ADA Home Page - www.ada.gov/

ADA Accessibility Guidelines 1990, As Amended - www.ada.gov/pubs/ada.htm

ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (ADAAG) - www.access-board.gov/adaag

disABILITY Information and Resources - www.makoa.org

Connecting the Disability Community to Information and Opportunities - www.disability.gov

Report Handicapped Parking Fraud - www.handicappedfraud.org

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - www.hhs.gov/ocr/

Title II of the ADA - Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Discrimination Complaint Form -  www.ada.gov/t2cmpfrm.htm

The ACT Services for Students with Disabilities - www.act.org/aap/disab/

AAPD - American Association of People with Disabilities - www.aapd.com/

AAIDD - American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - www.aamr.org

Learning Disabilities Association of America - www.ldanatl.org/

The Site to Survive Spinal Cord Injury and Paralysis -  www.survivingparalysis.com

A Site in Jacksonville, FL for Post Polio Survivors -  www.firstcoastpostpolio.com

Access to Disability Data - Chartbook on Disability in the United States - www.infouse.com/disabilitydata/disability

Travel the American West with Access Tours - www.accesstours.org

Disability throughout Time - History of Attitudes of Disabled People - www.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching/disability/thinking/#ancient

Famous People with Disabilities - www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/article_0060.shtml

Special Education Teacher Resource List - Guideline to Online Schools - www.guidetoonlineschools.com/library/special-education

Are you planning a trip to San Diego? Are you confined to a wheelchair? If so, I highly recommend The Town & Country Resort and Convention Center. Their wheelchair accessible room was the best I've ever stayed in. Go to www.towncountry.com and check it out.

NEW: The Personal Energy Transportation (PET); a gift of mobility to those in poor and underdeveloped countries - Go to www.giftofmobility.org


AN URGENT MESSAGE

I'm sure all of you have noticed a sign posted by an elevator that states, "IN CASE OF FIRE DO NOT USE ELEVATOR." For many of you that are wheelchair bound, use a walker, or a scooter and can't use the stairs, I strongly recommend you make sure you have a way to get out, if you are on other than the ground floor, in case there is a fire.

 For years, I like so many of you, have seen this sign and thought I would never be in the position of being "stuck;" but, it finally happened to me. When the fire alarm went off I was on the third floor and I had no way to evacuate. Believe me, this experience made my heart skip an extra beat.
 
PLEASE CHECK OUT YOUR SURROUNDINGS. IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE!  Blessings, Sharon

NOTE: RESOURCES ON EMERGENCY EVACUATION AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS - www.access-board.gov/evac.htm