| COMPUTER AND TECHNOLOGY
LINKS These are links which I have compiled but I do not guarantee or endorse any particular link. |
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Opportunities Through Technology http://www.opptech.org.uk
Talking Tech - Chelmsford http://www.talkingtech.org
Apple Computer Disability Pages - http://www.apple.com/disability
OneSwitch.org.uk
- A website that offers various switches and adaptions for games etc. with specialised
help.
http://www.OneSwitch.org.uk
Assistive Technology On-Line. http://www.asel.udel.edu/at-online/assistive.html.
Microsoft Accessibility Page. http://www.microsoft.com/enable/.
BECTA - British Education Communications and Technology Agency. Information on the education area of special needs. Formally the National Council for Education Technology (NCET). http://www.becta.org.uk.
Bobby - Web site accessibility analyser by Cast. http://www.cast.org/bobby/.
Computing Out Loud - An independant site to help people using speech recognition software. http://www.out-loud.com/.
CTI Human Services - Southampton University. http://www.soton.ac.uk/~chst/.
Mardis: supplies the ORAC communication system. Site is part of the Lancaster University site. http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/mardis/.
Osmond Group - Ergonomically designed office products. http://www.ergonomics.co.uk/frconten.html.
Special Needs Research and Development Centre. http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/xplanatory/xplan.html.
SDRU - Sensory Disabilities Research Unit. A study on how new technology can assist disabled and elderly people. http://phoenix.herts.ac.uk/PsyDocs/sdru/content.html.
Sun Technology and Research - Enabling Technologies. http://www.sun.com/tech/access.
WAACIS - The Wigram Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Internet Surfers: Project providing access to the Internet for people with physical or speech disabilities.http://www.tcns.co.uk/waacis/for-disabled-surfers/welcome.html.
Widgit Software for literacy and special needs. http://widgit.com/.
Ability Online - Support Network - An American electronic mail system that connects young people with disabilities or chronic illness to disabled and non-disabled peers and mentors. http://www.ablelink.org/.
EASI - Equal Access to Software and Information. http://www.rit.edu:80/~easi/.
IBM Special Needs Systems. http://www.austin.ibm.com/sns.
LC Technologies - Creators of the Eye-Gaze system. http://www.lctinc.com/.
Makaton - Communication at your fingertips. http://www.makaton.mta.ca/.
Thunderbeam - The parents guide to kids software. Adaptive computer equipment for kids with special needs. http://www.thurnderbeam.com/w/f/adaptive.html.