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Government
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Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA)/Accommodation
- One-Stop Toolkit for
Serving People with Disabilities
This website provides resources to those who are
seeking to improve the services they offer in the area of employing
people with disabilities and to support integration of these services
within the One-Stop Center system.
- National
Center on Workforce and Disability (NCWD)
This is a resource and information service designed to
assist the efforts of the workforce development community in responding
to the needs of job seekers with disabilities.
- Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
JAN provides information
about job accommodations and the employability of people with
disabilities and also provides information regarding ADA.
- Great Lakes ADA Center
This Region V Technical Assistance center provides technical
assistance and training to businesses and people with disabilities regarding
ADA and WIA.
- ADA
Technical Assistance Program
This site offers ten regional centers that provide information and referral, technical
assistance, public awareness, and training on all aspects of the ADA.
- U.S. Department of Justice ADA Home Page
Offers ADA background and an ADA information line for both general and specific
information about ADA.
-
The Disability Law Handbook
This handbook is a broad overview of rights and obligations under
federal disability laws.
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Employment
-
Job Center of Wisconsin
Provides a 'one-stop' service for employers to meet their workforce needs
and job seekers to get career planning, job placement and training
services. Post your resume and search the Wisconsin Job Service Data Base, Wisconsin State Job Openings, Nationwide Job
Openings, and more!
- Virtual Business
Incubator
This site has a list of resources for Wisconsin residents who are
interested in small businesses.
- Business
Focus
This Department of Labor/Office of Disability Employment Policy web page
contains information regarding accessibility, workers comp., worksite
accommodations, etc.
- DVR Career Resource Guides For
Consumers and Staff
Includes information regarding assessment, career research, job seeking skills/job leads,
and searching the internet.
- JobCentral
National Labor Exchange
This website gives employers, free, a search of nationwide resume database,
posting of unlimited jobs, setup for an automated resume search and
more.
- Special Minimum
Wage License
A sub-minimum wage may be available when employing people with disabilities.
- Tax
Incentives
This US Department of Justice web site contains information for
employers.
- Work
Support
This web site offers information, resources, and research connecting
employers with qualified individuals who have disabilities.
- O*NET
- The Occupational Information Network
O*NET, the Occupational Information Network, is a comprehensive database
of worker attributes and job characteristics.
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Education
- Wisconsin
Technical College System
WTCS has 16 technical colleges--with 46 campuses and numerous outreach centers throughout
Wisconsin.
- University
of Wisconsin System
The UW System consists of doctoral research universities, four-year universities,
freshman/sophomore centers, and statewide extensions.
- Wisconsin Public School District
Directory
Contains basic information from each of the state's public school districts.
Information includes district name, superintendent, address, phone, and fax numbers.
- Wisconsin Private School Directory
Contains basic information from each of the state's private schools. Information
includes school name, school administrator, address, phone, and fax numbers.
- Wisconsin's
Educational Approval Board (EAB)
This site includes a link to the directory of authorized private
post-secondary schools.
- National Public
School Locator
National Center for Education Statistics searchable database of information
on all school districts within the United States.
- National
Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)
Technological college for deaf students. One of the seven colleges of Rochester
Institute of Technology (RIT).
- Gallaudet University's Home Page
Washington DC's school for the deaf.
- Scholarship Web Sites
This web page has links for several scholarship opportunities available
on the Internet.
- Scholarship
Search
This site has the user complete a questionnaire and then uses the
answers to match against a list of scholarships to identify scholarships
for which the user may qualify.
- Financial
Aid Application
This on-line application for financial aid reportedly takes only about two weeks for response.
-
Department of Education - Office of Postsecondary Education
This Department of Education website explains how to critically analyze
which programs are appropriately accredited and will be of value (in
addition to diploma/degree mills).
- Online Education Database (OEDB)
Compares schools objectively and quantifiably and identify the top
accredited online colleges to foster transparency and the overall
reputation of online education.
- University of Wisconsin System (UWS) Coordinators of Services for
Students with Disabilities
- Wisconsin Technical
College System (WTCS) Key Contact Persons for Students with Disabilities
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Rehabilitation/Assistive
Technology
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Medical & Pharmacological
- The Merck Manual -- Home Edition
Information on medical conditions. Provides both an index and a search feature that are
easy to use in finding information.
