Email: info@abilities.com
Abilities Expo is about bringing necessary products and services together under one roof for the community of people with disabilities, their families, caregivers, seniors, and healthcare professionals. It's about introducing opportunities that can enrich your life ...especially ones that you never knew were out there. There are multiple locations throughout the country. Check the website for more information.
299 N. Euclid Ave., 2nd Floor
Pasadena CA 91101
Voice: 323-363-2099
Provides downloadable accessibility tools that convert PDF documents to HTML or Text for use with screen readers. Also provides information on Adobe efforts to make its product more accessible
The mission of the American Foundation for the Blind is to create a world of no limits for people who are blind or visually impaired. They mobilize leaders, advance understanding, and champion impactful policies and practices using research and data.
1401 South Clark Street, Suite 730
Arlington VA 22202
Voice: 212-502-7600
Email: suzanne-stanton@utulsa.edu
The Assistive Technology Equipment Loan Program (ATEL) offers a variety of assistive technology devices for a short-term loan to Oklahomans with disabilities, so that a trial can be experienced before a purchase is considered. Equipment is available through the ATEL program for short-term loans, demonstration, evaluation for appropriate device, or for self-familiarization of device usage. Requests for equipment loans may be made by a person with a disability, family members, advocates or service providers. Follow this link to learn more about the program, http://oec.okstate.edu/loan/partners.php#3.
2820 E. 5th St.
Tulsa OK 74104-9700
Voice: 918-631-2504
Email: Info@ATIA.org
For a list of association members and product lines follow this link, www.atia.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3279.
330 N. Wabash Avenue, Suite 2000
Chicago IL 60611-4267
Voice: 312-321-5172
Toll Free: 877-687-2842
Fax: 312-673-6659
Email: conference@csun.edu
The Center on Disabilities (COD) is committed to the vision of an inclusive society where people of all abilities have the chance to achieve their goals and experience success. Through excellent training and research, they nurture learning and innovation to improve the world for people with disabilities.
COD sponsors assistive technology training programs to expand the awareness of professionals and introduce newcomers to the disability field, and hosts the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference.
Bayramian Hall 107
18111 Nordhoff St.
Northridge CA 91330-8340
Voice: 818-677-2578
Fax: 818-677-4929
Major annual conference and exhibition on computer assisted technology for people with disabilities. Website carries conference information, registration form and technology news.
P.O. Box 68
Henderson MN 56044
Voice: 507-248-3294
Fax: 507-248-3810
Email: info@driabilene.org
Disability Resources, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is a planned community designed to enhance the lives of our residents, develop their life skills and provide the required medical care, spiritual opportunities for growth and to encourage healthy lifestyles. The campus is a pleasant place to live and work for adults (18 and older) with developmental and physical challenges.
Services include:
Day Program
Intermediate Care
Residential Care
Clinical, Health and Dental Care
Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapies Access
Document Destruction
3602 N Clack St.
Abilene TX 79601
Voice: 325-677-6815
Fax: 325-673-7829
Home Page Reader for Windows; software for learning disabilities; home page for Human Resources professionals with information on computer and information access for employees with disabilities.
IBM Corporation
1 New Orchard Rd.
Armonk NY 10504
Voice: 914-499-1900
TTY: 800-426-3383 Toll Free
Toll Free: 800-426-4968
CARF - Accredited Program:
- Outpatient Treatment - Mental Health (Children and Adolescents).
510 North Broadway Street
Poteau OK 74953
Voice: 918-647-4196
Fax: 918-647-5741
Email: cjudd@mdgh.org
Provides vocational assistance as well as group home services to individuals that experience a developmental disability.
PO Box 30033
Midwest City OK 73140
Voice: 405-732-8568
The National Federation of the Blind Oklahoma is the state affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind. Chapters are located in Lawton, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. They also have 3 state-wide divisions: the Oklahoma Association of Blind Students, the Oklahoma Association of Blind Merchants and the Oklahoma Association of Rehabilitation Professionals.
Subsidized Elderly Apartments
900 East Vandament Avenue
Yukon OK 73099
Voice: 405-350-6462
Email: staff@okatfoundation.org
Oklahoma Assistive Technology Foundation (OkAT) in partnership with Oklahoma ABLE Tech and BancFirst of Stillwater, can provide financing options with low interest and flexible repayment terms for Oklahomans to purchase assistive technology to help them live, work, and learn independently.
