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Accessibility Standards and the ADA

• Community and Internet Resources
  • Employment
  • Housing

Adaptive Technology

• Community and Internet Resources
  • Adaptive Arts Programs: General
  • Adaptive Arts Programs: Disability Specific
    • Adaptive Arts Programs:Deafness
    • Adaptive Arts Programs:Developmental / Intellectual Disability
    • Adaptive Arts Programs:Hard of Hearing, Hearing Loss
    • Adaptive Arts Programs:Hearing Impairment
    • Adaptive Arts Programs:Physical Disability
  • Adaptive Technology Product Review
  • AT Community Centers and Programs
  • Computers
    • Adaptive Computer Technology Training
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    • Computer Product Directories
  • Adaptive Technology: Disability Specific
    • Adaptive Technology: Amputation/Limb Differences
    • Adaptive Technology: Aphasia
    • Adaptive Technology: Autism
    • Adaptive Technology: Cerebral Palsy
    • Adaptive Technology: Deafness
    • Adaptive Technology: Developmental/Intellectual Disability
    • Adaptive Technology: Hard of Hearing, Hearing Loss
    • Adaptive Technology: Hearing Impairment
    • Adaptive Technology: Inner Ear Disorders (Vestibular Disorders)
    • Adaptive Technology: Intellectual/Developmental Disability
    • Adaptive Technology: Learning Disability
    • Adaptive Technology: Limb Differences/Amputation
    • Adaptive Technology: Meniere's Syndrome (Vestibular Disorders)
    • Adaptive Technology: Physical Disability
    • Adaptive Technology: Vestibular Disorders
  • AT Financial Assistance
  • AT Product Databases and Directories
  • AT Product Distributors
  • Purpose Specific Assistive Technology
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    • Caregivers
    • Communication
    • Education
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      • Adaptive Clothing
    • Home Modification
    • Recreation
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    • Transportation / Mobility
  • Universal and Accessible Home Design

• Editorials
  • NHU's recommendations to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin concerning the rules governing the Universal Service Fund

  • Public Service Commission of Wisconsin will continue hearing for the rules governing the Universal Service Fund

• Frequently Asked Questions

• Guides

  • Access Technology - Review of Computer Adaptive Technology

• Library and Research: Books: Adaptive Technology

Arts and Culture

• Community and Internet Resources
  • Accessible Museums
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  • Adaptive Arts Programs: General
  • Adaptive Arts Programs: Disability Specific
    • Adaptive Arts Programs:Deafness
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• Disability Experiences (ART, HISTORY AND CULTURE)

• Editorials
  • Itzak Perlman: World Renowned Violinist and the Campaign to Eradicate Polio from the Worldd
• Frequently Asked Questions
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Caregivers

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• Abuse Prevention and Safety Awareness
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• Long Term Care Research/Planning
• Safety: Care
• Training for Caregivers
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• Books: Caregivers
• Guides: Caregivers
• Guide for Caregivers of People with Disabilities


• Alzheimer's from a Caregiver's Perspective: 10 Tips for Caregivers


• Guide to Searching for and Selecting a Home Health Aide


• Guides: Financial Futures and Estate Planning
• Research
• News Publications and Media
• Caregiver Experiences
• NHU Community Forum: Caregivers

Communication

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  • Public Service Commission of Wisconsin will continue hearing for the rules governing the Universal Service Fund

• FAQ

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Community

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    • Amputation/Limb Differences
    • Aphasia
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    • Autism
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    • Developmental Disability
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    • Intellectual Disability
    • Learning Disability
    • Parkinson Disease
    • Physical Disability
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    • Visual Disability
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  • Safety in the Home, Workplace, and Community
  • Support Groups and Disability Specific Organizations: General Disability

  • Support Groups and Disability Specific Organizations: Specific Disabilities
    • Amputation/Limb Differences
    • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
    • Angelman Syndrome
    • Aphasia
    • Arthritis
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    • Autism
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    • Birth Injury
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    • Central Auditory Processing Disorder
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Chemical Sensitivity
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    • Deafness
    • Developmental/Intellectual Disability
    • Diabetes
    • Disability General
    • Down Syndrome
    • Epilepsy
    • Fragile X Syndrome
    • Hearing Impairment
    • Hearing Loss, Hard of Hearing
    • Huntington's
    • Inner Ear Disorders (Vestibular Disorders)
    • Invisible Disabilities
    • Intellectual/Developmental Disability
    • Learning Disabilities
    • Limb Differences
    • Meniere's Syndrome (Vestibular Disorders)
    • Mental Illness
    • Multiple Sclerosis
    • Muscular Dystrophy
    • Myasthenia Gravis
    • Paralysis
    • Parkinson Disease
    • Physical Disability
    • Post Polio
    • Rett Syndrome
    • Spina Bifida
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    • Substance Abuse
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    • Visual Disability
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• Editorials
  • Moving from Handouts to Handshakes

• Frequently Asked Questions

• Guides
  • Guide on Providing Assistance for People with Disabilities- Survivors of the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
    
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• Library and Research: Community: Books

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Disability Experiences

• Community Internet Resources
  • Artistic Expressions
  • Caregivers Experiences
  • Conversations on Disability
    • Conversations with a Mother of Adult Children with Disabilities
      • Start showing respect for people with disabilities! (October 2007)
      • Time-Poor(June 2006)
      • Is There a Better Way to Define Disabilities?(June 2006)
      • Generalities (March 2006)
      • How Can I Do This? (March 2006)
      • Living with Involuntary Movement (March 2006)
      • It Isn't the Disability that is the Problem, It's The System! (March 2006)
      • Finding a Common Voice (May 2005)
    • A Conversation with Charles, an NHU Computer Recipient
      • Bridging the Digital Divide (October 2005)
  • Writings and Perspectives
    • "Depression - You Can Feel Better!" © Copyright, 2006, Bobbie Ratcliff, All Rights Reserved. December 1, 2006
    • Dizziness and Me is an article written by Phil from Washington and submitted to New Horizons Un-Limited in which he has shared his personal, 33 year experience with a vestibular disorder
    • My Brother the Olympian
      June 26, 2000
    • "One Man’s Journey Towards Self Discovery and Employment" offers a personal reflection on the writer's experience of overcoming the obstacles of his disability while navigating the employment service system.
      July 31, 2009
    • Rehabilitation from Brain Injury
      October 26, 2004
    • Response to a Commentary on the Monument Honoring President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
      June 26, 2000

    • Response to the NHU Editorial on Legislation
      November 30, 2000
  • Disability Specific: Experiences
• Guides
• Library and Research
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  • Books: Disability History and Culture
  • News Publication media: Disability News
• Personal Experience Form

Disability - General

• Community and Internet Resources
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• Disability News and Events
• HOT OFF THE PRESS! - News and Events
• What's New in Legislation
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• Library and Research
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Education

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  • Education: Disability Specific
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• Frequently Asked Questions

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  • Guide to Distance Learning for People with Disabilities

Employment

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Health and Care

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