- MedicineNet
This site contains a medical dictionary, a listing of prescription and over-the-counter
drugs, and information on diseases and treatments.
- Healthopedia
A medical and health consumer information resource containing
comprehensive and unbiased information.
- Mayo Clinic Medicine Center
This site permits the user to search for information on various prescription drugs and
obtain information concerning uses, precautions, side effects, and common dosages.
- WebMD
Got a question about a drug? On this page, you can obtain clear and objective
information on thousands of prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications.
- Needy Meds
This site may be of particular interest for people who cannot afford to buy their
medications they need.
- Health Square
Accurate, up-to-date information on the major FDA-approved prescription
drug products.
- Drugs.Com
A comprehensive and up-to-date drug information resource online
(including Pill Identifier).
- Partnership for
Prescription Assistance (PPA)
Brings together pharmaceutical companies, doctors, and other health care
providers to help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage.
- Together
Rx Access
A free prescription-savings card for eligible residents of the United
States who have no prescription drug coverage.
- National Association of
Counties (NACo)
A joint effort with your local county government and a participating
pharmacy to save an average of 20 percent on your prescription drugs.
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Psychological/Psychiatric
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Social
Security
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General
Disability
- DAWN -- Disability
Advocates: Wisconsin Network
DAWN is a statewide, cross-disability network of people who focus on the
most important issues affecting all people with disabilities.
- Rehabilitation
for Wisconsin, Inc. (RFW)
RFW is a statewide association of community rehabilitation programs and
is dedicated to enhancing and promoting quality rehabilitation programs
and services for Wisconsin citizens with disabilities or disadvantages.
- Wisconsin
Rehabilitation Association (WRA)
WRA is an organization that furnishes an opportunity for all persons and
groups, public and private, to work together toward the improvement and
extension of rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities.
- Access
to Disability Data
This website has been designed for use in research on disability in the
United States.
- World
Association of Persons with Disabilities Home Page
Links the disabled and supporters to current "leading edge" disability
information via the various mediums of communication.
- Disability Resources
Directory
Collects informative links from around the world providing a current and
comprehensive directory of resources (including transportation, ramps,
lifts, elevators, transfer systems, etc.)
- Disability
Information and Resources
Over 100 links/web sites of useful information which includes
disability-related products and services from companies, and free
prescription medicine information.
- Alliance
for the Mentally Ill
NAMI provides crucial information to persons affected by mental illness
and their families and serves as their advocate on a state and national
level.
- Brain
Injury Association of Wisconsin
This site provides information, resources, education and advocacy
related to traumatic brain injuries.
- Epilepsy
Foundation, Inc.
This national organization works for children and adults affected by
seizures through research, education, advocacy and service.
- Wisconsin
Council on Developmental Disabilities (WCDD)
The home page of this Wisconsin organization.
- Adolescents/Adults with Learning
Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorders
National informational resource guide developed by the University of Georgia.
- Attention
Deficit Disorder (ADD)
A site dedicated to ADD/ADHD and related issues.
- ADD Resources
Helping people with attention deficit disorder reach their full
potential.
- University of Wisconsin Waisman Center
A research and training center dedicated to the advancement and knowledge about
developmental disabilities.
- Physical Disability
Programs and Information
- Independent
Living Centers
An independent living
center (ILC) is a consumer-directed, non-profit organization that
provides an array of services.
- Guide
to Selected Services for Individuals who are Blind or Visually Impaired
This web site which is maintained by Wisconsin's Department of Health
Services (DHS), Office of the Blind and Visually Impaired, is an excellent
reference for anyone who needs information about resources to serve this
population.
- Deaf,
Deaf-Blind, & Hard of Hearing Services/Resources
Wisconsin's Department of Health Services (DHS), Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, provides resource information,
support, and training for individuals who are deaf, deaf-blind, or hard
of hearing.
- DVR Representatives/Contacts
for information on Services for Individuals who are Deaf, Blind or
Deaf/Blind
- Accessibility
Resource List.
A resource list of accommodations and related services by developed by Wisconsin's
Dept. of Workforce Development.
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