Adapt-Ability www.adapt-ability.org
Enables people with disabilities through technology, using assistive
technology to help people with disabilities live independently, become
mobile & be employed via job-site accommodations & computer
adaptations.
AgrAbility: Missouri
AgrAbility Project www.fse.missouri.edu/agrability/
National program that works to assist agribusiness workers who have
physical and mental disabilities to adapt their homes and farms in order
to allow them to continue to work in agriculture.
Beachwheels Inc.
Accessible Recreation www.beachwheels.com/
Large wheel wheelchairs that can be used in sand.
Center
for Accessible Technology www.cforat.org/
A non-profit Berkeley CA
organization which provides access to assistive technology that gives
people with disabilities access to computers, provide art programs to
provide access to artistic expression, and offer ongoing consultation
and support to assist people with disabilities in maintaining and
enhancing access.
Centers for Independent
Living (CIL's):
Independent Living
Research & Utilization www.ILRU.org
National center for information, training, research, and technical
assistance in Independent Living. Good comprehensive list of all CIL's.
Missouri CIL's www.mosilc.org/CIL.htm
List of all 21 Missouri CIL's including contact information.
Missouri State IL
Council http://mosilc.org
Develops State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL) for Federal
review, also holds periodic statewide meetings to Discuss CIL activity
and how disability legislation affects Missouri citizens.
DML
Solutions www.dmlsolutions.biz
Helps assimilate more people with disabilities into the work force
by offering workshops and seminars as well as assistive technology
consultation.
Disability Links
Barn www.accessunlimited.com/links.html
Last update 7/2000; some information is incomplete. Primarily this
is a site selling Access Unlimited products.
National Council on
Disability www.ncd.gov
Independent federal agency making recommendations to the President
and Congress on issues affecting 54 million Americans with disabilities.
National Organization on
Disability www.nod.org
Promotes the full and equal participation of America's 54 million
men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life.
Rehabilitation
Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) www.resna.org
An interdisciplinary association of people with a common interest in
technology and disability, whose purpose is to improve the potential of
people with disabilities to achieve their goals through the use of
technology.
Swap N' Shop www.dolir.state.mo.us/matp/swapnshop.htm
Assistive technology items available for sale and/or trade.
Government Agencies:
Missouri Assistive
Technology Project www.dolir.state.mo.us/matp
Mission is to increase access to assistive technology for
Missourians with all types of disabilities, of all ages.
Missouri Commission for
the Deaf and Hard of Hearing www.mcdhh.state.mo.us/
Functions as an agency of the state to advocate public policies,
regulations and programs to improve the quality and coordination of
existing services for individuals with hearing loss, and to promote
new services whenever necessary.
Missouri Department of
Mental Health www.modmh.state.mo.us
Dedicated to combating the stigma associated with menta illness,
developmental disabilities, and substance abuse.
Missouri Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation www.vr.dese.state.mo.us/vr/co/VRWebsite.nsf
Focus on employment training & placement and provision of
Personal Assistance Services.
Missouri Division of
Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities www.modmh.state.mo.us.mrdd
Division improves the lives of people with developmental
disabilities (disabilities which occur before the age 22 with the
expectation that the disability will continue), through programs and
services to enable those persons to live independently and
productively.
Missouri Governor's
Council on Disability www.dolir.state.mo.us/gcd
Great resource directory; GCD focuses on creating a climate in
which all Missourians with and without disabilities have equal access
to employment opportunities.