Resources for Disability Services

Karen HarrisDisability Services Coordinator/Outreach SpecialistIsothermal Community College Spindale, NC 28160

NC3SDPAOctober 31-November 2, 2005

Legislation

The Americans with Disabilities Act, Title II

http://www.ed.gov/policy/rights/reg/ocr/edlite-28cfr35.html

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Subpart E

http://www.ed.gov/policy/rights/reg/ocr/edlite-34cfr104.html#E

Federal Resources

Office of Civil Rights www.ed.gov/offices/OCR Office of Civil Rights Transition

www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/transition.html United States Access Board

http://www.access-board.gov/

Federal Resources(cont.)

ADA Home Page

www.ada.gov

Federal Resources(cont.)

State Resources

North Carolina Community System http://www.ncccs.cc.nc.us/Stu_Dev_Services/career.htm

North Carolina Vocational Instructors in Accessible Learning

www.ncvital.info

Educational Resources

Heath Resource Center

www.heath.gwu.edu University of Washington

www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/postsec.html Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

www.bu.edu/cpr/jobschool University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

www.uwlax.edu/drs

Educational Resources (cont.)

Educational Resources(cont.)

Postsecondary Education Programs www.pepnet.org

The University of Kansaswww.ku.edu/~ssdis/

Ohio State Universitywww.ada.osu.edu

Western University of Health SciencesCenter for Disability Issues & Health Professionswww.westernu.edu/cdihp/links_disaster.xml

Educational Resources(cont.)

Organizational Resources

AHEADwww.ahead.org

Organizational Resources(cont.)

NCAHEAD

www.ahead.org/about/regional_affiliates/northcarolina/index.htm

Organizational Resources(cont.)

ADD www.chadd.org National Rehabilitation Information Center

www.naric.com American Council of the Blind www.acb.org National Federation of the Blind www.nfb.org Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic

www.rfbd.org LD Association of America www.ldanatl.org

Organizational Resources(cont.)

National Institute of Mental Health

www.nimh.nih.gov/nimhhome/index.cfm Information Technology Technical

Assistance & Training Center

www.ittatc.org

Organizational Resources(cont.)

Publications

Disability Compliance in Higher Education

www.DCHE.com

Publications(cont.)

CAS Standards

www.cas.edu

Publications(cont.)

From Legal Principle to Informed Practice

Jane E. Jarrow, Disability Access Information and Support; L. Scott Lissner, The Ohio State University

http://www.ahead.org/publications/index.htm#legalprinciple

Web Accessibility

Web Accessibility in Mind

www.webaim.org/techniques/articles/freetools

Questions