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Here are some disability-related links on the world-wide-web. Browse at your leisure, or see how they sound using this talking computer.

These links are home pages of various companies and organizations who work with assistive technology. Each of them have links to other organizations as well.

Trace Center for Research and Development, http://www.trace.wisc.edu
The Trace Center conducts research to make technology more accessible to the disabled. They have developed many exciting products and ideas to aid in assistive technology. They are also currently working with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications to develope accessible materials for NCSA clients.

Web Accessibility Initiative, http://www.w3.org/WAI
The World Wide Web Consortium governs standards for all material on the web. This page explains the Web Accessibility Initiative, a program to help make the web accessible to people with disabilities.

The Yuri Rubinsky Insight Foundation, http://www.yuri.org
YRIF is a foundation which promotes global information accessibility. Their web site explains and demonstrates this mission.

Microsoft Accessibility Home Page, http://www.microsoft.com/enable
Microsoft is doing some interesting work to make their products more useable by disabled customers.

Apple Computers Disability Page, http://www2.apple.com/disability
Apple Computers is doing extensive work to make their computers accessible to disabled users.

Sun Microsystems' Enabling Technologies, http://www.sun.com/tech/access
Take a look at the work Sun Microsystems is doing to aid disabled users. In addition to development on their own products, they are working to make the Java programming language more accessible, as well.

Yahoo - Disabilities, http://www.yahoo.com/text/Society_and_Culture/Disabilities
Yahoo maintains a thorough list of disability-related web sites, including a collection of adaptive technology web pages. This list is always changing, with new information being added constantly.


This page was produced by Keith Wessel, information accessibility specialist, and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Please send comments or questions to kwessel@ncsa.uiuc.edu.