracts, macular degeneration, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy with information about each, physical and audible assistance and many helpful links to other related resources. ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act
  http://know-the-ada.com/t5/ada-living-blindness.html
• ALLTECH Blind and Low Vision Services Services in Maine for those who need assistance using technology such as JAWS or Braille notetakers.
  http://www.alltech-tsi.org/services_a/blind.htm
• American Council of the Blind National council with 71 affiliates throughout the United States. " . . . strives to improve the well-being of all blind and visually impaired people . . ."
  http://www.acb.org/
• American Foundation for the Blind Not-for-profit resource and referral organization and publisher.
  http://www.afb.org/
• American Printing House for the Blind APH manufactures braille , large type, recorded, computer disk, and tactile graphic publications, and educational and daily living products.
  http://www.aph.org/
• Bookshare.org A subscription-based service that provides scanned, member-contributed books to members in NISO/DAISY digital book format or grade 2 digital Braille. Students on the Talking Books program are eligible for free services from Bookshare.
  http://www.bookshare.org/web/Welcome.html
• Braille Institute Offers Braille and a wide variety of services and programs to the blind.
  http://www.brailleinstitute.org/
• CAST: Universal Design for Learning. Tools and Resources
  http://www.cast.org/udl/ToolsResources3.cfm
• The Iris Network A not-for-profit Maine organization helping the state's blind and visually impaired populations.
  http://www.theiris.org/
• The Iris Network's services include Maine Airs, a free service delivering news via your televison or on your computer's media player.
• Maine Bureau of Rehabilitation Services State agency which "strives to bring about full access to employment, independence and community integration for people with disabilities."
  http://www.maine.gov/rehab/
• Maine CITE Statewide project dedicated to supporting availability of assistive and universally designed technology.
  http://www.mainecite.org/
• National Association for Visually Handicapped (NAVH) This organization is a good resource for low-vision aids. "Recognized by the American Medical Association, our dream is to make everyone aware of the differences between vision impairment and blindness."
  http://www.navh.org/
• National Federation of the Blind Association of Blind Persons; provides information about Jobline and Newsline (newspaper-by-phone service).
  http://www.nfb.org/
• National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Administers Talking Books program, has searchable online catalog of materials.
  http://www.loc.gov/nls/
• Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic A not-for-profit educational publications resource for people with print disabilities.
  http://www.rfbd.org/index.htm
• Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act: Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards Information about Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
  http://www.access-board.gov/508.htm
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Recommendations from WC3 on standards for web access.
  http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/