• Alliance for Technology Access (ATA). A national network of technology resource centers and technology vendors dedicated to connecting children and adults with disabilities to technology tools. The site contains a library of assistive technology resources, links for advocacy issues, and opportunities for membership.
  Website

• The Archimedes Project. This project is a part of the Center for the Study for Language and Information (CSLI), an independent research lab at Stanford University. Its primary goal is to educate software and hardware developers about the barriers and opportunities that technology presents for individuals with disabilities.
  Website.

• EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information. EASI is part of the Teaching, Learning and Technology Group, an affiliate of the American Association for Higher Education. EASI provides "information and guidance in the area of access-to-information technologies by individuals with disabilities." The site includes live and archived Webcasts.
  Website

• Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology

• Microsoft Accessibility Site. This comprehensive site featuring Microsoft products offers coverage under the headings Accessibility; News & Events, Products & Aids, Training, and Developing Technology.
  Website

• National Center for Accessible Media. NCAM is a research and development facility sponsored through public television station WBGH in Boston. It works to make media accessible to underserved populations such as disabled persons, minority-language users, and people with low literacy skills. Website

• Trace Research & Development Center. Trace is an interdisciplinary research development and resource center on technology and disability centered at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. It is funded through the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). Trace is designated as the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Information Technology Access.
  Website

• WebABLE! This site is designed to "stimulate education, research, and development of technologies that will ensure accessibility for people with disabilities to information systems" and technologies. It includes a database listing Internet-based resources on accessibility as well as books, press releases, white papers, articles, plans, standards, reference guidelines, and journals.
  Website

• ADDA: National Attention Deficit Disorder Association. Provides information about research, treatment, and support groups.
  Website

• Advocacy Center for Persons With Disabilities

  American Association of People with Disabilities. AAPD is a nonprofit, cross-disability, advocacy-centered organization that focuses on issues of economic circumstances, productivity, independence, full citizenship, and total integration into all aspects of society.
  Website

• AmericanSpeech-Language-Hearing Association. Website

• Autism Society of Florida
• Disabled People International. The purpose of Disabled People's International (DPI) is to promote the human rights of people with disabilities through full participation, equalization of opportunity, and development. DPI has member organizations in more than 110 countries with consultative status to ECOSOC, UNESCO, and the ILO. DPI also has official observer status at the United Nations General Assembly.
  Website

• Learning Disabilities Association of America. LDA is a national organization with 50 state affiliates and more than 775 local chapters. It is devoted to defining and finding solutions to the broad spectrum of learning problems and issues, such as attention deficit disorder, dyslexia, transitional concerns, and testing.
  Website

• Miami Project –
  Website

• NAD (National Association of The Deaf). Offers information on conference workshops and publications. Access: http://www.nad.org/.
  • National Organization on Disability. The National Organization on Disability promotes the equal participation of America's 54 million men, women, and children with disabilities in all aspects of life.  Website

• National Spinal Cord Injury Association –
  Website

• Very Special Arts Florida

• United Cerebral Palsy Association –
  Website

• United Spinal Association –
  Website

  Spina Bifida Association – Ms. Penny Cuker – Tel (800) 621-3141 or (954) 472-4048

• Spina Bifida Organization of America.
  Website
   

• Broward Early Intervention Program Family Family Resource Specialists:
  Fatima Rodrigues - Tel (954) 728-1023
  Audrey Evans - (954) 728-1029
• Family Network on Disabilities of Broward County – Tel (754) 321-1705
• Broward Children's Medical Services – Sharon Conley – Tel (954) 713-3100
• Broward Regional Policy Council – Tel. 1-800-830-4199
• Child Find (FDLRS) – Tel (954) 321-2204

• ADAPT-L. An online discussion group that focuses on adaptive technology and libraries.
   Subscribe at listserv@american.edu.

• AXSLIB-L. An online discussion group for librarians concerned with accessibility issues.  Subscribe at listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu.

• DISLISEM. An online discussion group for librarians with disabilities and library science students with disabilities.
  Subscribe at listserv@vm.sc.edu.

