Teaching Resource Links
Faculty Room : The Faculty Room is a space for faculty and administrators at postsecondary institutions to learn how to create classroom environments and activities that maximize the learning of all students, including those with disabilities. www.washington.edu/doit/Faculty/
Barrier Free Education: A resource site helping students with disabilities gain access to math and science education. Includes modified lab experiments.
http://barrier-free.arch.gatech.edu/
HEATH: The national clearinghouse on postsecondary education for individuals with Disabilities.
http://www.heath.gwu.edu
ABLEDATA: A clearinghouse of information on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment. The database contains detailed descriptions, price and company information on thousands of products, prototypes, customized and do-it-yourself designs.
http://www.bethel.edu/disability/resources/external
CAST Universal Design for Learning: A new paradigm for teaching and drawing on new brain research and new media technologies to respond to individual learner differences.
http://www.cast.org
MATH RESOURCES: Teaching math to blind and visually impaired students. http://www.tsbvi.edu/math/index.htm
DAIS: Disability Access Information & Support, is a web page dedicated to access in higher education.
http://www.daisweb.com/
Great Lakes ADA & IT Center: One of 10 regional centers, federally funded, to provide technical assistance and training. http://www.adagreatlakes.org/
Office of Civil Rights: Under the U.S. Department of Education, OCR works to ensure equal access to education.
http://www.ed.gov
Family Village Library: An excellent resource for general information about all types of disabilities; click on the library. Also, has lists of famous people with disabilities.
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx