Disability Links

Emergency Caller Assistance

Portable emergency system product information. http://www.brainaid.com/ecs/index.shtml.

Brain Injury

Family Caregiver Alliance. http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/home.jsp.

National Rehabilitation Information Center. http://www.naric.com. Read here about NIDRR, which is currently funding a $450,000 three-year clinical trial using PEAT to retrain patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs).

The Rehabilitation Research Center for Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury. http://www.tbi-sci.org/main.html.

Cognitive Disabilities

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. A leading rehabilitation program for traumatic brain injuries. Home of ongoing PEAT clinical trials.

Trace Research and Development Center, http://trace.wisc.edu/resources/disability-resources.shtml. A broad list of disability resources from the University of WIsconsin.

CHADD, Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders. http://chadd.org/.

Learning Disabilities Online. Focuses on learning disabilities in children. http://www.ldonline.org.

Parents Helping Parents. Another site focusing on children's learning disabilities. http://www.php.com/.

Stanford Stroke Center. http://strokecenter.stanford.edu/resources.html. Resource information on stroke rehabilitation.

Funding Information

Family Guide to Assistive Technology. Go to the Table of Contents for a good overview of funding sources. http://www.pluk.org/AT1.html.

California Assistive Technology System (CATS). For contact numbers for CATS' Loan Guarantee Programs, see http://www.atnet.org/resources/about_cats.htm.

Assistive Technologies

Closing the Gap. Information on applications of computer technology in special education and rehabilitation. http://www.closingthegap.com/index.lasso.

DREAMMS for Kids, Inc. Developmental Research for the Effective Advancement of Memory and Motor Skills. http://www.dreamms.org/.

RESNA, Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America. Association for the advancement of rehabilitation and assistive technologies (AT). http://www.resna.org/.