Sites with a general focus

(This page was last updated on January 4, 2003)

• ABILITY Magazine's Links Page
  • A long list of potential sites to visit!
• Ability OnLine - Toronto, Canada
  • Ability OnLine is an electronic mail system which connects young people with disabilities or chronic illness to disabled and non-disabled people and mentors.
• American Association of People with Disabilities
  • This organization provides benefits for those with disabilities. This is a non-profit, non-partisan, cross-disability organization whose goals are to foster unity, leadership and impact.
• CEC (Council for Exceptional Children) Home Page
  • This is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted. CEC advocates for appropriate governmental policies, sets professional standards, provides continual professional development, advocates for newly and historically under served individuals with exceptionalities, and helps professionals obtain conditions and resources necessary for effective professional practice.
• Child Research Net
  • This is an international network (based in Japan) of educational researchers, teachers, doctors, parents and all those interested in and caring about kids. It is not a "disabilities" page per se, but there are some items that are useful. (I only know about them because they have my article on their website!)
• Disabilities Information Resources (DINF)
  • This organization collects information on disabilities and disabilities related subjects and makes it available through the World Wide Web.
• disABILITY Information and Resources
  • This is a good and thorough general listing of other sites.
• Disability Link Barn
  • This is a very comprehensive listing of web sites dealing with a variety of disability related issues.
• Disability-Related Research Literature, Publications and Newsletters
• Disability Resources Monthly Guide to Disability Resources on the Internet
  • Disability Resources, Inc. is a nonprofit organization established to promote and improve awareness, availability and accessibility of information for independent living.
• Empowerment Zone
  • This site offers information, ideas, and software related to the author's interest in the theme of empowerment -- helping individuals and communities achieve self actualization and full citizenship. It is interesting, useful and incredibly full. Be prepared to come back!
• Family Village
  • A global community that integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with mental retardation and other disabilities, their families, and those that provide them with services and support.
• Handitel Disabilities Page
  • There are a load of good links on this page. I have sorted through some of them and have added them to the categories that I have generated, but it is worth checking out, too.
• Integrated Network of Disability Information and Education (Indie)
  • This is a comprehensive resource for persons with disabilities worldwide! Indie was developed to be a directory of disability information on the internet.
• Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC)
  • This is the best resource site out there. It is a MUST visit site dedicated to communicating information relating to the needs of children with disABILITIES.
• Invisible Disabilities Page
  • This page is for and about people who have diseases, disorders and disabilities that aren't visible to most people and are frequently misunderstood.
• National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education through Technology, Media and Materials
  • This organization promotes the effective use of technology to enhance educational outcomes for students with sensory, cognitive, physical and social/emotional disabilities.
• Pacer Center -- A Parent Advocacy Organization
  • Loads of great information here.
• Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI)
  • This is a great site and provides a collection of internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to special education. This collection exists in order to make on-line special education resources more easily and readily available in one location. This site will continually modify, update, and add additional informative links.
• Teacher LINK: Special Needs and Disability Resources
  • This is a GREAT teacher resource. You can use this site to find information on a great variety topics. It is a search engine for teachers.

f you want to do your own web search on a particular topic, I suggest using Google.
Click here Google to get there!
Then, follow the directions on that page for a word or topic search.
It's quite easy!

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