1. Colorado WIN Partners
2. Communicating with and about People with Disabilities
3. Cornucopia of Disability Information (CODI) (resources for consumers and professionals: education, computing, mobility, organizations, etc.)
4. Disabilities - (from Medline Plus -- overviews, coping, directories, organizations, laws, statistics)
5. Disability Etiquette: Tips on interacting with people with disabilities
6. Disability History Museum
7. Disability Resources on the Internet
8. Disaster Preparedness for People With Disabilities
9. Dwarfism (from Medline Plus)
10. Exercising With a Disability - No Limits
11. Federal Government Disability Info. (employment, health, housing, education, transportation, technology, etc.)
12. General Disability Resources (from Librarians' Index to the Internet)
13. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) People With Disabilities (housing + accessibility laws, resources)
14. Information Resources for Disability and Rehabilitation
15. Job Accommodation Network - Information by Disability (incl. agencies, organizations, resources and support groups)
16. Little People of America, Inc. - (includes medical support, resources, scholarships, adoption information, advocacy and outreach for people of short stature and their families)
17. National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
18. National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities - Publications on a variety of topics
19. National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (special education info.)
20. Resources on Disabilities
21. Services for Adults with Disabilities
22. Sexuality and Disability: an Annotated Bibliography
23. Social Security Disability Programs
24. Specific Resources About Types of Disabilities (contact info. for hundreds of organizations)
25. TASH: Equity, Opportunity and Inclusion for People with Disabilities
26. U.S. Access Board - standards, enforcement, assistance related to accessible design
27. Untangling the Web (disability-related websites grouped by subject)
28. What You Need To Know When You Get Disability Benefits
29. Workforce Discovery: Diversity and Disability in the Workplace (in-depth training modules on disability awareness)

Adaptive / Assistive Technology

1. ABLEDATA (information on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment )
2. Accessible Vans: The Ins and Outs of Getting Out and About
3. Adapting Motor Vehicles For People With Disabilities
4. Alliance for Technology Access (information on assistive technology tools and services )
5. Assistive Devices (overviews, coping, directories, organizations, statistics)
6. Assistive Technology - What You Need to Know
7. Assistive Technology at the Pikes Peak Library District
8. Assistive Technology Devices and Services
9. Assistive Technology Glossary
10. Assistive Technology Partners (services, projects, activities, and research dedicated to enhancing access to assistive technology )
11. AssistiveTech.net (searchable database and links to a wide variety of assistive technology and disability-related information)
12. Cornucopia Of Disability Information: Assistive Technology
13. Family Center on Technology and Disability
14. Financial Assistance for Prostheses and Other Assistive Devices
15. Funding Resource Center for Assistive Technology Information
16. Informed Consumer's Guide to Funding Assistive Technology
17. Microsoft Accessibility (accessibility options in Microsoft products)
18. Products: Assistive Technology Devices (for physical, visual, hearing, learning, cognitive, etc., disabilities)
19. USA Tech Guide - A Web Guide to Wheelchair and Assistive Technology Choices
20. What are Assistive Listening Devices or "ALDs"?

Amputees

1. Amputee Coalition of America
2. Amputee Online Newsletter (formerly Amputation Online Magazine)
3. Amputees (overviews, coping, rehabilitation, research, related issues, etc.)
4. Financial Assistance for Prostheses and Other Assistive Devices
5. Limb Loss FAQs
6. Minus One Club (people who are missing limbs can sell or swap shoes or gloves)
7. National Limb Loss Information Center
8. Phantom Pain from the Mayo Clinic

Associations / Organizations / Agencies

1. American Association Of People With Disabilities (AAPD)
2. Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition - "To promote independence, self-reliance, and full participation for people with all types of disabilities"
3. Colorado Division Of Vocational Rehabilitation
4. Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (a coalition of approximately 100 national disability organizations)
5. Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
6. National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
7. National Council on Disability - federal agency making recommendations on issues affecting Americans with disabilities
8. National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
9. National Organization on Disability
10. Office of Disability Employment Policy - "to increase employment opportunities for adults and youth with disabilities"
11. Office of Disability Employment Policy (from U.S. Dept. of Labor)
12. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
13. Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) (employment-related grant programs for disabled persons)

Developmental Disabilities

1. Administration on Developmental Disabilities (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services)
2. Arc of Colorado - advocating for people with developmental disabilities
3. Arc of the Pikes Peak Region - advocates for people with developmental disabilities
4. Autism Society of Colorado
5. Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council
6. Colorado Division for Developmental Disabilities
7. Developmental Disabilities (from CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
8. Developmental Disabilities (overviews, diagnosis, research, coping, directories, laws, etc.)
9. Developmental Disabilities Resource Center
10. Down Syndrome (overviews, management, related issues, genetics, organizations, etc.)
11. Mile High Down Syndrome Association
12. Multiple Disabilities with Deafness Including Deafblindness, Autism, Cerebral Palsy, and Mental Retardation
13. My Child's Needs: A Guide to the Individualized Education Program
14. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
15. National Down Syndrome Society
16. Special Olympics
17. State Councils on Developmental Disabilities
18. United Cerebral Palsy

