Assistive & Adaptive Technology
Database of assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment, including price and information on more than 25,000 assistive technology products.
Accessible Information Technology
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre
Alternative Financing Technical Assistance Project
Find options for financing assistive technology through grants and loans sponsored by the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA).
Answers4Families: Families with Special Needs Children
Resource for families with children, youth and adults with special needs, including disabilities and chronic illnesses of all types. Offers links to a wide variety of information to help connect to and learn from other families.
Assistive Technology Act Fact Sheet
Assistive Technology Act of 2004: Public Law 108-364
Assistive Technology Frequently Asked Questions
Assistive Technology Guide for Students with Learning Disabilities: A Parent's Guide
Assistive Technology Industry Association
Assistive Technology Training Online Project (ATTO)
Assistive Technology for Children with Autism
Association of Blind Citizens - Assistive Technology Fund
Center for Applied Special Technology Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
UDL is a framework for designing curricula that enable all individuals to gain knowledge, skills, and enthusiasm for learning. Find resources for research, professional development, policy, publications, products and resources.
Center for Assistive Technology & Environmental Access (CATEA)
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Technology & Media (TAM) Division
Described & Captioned Media Program
Discover Speech, Magnification & Braille Access with Dolphin Software
Learn how Dolphin delivers magnification, speech and Braille access to mainstream Microsoft Windows applications through the use of Lunar, LunarPlus, Hal and SuperNova. This link is in Connect Pro Meeting format.
Learn about the latest portable device that places the functionality of a reading machine into a multifunction cell phone, and improves print access for the blind, vision impaired and those with reading impairments. View this recording at anytime with Adobe Flash Player. For more information on the TARGET Discovery Series and TARGET Web Connect, visit the TARGET Center Web site.
Family Center on Technology & Disability
Family Center on Technology & Disability (FCTD) Member Database
Federal Relay Conference Captioning (RCC)
Federal Relay Service Online (FRSO)
Financial Aid Resources for Purchasing Assistive Technology
First Stop for Free Assistive Technology
Georgia Tech Research on Accessible Distance Education (GRADE)
International Society for Technology in Education
A variety of tools and resources to help educators around the world bring educational technology into the classroom.
Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
Learning Disabilities & Assistive Technologies (AT) Web Site
Library of Congress Guidelines for HTML 4.01
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation - Brighter Tomorrow Grants
National Assistive Technology Technical Assistance Partnership (NATTAP)
Program that provides technical assistance to the 56 state and territorial assistive technology programs as authorized under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998.
National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators
Research and resources related to advancing the quality and effectiveness of technology for individuals with disabilities and creating a marketplace demand for the selection and appropriate use of research-based technology.
National Organization on Disability (N.O.D.) Assistive Technology Information
National Weather Service: Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Accessibility
Home page of the National Weather Service's Standards for Electronic and Information Technology program, which includes information on Web use by people with disabilities, trends and resources.
Opening Doors: Technology & Communication Options for Children with Hearing Loss
Providing Low Cost Loans for the Purchase of Assistive Technology
Analysis of the first year of operation of the Federal Alternative Financing Program for Individuals with Disabilities, which provides loans to purchase assistive technology for people with disabilities. Document is in .pdf format but is also available in text only format.
Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)
State Assistive Technology & Telework Financial Loan Programs
Technology Assessment of the U.S. Assistive Technology Industry
A study produced by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security for the U.S. Department of Education's National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) and the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer.
Technology Related Articles from LD OnLine
Testing Accommodations for Adults with Disabilities
Accommodations for testing are available for adults with documented physical disabilities, learning disabilities, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and emotional or psychological disabilities.
Tool Kit on Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Trace Research & Development Center
Using Computer-based Tests with Students with Disabilities
Computer-based testing has been called the "next frontier in testing" as educators, testing companies and state departments quickly work to transform paper and pencil tests into technology-based formats.