Disability Resources

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf AGBA emphasizes oral-deaf education. Materials are available for parents, professionals and oral-deaf adults.

American Foundation for the Blind Career Connect: A resource for people who want to learn about jobs performed by adults who are blind or visually impaired throughout the United States and Canada. Click on Explore Careers (Registered Nurses).

American Medical Student Association The committee on disabilities serves as a support, resource, networking and advocacy group for physicians-in-training, physicians, patients with disabilities and their allies. It hopes to change problems which have previously prevented qualified individuals from entering or staying in the field of medicine.

The Amputee Coalition of America This organization provides peer support, resources, newsletters, and information to people with limb loss or limb differences. They will link students or nurses to nurses with similar challenges.

Association of Nurses in Aids Care The ANAC offers a quarterly newsletter for HIV+ nurses and students.

Attention Deficit Information Network, Inc. This organization offers support and information to adults with ADD, and professionals.

Caption First, Inc., provides instantaneously translated text known as CART/captioning (one-on-one, Internet, overhead) for people (nurses) with hearing loss in classrooms, clinical settings, meetings and seminars. Contact us for a free demonstration.

Captioned Media Programs This is a free loan service. They offer over 4,000 open-captioned educational and general interest programs that do not require a decoder.

The Center for Disabilities in the Health Professions was established by Western University in response to the concerns of the disabled community, which is emerging as one of the nation's fastest growing and least understood minority groups.

The Cochlear Implant Association is a nonprofit organization for cochlear implant recipients, their families, professionals, and other individuals interested in cochlear implants.

Disability.gov One-stop online access to resources, services and information available throughout the Federal government. Resources provide adults with learning and other disabilities with critical information they need.

Disabilityresources.org
This site was established to improve awareness, availability and
accessibility of information that can help people with disabilities. It
offers a wide range of information and services.

e-bility.com
is an Australian based award winning web site that aims to provide a central resource for disability related information, services and products.

Half the Planet A disability-focused web site that offers information, products and services for people whose lives are affected by disability, both professionally and personally.

HCP - Disability Dedicated to promoting, supporting and providing information about disabled people as healthcare professionals in the UK.

Hear Ink, provides CART (Computer Accessed Realtime Translation). We have the ability to do CART from a remote location so a nurse can hire us from anywhere. We also do realtime captioning, which is live captioning, for events where they are making a video. We also do that from a remote location. This service would benefit nursing students with auditory, physical or learning disabilities. A complete transcript of everything said in the classroom is provided.

HIV+ Healthcare Professionals A positive place for HIV+ nurses to share treatments, healing ideas, hope and support.

International Dyslexia Association The Association promotes effective teaching approaches and provides guidelines for the College Affiliate Program, a network of support groups for students with dyslexia.

Learning Disabilities Association of America LDA is a national information and referral service. It provides free information on learning disabilities

Library Reproduction Service (LRS) LRS produces large print reproductions of any and all educational materials.

The Nth Degree A web site that offers important, often humorous, information about the disability culture.

National Center for Learning Disabilities This site provides information, resources and referral sources

National Federation of the Blind This organization provides information, advocacy, scholarships, aids, appliances and technology.

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress The library service provides free recorded and braille reading materials to persons with documented visual or physical impairments that prevent the reading of standard print material.

NOISE (Network for Overcoming Increased Silence Effectively) This is an international electronic mail listserve for medical professionals and students with any degree of hearing loss. To subscribe send an email to:
Listserver@lists.acs.Ohio-state.edu
Within the body write Subscribe NOISE First name Last Name.
For example: Subscribe NOISE Jane Doe

PAH, MD (Promoting Awareness in Healthcare, Medical and Deaf) is a volunteer organization of medical students, deaf and hard of hearing healthcare recipients, healthcare providers, medical school faculty, and advocates.

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic This organization provides taped educational books free on loan, books on diskette, library services, and other educational and professional resources to individuals who cannot read standard print because of a visual, physical, or perceptual disability

Social Security Disability Secrets This site offers information and suggestions for nurses who are applying for Social Security benefits

Test Anxiety The State University of New York at Buffalo provides tips for better study habits and decreased test anxiety.

Tremor Action Network “Shaking the World to Find a Cure A resource for nurses with essential tremors (movement disorders). This organization provides resources, support, newsletters, chats and information about opportunities to participate in clinical trials.

UK Health Professionals with Hearing Loss A network of UK health professionals with hearing loss who share information and support.

Work Injured Nurses' Group USA For nurses who have been injured at work. Updates on legislation to protect nurses, legal resources, email list, discussion forum and chat group.