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About Alzheimer's Disease, formerly the American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF). Learn about what Alzheimer's disease is, its symptoms & risk factors, treatment options and how to live with or care for someone with the disease.
Alzheimer's Association
- Alzheimer Disease Facts and Figures (.pdf)
Alzheimer's Disease: Unraveling the Mystery National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides both basic and technical information on the scientific and social aspects of. Alzheimer's and a walking tour through the brain. Updated
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Dementias from the National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Dementia MedLine Plus health information from NIH
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders journal
Dealing with Dementia Help for relatives, caregivers and friends
UC Irvine MIND: Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders formerly the Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia

American Association of People with Disabilities New
Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference
International Dyslexia Association
Disability Rights International
- Reports and Publications
National Council on Disability (NCD)
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN): Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Disabilities
National Empowerment Center Updated
Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)
Trace Research &anp; Development Center. The Trace Research & Development Center (formerly at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) is now a part of the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland in College Park as of August 2016. The Trace Center is currently working on ways to make standard information technologies and telecommunications systems more accessible and usable by people with disabilities. Updated
Universal Design / Disability Access for Advanced Computational Infrastructure is a program at the Trace Research & Development Center that is part of the National Computational Science Alliance (NCSA) funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Alliance is involved in the development of supercomputing systems and applications (including future Internet applications) and it is Trace's role to help ensure that they are built in a manner that makes them more accessible for people with disabilities.
United States International Council on Disabilities
Women Enabled

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