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SSWD Web Resources

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Other Pellissippi Resources

• Pellissippi State Policies 04:07:00 - Services for Students with Disabilities
• PSCC Grievance Procedure
• Student Assistance Form (Word, Text, PDF)
• Local Resources Guide (Text, RTF, PDF)
• TRIO Student Support Services
• Learning and Testing Center
• Scholarship Information:
  • Tennessee Scholars
  • TSAC Tennessee Student assistance Corporation Home
  • Proyecto Vision Scholarship Opportunities

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Visually Impaired

• Screen Reading Technologies
• National Association of the Visually Handicapped (NAVH)
• Low vison gateway (products)
• Surfing the Internet with JAWS
• Braille transcription resource list
• Blackboard Screen Reader Tutorial
• National Eye Institute
• AFB American Foundation for the Blind
• NFB National Federation of the Blind
• RFB&D Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
• NYISE Blindness Resource Center
• NLS Library of Congress National Library Service

Braille

• Braille Authority of North America
• BRL: Braille Through Remote Learning
• Dotless Braille
• International Council on English Braille
• National Braille Press
• Braille Jymico
• Braille Plus

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Deaf & Hearing Impaired

• Described and Captioned Media Program
• Association of Late Deafened Adults
• IP-Relay
• PEPNet
• National Association of the Deaf
• KTRID Knoxville Tennessee Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
• KCD Knoxville Center of the Deaf
• Gallaudet University Technology Access Program
• American Association of the Deaf-Blind
• Typewell real-time transcription system
• Language Matters
• National Cued Speech Association
• Cued Speech Association UK
• Association of Lipspeakers
• National Captioning Institute
• Mopix accessible movies
• World Federation of the Deaf
• Motion Picture Access (Mopix)
• DTV Access - papers on captioning and video description in Digital TV (transition February 17, 2009)
• Learn ASL:
  • Lifeprint
  • Vcom3D Samples, demos
  • ALS Pro
  • http://asl.ms/
  • Handspeak

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Mobility Impaired

• Accessible Transportation
• Typing Injury FAQ
• International Association of Assistance Dog Partners (IAADP)
• Canine Companions for Independence (CCI)
• American Pain Foundation
• National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA)
• Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center (PRC)

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Learning Disabled (LD)

• Pellissippi State students with Learning Disabilities guidelines (RTF, PDF)
• Learning Disabilities Association of America
• LD Online
• Dyslexic.com
• International Dyslexia Association

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Psychologically Impaired

• Handling your Psychiatric Disability at Work and School
• NIMH National Institute of Mental Health
• DO-IT Publication: "Academic Accommodations for Students with Psychiatric Disabilities"

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ADHD

• Pellissippi State guidelines for students with ADHD (RTF, PDF)
• CHADD Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• The Neurobiology of ADHD
• Attention Deficit Disorder Resources
• National Resource Center on ADHD
• Educational Testing Service Resources for Test Takers with Disabilities

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Community Resources

• SSWD Local Resource Guide (PDF, RTF, Text)
• Tennessee Disability Coalition
• Tennessee State agencies - Tennessee's official Web site
• DiscoverET.org, formerly Knoxville-Oak Ridge Regional Network of Tennessee (KORRnet)
• East Tennessee Technology Access Center (ETTAC)
• Vocational Rehabilitation (VR). Knox County: (865) 594-6060 or (865) 694-6054
• East Tennessee Human Resource Agency, Inc. (ETHRA)
• Tennessee Anytime The official website of the state of TN
• TN State and Local Government
• Community Action Committee (CAC)
• Tickets Unlimited! A source for cultural events and maps of area venues.
• Transportation information:
  • Metro Airport Authority (McGhee Tyson): 342-3000
  • Knoxville Area Transit (KAT): 637-3000
  • ETHRA Public Transportation: (800) 232-1565
  • CAC Transportation (865) 524-3019

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Testing

• UT Psychological Clinic offers mental health services, intelligence and educational testing, and psychological evaluations. Individuals may be assessed through the Psycho-Educational Assessment of Adults Project (PEAA).
• Cherokee Health Systems provides adult educational testing and psychological evaluations. Toll free call: 866-257-9769. More information (rtf)
• Knox County Health Dept. office: (865) 215-5456
• Educational Testing Service (ETS) provides guidelines for documentation of a learning disability, psychiatric disability, and ADHD.

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Accessible Web Content

• WAI The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
• W3C HTML Validator
• W3C CSS Validator
• Wave accessibility tool
• A-Prompt Web page useability analysis and repair
• CAST Center for Applied Special Technology
• NCAM The CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media
• TRACE Research & Development Center
• WebAIM Web Accessibility In Mind
• NYPL Style Guide
• Dive into Accessibilty

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General

• Michelle's Law re: medical leave and insurance
• We Connect Now
• Veterans Info
• International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet (ICDRI)
• Social Security Disability Secrets
• Accessible Recreation
• eSight.org: disability employment issues
• UT Career Services
• Wheel Me On
• Disability is Natural
• Web Accessibility Blog
• Community information network for East Tennessee (nonprofits)
• Mobility International USA (MIUSA) - National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange (NCDE)
• Partners in Employment a self-study course designed to help people with developmental disabilities find meaningful jobs.
• ExceptionalNurse.com
• Living with a Disability: Resources
• Mobility International USA
• Free online note taker training
• USA Tech Guide
• Disability Funders
• Films involving disabilities
• SEDBTAC Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center
• National Council on Disability (NCD)
• Apple Computer Accessibility
• NADC The National Arts and Disability Center
• DisabilityInfo.gov
• DisabilityResource.org
• Disability Resource Directory
• NCDDR National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
• The Center for an Accessible Society
• FirstGov The official US Government portal
• Disability World international disability news
• DO-IT Program Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology
• AccessIT National Center on Accessible Information Technology in Education
• JAN Job Accommodation Network
• DAIS Disability Access Information & Support
• N.O.D. National Organization on Disability
• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy

Employment, Careers

• Careers.org
• Job Seeking Skills for People With Disabilities from the Career Center at Cal State Northridge

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The hyperlinks on this page are intended only to assist persons with disabilities in locating information and resources considered helpful and interesting by the Services for Students with Disabilities staff. We are unable to control the content or ascertain the accuracy of their pages. Pellissippi State does not endorse or support these web sites. We apologize beforehand that some sites may not be wholly accessible or easily navigable to students with certain limitations.

Updated September 1, 2010