Financial Assistance and Grant Resources
Section 508 Resources
Low Vision Resources
Blindness and Visual Impairment Links
Accessible Materials Resources
JAWS Scripts for download
Financial Assistance and Grant Resources
www.dcu.org
Members of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) can join the Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU) to take advantage of access loans, which are now available for any product, device, or building modification designed to assist someone with a disability. Borrow from $1,500 to $25,000 or more for up to 72 months with no down payment required. The borrower need not be the beneficiary of the purchase. Qualified purchases include, but are not limited to: assistive technology, durable medical equipment, housing modifications, and rehabilitative equipment.
www.assocofblindcitizens.org/assistive_tech.htm.
The Association of Blind Citizens provides financial assistance for the purchase of technology products. Applicants must be legally blind and a resident of the United States. Applications must be submitted on line. If selected to receive a technology grant, applicants will be asked to provide documents such as tax returns and bank statements. Persons eligible to apply must have a family income of less than $50,000 and cash assets of less than $20,000.
http://www.mdtap.org
Assistive Technology Loan Fund Authority For MD residents. The mission of the Maryland Technology Assistance Program is to establish a statewide, consumer responsive system for the delivery of technology related assistance to individuals with disabilities, under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998.
http://www.atlfa.org
Assistive Technology Loan Fund Authority For VA residents. ATLFA provides loans for wheelchairs, motorized scooters, Braille equipment, hearing aids, low vision aids, communication systems, environmental control devices, building modifications for accessibility or telecommunication devices for the deaf.
Section 508 Resources
Translate pdf files into html
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_simple_form.html
US Access Board: Official Section 508 Requirements
Access Board's website
Want to be involved in making comments to the US Access Board?
Visit the Accessibility Forum
Low Vision Resources Online and Beyond
The links below provide access to various kinds of information about low
vision. Even though the links are grouped according to their main focus, some
types of information overlap.
What causes Low Vision and how to cope with it
Low
Vision Disability Simulation
American Optometric Association
medlineplus Health Information - A
Service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of
Health
Support Groups
Council of Citizens with Low
Vision International
Low Vision Council
Low Vision Information
Center
Low
Vision Research Group Network
Royal National
Institute of the Blind, The Low Vision Site
The Low Vision Centers
of Indiana
Blindness and Visual Impairment Links
Support Groups
Old Dominion Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired
American Council of the Blind
National Federation of the Blind
National Federation of the Blind of Virginia
Schools
Hadley School for the Blind
The Hadley school offers a free course on Low Vision as well as a course on adaptive technology.
Accessible Material Resources
Texas School for the blind
This educational site contains resources on how to make accessible documents, powerpoint presentations, and websites. It also contains links on how to perform assessments for youth who are visually impaired or blind
http://www.tsbvi.edu
American Council of the Blind
A Guide to Making Documents Accessible
Easily Create .PDF Files
The U.S. National Library of Medicine (nlm) offers a free service that
might be of interest to those of you who have never heard of
it.
NLM's "docmorph" website http://docmorph.nlm.nih.gov/docmorph/ allows
users to upload scanned image files and other types of information for
conversion to alternative formats. Some of the document conversion
techniques offered by this server are not readily available elsewhere
on the web. By using your web browser, you can upload files to DocMorph
for conversion, and your results are usually ready in less than one minute.
DocMorph's "Reading Room" allows you to submit either scanned images of
printed material or text files. DocMorph will return a web page that
uses synthesized speech to read the material out loud.
Note: Links to other sites on this page are provided "as is" and are provided
for your convenience not as an endorsement. Their content does not
represent BART Group's ideas and services.
JAWS Scripts
BART Group has provided several JAWS scripts below for individuals to use. These scripts are provided "as is" without any warranty or guarantee. Because they are free of charge we are unable to provide technical support for them.
Dreamweaver 7.0.1 Scripts
InFocus Suite