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Banking
- Mortgage and Refinance - This guide seeks not only to provide the reader with the most relevant and essential resources needed to navigate the myriad of red tape and sometimes rigid processes regularly associated with real estate purchases; it also aims to educate you.
General Information by Disability Type
Blind and visually impaired disabilities
- http://www.NCLD.ORG - Information regarding visual impairments.
- http://www.acbvi.org/albums/Vision/index.html - Vision simulations
- http://www.dbvi.vermont.gov - State of Vermont division for the blind and visually impaired. Includes vision simulations.
- http://www.brailler.com - Enabling Technologies homepage.
- http://www.afb.org - American Foundation for the Blind
- https://nfb.org/ - National Federation for the Blind.
- www.carroll.org - Carroll Center for the blind
- http://www.blindcitizens.org - Massachusetts association for the blind
- www.mass.gov/mcb - Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
- http://ncam.wgbh.org - Research and development facility dedicated to the issues of media and information technology for people with disabilities.
- http://www.blindskills.com/interacting.html - Tip sheet
- http://www.loc.gov/nls/index.html - National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
- http://www.afb.org/braillebug/games.asp - American Foundation for the Blind games page
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Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- MSAD http://www.msad.org - Mass State Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- NAD http://www.nad.org - National Association of the Deaf Advocacy organization represented and operated by the deaf.
- PEPNet Online http://www.pepnet.org - Assists post-secondary institutions how to attract and effectively serve deaf individuals.
- National Center on Deafness http://p3.csun.edu An organization that provides teaching strategies and tips for teaching deaf students.
- Health and Human Services www.state.ma.us/mcdhh - An agency that provides information & Referral, interpreter referrals, advocacy, and Vocational Rehabilitation services to persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
- RID http://www.rid.org - Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. National organization that certifies sign-language interpreters
- MASSRID http://www.massrid.org - Massachusetts state registry of sign-language interpreters
- ALDA http://www.alda.org - Association of Late-Deafened Adults Inc.
- NCAM http://ncam.wgbh.org - National Center for Accessible Media. Research and development facility dedicated to the issues of media and information technology for people with disabilities
- The Deaf Resource Library http://www.deaflibrary.org - An online collection of reference material and links intended to educate and inform people about Deaf cultures in Japan and the United States; as well as deaf and hard of hearing related topics.
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Emotional / Psychological disabilities
- www.nami.org - National Alliance on Mental Illness
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Learning disabilities/ ADD / ADHD
- http://www.chadd.org - Children and Adults with ADD/ADHD
- http://add.tqn.com/library/weekly/aa090597.htm - ADD information site
- http://www.ldonline.org/indepth/postsecondary/block_comcol.html - LD Online
- http://www.heath.gwu.edu - Sponsored by the American Council on Education-clearinghouse for postsecondary information regarding students with disabilities.
- http://www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/college.html - University of Washington resources for college students.
- http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/circulars/learning.html - This reference circular describes sources of information for persons with learning disabilities, their families, and professionals.
- http://interdys.org - The International Dyslexia Association (IDA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals with dyslexia, their families and the communities that support them.
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Medical / Acquired disabilities
- http://www.mass.gov/rmv/medical/plates_placs.htm - Information on Massachusetts state parking placards
- http://www.nmeda.org - National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association (NMEDA)
- http://www.adamobility.com - The Adaptive Driving Alliance
- http://www.mesothelioma.com/ - Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance
- http://www.brainandspinalcord.org - Committed to spreading awareness for brain and spinal cord injury survivors
- http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/departments/dph/programs/community-health/health-disability/health-and-disability.html - The mission of the Office on Health and Disability (OHD) of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) is to promote the health and well being of people with disabilities and chronic conditions in Massachusetts.
- www.alda.org - The Association for Late-Deafened Adults
- http://www.loc.gov/nls/index.html - National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
- www.asbestos.net/mesothelioma - The Asbestos & Mesothelioma Center
- Mesothelioma symptoms - For the past several decades, information about mesothelioma had been scarce and inconclusive, making this form of cancer one of the most indefinite and unspecified diseases in modern history. Click here for more information and symptoms.
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Physical disabilities
- http://www.newmobility.com - Homepage for New Mobility Magazine and Jobline for people with disabilities.
- http://www.independentliving.com - Sells various assistive equipment.
- http://www.mass.gov/rmv/medical/plates_placs.htm - information on Massachusetts state parking placards.
- http://www.mass.gov/dph/fch/ohd - The mission of the Office on Health and Disability (OHD) of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) is to promote the health and well being of people with disabilities and chronic conditions in Massachusetts.
- http://www.1-stair-lift.com - Information and advice on all types of home stair lifts.
- http://www.loc.gov/nls/index.html - National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
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