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A Blog About Accessibility

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASN)
American Sleep Apnea Association
Circadian Lighting Association (CLA) an international association of manufacturers who supply lights for circadian applications.
Bright Light Therapy devices to help regulate circadian rhythms and treat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Blu-Lux™ fill spectrum light boxes, tubes, and neon night lights from Pure n Natural
Bluwave™ from [...]

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Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 2856 (XXVI) of 20 December 1971
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Adopted and opened for signature, [...]

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2004: The Ibero-American Year of Persons with Disabilities: The XII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State in Bolivia on November 14 to 15, 2003, proclaimed 2004 the Ibero-American Year of Persons with Disabilities. This decision was adopted based on a proposal presented by the government of Spain, which in turn was a response to an [...]

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Accessible Europe tourism for all
ANEC a European association for the co-ordination of consumer representation in standardisation and certification
Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe
Benefits of an accessible website - part 2: The business case by Trenton Moss from DMeurope.com: Digital Media News for Europe
Communication by Gaze Interaction (COGAIN) is supported by the European [...]

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Active Living Alliance For Canadians with a Disability
Adaptech Research Network In partnership with NEADS, the Adaptech Research Project conducts research on the use of computer technologies by Canadian college and university students with disabilities.
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC)
A-Prompt (Accessibility Prompt) is a software tool designed to help Web authors improve the usability of Web pages [...]

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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 [...]

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Accessibility opens a new world
Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD) Project
Asian Sleep Research Society (ASRS)
Disabled People’s Association (DPA) of Singapore
Distributors of JAWS in China / Hong Kong:

Hong Kong Society for the Blind
248 Nam Cheon Street
Shamshuipo
Kowloon
Hong Kong
China
Phone: +852-2778-8332
Fax: +852-2788-0040
KanHan Technologies
Unit 006, Tech Centre
72 Tat Chee Avenue
Kowloon
Hong Kong
China
Phone: +852 2865 3800
Fax: +852 2861 1830
E-mail: info@kanhan.com
Website: http://www.kanhan.com/sales/jaws/

ESL/EFL/TESL/TEFL Links [...]

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Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010: BJD Online No single organisation alone can accomplish the desired benefits for the patient. The Bone and Joint Decade is a multidisciplinary world wide initiative involving everyone concerned with the care of bone and joint disorders. The goal for the Bone and Joint Decade is to improve the health-related quality [...]

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