Special Education

Special Education Resources on the Internet
SERI includes links to 22 different categories of special needs information.

National Lekotek Center
A large collection of journal abstracts, research, and other resources for educating special needs and gifted students.

DREAMMS for Kids
A clearinghouse for parents and teachers with information relating to assistive technology.

Council for Exceptional Children
The CEC helps education professionals obtain the resources necessary for teaching exceptional, special needs, and gifted children.

Closing the Gap
This site features a searchable database for hardware and software products. For example, search for "mounting device" and you'll get over a dozen options for fastening the TouchFree Switch or other equipment to a wheelchair, desk, or other surface.

NCIP - National Center to Improve Practice
A library of information about special education technology resources, video clips of learning disabled students benefiting from assistive technology, exemplary early childhood classrooms, information about the benefits of voice recognition software, plus links to other special education and technology resources.

American Sign Language
Welcome to the ASL Fingerspelling site! We have a number of tools for novices and experts alike to help you become proficient at fingerspelling. For novices, we have a standard dictionary to learn the basic fingershapes. For fun, see what a word looks like with our fingerspelling converter. If you need to practice your receptive skills, try our interactive quiz.

American Foundation For The Blind
Works to enable the visually impaired to achieve equality of access and opportunity.

LD OnLine
Official Internet site of the Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities, is a guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and children.

National Down Syndrome Society
Provides information and resources to increase public awareness about Down Syndrome.

Parents and Educators Resource Center (PERC)
Seeks to raise awareness about learning differences and equips parents, teachers, and other professionals with the resources they need to improve the lives of students with learning differences.

Alliance For Technology Access
A nationwide network of community-based centers, provides technology information and support services to individuals with disabilities.

The RESNA Technical Assistance (TA)
Provides information and consultation to assistive technology programs and links to the state assistive technology projects.

Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
Uses technology to expand educational opportunities for all people, including those with disabilities.

The CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)
Works to make media accessible to underserved populations such as disabled persons, minority-language users, and people with low literacy skills.

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
Serves people who cannot read standard print because of a visual, perceptual, or other physical disability and is the nation's leading educational lending library of academic and professional textbooks on audio tape.

Blindness Resource Center
This hotlist links to resources for the blind. Topics include Internet access, braille, eye diseases, organizations, research, University programs for persons with disabilities , vendors, and more.

Trace Research & Development Center
Makes off-the-shelf technologies and systems like computers, the Internet, and information kiosks more accessible for everyone through universal design.

Bandaids and Blackboards
This site is designed to help sensitize young school children to what it's like to grow up with medical problems. Based on research data, it includes strategies of inclusion, links for parents and teachers, and stories of some of the children who participated in the research.