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• is a nonprofit research and development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals, especially those with disabilities, through Universal Design for Learning.
• is a professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.
• is an online deaf web directory. (We would like to thank Samantha, a special student with a hearing disability at Brighter Futures Charter School in California, for her great resource contribution!)
• offers college Advice for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
• helps connect hard of hearing students with valuable tools, technology, and resources that they can lean on. It also features scholarships specific to hard of hearing students, provides advice on finding a college to fit particular needs and breaks down how colleges are becoming more inclusive environments.
• The NOD has information and resources for people interested in closing the participation gaps between people with and without disabilities.
• is a nonprofit research, training and public policy center promoting the civil rights and the full societal inclusion of people with disabilities.
• is a national resource for people who are blind or visually impaired, the organizations that serve them, and the general public. The site contains fact sheets and short documents on technology issues important to the blindness community, as well as a services directory and other publications.
• is a membership organization of people who are blind. The site contains resources on technology issues related to blind access.
• provides information, support, education and resources through its network of nearly 300 state and local affiliates in 50 states and Puerto Rico.
• seeks to help children and adults reach their full potential by providing accurate and up-to-date information and advice about learning disabilities and ADHD.
• is a resource on vision impairment and vision rehabilitation, and has a number of special resources, including low vision simulation glasses and brochures on large print, color blindness, and other topics.
• has information and programs on a variety of issues important to the deaf community and holds a biennial conference.
• promotes equal access in telecommunication and media by people who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, late-deafened, and deaf-blind.
• is the national organization of and for people with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities.
• is an international resource for disability information including legislation, standards, and disability rights resources.
• offers computer input technology for the disabled who can't afford to purchase items.
• is a national network of community-based resource centers, product developers, vendors, service providers, and individuals.
• (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) romotes the use of accessible electronic and information technology and universal design.
• provides articles, personal stories, interviews with AD/HD professionals, book reviews, and links to other AD/HD-related sites that provide useful information which may be helpful to you.
• provides practical up-to-date information on assistive technology products, procedures, and best practices.
• is committed to helping students of all demographics in paying for education with research on scholarships, grants, and more.
• is dedicated to improving the overall quality of life for individuals with cerebral palsy.
• is a comprehensive guide to help increase awareness about disabilities and sleep including expert advice for on sleep products and bedroom setup for those with disability, curated resources for all of the five disability categories, caregiver resources and much more.
• is the leading student-first connected learning platform. We make higher education more affordable, more accessible, and more successful for students.
• Community Resource - a community-first organization that provides resources, tools, and guides to neighborhoods and families in every area.

Tools for Communication: Low to Mid Tech

• - Flip 'n' Talk
• - Big Mac, Step-by-Step
• . - Chipper, Sequencers
• - CheapTalk, Platform Communicator, Hip Talk Communicators

Tools for Communication: High Tech

• - Proloquo2Go
• - Pathfinder, Vantage, Vanguard, Springboard, Chat Plus

Reading

• ® - The nation's educational library for those with print disabilities.
• - Free books in PDF format that can be downloaded.

Mice

• - hands free computer mouse; computer control without headgear
• - trackballs
• - SAM-Trackball

Switches

• - Single-switch access WinSCAN, SS-Scan
• - large selection of switches

Text-to-Speech Keyboards

• - The BAT Personal One Handed Keyboard
• - X-keys programmable auxiliary keyboards
• - an on-screen virtual keyboard designed for anyone with a disability that prevents him or her from typing on a physical computer keyboard
• ® - an overlay template of bitmapped graphic images of TACK-TILES® for use with the Keypad for IntelliKeys®

Speech Recognition

• - DragonDictate
• -Free voice command and control program for Windows computers

• : software and hardware products for persons with special needs