• DSSHE-L. An electronic discussion group for college students with disabilities and for office staff who provide services to students with disabilities at universities and colleges.
  Subscribe

• University of Maryland Disability Listserv Lists. Lists many electronic discussion groups having to do with disabilities.
  Subscribe

• Deaf Notes. This is an electronic discussion group on issues of interest to people with hearing disabilities.
  Subscribe

• Disabled News. A monthly newsletter by a person with a disability on topics related to living with a disability. 
  Website

• Information Technology and Disabilities. A refereed journal concerning the theoretical issues surrounding the development and effective use of new and emerging technologies by computer users with disabilities. It can be read on the Web or subscribed to individually and received via e-mail.
  Website

• NAD E-Zine: National Association of the Deaf. A bimonthly electronic journal that focuses on issues and concerns relevant to the deaf and hearing-impaired community.
  Website

• DeafNation.com (Deaf newspaper). Covers sports, news, classified ads, job market, maps to events, religion, mailing lists, and telnet sites of interest to people with hearing disabilities.  Website

• FCC Disabilities Issues Task Force Homepage. This federal task force centers on issues of telecommunication accessibility for the disabled. The site includes a section called Disability Issues and a section concerning current events and trends that pertain to telecommunication access. Website

• Florida Department of Health

• Florida Department of Insurance
• Florida Kid Care
• Healthy Kids
• Medicaid.
  Website
• President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. Homepage for the federal agency whose mission is to facilitate the communication, coordination, and promotion of public and private efforts to enhance the employment of people with disabilities. 
  Website
• Simplified Summer Food Program provides free meals and snacks to low income children 18 and under when school is not in session. Click here for more Information
• Social Security Disability Information. Information on disability programs offered by Social Security, including the complete text to the 1997 13th edition of the Social Security Handbook.
  Website
• U.S. Access Board: Accessibility for People with Disabilities. Independent federal agency whose primary mission is accessibility for people with disabilities. The Access Board develops minimum guidelines and requirements for standards issued under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA). 
  Website
• U.S. Census Bureau. Provides information and statistics on disability from the U.S. Census Bureau.
  Website
• U.S. Department of Justice ADA Home Page. This site contains comprehensive information on the ADA, interpretation, enforcement, new or proposed regulations, technical assistance program, and more.
  Website
• U.S. General Services Administration, Center for Information Technology Accommodation (CITA). Features information for accessible information environments, services, and management practices.
  Website

• Abledata. This site is part of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), which is part of the U.S. Department of Education. It includes general information on disabilities, assistive technology, Tech Act projects, the U.S. government, independent living, equipment resale, disability research, and disability periodicals.  Website

• CODI: Cornucopia of Disability Information. CODI covers a wide range of topics including education, statistics, government documents, computer access, laws, books, aging, assistive technology, and universal design.
  Website

• College and University Disability Resources. This site links to disability resources services, especially at colleges and universities.
  Website

• Disability Resources Monthly (DRM) Regional Resource Directory. A directory of resources for librarians assisting patrons with disabilities. This site has general information about library services for patrons with disabilities, mail lists and electronic journals, professional organizations, technology for patrons with different types of disabilities, and also has a monthly newsletter on disabilities in general.
  Website

• DO-IT: Disabilities, Opportunities, Internet work, and Technology. Lists programs for high-school students with disabilities who are pursuing academics and careers. This site covers the use of technology to maximize independence, productivity, and participation of people with disabilities; includes development resources for Web accessible design.
  Website

• Empowerment Zone. This site has information on how to find assistive technology, civil rights, education, relationships, sexuality, and housing for people with disabilities.
  Website

• Family Network on Disabilities.
  Website

• Families USA Voices for Healthcare.
  Website

• IDEA NEWS
  Website

• JAN: Job Accommodation Network. Internet toll-free consulting service that provides information about job accommodations for people with disabilities and the employability of people with disabilities. Also lists Web sites about different disabilities and discusses disability etiquette. Website

• Kids Health.
  Website

• Medline Plus.
  Website

• NARIC: The National Rehabilitation Information Center. Covers topics about rehabilitation, such as research projects, organizations, databases, directories, guides to periodicals on rehabilitation, assistive technology, and Internet resources. You have to browse by the listed areas and cannot type in search topic.
  Website

• Parent's Guide to Assessing programs for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers with disabilities.
  Website

• Pediatric and Child Health information.
  Website

• Premature Infant Resources.
  Website

• Yahoo. Yahoo's disability Web pages cover a wide range of topics, including library standards for service to patrons with disabilities and library resources.
  Website
   

A chance to go shopping, dinner or a movie.
To spend quality time with a spouse or with other children.
To have some private time.
 

