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Magazines and Journals  |  Comprehensive Websites 

Assistive Technology  |  Associations  |  Attention Deficit Disorders  |   Blind and Visually Impaired  |  Career and Job Information  |  Deaf and Hearing Impaired  |  Deaf-Blindness  |  Developmental Disabilities  |  Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities  |  Legislation  |  Special Education  |
  Travel and Transportation

Magazines and Journals

To find newspaper, magazine and journal articles as well as electronic books, use the Research Databases to which the Library Resource Centre subscribes. Use the directions on the Research Databases Remote Access/Off-campus Access Instructions web page for off-campus access.

PMC: PubMed Central - a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/

PubMed Central Canada - a free digital archive of full-text, peer-reviewed health and life sciences literature based on PubMed Central, the archive developed by the US National Library of Medicine
http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/

Comprehensive Websites

Abilities Canada
http://www.abilities.ca/

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities (Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services)
http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/programs/accessibility/index.aspx

Canadian Centre on Disability Studies
http://www.disabilitystudies.ca/

Council of Canadians with Disabilities
http://www.ccdonline.ca/

DAWN Ontario: Disabled Women's Network Ontario
http://dawn.thot.net/

disABILITY Information and Resources
http://www.makoa.org/index.htm

Disability Issues (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada)
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/disability_issues/index.shtml

Disability Research Information Page (CCSD)
http://www.ccsd.ca/drip/

Disability Resources Monthly Guide to Disability Resources on the Internet
http://www.disabilityresources.org/

Emergency Preparedness Guide for People with Disabilities/Special Needs  (Public Safety Canada)
http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/collections/collection_2010/sp-ps/PS4-26-1-3-2010-eng.pdf
 

Family Village: A Global Community of Disability-Related Resources
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/

More for People with Disabilities (Government of Ontario)
http://www.ontario.ca/en/communities/disabilities/ONT04_024973

Persons with Disabilities Online (Government of Canada)
http://www.pwd-online.ca/

Services for People with Disabilities (Service Canada)
http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/audiences/disabilities/index.shtml

World Association of Persons with Disabilities
http://www.wapd.org/

Assistive Technology

AbilityHub: Assistive Technology Solutions
http://www.abilityhub.com/

ABLEDATA, Your source for Assistive Technology Information
http://www.abledata.com/

Alliance for Technology Access
http://www.ataccess.org/

Assistive Technology Links (AT-Links)
http://www.at-links.gc.ca/

Assistive Technology Solutions
http://www.assistivetechnologysolutions.com/

EnableMart - Assistive Technology
http://www.enablemart.com/

Inclusive Design Research Centre 
http://idrc.ocad.ca/

RESNA: Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America
http://www.resna.org/

Associations and Organizations

AAPD: American Association of People with Disabilities
http://www.aapd-dc.org/

CCDI - College Committee on Disability Issues
http://www.disabilityissues.ca/

Canadian Association for Community Living
http://www.cacl.ca/

Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD)
http://www.ccsd.ca/

Canadian Disability Studies Association (CDSA - ACEI)
http://www.cdsa-acei.ca/

Community Living Ontario
http://www.communitylivingontario.ca

Council of Canadian with Disabilities
http://www.ccdonline.ca/

Independent Living Canada 
http://www.ilcanada.ca/article/home-125.asp

March of Dimes Canada
http://www.marchofdimes.ca/EN/Pages/default.aspx

NEADS: National Educational Association of Disabled Students
http://www.neads.ca/

NICHCY: National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
http://www.nichcy.org/

Attention Deficit Disorders

ADDA - Attention  Deficit Disorder Association
http://www.add.org/

CHADD: Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
http://www.chadd.org/

Blind and Visually Impaired

Blindness-Related Resources on the Web and Beyond
http://www.hicom.net/%7Eoedipus/blind.html

Canadian Braille Authority
http://www.canadianbrailleauthority.ca/index.php

Canadian Council of the Blind
http://www.ccbnational.net/new/index.php

Canadian National Institute for the Blind
http://www.cnib.ca/

National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (NAPVI)
http://www.spedex.com/napvi/

National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Default.asp

Career and Job Information

Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work
http://www.ccrw.org/

Career and Job Finding Resources (Lambton College Library Resource Centre)
http://library.lambton.on.ca/career_job_finding_resources.htm

Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Network (EDN) 
http://www.ednns.ca/

jobs.abilities.ca  
http://jobs.abilities.ca/

WORKink -Virtual Employment Resource Centre for Job Seekers with Disabilities
http://www.workink.com/

Deaf and Hearing Impaired

Canadian Association of the Deaf
http://www.cad.ca/

Canadian Hard of Hearing Association
http://www.chha.ca/

Canadian Hearing Society
http://www.chs.ca/

Hearing Foundation of Canada
http://www.thfc.ca/Default.aspx

Ontario Association of the Deaf
http://www.deafontario.ca/

Deaf-Blindness

American Association of the Deaf-Blind (AADB)
http://www.aadb.org/

Canadian DeafBlind and Rubella Association (CDBRA)
http://www.cdbraontario.ca/

Canadian Deaf-Blind Council
http://www.cdbc-csac.ca/

Canadian Helen Keller Centre
http://www.chkc.org/

DeafBlind Ontario Services
http://www.deafblindontario.com/

Deaf-Blind Resources
http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/blind.html#db

National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness
http://www.nationaldb.org/

Developmental Disabilities

Developmental Disabilities - Selected Web Resources (Lambton College Library Resource Centre)
http://library.lambton.on.ca/developmental_disabilities.htm

Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities

Council for Learning Disabilities
http://www.cldinternational.org/

International Dyslexia Association
http://www.interdys.org/

LD Online: The leading Web site on learning disabilities for parents, teachers and other professionals
http://ldonline.org/

LD Pride Online - An interactive community for LD/ADD youth and adults!
http://www.ldpride.net/

Learning Disabilities Association of Canada
http://www.ldac-taac.ca/

Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario
http://ldao.ca/

TeachingLD: Information and Resources for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities
http://www.dldcec.org/

Legislation

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_05a11_e.htm

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 Ontario Regulation 429/07
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_070429_e.htm

ARCH Disability Law Center
http://www.archdisabilitylaw.ca/

Ontario's accessibility laws and standards
http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/programs/accessibility/OntarioAccessibilityLaws/index.aspx

Special Education

SERI - Special Education Resources on the Internet
http://seriweb.com/

Special Education (Ontario. Ministry of Education/Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities)
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/speced.html

SNOW: Special Needs Opportunities Windows
http://snow.utoronto.ca

Travel and Transportation

Access to Travel (ATT), your accessible travel information source
http://www.accesstotravel.gc.ca/1.aspx?lang=en

Accessibility of Airport Terminals
http://www.accesstotravel.gc.ca/9.aspx?lang=en

Local Travel
http://www.accesstotravel.gc.ca/8.aspx?lang=en

Transportation Between Canadian Cities
http://www.accesstotravel.gc.ca/7.aspx?lang=en

Access Guide Canada: Your Guide to Accessible Places in Canada
http://www.abilities.ca/agc/

Canadian Transportation Agency:  Accessible Transportation
http://www.otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/accessible-transportation

FAQ: Accessible Transportation 
http://www.otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/faq-accessible-transportation

Transport Canada: Accessible Transportation
http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/policy/acc-accf-menu.htm

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Page last updated: November, 2011
 

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