Links to the disability-related resources are here for your convenience. The Ability Center does not vouch for the validity of the information provided by these websites. If you find an inaccuracy, please notify the Center and we will remove the resource as soon as possible.
Advocacy
ADAPT
Center for Human Policy
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
Federal Communications Commission – Civil Rights Offices
Not Dead Yet
Ohio Olmstead
Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)
United States Department of Education—Office of Civil Rights
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
Access Board
ADA.gov
ADA Great Lakes
ADA Update: A Primer for Small Businesses (03/15/2011)
Disability.gov
Disability-Related Support
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
Northwest Ohio National Spinal Cord Injury Association
ODDC – Ohio Developmental DisABILITIES Council
The Sight Center of Northwest Ohio
Toledo Deaf Club
Toledo Hearing and Speech Center
Disability Studies/Academia
Society for Disability Studies (SDS)
University of Toledo Disability Studies Program
Emergency Management/Preparedness in Northwest Ohio
FEMA: Are You Ready
Lucas County Emergency Management Agency
Employment Empowerment
2010 Census: Toolkit for Reaching People with Disabilities
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
Committee on Disability Power and Pride
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Disability Section
National Organization on Disability (NOD)
Ohio Disability Vote Coalition
Think Beyond the Label – a website that challenges old myths and current stereotypes
History
Albritton Consulting Services: Famous People – a growing list offering information on musicians, actors, etc.
Disabled World – an extensive resource on all things disability. This link takes you directly to their page on famous people, which is broken down into categories based upon type of disability.
Famous People With Disabilities – an extensive list compiled by the Tampa, Florida Mayor’s Alliance for Persons with Disability.
Lewis Carroll: The Autism Connection – A short documentary from AutTV on Lewis Carroll, author of Alice In Wonderland and many other stories and poems. Some experts believe that Lewis Carroll had Asperger’s Syndrome, which is part of the Autism Spectrum.
Housing
Center for Universal Design (NCSU)
Concrete Change
Visitability.org
Life and Living Independent
Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL)
Center for Independent Living – Berkeley
Inclusive Planet – the online platform for the print impaired to connect over accessible books, ideas and conversations
Independent Living Institute – Stockholm
Independent Living USA
National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
RTC Rural Institute of University of Montana
The Wheel Life – a social network for people who use wheelchairs and the general disability community
Parenting, Education and Inclusion
Bookshare.org – Accessible books and periodicals for readers with print disabilities
Inclusion Times
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)
Ohio Parent Information Network Operation Respect
Parent to Parent
Peak Parent Center
Peal Center
Operation Respect
United States Department of Education—Office of Civil Rights
Youth and Recreation
Aqua Hut’s Training Divers with Disabilities
National Alliance for Accessible Golf
National Center on Accessibility
National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth
Wilderness Inquiry
Transportation
Dept. of Transportation – Federal Transit Agency
Ride Safe – University of Michigan’s page on traveling with a wheelchair
TARPS – local paratransit provider
TARTA – local bus provider
