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Also Try
- College and Disabilities
- Health
- Medical
- Software for Internet Text-to-Speech and More
Lists
- Better Life Online Catalog
- Disabilities Resources (Central Instructional Support Center of Pennsylvania)
Provides resources for persons with physical or traumatic brain injuries. 11-99
- Disabilities Resources (Fullmer)
Provides over 100 resources related to disabilities. Called Untangling the Web.
- Disability Resources (New York Insititute for Special Education)
Provides over 100 resources related to disabilities, in alphabetical order by organization.
- Organizations Providing Case Management Services (Center for Healthcare Information)
Provides a list of agencies by state, county, area code, keyword, and zip code. Try specifying state alone first. 11-99
- Recumbent Tricycles and Quads (Awesome Library)
- Tricycling (Awesome Library)
Provides sources of tricycles and quadcycles (four-wheels) for adults. These cycles can provide safe transportation and exercise, as well as haul items. Safer from falls, more comfortable, and more powerful than a bicycle. If a fuel cell is added for additional power on hills, these cycles might provide good general transportation that is very inexpensive. 6-01
- Wheelchair - Motorized (PowerTrike)
Provides a motorized wheel and handle bar that can convert a wheelchair into a motorized trike. 1-04
- Wheelchair Rugby
Materials
- Awesome Talking Library (Awesome Library)
 Converts online text into spoken words through the Awesome Talkster program. Awesome Talkster has one of the clearest synthesized voices on the Web.
Converting online text into speech has many uses. For example, Talkster can speak online stories or books to children while an adult supervises. The voice can be put in "Boy" or "Girl" mode to add a character with a bubble over his or her head. The bubble will show each word as it is spoken and the voice can be put on "slow" for your child to follow. Talkster can thereby assist your child in learning how to pronounce words while reading.
Talkster is also useful for adults. It can speak news articles to you in one open browser while you are searching for information in another browser window.
For persons with visual impairments or poor coordination, Talkster can be navigated with keystrokes.
The Web can be navigated using a version of Awesome Library in a different language, such as Spanish, while using a voice for that language that is available through the Awesome Talkster. Links to different language versions of the Awesome Library are available at the bottom of most Awesome Library pages. Links to free voices for different languages can be found on the Awesome Talking Library's help page. 9-02
Papers
- Americans With Disabilities Act (U.S. Department of Justice)
Provides information on the law, as well as enforcement. 5-00
- IDEA and Special Education (CESD - Richards)
Provides an overview of the provisions of IDEA as it applies to legal obligations of schools under federal law. 8-00
- Reconstructive Surgery for the Disadvantaged Worldwide (Operation Smile)
- Recumbent Tricycle - Greenspeed (Greenspeed.com)
Describes the product with a variety of versions, including fully enclosed (fairings), tandem, compact, quad-powered, hand-powered, and solar powered. Awesome Library does not endorse this product, but only provides it as an example. Sometimes called three-wheel bicycles. 6-01
- Recumbent Tricycle - Hand Powered (Freedom Ryder)
Describes the product. Awesome Library does not endorse this product, but only provides it as an example. Sometimes called three-wheel bicycles. 6-01
- Recumbent Tricycle - SolarTrike for Solar Power (SolarTrike.com)
Starts at 2,000 dollars and weighs 106 pounds with a 200 watt motor and a 50 watt solar panel. Does not use batteries. Awesome Library does not endorse this product, but only provides it as an example. 6-01
- Section 504 and Special Education (CESD - Richards)
Provides an overview of the provisions of Section 504 of the Rehabiliitation Act as it applies to legal obligations of schools and IDEA, the Special Education provisions under federal law. 6-99
- Speaking to Write (Education Development Center)
Provides rationales and case studies for using speech recognition software with students who have disabilities.
- Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Resources (Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus)
Provides factsheets for parents and parents to be. 1-01
- Spinal Cord Injury - Diaphragm Implants (CBS News)
"Doctors have implanted electrodes in Christopher Reeve's chest in an experimental procedure that could someday enable the paralyzed 'Superman' star to breathe without a respirator." 3-03
- Spinal Cord Injury Factsheet (Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation)
Provides facts and statistics related to spinal cord injury (CNS). 1-01
- Wheelchair Propulsion Designs (Walters)
Provides three alternative designs for improving the hand propulsion of a wheelchair. Uses PDF format. 2-02
Periodicals
- Paralympics
Purchase Resources
- Assistive Technology - Games and Devices (Bunday)
Provides adapted games and switches for children with special needs.
- Walker for Children With Poor Balance (Merry Walker Corporation)
Provides a walker that allows children to walk without more restrictive devices, such a wheelchairs. Designed for children who have poor balance (ataxia), weakness, leg injuries, or other conditions that would make ambulation difficult. 2-01
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