The Watertown Commission on Disability members continually search for sites on the web that may be useful for our visitors. Below is a list of Resource Links that you may find helpful. If you have any sites that you think should be added, please contact us at info@wcod.org and after review, the sites may be added. Please note: new postings will be indicated: * New and the date it was added to the list.
Please note: The Watertown Commission on Disability does not make claim that the information on the sites listed below are endorse by the commission.
Emergency Preparedness Workshop Resource Links Added 10/18/2008
MDPH Flu Website*New 10/18/2008
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Flu Website*New 10/18/2008
US Department of Health and Human Services Pandemic Flu Website*New 10/18/2008
Ready for Emergencies*New 10/18/2008
Citizens Corps*New 10/18/2008
Red Cross Be Prepared*New 10/18/2008
Family Disaster Plan*New 10/18/2008
Animal Disaster Planning Handbook*New 10/18/2008
Federal Emergency Management Agency*New 10/18/2008
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency*New 10/18/2008
Multilinks to Emergency Preparedness websites*New 10/18/2008
Planning for Hurricanes*New 10/18/2008
Prepare*New 10/18/2008
Brookline Emergency Management Team*New 10/18/2008
Pandemic/Avian Flu Planning Information
Pandemic*New 10/18/2008
World Health Organization*New 10/18/2008
Center For Disease Control*New 10/18/2008
USDA Avian Influenza*New 10/18/2008
Information for People with Barriers to Planning for Emergencies
Emergency Readiness Wheel for People with Disabilities*New 10/18/2008
Department of Health and Human Services*New 10/18/2008
American Association for People with Disabilities*New 10/18/2008
Resource Directory Accessible Communications*New 10/18/2008
Readiness Tips for People with Disabilities*New 10/18/2008
Emergency Survival Program*New 10/18/2008
Personal Emergency Preparedness Plan*New 10/18/2008
Disability Preparedness*New 10/18/2008
Behavioral Health Information and Resources*New 10/18/2008
Information for Agencies/Organizations for Planning
Agency Emergency Plan*New 10/18/2008
Fact sheet for employers to help identify individuals who may require assistance*New 10/18/2008
Articles of interest
Talking with Kids about Emergency Preparedness*New 10/18/2008
Emergency Planning for Students With Disabilities*New 10/18/2008
Tips from Gallaudet University*New 10/18/2008
Emergency plans that Include Workers with Disabilities*New 10/18/2008
Disaster Tips for Owners of pets and Service Animals*New 10/18/2008
Emergency Preparedness and the Elderly*New 10/18/2008
Responding to Patients with Disabilities*New 10/18/2008
Promoting Personal Preparedness*New 10/18/2008
Emergency Preparedness for people with Disabilities*New 10/18/2008
New England Assistive Technology Exchange
Perkins School for the Blind
Reed Academy
Mass MATCH
Employment Links
Commonwealth Employment Opportunities
Disability Emergency Preparedness
Homeland security site for planning with children
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Center for Disease Control
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
Massachusetts Department of Public health
American Red Cross
National Organization on Disability
Disability Policy Consortium
Watertown MA Emergency Preparation
Developmental Disability Resources
Massachusetts Council on Human Service Providers
Beaver Brook STEP
NAMI National Alliance For Mental Illnesses
Advocacy and IDEA Resources
Massachusetts Department of Education
Wrightslaw
Special Education Law and Advocacy Resources
Reed Martin — Special Education Law and Advocacy
Assistive Technology and Educational Software
Massachusetts Assistive Technology Loan Program *New 3/1/2008
New England Assistive Technology ExchangeNew 9/17/2008
FCC Closed Captioning and Digital-to-Analog New Post 1/22/08
Lexia Learning Systems — Software
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
Don Johnston — Software
Kurzweil Reader — Software
Easter Seals — Assistive Technology/Evaluation
Autism Specific sites
Asperger’s Association of New England
Autism Society of America
Dyslexia Specific Sites
Dyslexia Parent Resource
Dyslexia The Gift
The Hello Friend /Ennis William Cosby Foundation
International Dyslexia Association
Health and Human Services
Housing
Housing and Mortages for persons with disabilities*New 5/29/2008
Registry of Accessible Housing in Massachusetts *New 3/1/2008
Citizen’s Housing And Planning Association
Massachusetts Fair Housing Center
Massachusetts Housing Consumer Education Center
Home Modification Loan Program *New 3/1/2008
Independent Living Centers
Lists of ILC’s by state
Southeast Center for Independent Living
Cape Organization for the Rights of the Disabled
Information Technology and Web Accessibility
Abledata Center for Applied Technology
Document Solutions – compliant PDF Files
Local Disability Commissions
Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities
Learning Disability Resources
Council for Exceptional Children
Federation for Children with Special Needs
LD OnLine
LD Resources
Learning Disabilities of America
All Kinds of Minds
National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning Disabilities
Schwab Foundation for Learning
Psychiatric sites
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
Attention Deficit Disorder Association
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Resources for Educators, Professionals and Parents
Perkins School for the Blind *New 3/12/2008
Reed Academy *New 3/12/2008
Academy of Orton Gillingham Practitioners and Educators
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Language Circle
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Eye on Education
Sports and Recreation
Mt Wachusett Adaptive Ski Program
Outdoor Explorations
Unspecific Helpful Resources
RSI Repetitive Strain Injury
National Breast Cancer
Project Bread
Partners for Youth with Disabilities