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Disability Resources

Web site disability resources help gain Bobby approval for accessible web designs, supporting a practical and pragmatic approach to web accessibility and Internet business.

This compilation of resources consists of Vision, Health and Disability, and Age-Related Internet Links and is divided and sub-divided into categories as follows:

1. Vision Search Engines, Directories and Web Sites
1.1 Glaucoma
1.2 Leber's Disease
1.3 Macular Degeneration
1.4 Multi-Subject (Vision)
1.5 On the Lighter Side: Food, Fun and Recreation (Vision)
1.6 E-Mail Discussion Lists (Vision)
1.7 E-Mail Discussion Lists - on the Lighter Side (Vision)
1.8 Newsgroups (Vision)
1.9 Web-based On-line Bulletin Boards (Vision)
1.10 Chat (Vision)
1.11 Newsletters (Vision)
2. Health and Disability Search Engines, Directories and Web Sites
3. Age-Related Search Engines, Directories and Web Sites

Appearance of a link on this list does not imply endorsement by accessible.org.

1. Vision Search Engines, Directories and Web Sites

1.1 Glaucoma

1.2 Leber's Disease

1.3 Macular Degeneration and other Retina Disorders

1.4 Multi-Subject (Vision)

1.5 On the Lighter Side: Food, Fun and Recreation (Vision)

  • The Campanian Society
    http://w3.one.net/~campania
    Tours for Blind and Visually-impaired

  • The Chocolate Experience Choco Braille - Speech Friendly Site
    http://www.chocobraille.com
    Chocolate Braille greeting cards, chocolate guide dogs; available in
    regular and sugar-free milk semi-sweet, and white chocolates

  • The Love Bike
    http://www.lovebike.com
    A new tandem bikes, not made specifically for vision impaired, but many
    have ordered it. Visually impaired and children can ride up front without
    having to control the bike.

1.6 E-Mail Discussion Lists (Vision)

  • 76 mailing lists related to blindness.
    myers@coloradomtn.edu

  • BLIST: The Comprehensive Index of Blindness-Related Emailing Lists
    http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/blist.html
    To obtain a plain text version, send e-mail to:
    listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu
    In the body, type: GET BLIST INFO
    To obtain an index of the lists contained in BLIST,
    In the body, type: GET BLIST SHORT
    To obtain a zipfile containing the plain text version, send e-mail to:
    info@gbx.org
    In the Subject line, type: blist

  • BLINDAD
    Blindness-related advertisements (personal and some commercial)
    To subscribe, send e-mail to: listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu
    In the body, write: subscribe blindad Joe Shmoe, replacing Joe Shmoe with your full name.
    To contact the list owner, send e-mail to:
    blindad-request@maelstrom.stjohns.edu
    or
    contact the list owner: Lisa Carmelle lisa11@CRIS.COM
    Lisa Carmelle lisa@NETCUBE.NTWRKS.COM
    Or former owner: Roger Myers myers@coloradomtn.edu

  • Low Vision Discussion List
    To subscribe, send e-mail to: listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu
    In the body, type: sub LOWVIS [your name]

  • Macular-Degeneration List
    For the exchange of helpful tips, experiences, and mutual encouragement amongst persons experiencing macular degeneration.
    To subscribe, send e-mail to:
    LISTSERV@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
    In the body, type: SUB MDLIST (your first and last name)
    You will immediately receive a reply which asks that you confirm your subscription by typing "ok" in the reply. Then you will receive a confirmation that you have been subscribed.
    To post, send e-mail to: MDLIST@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
    To contact the listowner, Day Roberts,
    send e-mail to: SHOWBIZBUG@AOL.COM

  • NAVH Mailing List (National Association for the  Visually Handicapped)
    http://www.navh.org
    To subscribe, send email to: navhmail-request@navh.org
    In the body, type: subscribe (all lowercase).
    To post, send e-mail to: navhmail@navh.org

  • rplist Retinal degeneration and low vision)discussion list.
    To subscribe to rplist, send an e-mail to:
    listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu
    In the body, type: subscribe rplist firstname lastname
    To contact the list owner of rplist email to:
    rplist-request@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU

1.7 E-Mail Discussion Lists - on the Lighter Side (Vision)

  • Blindsport
    Deals specifically with sports for the blind. Topics may range from announcements of upcoming tournaments, how to make sports more accessible to the blind, results from tournaments and events, sports training camps, and any other related topics.
    To subscribe send e-mail to: listserv@nfbcal.org
    In the body type: subscribe bsports first last [where "first last" is your name]
    Listowner: J.J. Meddaugh - jmeddaug@nfbcal.org

  • RPLite
    For the discussion of living with Retinitis Pigmentosa. Victims of RP, their family, medical professionals, and any other interested parties are welcome to participate. This list is more FOR RP patients than it is ABOUT RP. For the chatty people, and full of frivolous messages on various, unrelated topics.
    To subscribe send e-mail to: rplite-request@stargame.dyn.ml.org
    In the subject type: subscribe
    In the body type: subscribe rplite user@address.com
    RPLite is hosted by Stargame and "lite-ly" moderated by Fred Johnston.

1.8 Newsgroups (Vision)

  • alt.comp.blind-users
    Computer use by and for the blind.

  • alt.disability.blind.social
    Social, for discussion of anything of interest to the blind except computers.

  • alt.support.glaucoma

  • bit.listserv.blindnws
    Mirrors the Blind News Digest.

  • bit.listserv.easi
    Mirrors the EASI emailing list, which discusses adaptive technology. Necessary  to subscribe in order to post.

  • sci.med.vision

1.9 Web-based On-line Bulletin Boards (Vision)

1.10 Chat (Vision)

1.11 Newsletters (Vision)

  • FOCUS, An Information Forum on retinal degenerative disease, particularly retinitis pigmentosa.
    http://www.focusnewsletter.org
    Information on alternative treatments and current research and studies available for retinal degenerative disorders.

2. Health and Disability Search Engines, Directories and Web Sites

3. Age-Related Search Engines, Directories, and Web Sites

Original list of disability resources compiled and Copyright © 1997-2005 by
Judy Schnitzer, judy@advanced-emarketing.com

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