1018 UNIT ONE: Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

National Aging Information Center

SECTION I www.aoa.dhhs.gov/naic/default.htm
AGING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION
National Council on the Aging
WEB SITES (SELECTED) www.ncoa.org
ELIZABETH CREPEAU
National Institute on Aging
Administration on Aging www.nih.gov/nia
www.aoa.dhhs.gov/
Retirement Research Fund
Alliance for Aging Research www.rrf.org
www.agingresearch.org
Senior Net
American Association of Retired Persons www.seniornet.com
www.aarp.org

American Geriatric Society

www.americangeriatrics.org SECTION II
Boston University Roybal Center for the Enhancement of
AIDS WEB SITES (SELECTED)
Late-Life Function JAMES HINOJOSA, GARY BEDELL, and
MARGARET KAPLAN
www.bu.edu/roybal
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Gerontological Society of America
www.cdc.gov
www.geron.org
Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Medications
Guide for Caregivers
www.hivatis.org/guidelines/pediatric.
www.aoa.dhhs.gov/wecare/default.htm
National Pediatric AIDS Network
International Commission on Aging and Aging Research
www.npan.org
Dshenk@email.uncc.edu
CDC National Prevention Information Network (CDC
International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
NPIN)
Wolf4@usmhc.edu
www.cdcnpin.org
Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
www.aoa.dhhs/ltcombudsman/default/htm

National Academy on an Aging Society

www.agingsociety.org
 Canine Companions (Offers trained dogs for persons with a
SECTION III variety of disabilities)
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, SEATING, AND caninecompanions.org
MOBILITY WEB SITES (SELECTED)a Canterbury Community Internet Access Project (CCIA)
TAMARA MILLS, ELIZABETH SKIDMORE, MARY www.wbview.co.nz/ccia
ELLEN BUNING, and MARK R. SCHMELER

Center for Universal Design

AbleNet
www.design.ncsu.edu:8120/cud/
www.ablenetinc.com/
Closing the Gap (Microcomputer technology for people
ABLEDATA on the Internet
with special needs)
trace.wisc.edu/tcel/abledata/index.html
www.closingthegap.com
AccessAbility, Inc.
Cornucopia of Disability Information (CODI)
4access.com
http://codi.buffalo.edu
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre
disABILITY Information & Resources (Adaptive computer
www.utoronto.ca/atrc/
products)
www.makoa.org/computers.htm
Adaptive Technology Links (OTPT PagesUniversity of
Puget Sound)
Disability and Medical Resource Mall
otpt.ups.edu/Rehabilitation/AdapTec/html
www.medmarket.com/index.cfm?iddisability
Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and
janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder
Technology; program for people with disabilities to explore
careers in science, engineering, and mathematics)
Apple Computers Disability Connection
www.washington.edu/doit
www.apple.com/disability
Ease (A comprehensive software package for guiding home
Archives of the Ofce of Technology Assessment (The
assessments that includes local and national database re-
Ofce of Technology Assessment closed in 1995; its
sources for prescribing environmental adaptations, individ-
archives are housed at Idaho State University)
ualized for each client)
www.ota.nap.edu
lifease.com/ease300.html
Assistive Technology, Inc.
Easi Project (Equal Access to Software & Information)
www.assistivetech.com/
www.isc.rit.edu/~easi
Assistive Technology On-Line
Electronic Rehabilitation Resources (St. Johns University)
www.education-world.com
www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv01n1/holtzman.html
Assistive Technology Web Pages from RESNA
A Guide to Wheelchair Selection: How to Use the
resna.org/taproject/at/connections.html
ANSI/RESNA Standards to Buy a Wheelchair (by Axelson,
Minkel, and Chesney; available from the Paralyzed Veterans
AZtech (A to Z Technology)
of America)
cosmos.buffalo.edu/WEB/aztech
www.wheelchairnet.org/WCN_ProdServ/Docs/WCN_PV
Aguide.html
Breaking New Ground (Adaptive Technologies for Farmers
with Disabilities)
Independence Dogs, Inc. (Service dogs for the mobility-
abe.www.ecn.purdue.edu/ABE/Extension/BNG/Index.html
impaired)
www.independencedogs.org
The Canadian Seating and Mobility Conference
www.csmc.ca/
Institute on Independent Living
www.independentliving.org/
a
An up-to-date version of this listing is available at otpt.ups.edu/
Rehabilitation/Resources.html
International Seating Symposium TechnAbility Exchange
www.iss.pitt.edu/ www.geocities.com/technability

Jim Lubins Disability Resource List (A comprehensive Trace Research and Development Center (University of
compendium of disability-related links) Wisconsin at Madison)
www.eskimo.com/~jlubin/disabled.html www.trace.wisc.edu

Learning Independence through Computers (A resource of
accessibility tools and strategies including lists of vendors
throughout the United States)
www.linc.org
Manual Wheelchair Training Guide (by Axelson, Chesney,
Minkel, and Perr; available at PAX Press)
www.benecialdesigns.com/
National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
www.ncddr.org
National Center to Improve Practice through Technology,
Media, and Materials
www2.edc.org/NCIP/
U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance
Board (A federal agency committed to accessible design)
www.access-board.gov/
Yahoo online index of disability Web sites
www.yahoo.com/yahoo/Society_and_Culture/Disabilities
WheelchairNet (Information site on wheeled mobility)
www.wheelchairnet.org
Wheeled Mobility Books (Reviews of ve books on wheeled
mobility)
www.wheelchairnet.org/WCN_ProdServ/Docs/WCN_
bookreview.html

National Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers SECTION IV

www.nrrts.org CHILDHOOD, CHILD DEVELOPMENT,
AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY
OT FACT (Uses dynamic questions sets, generated from a
computer software program, to compile and organize large WEB SITES (SELECTED)
quantities of patient evaluation data so that they can be ELLEN S. COHN
meaningfully interpreted)
www.execpc.com/~dgtldesn/otfact.htm American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental
Medicine
Quartet Technology Inc. www.aacpdm.org
www.qtiusa.com/
Autism Society
RESNA (Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Tech- www.autism-society.org
nology Society of North America; an interdisciplinary
association for the advancement of rehabilitation and assis- Can Child Centre for Childhood Disability Research
tive technologies) www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/canchild/
www.resna.org/reshome.htm
Family Violence Prevention Fund
www.endabuse.org
RESNA Annual Conference (Offers workshops and instruc-
tional courses)
Federation for Children with Special Needs
www.resna.org/
fcsn.org
RESNA credentialing Institute for Child Health Policy
www.resna.org/ www.ichp.edu
Searchwave (A search engine for audiology and hearing- Make a Wish Foundation
related information and resources) www.wish.org
www.searchwave.com
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc. (Provides www.mchb.hrsa.gov
resources for persons with hearing impairment, their fami-
lies, and health professionals) Muscular Dystrophy Foundation
www.shhh.org mdausa.org
National Institute of Child Health and Human Develop- U.S. Department of Justice Internet Home Page
ment www.usdoj.gov
www.nichd.nih.gov
U.S. Government Guide to Disability Rights Laws
National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/cguide.htm
www.nmchc.org

National Special Needs Network Foundation, Inc.

www.nsnn.org SECTION VI
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ASSISTIVE
Ofce of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
(Has multiple links)
TECHNOLOGY SERVICE PROVIDERS
www.ed.gov/ofces/OSERS/OSEP/index.html AND SUPPLIERS TOLL FREE
NUMBERS (SELECTED)
Society for Research in Child Development ELIZABETH SKIDMORE and TAMARA MILLS
www.srcd.org
Phone Number Service Provider/Supplier
United Cerebral Palsy Association
www.ucp.org 800-458-5231 Ablenet (Minneapolis, MN)
800-748-3695 Adaptive Automotive (Denver, CO)
ZERO to THREE 800-225-2610 AliMed (Dedham, MA)
www.zerotothree.org 800-325-6233 Alternative Unlimited Inc. (Whitinsville, MA)
800-961-3273 EASE2000 Environmental Assessment and
Prescription Software (New Brighton, MN)
800-323-6598 E-Z-On Product Inc. (Jupiter, FL)
SECTION V 800-548-7905 Electric Mobility (Sewell, NJ)
DISABILITY RIGHTS WEB SITES 800-841-8923 Environmental Health Science Inc. (Princeton,
(SELECTED) NJ)
TAMARA MILLS and ELIZABETH SKIDMORE 800-952-2248 Ford Mobility Motoring Program (Ruston, LA)
800-833-0312 TDD
Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center 800-548-4337 Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind
janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder/#home (Smithtown, NY)
800-536-9383 Handicapped-Getaway Cruises (Saddle River, NJ)
Disability Legislation
800-622-0623 Independent Mobility Systems (Farmington, NM)
www.legal.gsa.gov/legal6a.htm
800-829-0500 Lighthouse Low Vision Products (Long Island
City, NY)
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc.
www.dredf.org/ 800-443-4926 Maddak Inc. (Wayne NJ)
800-421-1221 National Accessible Apartment Clearinghouse
Council for Disability Rights (Washington, DC)
www.disabilityrights.org/ 800-253-4391 Ofce Systems for Visually/Physically
Impaired (Chicago, IL)
Disability Rights Commission 800-262-1984 Prentke Romich (Wooster, OH)
www.drc-gb.org/drc/default.asp 800-949-4232 Regional Disability and Business Technical
Assistance Centers (National)
Mental Disability Rights International 800-548-8531 Right Start Catalog (Westlake Village, CA)
www.mdri.org/
800-323-5547 Sammons-Preston (Burr Ridge, IL)
Protection & Advocacy Systems: The Nations Disability 800-422-7382 Wheelchair Getaway and See Go Van
(Las Vegas, NV)
Rights Network
www.protectionandadvocacy.com/ 800-452-2085 Special Mobility Services (Portland, OR)
800-832-8697 Toys for Special Children (Hastings on
U.S. Department of Justice, Americans with Disabilities Hudson, NY)
Act Internet Home Page 800-221-6501 Wheelchair Getaways (Lancaster, PA)
www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
 SECTION VII SECTION VIII
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE WEB SITES FOUNDATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS,
(SELECTED) COUNCILS, AND GOVERNMENT
WENDY COSTER, SHARON CERMAK, and RESOURCE PHONE NUMBERS (SELECTED)
ELSIE VERGARA ELIZABETH SKIDMORE and TAMARA MILLS

Agency for Health Care Research and Quality

www.ahcpr.gov Phone Number Organization

American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental 800-555-1212 Toll-Free Directory (for updates or numbers
Medicine not listed)
www.aacpdm.org 800-344-2666 Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.
800-621-0379 Alzheimers Disease Association
American Academy of Pediatrics
800-749-2257 American Association of Kidney Patients
www.aap.org
800-424-3410 American Association of Retired Persons
Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health 800-548-2876 American Burn Association
www.cebmh.com 800-424-8666 American Council of the Blind
800-527-5344 American Council on Alcoholism
Cochrane Library
800-232-3472 American Diabetes Association, Inc.
www.cochrane.org/cochrane/edsr.htm
800-729-2682 American Occupational Therapy Association
Dr. Fenichels Current Topics in Psychology 800-223-2732 American Parkinson Disease Association
www.fenichel.com 800-556-7890 American Trauma Society
800-782-4747 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association
Health Web 800-283-7800 Arthritis Foundation
www.healthweb.org
800-727-8462 Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation 800-3au- tism Autism Society of America
www.psychosocial.com 800-669-7079 Blinded Veterans Association
800-444-6443 Brain Injury Association
McMaster OT Evidence-Based Practice Research Group 800-955-0906 OVID Information Technologies
www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/rahab/ebp 800-237-6213 Captioned Films/Video for the Deaf Program
800-342-2437 Center for Disease Control and Prevention
National Information Center for Children and Youth with
(CDC) National AIDS Hotline
Disabilities
800-726-9119 Center for Rehabilitation Technology
www.nichcy.org
800-424-2246 Child Care Aware Hotline
Netting the Evidence 800-242-4453 Childrens Hospice International
www.nettingtheevidence.org.uk 800-753-2357 Cornelia deLange Syndrome Foundation
800-344-4823 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
New Zealand Guideline Group: Evidence-Based Practice in
800-535-3323 Deafness Research Foundation
Disability Support Services
800-222-3277 Dial A Hearing Screening Test
www.nzgg.org.nz/disability.cfm
800-572-7233 Domestic Violence Hotline
OT Direct 800-332-1000 Epilepsy Foundation of America
www.otdirect.co.uk 800-331-0688 Federation for Children with Special Needs
800-905-TIES Family Together in Enhancing Support
Research and Training Center on Family Support and
415-252-8900 Family Violence Prevention Fund
Childrens Mental Health
800-548-4337 Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc.
www.rtc.pdx.edu/
800-676-1730 Higher Education Center for Alcohol and
University of Michigan Health System: Evidence-Based Other Drug Prevention
Practice Website 800-245-2691 HUD User
www.med.umich.edu/pediatrics/ebm/index.html/ 800-526-7234 Job Accommodation Network
(Continued) (Continued)
Phone Number Organization Phone Number Organization

