Related Links for Resources or Articles for People with Disabilities

• ADA Home Page: U.S. Department of Justice Americans with Disabilities Act Home - Information and technical assistance on the American For Disabilities Act
  www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
• Know-the-ADA, ADA Resources: Living with Blindness - Causes of blindness are cataracts, macular degeneration, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy with information about each, physical and audible assistance and many helpful links to other related resources. ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act
  know-the-ada.com/t5/ada-living-blindness.html
• ALLTECH Blind and Low Vision Services - Services in Maine for those who need assistance using technology such as JAWS or Braille notetakers.
  www.alltech-tsi.org/services_a/blind.htm
• American Council of the Blind - National council with 71 affiliates throughout the United States. " . . . strives to improve the well-being of all blind and visually impaired people . . ."
  www.acb.org/
• American Foundation for the Blind - Not-for-profit resource and referral organization and publisher.
  www.afb.org/
• American Printing House for the Blind (APH) - APH manufactures braille, large type, recorded, computer disk, and tactile graphic publications, and educational and daily living products.
  www.aph.org/
• Bookshare.org - A subscription-based service that provides scanned, member-contributed books to members in NISO/DAISY digital book format or grade 2 digital Braille. Students on the Talking Books program are eligible for free services from Bookshare.
  www.bookshare.org
• Braille Institute - Offers Braille and a wide variety of services and programs to the blind.
  https://www.brailleinstitute.org/
• The Iris Network - A not-for-profit Maine organization helping the state's blind and visually impaired populations.
  www.theiris.org/
• Maine-AIM (Accessible Instructional Materials for Maine Students with Print Disabilities) - ccessible Instructional Materials All students learn best when information is presented in a way that matches their individual learning styles.
  www.maine-aim.org/
  
• Maine Bureau of Rehabilitation Services - State agency which "strives to bring about full access to employment, independence and community integration for people with disabilities."
  www.state.me.us/rehab/
• Maine CITE Statewide project dedicated to supporting availability of assistive and universally designed technology.
  www.mainecite.org/
• Lighthouse International - This organization is a good resource for low-vision aids. "Recognized by the American Medical Association, our dream is to make everyone aware of the differences between vision impairment and blindness."
  lighthouse.org/navh
• National Federation of the Blind Association of Blind Persons - provides information about Jobline and Newsline (newspaper-by-phone service).
  www.nfb.org/
• National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled - Administers Talking Books program, has searchable online catalog of materials.
  www.loc.gov/nls/
• Learning Ally - A not-for-profit educational publications resource for people with print disabilities.
  www.rfbd.org/index.htm
• Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act: Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards - Information about Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
  www.access-board.gov/508.htm
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 - Recommendations from WC3 on standards for web access.
  www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/