Links
Arts and Literacy
Education
Employment
Government Resources
Organizations for People Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision
Sports and Recreation
Technology
Transportation and Travel
Arts and Literacy
- Art Beyond Sight
- National Arts and Disability Center (NADC), UCLA
- National Braille Association
- National Braille Press
- Washington State School for the Blind (WSSB)--Information on Braille Certification and Braille Literary Usage Examination (BLUE)
- Washington Talking Book and Braille Library (WTBBL)
Education
Birth to Grade 12
- Braille Reading Pals Club--National Federal of the Blind (NFB)
- Louis Braille School
- National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)
- Partnerships for Action, Voices for Empowerment (PAVE)
- U.S. Department of Education's Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- University of Washington's DO-IT Scholars Program (for teens with disabilities)
- Washington Sensory Disabilities Services (WSDS)
- Washington State Department of Early Living
- Washington State School for the Blind (WSSB)
College and Vocational Training
- FinAid!--Financial Aid for Students with Disabilities
- School of Piano Technology for the Blind (Vancouver, WA)
- California State University's Professional Development for Accessible Technology
Distance and Online Learning
- AccreditedOnlineColleges.org
- Goodwill Community Foundation Free Online Learning
- Hadley School for the Blind
Employment
- ABILITYJobs
- American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) CareerConnect
- American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Job Seeker's Toolkit
- careers.wa.gov
- disABLEDperson
- DisaboomJobs
- Diversity World--"Enriching Workplaces and Reducing Employment Barriers"
- Employee Assistance and Resource Network (EARN)
- GettingHired.com--Careers and Community for People with Disabilities
- Go2ResumeSource.com
- Hire Disability Solutions
- Indeed
- Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
- Job-Hunt
- Job Opportunities for Disabled American Veterans (JOFDAV)
- USAjobs.gov
- Washington State Business Leadership Network (WSBLN)
- What Can You Do? The Campaign for Disability Employment
- Worksupport.com--"Information, resources and research about work and disability issues"
Government Resources for People Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision
Washington State
- Governor's Committee on Disability Issues and Employment
- Secretary of State Information for Voters with Disabilities
- Washington State Human Rights Commission
- Washington State Pathways to Employment
Tribal
- Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
- Cowlitz Indian Tribe Vocational Rehabilitation Program
- Lummi Nation Vocational Rehabilitation
- North Intertribal Vocational Rehabilitation Program (NIVRP)
- Samish Tribe Vocational Rehabilitation
- South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency
- Yakama Nation Vocational Rehabilitation
National
- National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
- Social Security Administration's Disability Programs
- US Department of Health and Human Services' WWW.USABILITY.GOV
- US Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
- US Department of Education's Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
- US Department of Justice's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Page
- US Department of Labor's WWW.DISABILITY.GOV
- US Department of Veterans Affairs' Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service
- US Department of Veterans Affairs' Blind Rehabilitation Programs
Organizations for People Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision
Washington State
- Edith Bishel Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Lilac Services for the Blind
- Seattle Deaf-Blind Service Center (DBSC)
- Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind
- SightConnection
- Tacoma Area Coalition for Individuals with Disabilities (TACID)
- Vision for Independence Center (VIC), Yakima
- Vision Loss Connections
- Washington Council of the Blind (WCB)
- Washington Alliance of People with Disabilities
National and Worldwide
- American Association of the Deaf-Blind
- American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
- American Council of the Blind (ACB)
- American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
- American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) - Senior Site
- American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) - Vision Aware
- Association for Retinopathy of Prematurity and Related Diseases (ROPARD)
- Blinded Veterans Association (BVA)
- Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults
- Jewish Guild for the Blind
- Macular Degeneration (MD) Support
- National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (NAPVI)
- National Association for Visually Handicapped (NAVH)
- National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
- National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation (NOAH)
- Sight and Hearing Association
- The Social Security and Disability Resource Center
- Spanish National Organisation for the Blind (ONCE)
- World Blind Union (WBU)
Sports and Recreation
- Blind Judo Foundation
- Northwest Association for Blind Athletes (NWABA)
- Outdoors for All Foundation
- US Paralympics
- Washington State Accessible Outdoor Recreation Guide
Technology
- Alliance for Technology Access (ATA)
- AT Connects
- Microsoft Accessibility Resource Centers
- University of Washington Center for Technology and Disability Studies (UWCTDS)
- US Access Board--A Federal Agency Committed to Accessible Design
- W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
- Washington Assistive Technology Act Program (WATAP)
- Washington Assistive Technology Foundation (WATF)
Transportation and Travel
- Washington Information Network
Or Dial 2-1-1 for transportation options in your area. - Access-Able Travel Source
- Travelin' Talk Network