1514 W. Hall of Fame
Stillwater OK 74078
Voice: 405-744-4254
TTY: 800-257-1705 V/TTY
Toll Free: 800-257-1705
Disability Determination Division (DDD) determines if applicants are medically eligible under Social Security law for Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income payments. A team consisting of a physician or psychologist and disability examiner will consider all the facts in the case, using medical information from doctors, hospitals, clinics or other places where the client has been treated. You can apply for disability benefits by phone, by mail or by visiting any Social Security Administration office.
Voice: 405-419-2200
The Transition Program helps students with disabilities who are eligible for vocational rehabilitation services to prepare for employment and life after high school. Services available through Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired counselors assigned to each high school include:
- Vocational counseling and guidance assists teachers, parents and students in developing appropriate career goals.
- Vocational assessment and evaluation helps determine students' employment-related strengths.
- School Work study provides job readiness skills, work experience and high school credits.
- Work Adjustment Training is purchased from community-based facilities.
- On-the-Job Training is arranged in the community for students in the second semester of their senior year with permanent employment as a goal.
- Supported Employment helps students in the second semester of their senior year transition into permanent employment.
- Job Development and Placement specialists help students make job searches more successful.
Transition School-to-Work Program
3535 NW 58th Street, Suite 500
Oklahoma City OK 73112
Voice: 405-951-3488
Fax: 405-951-3529
OSD is a residential and day school providing specialized educational services to children and youth who are deaf or hard of hearing. The School also serves as a statewide resource for the education of deaf and hard of hearing children who attend public schools in Oklahoma. Programs include:
- Early Childhood Development Program for children ages 2-6;
- Regional preschools in Collinsville and Edmond are provided by OSB in cooperation with local schools;
- A comprehensive curriculum for residential and day students, with instruction in reading, language arts, math, social studies, science, physical education, fine arts, communication skills, computer skills, and other subjects;
- Vocational and technical training;
- Work experience in the community;
- Social, cultural and recreational activities;
- Student organizations;
- Sports and athletic competitions; and
- Outreach services including psychological and audiological evaluations, parent education programs, captioned videos, vocational and career education, counseling, and sign language instruction.
OSD Satellite Pre-schools:
Edmond Regional Preschool
University of Central Oklahoma
Box 176
Edmond, OK 73034
405-974-5961 Voice
Chickasha Early Childhood Center
on campus of USAO in Chickasha
Click link for contact information: https://usao.edu/academics/education-and-speech-language-pathology/jane-...
Reading and Literacy Program for Children who are Deaf. For deaf and hard of hearing youth ages 11-17 (5th - 11th grades) are held in the summers. The five-day program helps students learn to appreciate reading and advance their literacy skills. Students are tested and grouped by reading level. They receive five hours of instruction each day. Afternoons and evenings are filled with recreation and field trips.
Official Oklahoma School for the Deaf Website: https://www.osd.k12.ok.us/
1100 E. Oklahoma St.
Sulphur OK 73086
Voice: 580-622-4900
TTY: 580-622-4900
Fax: 580-622-4960
Email: rhrcgrad@uark.edu
The Center conducts research and training designed to enhance the rehabilitation outcomes of persons who are deaf or hard of hearing.
The University of Arkansas' Counselor Education and Supervision Program has more information on this.
University of Arkansas
100 Graduate Education Building
University of Arkansas University of Arkansas
Fayetteville AR 72701
Voice: 479-575-3208
The Center�??s mission is to provide opportunities for persons with physical disabilities to enhance the quality of their lives. The Center is committed to providing adults and youth with physical challenges opportunities to develop healthy lifestyles that encourage rehabilitation, creativity, independence and socialization. Programs and services offered by The Center are Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, Rehabilitative Fitness, Adaptive Recreation, Community Reintegration, Transition Services, Adaptive Sports and Youth Programming.
815 S. Utica Ave.
Tulsa OK 74104
Voice: 918-584-8607
Fax: 918-584-8646
Email: trace-info@umd.edu
The purpose of the Trace Research & Development Center is to apply engineering, computer science, disability studies, public policy, and information science to prevent the barriers to, and capitalize on the opportunities presented by, current and emerging information and telecommunication technologies.
College of Information Studies, University of Maryland
Room 4105 Hornbake Bldg, South Wing
4130 Campus Drive 4130 Campus Drive
College Park MD 20742
Voice: 301-405-2043
Fax: 301-314-9145
The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) works with organizations around the world to develop strategies, guidelines and resources to help make the web accessible to people with disabilities. Web content accessibility guidelines: how to make web site content accessible to people with disabilities. Direct link: http://www.w3.org/TR/coga-usable/
MIT/CSAIL, Building 32-G530
32 Vassar St.
Cambridge MA 02139
Voice: 617-253-2613