Hearing Disabilities

1. American Academy of Audiology - Consumer Information
2. American Tinnitus Organization
3. Better Speech and Hearing Month
4. Captioned Media Program (free-loan captioned media: educational, special interest, classic movies)
5. CODA - Children of Deaf Adults (for the adult hearing sons and daughters of deaf parents)
6. Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
7. Consumer Guide to Hearing Aids (from AARP)
8. Deaf History Month - celebrating key events
9. Deaf Studies Internet Resources (numerous websites covering everything from ASL & fingerspelling to financial advice)
10. Deafness / Hard of Hearing (heritage, celebrities, employment, health and social issues, etc.)
11. Getting Through: Talking to a Person Who is Hard of Hearing
12. Glossary - NIDCD (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
13. Hearing Aid Comparison Chart (from Hearing Planet - no authoritative consumer rating comparison is currently available)
14. Hearing aids: How to choose the right one (MayoClinic)
15. Hearing Disorders and Deafness (overviews, diagnosis, treatment, research, etc.)
16. Learning American Sign Language (ASL) and Signed English (SE)
17. Learning Sign Language (articles, resources, discussion)
18. Multiple Disabilities with Deafness Including Deafblindness, Autism, Cerebral Palsy, and Mental Retardation
19. National Association of the Deaf
20. National Family Association for Deaf-Blind
21. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
22. NexTalk.net (telephone services for the deaf)
23. Online Sign Language Dictionaries
24. Pikes Peak Center on Deafness
25. Prevalence and Incidence of Hearing Loss in Adults
26. Sign-Language 101 (learn and practice sign language; history, popularity, users, etc.)
27. Sound Advice on Hearing Aids (from the Federal Trade Commission)
28. Sprint IP Relay (Internet telecommunications relay service- similar to TDD/TTY)
29. What are Assistive Listening Devices or "ALDs"?

Housing

1. Colorado Springs - Housing Authority

Learning Disabilities

1. Attention Deficit Disorder Association (adult AD/HD organization)
2. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD: overviews, diagnosis, treatment, coping, etc.)
3. Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit Disorder/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
4. Dyscalculia (mathematical learning disability: diagnosis, symptoms, learning aids, etc.)
5. Dyscalculia (signs, symptoms, strategies)
6. International Dyslexia Association - "dedicated to helping individuals with dyslexia, their families and the communities that support them"
7. LD Online ( for parents, teachers, and kids: articles, Q&A, calendar, resources, yellow pages for learning disabilities)
8. Learning Disabilities & Difficulties
9. Learning Disabilities Association of America
10. Learning Disorders (overviews, diagnosis, coping, organizations, etc.)
11. National Center for Learning Disabilities
12. Tips for College Bound High School Students with Diagnosed Learning Problems

Legal Issues

1. ADA (Americans With Disabilities) Home Page - U.S. Department of Justice
2. American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law
3. Guide to Disability Rights Laws - U.S. Department of Justice
4. Legal & Advocacy Resources
5. Titles I and V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) - full text of the act from the EEOC

Multiple Disabilities

1. American Association of the Deaf-Blind
2. Deafblindness
3. General Information about Severe and/or Multiple Disabilities
4. Multiple Disabilities Including a Sensory Loss
5. Multiple Disabilities with Deafness Including Deafblindness, Autism, Cerebral Palsy, and Mental Retardation
6. National Family Association for Deaf-Blind
7. NTAC - National Technical Assistance Consortium for Children and Young Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind

Neurological Disorders / Stroke

1. American Stroke Association (warning signs, programs, care, patient information, fact sheets)
2. Internet Stroke Center (for patients and families)
3. National Stroke Association (symptoms, treatment, prevention, rehabilitation, etc.)
4. Neurologic Diseases (diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, research, etc.)
5. Stroke (overviews, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, rehabilitation, statistics)
6. Stroke Net (information and support for stroke survivors and stroke caregivers of adult stroke)

Paralysis / Movement Disorders

1. Christopher & Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center
2. Movement Disorders (diagnosis, treatment, clinical trials, specific conditions, coping, etc.)
3. National Spinal Cord Injury Association
4. Paralysis (anatomy, clinical trials, specific conditions, coping, organizations, etc.)
5. Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)
6. Periodic Paralysis (from the Muscular Dystrophy Association)
7. Spinal Cord Diseases (overviews, diagnosis, treatment, specific conditions, etc.)
8. Spinal Cord Injuries (overviews, diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, coping, rehabilitation, research, etc.)
9. Spinal Cord Injury Information Network
10. USA Tech Guide - A Web Guide to Wheelchair and Assistive Technology Choices
11. We Move (Worldwide Education and Awareness for Movement Disorders)
12. Wheelchair Net: Community Living (travel, healthy living, home modifications, advocacy, etc.)
13. Wheelchair Sports USA
14. Wheelchair Use in the United States

