Links of Interest
- Assistive Technology
- State Government Agency Links
- Federal Government Agency Links
- Banking and Credit Links
- Disability Links
ABLEDATA
www.abledata.com
A federally funded project which provides information on assistive technology
devices and rehabilitation equipment. Go to this site to search for AT
Products.
Disabled Dealer Magazine
www.disableddealer.com
Online version of a valuable magazine with information about used accessible
vans, scooters, wheelchairs, and other items which are for sale by individuals
and businesses.
New Mobility
www.newmobility.com
A lifestyle magazine for wheelchair users, covers health,
employment issues, relationships, recreation, travel, legal issues, products and
more.
Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North
America
(RESNA)
www.resna.org
An interdisciplinary association of people with a common interest in technology
and disability. Go to the RESNA website for a list of all assistive technology
loan funds in the USA.
Senior Navigator
www.seniornavigator.com
An excellent resource for seniors, providing information on adaptive technology,
assisted living, areas on aging services, financial services and health issues.
The Center for an Accessible Society
www.accessiblesociety.org
A national organization designed to focus public attention on disability and
independent living issues. You will find information developed through NIDRR
funded research.
- State Government Agency Links
- Department of Rehabilitative Services (DRS)
- www.vadrs.org
- Employment and community living services to people with disabilities and employers.
- Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired (DBVI)
- www.vdbvi.org
- Services for blind, visually impaired, and deaf-blind individuals to achieve their maximum level of employment, education, and personal independence.
- Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (VDDHH)
- www.vddhh.org
- Interpreter, technology and information programs for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
- Virginia Assistive Technology System (VATS)
- www.vats.org
- Provides information to Virginians with disabilities interested in assistive technology devices and services.
- Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS)
- www.dmas.virginia.gov
- Administers Virginia's Medicaid and other Medical Programs
- Virginia Board for People with Disabilities
- www.vaboard.org
- Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA)
- www.vhda.com
- Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center
http://www.wwrc.net/ - Governor's Home Page
- www.governor.virginia.gov
- Secretary of Health and Human Resources
- www.hhr.virginia.gov
- US Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- www.hud.gov
- National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
- http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/index.html?src=mr
- NIDRR, within the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation, offers a comprehensive program of research related to the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities. It is also the source of three federal grants to the NewWell Fund, with which we operate our loan fund.
- Rehabilitative Services Administration (RSA)
- www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/rsa/index.html
- RSA, within the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation, oversees formula and discretionary grant programs that help individuals with physical or mental disabilities to obtain employment and live more independently. RSA provides funds to each state for vocational rehabilitation. RSA also is the source of a federal grant to the NewWell Fund for its newest program, Telework.
New Freedom Initiative
www.disability.gov
A website developed for government issues for people with disabilities.
American Association of People with Disabilities
www.aapd.com
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
www.aarp.org
Exceptional Parent
www.eparent.com
Information, support, ideas, and outreach for parents and families
of children with disabilities.
Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
www.janweb.icdi.wvu.edu
A free consulting service of the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP),
US Department of Labor.
Muscular Dystrophy Association
www.mdausa.org
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
www.msaa.com
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
www.msfocus.org
Ms. Wheelchair Virginia
www.mswheelchairva.com
National Council on Independent Living
www.ncil.org
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
www.nmss.org
National Organization on Disability
www.nod.org
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
www.spinalcord.org
Paralyzed Veterans of America
www.pva.org
- Banking and Credit Information
- Sun Trust Bank
- www.suntrust.com
- Banking Partner for the NewWell Fund.
- National Foundation for Credit Counseling
- www.nfcc.org
- If your credit is less than perfect - get Credit Counseling Services.