800-558-0121 Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. 800-962-9629 National Spinal Cord Injury Association
800-722-wish Make a Wish Foundation 800-787-6537 National Stroke Association
800-438-6233 Mothers Against Drunk Driving 800-369-7433 North American Riding for the Handicapped
800-572-1717 Muscular Dystrophy Foundation Association
800-541-5454 Myasthenia Gravis Foundation 800-422-6237 Ofce of Cancer Communications
800-342-2437 National AIDS Hotline 800-869-6782 Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center
800-344-7432 National AIDS Hotline (Spanish) 800-624-0100 Partnership for a Drug Free America
800-458-5231 National AIDS Information Clearinghouse 800-457-6676 Parkinsons Disease Foundation, Inc.
800-424-8666 National Alliance for Blind Students 800-888-2876 Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, Inc.
800-950-6264 National Alliance for the Mentally Ill 800-221-4792 Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
800-331-5362 National Association for the Dually Diagnosed 800-421-8453 Sickle Cell Disease Association of America
800-862-1799 National Association for Rights, Protection, 800-772-1213 Social Security Administration
and Advocacy 800-325-0778 TDD
800-829-8289 National Alliance for Research on 800-872-5827 United Cerebral Palsy Association, Inc.
Schizophrenia and Depression 800-728-5483 United Leukodystrophy Foundation
800-422-4453 National Child Abuse Hotline 800-426-2547 Visiting Nurse Association of America
800-729-6686 National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug 800-899-4301 ZERO to THREE/National Center for Clinical
Information Infant Programs
800-622-2255 National Council on Alcoholism and Drug
Dependence, Inc.
800-826-3632 National Depressive and Manic-Depressive
Association
800-221-4602 National Down Syndrome Society SECTION IX
800-662-4357 National Drug Treatment Referral & Informa- MENTAL HEALTH WEB SITES (SELECTED)
tion Hotline ELLEN S. COHN and ALEXIS HENRY
800-221-6827 National Easter Seal Society
800-POWER-2-U National Empowerment Center Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
800-222-3937 National Foundation of the American www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
Academy of Ophthalmology Public Service
Programs American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
800-239-1265 National Foundation for Depressive Illness, www.aacap.org
Inc.
800-843-2256 National Headache Foundation American Psychiatric Association
www.psych.org
800-658-8898 National Hospice Organization
800-695-0285 National Information Center for Children and
Americans with Disabilities Act
Youth with Disabilities
www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/publicat.htm
800-638-2045 National Institute on Drug Abuse
800-421-4211 National Institute of Mental Health Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
800-541-3259 National Lymphedema Network www.Bazelon.org/ada.html
800-969-6642 National Mental Health Association http://www.Bazelon.org/
800-553-4539 National Mental Health Consumers Self-Help
Clearinghouse Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
www.bu.edu/sarpsych/
800-268-7582 National Multiple Sclerosis Society
800-323-7938 National Neurobromatosis Foundation
Center for Mental Health Services
800-999-6673 National Organization for Rare Disorders www.samhsa.gov/centers/cmhs/cmhs.html
800-646-1001 National Pediatric AIDS Network
800-346-2742 National Rehabilitation Information Center Cocaine Anonymous
800-331-2020 National Society to Prevent Blindness www.ca.org
Consumer Organization & Networking Technical Assis- National Institute on Drug Abuse
tance Center www.nida.nih.org
www.contac.org
National Mental Health Association
Critical Psychology WebRing www.nmha.org
webring.org/cgi?_bin/webring?ring=critpsy;list
National Mental Health Consumers Self-Help Clearinghouse
Disability Rights Activist www.mhselfhelp.org/
www.disrights.org/
No Stigma
Electro Convulsive Therapy www.nostigma.org
www.ect.org/and http://www.banshock.org/
Protection & Advocacy Agencies
Hoopers Forensics Psychiatry www.protectionandadvocacy.com/
bama.ua.edu/~jhooper/
SAMHSA/Knowledge Exchange Network
International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and www.mentalhealth.org/
Psychology
www.breggin.com Self-Help Sourcebook Online
www.cmhc.com/selfhelp/
Job Accommodation Network
janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/ Support Coalition International
www.mindfreedom.org
Madness
www.peoplewho.org

MadNation SECTION X
www.madnation.org/ NATIONAL CIVIC ORGANIZATION
PHONE NUMBERS (SELECTED)
Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter
ELIZABETH SKIDMORE and TAMARA MILLS
www.abanet.org/disability/reporter/home.html

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Phone Number Organization

www.nami.org
773-755-4700 Elks Organization (drug education)
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and 317-875-8755 Kiwanis International (focus on children)
Depression 630-571-5466 Lions International (focus on sight)
narsad.org 215-988-1917 Masons/Shriners Lodge (may fund assistive
devices, information about burn prevention
National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association and intervention)
www.ndmda.org 630-859-2000 Moose International (focus on children and
elderly in need)
National Empowerment Center 816-333-8300 Sertoma International (focus on speech/hear-
www.power2u.org National Empowerment Center ing impairments)
816-756-3390 Veterans of Foreign Wars (focus on veterans)
National Foundation for Depressive Illness, Inc.
www.depression.org

National Association for Rights, Protection & Advocacy

www.connix.com/~narpa

National Council on DisabilityFrom privileges to rights

www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/privileges.html

National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center

www.ncstac.org

Copyright 2003 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. From Crepeau, E. B., Cohn, E. S., & Schell, B. A. B. (Eds.). (2003). Willard
and Spackmans Occupational Therapy (10th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.