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National Council on Disability. (1993). Study on the financing of assistive technology devices and services for individual with disabilities: A report to the President and the Congress of the United States. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved September 18, 2000, from the World Wide Web: http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/assistive.html

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Alliance for Technology Access: ATA resource centers
http://www.ATAccess.org
A web site dedicated to supporting networking for people interested in increasing their use of standard, assistive, and information technologies. Much information is listed state-by-state in USA.

ABLEDATA database of assistive technology
http://www.abledata.com
Informed consumer guide to information on funding assistive technology. Organized by disability such as Blind and Low vision, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Spinal Cord Injury, etc. Links available to on-line publications, national and regional research, support and advocacy programs.

California State University, Northridge: Center on Disabilities (CSUN)
http://www.csun.edu
The Center’s web site offers educational support services to students with disabilities. Services highlighted on the site include ways for professionals in the field to gain certification for using technology on the behalf of disabled people.

Closing the Gap
http://www.closingthegap.com
Annual resource directory on computer technology in special education and rehabilitation highlighting information regarding conferences and issues related to software and hardware. The site includes a helpful Q & A section and newspaper.

Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology: QIAT Consortium
http://sac.uky.edu/~jszaba0/QIAT.html
A grassroots organization that supports school districts, service providers, consumers, universities, professional developers, and policy makers by providing information through quality standards for evaluating services.

Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA).
http://www.resna.org/ or http://www.egr.msu.edu/~haddow/sig17/aac.html
An interdisciplinary association focused on technology and disability. The organization's web site provides a vast array of information on research, development, education, advocacy, and the provision of technology to people with disabilities.

Research Institute for Assistive and Training Technologies and National Association for State Directors of Special Education
RIATT@NASDSE http://www.nasdse.com/index.html
This web site is focused on supporting teachers who will be working with children utilizing assistive devices. The site offers courses and professional development programs in assistive and educational technology.

Trace Research and Development Center
http://tracecenter.org/dsn-bin/rsrc.cgi
This web site provides a way to access information on specific areas of AAC by a means of a database of keyfields. It includes a resource bibliography of 893 entries on assistive devices.