Student Accessibility Support Services

Resources

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SASS Student Handbook (Fall 2024)

Assistive Technology

• Ability Tools
• Don Johnston Human Learning Tools
• Enhanced Vision (Products for Low Vision)
• Freedom Scientific (JAWS and ZoomText developer)
• Scanning Pens (Handheld Text to Voice Scanner)
• School Health (formerly Enable Mart)

College of the Redwoods Resources & Guides

• Distance Education Guidelines 2011
• Guidelines for Selecting Accessible Software
• Making Accessible Word Documents
• Service Animal Policy (AP 3440)

General Disability Resources

• Humboldt Disability Resource Guide
  
• Latest Disability News from MedlinePlus
• Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy
• Cornucopia of Disability Information
• Disability Main Page, U.S. Census Bureau
• Disability Statistics, Cornell University
• "From Where I Sit" Video Series
• Office of Disability Employment Policy
• National Clearinghouse on Post-Secondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities
• Social Security Administration - Disability Benefits

Organizations on Disability

• Association on Higher Education and Disability
• California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, Disabled Student Programs and Services
• Department of Rehabilitation, California
• Job Accommodation Network

Disability Rights Laws

• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Disability Rights Advocates
• Legal Services of Northern California
• Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education
• Service Animals
• U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy

For persons who are blind or low vision

• American Foundation for the Blind
• American Printing House for the Blind
• Braille Institute of America
• Learning Ally (Formerly Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic)
• Lighthouse Guild International
• Low Vision Devices for Macular Degeneration
• National Eye Institute
• Prevent Blindness America

For persons with learning disabilities

• Learning Disabilities Association of America
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
• Council for Learning Disabilities
• Great Schools - Learning Difficulties
• Learning Disabilities Online
• College Planning for Students with Learning Disabilities

For persons with attention deficit disorder

• Attention Deficit Disorder Association
• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
• Finding a Therapist Who Specializes in Attention Deficit Disorder
• ADD/ADHD in College

For persons with autism spectrum disorders

• Autism Society of America

For persons with acquired brain injury

• Brain Injury Association

For persons with mobility disability

• Mobility International
• United Spinal Association

For persons with developmental disabilities

• American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

For persons who are deaf or hard of hearing

• American Speech-Language Hearing Association
• Gallaudet University
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
• National Association of the Deaf
• Hearing Aid Information and Company Review

For persons with medical disabilities

• American Cancer Society
• American Parkinson's Disease Association
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association
• Arthritis Foundation
• Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
• Epilepsy Foundation
• Huntington's Disease Society of America
• Lupus Foundation of America
• Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
• Muscular Dystrophy Association
• Childrens Tumor Foundation (Formerly National Neurofibromatosis Foundation)
• National Organization for Rare Disorders
• National Stroke Association
• Spina Bifida Association

For persons with psychological disabilities

• National Alliance on Mental Illness
• Mental Health America
• Suicide and Depression Awareness for Students
• Tourette's Syndrome Association

For persons with speech or language disabilities

• American Speech, Language, Hearing Association
• National Center for Stuttering
• National Stuttering Association