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Assistive Technology Resources & Links

Contents:

• Funding resources

• AAC

• Internet Resources for Presentation on Socialization with AT which is located on this site at: http://www.coping.org/specialneeds/assistech/socialization.htm

Funding resources

• funding sources
• legislation affecting funding for AT services
• http://www.infinitec.org/findingmoney.html- (This is a highly suggested link to visit to find out more about funding your AT needs. It contains tips and suggestions as well as helpful links. It is administered by INFINITECH)
• http://www.iltech.org/- (The Illinois Assistive Technology Network [ATEN])

AAC Links

• http://expressyourself.org/aac.htm - (Perhaps the most inclusive one you will need. Contains information and links to manufacturers and organizations.)
• http://www.augcomm.com - (This is a wonderful site and resource for AAC. Contains many helpful links to manufacturer and product information as well as general information.)
• http://aac.unl.edu/ussaac.html - (United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication)
• http://www.isaac-online.org - (International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication)
• http://www.westmark.pvt.k12.ca.us/infotech.html (Links to a variety of Augmentative and Assistive Technology Modalities)

Internet Resources for Presentation

• Ablenet, Inc: http://www.ablenetinc.com/  
• Arc of the United States: http://www.thearc.org/
• AT for Blind Students: http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/ATBasics/Populations/Blind/index.php
• Axistive Assistive Technology: http://www.axistive.com/
• Braille  American Foundation for the Blind – 2004 http://www.afb.org/section.asp?sectionid=6
• Braille Bug Site: http://www.afb.org/braillebug/
• Center for Computer Assistance for the Disabled Inc. (C-CAD): http://www.c-cad.org/
• Clicker 4, available from Crick Software: http://www.cricksoft.com/us/
• deaftv.net -website is focused on communication and video entertainment for deaf people: http://www.deaftv.net/
• Dolphin Computer Access: http://www.dolphincomputeraccess.com/index.htm
• Don Johnston Incorporated: http://www.donjohnston.com/
• Edutopia-George Lucas Foundation: Enabling Dreams: http://www.edutopia.org/php/article.php?id=Art_1241
• Exceptional Parent Magazine: http://www.eparent.com/
• Family Center for on Technology and Disability: http://www.fctd.info/  
• Freedom Scientific: http://www.freedomscientific.com/
• Georgia Project for Assistive Technology: http://coefaculty.valdosta.edu/spe/ATRB/Video_Tips.htm
• Listen up web: Specializing In Information For The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing: http://www.listen-up.org/
• Nextup home of Text Aloud a text to speech tool: http://www.nextup.com/
• NIDCD Fact Sheet: Cochlear Implants: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/coch.asp
• Read Please Corporation: http://www.readplease.com/
• SPARKLE-Supporting Parent Access to Resources, Knowledge, Linkages, and Education: http://www.sparkle.usu.edu/

• TASH- Equity, Opportunity and Inclusion for People with Disabilities: http://www.tash.org/

• The TTY and relay Fact Sheet: http://www.temple.edu/instituteondisabilities/piat/faqs/tty.html

• United Cerebral Palsy (UCP): http://www.ucpa.org/

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