Useful Websites on Disability Topics and Issues:
Employment Related
Diversity World:
www.diversityworld.com
Information, resources and research about work and disability issues:
www.worksupport.com
IBM's Accessibility
Center Web Site with information on News, Guido Corona's Blog, Accessibility,
Products, and much more:
www.ibm.com/able
Careers and the Disabled:
http://www.eop.com/cd.html
The web page for the
Business Leadership Network:
www.usbln.com
A free service
to connect employers with disability staffing agencies:
www.earnworks.com
The Job Accommodation
Network:
www.jan.wvu.edu
General Information & Resources
American Association
of People with Disabilities:
www.aapd-dc.org
National Organization on
Disability:
www.nod.org
Half
the Planet Foundation:
http://www.halftheplanet.org
Disability
Resources on the Internet:
http://www.disabilityresources.org
ICan Online:
http://ican.com/
National Rehabilitation
Information Center (NARIC):
http://www.naric.com/
ADA-OHIO is a state wide
non-profit organization that provides information, technical assistance
and training about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to individuals,
businesses, state and local government agencies or municipalities:
ADA Ohio
Center
of resources, referral, education, and training for people with and without
disabilities:
http://www.axiscenter.org
Great
Lakes Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center:
http://www.adagreatlakes.org
U.S. Department of Justice
ADA Home Page:
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
Government Websites
Federal website of disability-related government resources:
http://www.disabilityinfo.gov
Ohio Governor Bob Taft:
http://www.state.oh.us/gov/
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles:
http://www.state.oh.us/odps/division/bmv/bmv.html
Ohio Department of Education:
http://www.ode.state.oh.us/
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services:
http://www.state.oh.us/odhs/
Ohio Department of Mental Health:
http://www.mh.state.oh.us/
Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council:
http://www.state.oh.us/dmr/
Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities:
htpp://odmrdd.state.oh.us/
Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council:
http://www.state.oh.us/ddc/
Ohio Legal Rights Service - Client Assistance Program:
http://www.olrs.ohio.gov/
Ohio
Rehabilitation Services Commission:
http://www.state.oh.us/rsc/
U.S.
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access
Board):
http://www.eeoc.gov/
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission:
http://www.access-board.gov/
International Resources
World Congress and Exposition on Disability Foundation:
http://www.wcdfoundation.org
An international electronic magazine of world-wide disability news and views:
www.disabilityworld.org
Policy Related
Disability Policy Resources prepared by Bobby Silverstein, Director of
the Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy:
http://www.disabilitypolicycenter.org
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy:
http://www50.pcepd.gov/pcepd/
Travel Related
Access-Able Travel Source:
http://www.access-able.com
Travelin' Talk Network:
http://www.travelintalk.net
A free membership web site for wheelchair accessible travel information:
www.wunago.com
Information on accessible travel options in cities across the U.S. Entries include details on city transit, including paratransit operations, bus, train, taxi, airport shuttles and other modes of transportation:
http://projectaction.easter-seals.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ESPA_travelers_database
Internet Disability Job Boards
http://jobs.hiredisability.com
Resolving Issues
Airline Travel: To resolve issues on the spot as they occur or in advance
of travel, call the DOT's hotline at (800) 778-4838 (voice) or
(800) 455-9880 (TTY) from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Eastern time.
To have a complaint investigated by DOT, submit complaints by
e-mail to airconsumer@ost.dot.gov or by mail to: Aviation Consumer
Protection Division, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street,
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590. Additional
information is available on DOT's website at http://www.dot.gov/airconsumer.
