General Resources

  • NCLD provides essential information to parents, professionals, and individuals with learning disabilities, and promotes research and programs to foster effective learning.
  • The National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE) monitors and promotes electronically-mediated distance education policies and practices that enhance the lives of people with disabilities and their families.
  • Research, examples, guidelines, training, and resources related to universal design for learning (UDL).
  • An independent federal agency charged with advising the President, Congress, and other federal agencies regarding policies, programs, practices, and procedures that affect people with disabilities.
  • Sharing information, networks, and strategies to improve continuing education and training for deaf people.
  • Publications and information on children with disabilities, IDEA, No Child Left Behind, and research-based educational practices.
  • NEADS is a consumer organization with a mandate to encourage the self-empowerment of post-secondary students with disabilities in Canada. NEADS advocates for increased accessibility to college or university education.
  • Organization of Americans who are blind and visually impaired. Provides advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and self-confidence.
  • Dedicated to education, treatment and finding a cure for fibromyalgia.
  • Grants, fellowships, research and dissemination on causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of neurological disorders and stroke.
  • Information about research, publications, and education resources related to deafness and other communication disorders.
  • The main federal agency that supports applied research, training and development to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities.
  • Provides health information, grant and funding opportunities, news, events, research training, and scientific resources.
  • Through a national network of cooperating libraries, NLS administers a free library program of Braille and audio materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the United States by postage-free mail.
  • Non-profit organization that promotes the full participation and contributions of people with disabilities.
  • the library of The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.
  • Provides relevant, practical information for professionals, persons with brain injury, and family members.
  • Provides information and support to people with neurological conditions.
  • Nfb-db is for people who are deaf-blind to exchange information on all aspects of daily life.
  • National Federation of the Blind sponsored email discussions.

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