ACCESS
TO RESOURCES FOR
STUDENTS
WITH DISABILITIES
Sixth Edition
March 2015
PRESENTERS
Richard Rueda
Director of Transition Services
Junior Blind of America
Georgeta Tanase
Rehabilitation Counselor/QRP
Department of Rehabilitation
FOREWARD
Access to Resources for Students
with Disabilities will be available
as an online resource.
We will call it ACCESS.
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTORS
• Susan Adams
• Adrian Amandi
• Lorraine Smith
Beaman
• Liz Barclay
• Cheryl Besden
• Anna Lee Braunstein
• Rod Brawley
• Leslie Burkhardt
• James Carreon
• Mike Cole
• Theresa Duncan,
• Gerri Finkelstein
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Barbara Haase
Elizabeth Hart
Jana Hertz
Jerry Kuns
Francey Liefert
Susan Mangis
Carol Nicholson
Jean Olmstead
Martha Pamperin
Mary Alice Ross
Lucinda Talkington
Donna Wittenstein
Current Editors
Richard Rueda, Junior Blind of America
Director of Transition Services
Georgeta Tanase, Dept. of Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Counselor /QRP
Jonn Paris-Salb, Department of Education
Assistive Technology Consultant
Interns
Ana Zambrano
Marissa Magallanes
Special Populations
Handicapped /A person with a handicap
Disabled/A person with a disability
A person with special abilities
A person that learn differently
Disabilities
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BLIND/LOW VISION
DEAF-BLIND
DEAF/HARD OF HEARING
MOBILITY
LEARNING
COMMUNICATION
AUTISM
COGNITIVE
MEDICALLY FRAGILE
MULTI-DISABLED
Peer Review Experts
• Visually Impaired
Richard Rueda - Director of Transition
Services, Junior Blind of America
• Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing
Brian Winic – Staff Services Manager I,
Blind Field Services, Department of
Rehabilitation
• Deaf-Blind
Maurice Belote
Project Coordinator, California Deaf-Blind
Services
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
Patty Schetter, Owner and Director of
Autism and Behavior Training Associates
(ABTA)
• Communication Disabilities
Judy Henderson, President and CEO of
Empowerment Resource Associates (ERA)
• Mobility Disabilities
Linda Wyatt, Special Education Consultant,
Policy Program Services, California
Department of Education
• Cognitive Disabilities
Stephen Brock, Professor and Program
Coordinator, California State University,
Rehabilitation School Psychology, and Deaf
Studies
• Learning Disabled
Phyllis Hallam, Education Programs Consultant
Professional Learning Support Division,
California Department of Education
• Multiple Disabled
Sharon Sacks, Superintendent of the California
School for the Blind
• Medically Fragile - To Be Determined
How to use
ACCESS
ACCESS is divided into five general
categories and an Appendix
Education and Training
Daily Living Skills
Assistive Technology
Laws and Rights
Specific Population Resources
Appendix
How to locate information?
- Use the Table of Contents at
the beginning
- Use the Index at the end
- Search by key words embedded
in each section of information
- Links to additional information
- Glossary of terms
- Organization/Agency Listing
Table of Contents
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Education and Training…………………. 11
Daily Living Skills / Leisure Skills … 24
Assistive Technology …………………. 53
Laws and Rights ………………………… 72
Specific Population Resources.……. 91
Appendix…………………………………… 120
1. Education and Training
a. Lending Libraries…………………..……………
b. Transition Services………………………….…
c. Online Courses……………………………………
d. News/Periodicals………………….……………
e. Service Dogs………………………………………
f. College/Career………………………….…………
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2. Daily Living Skills / Leisure Skills
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Expanded Core Curriculum……………………………………………..
Orientation and Mobility……………………………………..l…..……
Consumer Organizations…………………………………………………
Medical Information…………………………………….………………..
Banking and Bill Paying………………………………….……………….
Independent Living Centers……………………………….………….
Support Organizations…………………………………………………...
Internet for Ordering………………………………………………….....
Internet for Socializing……………………………………………………
Daily Living Skills……………………………………………………………
Cooking……………………………………………………………..…………..
Labeling………………………………………………………………………….
Laundry…………………………………………………………….…………...
House Keeping…………………………………………….………………..
Personal Safety……………………………………………………………...
Sewing……………………………………………………………………………
Shopping………………………………………………………….…………….
Time and Schedules……………………………………………………….
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3. Assistive Technology
a. Computer Access………………………………………….… 53
b. Electronic Travel Aids……………………………………… 54
c. Digital Note-Taking…………………………………………..57
d. Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) ………………..…….59
e. Global Positioning System (GPS) ………………………60
f. Electronic Reading Machines……………………...…… 61
g. Calculating devices…………………………………. ……….64
h. YouTube Assistive Technology Demonstrations..65
4. Laws and Rights
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Legislation………………………………………….……72
Legal Support…………………………………………..87
IEP, 504…………………………………………………….88
Voting/ Jury Duty……………………………………..89
Government Agencies………………………………90
5. Specific Population Resources
a. Blind / Low Vision……………………………………….……. ….
b. Deaf-Blind ……………………………………………………………..
c. Deaf / Hard-of-Hearing…………………………………….….. ..
d. Mobility…………………………………………………………........
e. Learning …………………………………………………..…. ……..
f. Communication……………………………………………………..
g. Autism………………………………………………………………... .
h. Cognitive………………………………………………….…………..
i. Medically Fragile…………………………………………….…..
j. Multi-Disabled……..……………………………………………..
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6. Appendix
a .Dictionaries and Reference Materials……………..….……….. 121
b. Atlases………………………………………..………………………..………122
c. Catalogs & Web sites……………………………………….……………122
d. Transition Tool Kit (2015) ……………………………..……………...127
e. Guidance and Career Toolkit ……………………..………………..139
f. Special Education: Basics and Beyond ……………..……………139
g. Liz Cooper “Some thoughts about using ACCESS” ………. 140
h. Organization contact information…………………………………141
Questions/Comments
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