IATP's primary focus is on education, employment, community living, information technology and telecommunications. Our mission is to enable people with disabilities so they can fully participate in all aspects of life.
Provides training, information and technical assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and accessible information technology (IT) to individuals and organizations in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.
A free service, provided 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to help people who are deaf or hard of hearing communicate with people who use standard telephone equipment.
A regular column in the TECHTALK newsletter which features low or no-cost solutions for removing barriers to everyday living and working.
Guide explains assistive technology (AT) and explores various resources and funding sources.
Statewide information resource and referral for advocacy and services for people with developmental disabilities. Site includes a searchable database, contact information for electronic and phone assistance and an advocacy "toolbox."
Provides telecommunications access to people who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Late Deafened, Speech-Disabled and Deaf-Blind.
A joint effort of the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Chicago and United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc., Washington D.C.
designed to bring assistive technology to people with disabilities of all types, in the Illinois counties of Cook, DuPage, Lake and Kane.
Lekotek uses interactive play experiences, and the learning that results, to promote the inclusion of children with special needs into family and community life.
Join the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Defense's Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) for a free training seminar in Chicago, IL on April 8, 2009 from 9:30 - 11:30 AM. The theme will be "Two Percent by 2010: Attainable/Sustainable Disability Employment Goals." Hiring officials, managers/supervisors, Disability Program Managers and Selective Placement Coordinators are encouraged to attend. RSVP to Elisa.Gonzalez.ctr@tma.osd.mil by April 1, 2009 to attend.
Programs give low-income people in DuPage County, IL marketable computer skills, basic knowledge about the technology and a computer for their home.