• Broward Children's Center Respite Home – Linda Sachs – Tel (954) 943-7638

• United Cerebral Palsy – Tel (954) 584-7178

• Broward Homebound Program, Inc. – Tel (954) 786-2484

• Minority Development and Empowerment –
  Tel (954) 764-5101

• American Foundation for the Blind. The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) serves as a national resource for the blind and visually impaired. Also serves to educate the general public.
  Website

• Angelman Syndrome
  Website

• Apraxia.
  Website

• Asperger's 101.
  Website

• Autism Recovery Network
  Website

• The Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. The Library of Congress administers a free library program that circulates Braille and recorded materials to eligible borrowers through a network of cooperating regional and subregional (local) libraries. Reading materials and playback machines are sent to borrowers and returned to libraries by postage-free mail.
  Website

• Low Vision Gateway. This site was created as a starting point for accessing information on the Web related to low vision and blindness. This site is sponsored by the Internet Low Vision Society with support from the Low Vision Centers of Indiana.
  Website

• National Down Syndrome Congress
  Website

• National Down Syndrome Society
  Website

• The National Federation of the Blind. Provides public education about blindness, information and referral services, scholarships, literature, and publications about blindness. Also provides information on aids, appliances and other adaptive equipment for the blind, advocacy services, and protection of civil rights. Contains links to Braille, guide dogs, scholarships, and other services for the blind.
  Website

• Noonan Syndrome.
  Website

• NYISE Blindness Resource Center. Developed by the New York Institute for Special Education, this site contains links to resources in access, history, literacy, online information, organizations, and vendors specializing in technology for the blind. Website

• National Library Services fir the Blind & Physically Handicapped
  Website

• Recording For The Blind & Dyslexic. A national nonprofit organization, Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic is a comprehensive source of material and equipment designed to support the education and professional goals of individuals unable to read standard printed text.
  Website

• Web sites and directories Deaf Resource Library. Covers all sorts of deaf and hard-of-hearing-related topics and discusses deaf culture in the United States and Japan. Includes connections to magazines and newspapers dealing with deaf issues, TDD directories, mail-order catalogs that cater to the deaf, deaf-blind issues and resources, the ADA, how to make Web pages accessible, resources for the hard-of-hearing and the late deafened, deaf-owned businesses, and Web pages of members of the deaf community.
  Website

• Project HIIT: Internet for the Hearing Impaired. Covers many topics that would be of interest to people with a hearing disability such as closed captioning, service dogs, disability access symbols, how to communicate with the deaf-blind, and electronic resources.
  Website

• Spina Bifida Fact Sheet
  Website

• Broward Children's Center Parent & Sibling Support – Linda Sachs – Tel (954) 783-8347

• Broward Autism Society of America – Eileen Roth – Tel (954) 474-5333

• Broward Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization – Diane DeBraga – Tel (954) 344-2670

• PODS Parents of Children with Down Syndrome
  Website

• Parent Helping Parents with Special Needs – Website

• Siblings of Children with Special Needs
   Website

• Special Education Support Site
  http://Website
   

• All things Web: Could Helen Keller read your page? Discusses how to make Web pages accessible to people with visual disabilities and to people with physical disabilities. Also discusses how to minimize load time of web pages and general web design fundamentals.
  Website

• Bobby. A web-based tool developed by researchers from the Center for Applied Special Technology and web consultants that analyzes web pages for their accessibility to people with disabilities and also lists browser compatibility errors. Once a site receives a Bobby-approved rating, it can display the Bobby icon.
  Website

• Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). This site includes resources on making Web pages accessible, guidelines, news, and lists of interest groups.
  Website