International Disability: Australia and New Zealand

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Accessible Information Solutions (AIS) Accessibility Toolbar lets IE users test different aspects of XHTML pages [Australia]
ARATA – Australian Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology Association "ARATA is a national association whose purpose is to serve as a forum for issues in rehabilitation and assistive technology."
Australian Government: Language Makes a Difference – Use of non-discriminatory language [Australia]
The Australian Muscular Dystrophy Association [Australia]
Australian Resuscitation Council [Australia]
Australasian Sleep Association (ASA)
Centre for Assistive Technology (CAT) newsletter downloads [New Zealand]
Disability Rights policy and projects within the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission [Australia]
e-bility.com [Australia]
Games and Puzzels [Australia]
Cognitive design example The Guardianship Tribunal Web site in Australia provides an extremely interesting example of a Web site that also considers cognitive
disabilities. Pages are available in long and short versions as well as "easy click" pages where the links are spaced further apart.
International Day of People with a DisABILITY "Originally declared by the United Nations General Assembly in October 1992 as the International Day of Disabled Persons, the Australian event was renamed the International Day of People with a DisAbility by community representatives in 1997. It was felt that this new title placed a greater emphasis on the abilities and achievements of people living with disAbilities."
International Guild of Disabled Artists and Performers (IGODAP) [New Zealand]
Special Education Ministry of Education [New Zealand]
Technical Aid to the Disabled (TDAVIC) volunteer members design, construct or modify equipment for people with disabilities. This service is provided where no commercially available solution will meet their needs.
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