Psychiatric Disorders

1. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law - "the leading national legal advocate for people with mental disabilities"
2. Division of Mental Health - Colorado Department of Human Services
3. Fast Stats A-Z: Mental Health Disorders (from National Center for Health Statistics)
4. Handling Your Psychiatric Disability in Work and School
5. Mental Health (overviews, diagnosis, treatment, coping, directories, etc.)
6. Mental Illness Myths & Facts
7. National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) Colorado Springs (local support and advocacy)
8. National Institute of Mental Health
9. National Mental Health Association
10. National Mental Health Information Center
11. National Toll-Free Helplines (from the National Mental Health Information Center)
12. Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
13. The Numbers Count: Mental Disorders in America - from National Institute of Mental Health

Sports

1. America's Athletes with Disabilities (to promote and sponsor sports, recreation, fitness and leisure events for children and adults with physical disabilities)
2. Challenged Athletes Foundation (provides individual grants to athletes with physical disabilities)
3. Directory of Sports Organizations for Athletes with Disabilities
4. Disabled Sports - Organizations
5. Disabled Sports USA (Colorado Chapter) - nationwide sports rehabilitation programs
6. National Sports Center for the Disabled (provides recreation and competitive opportunities for children and adults with disabilities)
7. National Veterans Wheelchair Games
8. Special Olympics
9. Sports and Recreation (from WheelchairNet: links for hobbies, team and solo sports, organizations, etc.)
10. U.S. Paralympics
11. Wheelchair Sports USA

Statistics

1. Access to Disability Data
2. Blindness Statistics (from American Foundation for the Blind)
3. Census Bureau - Disability (statistics, reports, data, research papers)
4. Disabilities (from CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
5. Disability Data Tables (State, U.S., and World)
6. Disability Statistics Center - University of California, San Francisco
7. Fast Stats A-Z: Disabilities / Limitations (from the National Center for Health Statistics)
8. Fast Stats A-Z: Mental Health Disorders (from National Center for Health Statistics)
9. Fast Stats A-Z: Stroke / Cerebrovascular Disease (from National Center for Health Statistics)
10. Prevalence and Incidence of Hearing Loss in Adults
11. Sexual Assault Against Persons Living with Disabilities
12. The Numbers Count: Mental Disorders in America - from National Institute of Mental Health
13. Vision Problems in the U.S. (summary of eye disease prevalence data)
14. Wheelchair Use in the United States

Travel

1. Accessibility - Equal Access to Transportation (from U.S. Dept. of Transportation)
2. ADA: Guaranteeing Access to Transportation
3. Columbine Pass (discounted pass to all 42 Colorado state parks for disabled Colorado residents)
4. Information for the Air Traveler with a Disability (from the Aviation Consumer Protection Division)
5. Information for the Air Traveler with a Disability (from the U.S. Department of Transportation)
6. National Accessible Travelers' Database for persons with disabilities (from Easter Seals)
7. Society for Accessible Travel & Hospitality (SATH) - for travelers with disabilities
8. Travel Information for People with Disabilities (from National Limb Loss Information Center)
9. Traveling with a Disability (resources, publications, international travel)

Visual Disabilities

1. American Council of the Blind
2. American Foundation for the Blind
3. American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
4. Blinded Veterans Association
5. Blindness Statistics (from American Foundation for the Blind)
6. Braille Alphabet Card
7. Braille Bug (history, games, information about braille for kids, parents, and teachers)
8. Choice Magazine Listening (free tape-recorded articles from 100+ publications)
9. Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
10. Colorado Talking Book Library
11. Directory of Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Persons
12. Eye Health Organizations Database
13. Financial Aid for Eye Care - National Eye Institute
14. Guide Dogs for the Blind
15. Information for People with Low Vision
16. Lighthouse International (vision impairment: rehabilitation, education, research and advocacy)
17. Multiple Disabilities with Deafness Including Deafblindness, Autism, Cerebral Palsy, and Mental Retardation
18. National Association for Visually Handicapped (NAVH)
19. National Braille Press (nonprofit braille printing and publishing house)
20. National Family Association for Deaf-Blind
21. National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
22. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (Talking Books)
23. Radio Reading Service of the Rockies (newspapers, ads, job opportunities, etc., read for the blind)
24. Vision Problems in the U.S. (summary of eye disease prevalence data)
25. Visual Impairment and Blindness (overviews, pictures, diagnosis, coping, anatomy, treatment, etc.)

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