Resources for Disability Services

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Resources for Disability Services

• Karen Harris
• Disability Services Coordinator/Outreach
  Specialist
• Isothermal Community College
• Spindale, NC 28160
• NC3SDPA
• October 31-November 2, 2005

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Legislation

• The Americans with Disabilities Act, Title II
• http//www.ed.gov/policy/rights/reg/ocr/edlite-28
  cfr35.html
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
  Subpart E
• http//www.ed.gov/policy/rights/reg/ocr/edlite-34
  cfr104.htmlE

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Federal Resources

• Office of Civil Rights www.ed.gov/offices/OCR
• Office of Civil Rights Transition
  www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/transition.html
• United States Access Board
• http//www.access-board.gov/

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Federal Resources(cont.)

• ADA Home Page
• www.ada.gov

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Federal Resources(cont.)
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State Resources

• North Carolina Community System
  http//www.ncccs.cc.nc.us/Stu_Dev_Services/career.
  htm
• North Carolina Vocational Instructors in
  Accessible Learning
• www.ncvital.info

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Educational Resources

• Heath Resource Center
• www.heath.gwu.edu
• University of Washington www.washington.edu/doit/R
  esources/postsec.html
• Boston University Center for Psychiatric
  Rehabilitation
• www.bu.edu/cpr/jobschool
• University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
• www.uwlax.edu/drs

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Educational Resources (cont.)
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Educational Resources(cont.)

• Postsecondary Education Programs
• www.pepnet.org
• The University of Kansas
• www.ku.edu/ssdis/
• Ohio State University
• www.ada.osu.edu
• Western University of Health Sciences
• Center for Disability Issues Health
  Professions
• www.westernu.edu/cdihp/links_disaster.xml

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Educational Resources(cont.)
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Organizational Resources

• AHEAD
• www.ahead.org

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Organizational Resources(cont.)

• NCAHEAD
• www.ahead.org/about/regional_affiliates/northcaro
  lina/index.htm

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Organizational Resources(cont.)

• ADD www.chadd.org
• National Rehabilitation Information Center
  www.naric.com
• American Council of the Blind www.acb.org
• National Federation of the Blind www.nfb.org
• Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic
  www.rfbd.org
• LD Association of America www.ldanatl.org

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Organizational Resources(cont.)

• National Institute of Mental Health
• www.nimh.nih.gov/nimhhome/index.cfm
• Information Technology Technical Assistance
  Training Center
• www.ittatc.org

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Organizational Resources(cont.)
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Publications

• Disability Compliance in Higher Education
• www.DCHE.com

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Publications(cont.)

• CAS Standards
• www.cas.edu

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Publications(cont.)

• From Legal Principle to Informed Practice
• Jane E. Jarrow, Disability Access Information
  and Support L. Scott Lissner, The Ohio State
  University
• http//www.ahead.org/publications/index.htmlegal
  principle

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Web Accessibility

• Web Accessibility in Mind
• www.webaim.org/techniques/articles/freetools

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Questions