Accessible Techcomm

A-Z to Deafblindness provides information and resources for the deafblind.
Action on Hearing Loss – formerly the Royal National Institute of the Deaf (RNID) [UK]
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell) helps families, health care providers, and education professionals understand childhood hearing loss and the importance of early diagnosis and intervention. Through advocacy, education, research, and financial aid, AG Bell helps to ensure that every child and adult with hearing loss has the opportunity to listen, talk, and thrive. Financial aid programs are available for families at every stage of raising their hearing-disabled child. Updated
- Financial Aid Programs and Scholarships
- Additional Scholarship Program Information Fact Sheet (229 kb .pdf) In addition to the scholarships provided by AG Bell, there are a number of resources each student should consider.
- AG Bell College Scholarships
ALS Pah! an e-zine for American Sign Language students and teachers
American Auditory Society
American Sign Language Fingerspelling dictionary, converters, quiz
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
American Tinnitus Association (ATA) ATA is a global leader in the effort to find a cure for tinnitus. We bring together patients, researchers, healthcare professionals, industry partners and lawmakers to develop tinnitus management tools and fund vital tinnitus research.
ALS Online Lessons
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 a fully integrated, built-in screen reader technology providing access to the Macintosh through speech, audible cues, and keyboard navigation.
Assistech Special Needs products for special needs such as deaf and hard of hearing, blind and low vision, medical health, mobility and dexterity, and more
Auditory Disabilities from WebAIM describes the types of auditory disabilities.
Canadian Hearing Society [Ontario, Canada]
CaptionSync from Automatic Sync Technologies. Funded in part by an SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) grant, AST pioneered the most cost-efficient, high quality, automatic captioning service available today. CaptionSync delivers all time-coded captioning file formats to you in minutes all from one, single submission. [UK]
Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) provides all persons who are deaf or hard of hearing awareness of and equal access to communication and learning through the use of free captioned educational media and supportive collateral materials
Deaf Blogs Updated
- The Limping Chicken, The world's most popular deaf blog! Laying eggs since 2012 [UK] New
13 Cool New Gadgets to Help With Hearing
Deafness in Disguise: Concealed Hearing Devices of the 19th and 20th Centuries
Hearing aids: How to choose the right one from the Mayo Clinic New
What are digital hearing aids? from the ReSound New
Types of Hearing Aids from the FDA New
Gallaudet University: Types of Financial Aid This is a short listing of financial resources that you can use to seek out funding for your Gallaudet education. Gallaudet University is the world leader in liberal education and career development for deaf and hard of hearing students. The University enjoys an international reputation for its outstanding programs and for the quality of the research it conducts on the history, language, culture, and other topics related to deaf people. Updated
Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) formerly known as Self Help for Hard of Hearing (SHHH) People, Inc.
Maryland Relay a telecommunications service helping people who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind or speech disabled to easily communicate through TTY (text telephone) with anyone using a standard phone
Media Access Group at WGBHdevelops and distributes captioning, video description, and MoPix means of access to movies and television for viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing. WGBH started addressing access barrier challenges back in the seventies, when they invented closed captioning; that was just the beginning. Updated
"We continue to pioneer new solutions to ensure that everyone can benefit from innovations in media. To make media more accessible, we're setting captioning standards on every new device and technology that comes along and have developed free software to let anyone caption anything. We've given people with visual impairments the chance to experience an eclipse in real time through descriptive narration (another WGBH invention), enjoy TV via audio descriptions, and access the content that informs our everyday lives."
National Captioning Institute
National Center on Accessible Educational Materials (NCAEM) For students with sensory, physical, cognitive, or learning differences and their teachers, accessible instructional materials (AIM) may open doors to teaching and learning that ordinary print-based materials have closed. Accessible instructional materials or AIM are specialized formats of curricular content that can be used by and with students who are unable to read or use standard print materials. Specialized formats include braille, audio, large print, and digital text. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) includes a requirement that schools provide AIM in a timely manner to K–12 students who need them for participation and achievement.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), Voice, Speech, Language
Nicaraguan Sign Language Projects, Inc.
Oticon hearing care solutions
List of Languages Updated
Sign Language Dictionary Online
Sign Languages of the World, Search by Country from Gallaudet University Library
SignWriting
Tinnitus (ringing in the ear)
Surgical implants and nonsurgical solutions: Cochlear Implant (CI), Electric Acoustic Stimulation (EAS), Bone Conduction Implant (BONEBRIDGE), and Bone Conduction System (ADHEAR) New

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 initiative proposed by the Ibero-American Network of Organizations of persons with, Disabilities and their Families (RIADIS) and the Spanish Committee of the Representatives of Persons with Disabilities (CERMI). The purpose of the declaration is to increase awareness and it is a call for action regarding the present and alarming conditions of discrimination and exclusion against persons with disabilities in the Ibero-American region. The initiative has also been strongly supported by the Spanish Committee of the representatives of Persons with Disabilities, on of the founders of the Ibero-American Network. The Ibero-American Network, which is composed of more than 100 organizations of persons with disabilities, will hold its bi-annual Conference in Rio de Janeiro in 2004
Foundation DISCAR is an Organization that since 1991 works for the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities, in all areas of society. [Argentina] Updated
HealthWrights is a nonprofit organization committed to advancing the health, basic rights, social equality, and self-determination of disadvantaged persons and groups. We believe that health for all people is only possible in a global society where the guiding principles are sharing, mutual assistance, and respect for cultural and individual differences. [Mexico and Palo Alto, California]
"Nothing About Us Without Us: Developing Innovative Technologies For, By, and With Disabled Persons" by David Werner with the PROJIMO team and many friends [Mexico]
PROJIMO Duranguito Wheelchair Workshop is a community based rehabilitation and education project run by and for disabled people. Its main objective is to increase abilities and opportunities of disabled persons and their families and help raise the consciousness of non-disabled persons and school children to include a disabled person in the life of the community: to look at their strengths, not their weaknesses. The disabled rehab workers provide physical and occupational therapy, counsel families about how to assist (but not overprotect) their disabled child, teach self help skills, and make a wide variety of adaptive equipment. [Mexico and Palo Alto, California] Updated
Nicaraguan Sign Language Projects, Inc. [Nicaragua]

Norwegian Board of Education – runs the Norwegian School Net and are responsible for parts of the national action plan for ICT in education
Planning Accessible Meetings, Courses, and Conferences – a tool for the all-inclusive organiser (English version) (.pdf)
Programme of Action for Universal Design (.pdf)
Web Accessibility Laws & Policies: Norway lists governmental policies related to web accessibility.

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Hearing Loss Resources

International Disability: Mexico, Central, and South America

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