STC AccessAbility SIG
A Blog About Accessibility and Technical Communication

There is an excellent blog by the owner of a woman-owned car dealership in California at AskPatty.com "Automotive Advice for Women". She supports and is the president of the United Spinal Association and her blog posts include many that relate to disabled drivers.
"Transportation From a Different View Part II - Hand Controls Spell Freedom for [...]

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Press Release from the United Spinal Association, Release: Monday, June 18, 2007

Example of a disabled access minivan with left side ramp access that is blocked by a sedan parked illegally in the required access aisle.
If you have wondered about the purpose of those blue diagonal-lined areas adjacent to, or between, accessible parking spaces for [...]

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Performed by Ma Li (馬麗) and Zhai Xiaowei (翟孝偉).

The music is composed by San Bao whose work includes the music from the film, “The Road Home”, directed by Zhang Yimou. This music is originally from a very popular TV show in China, named Qian Shou (牵手 Hand in Hand).
Note: This film clip is from Youtube: [...]

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Apple® Accessibility Features Vision built into all Macintosh computers provides adjustable keyboard, an ergonomic mouse, CloseView screen magnification software, Easy Access system software (StickyKeys, SlowKeys, MouseKeys), electronic documentation, key-repeat disable, text-to-speech synthesis and voice recognition (PlainTalk), sticky mouse, and visual alert cues. The VoiceOver spoken English interface for Mac OS X is [...]

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ABA Commission on Disabilities
ACLU position / briefing paper: Disability Rights, January 1, 1999
ADA&IT Technical Assistance Centers
ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (ADAAG)
ADA Guide for Places of Lodging: Serving Guests Who Are Blind Or Who Have Low Vision
ADA Hot Links and Document Center
Adapt grassroots disability rights organization
Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) U.S. Department of Health [...]

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Accessible Games and Puzzles for People with Disabilities
Ability Kids
Administration for Children & Families is a federal agency funding state, territory, local, and tribal organizations to provide family assistance (welfare), child support, child care, Head Start, child welfare, and other programs relating to children and families.
AbleNet products and solutions for teaching children with disabilities
Association of Hole [...]

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Datable, Inc.: a dating service with a heart located in Bethesda, Maryland
Disabled Dating through Differently Abled Winners Network (D.A.W.N.)
Disabled Dating World
Love Byrd
Special Singles Online

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