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For travelers and travelers with disabilities, raise awareness, remove barriers and expand travel opportunities. Many travel tips and resources at this site.

Planning a trip to New York City? This site will help you find the destinations, services, reataurants, hotels, stores and more - all accessible. Watch out - NYC has its eyes on being the number one destination for travelers with disabilities.

Housing & Mortgages for People with Disabilities: Make sure to read through this useful guide and use the links for more info.

Our mission is to preserve and revitalize houses and communities, assuring that low-income homeowners, from the elderly and disabled to families with children, live in warmth, safety, and independence. In partnership with communities, our goal is to make a sustainable impact.

"Realtor with a mission and passion to serve the whole disability community. Specializing in universal design and accessible homes. Well connected to the deaf and hard of hearing community and fluent in american sign language."

"Nelson M. Stern, a disabled attorney and graduate of the New York University School of Law, who lives and works in New York City, has compiled a guide to handicapped accessible hotels in New York City. For each hotel, he provides the contact information for the hotel, the number of hotel rooms, the number of accessible rooms, and the number of rooms with roll-in showers."

"Our mission is twofold: (1) to provide people with options enabling them to change our clothing (shirts) in public without fear of body exposure and (2) for people living with disabilities or injuries the ability to put on and/or take off our shirts without pain or having to struggle as well as being able to change in public without fear of body exposure."

"DisabilityGuide.org is the Washington, DC and New York City metro area's premiere online disability information resource, and it's FREE. Our mission is to create a user-friendly, information-packed resource targeted at helping those with disabilities find the information they need."

"About Camera Mouse: Camera Mouse is a program that allows you to control the mouse pointer on a Windows computer just by moving your head. The program was developed to help people with disabilities use the computer. The main audience for this program is people who do not have reliable control of a hand but who can move their head."

"EnableMart was founded over a decade ago to utilize the power of the web to make Assistive Technology easier to find and more affordable. EnableMart became the catalyst to bring together consumers and manufacturers of Assistive Technology products."

"Today EnableMart is the worldwide leader in Assistive Technology distribution with customers representing all 50 states and over 45 foreign countries. EnableMart is the one stop solution for over 3,000 Assistive Technology devices from over 200 manufacturers. EnableMart excels at finding the right Assistive Technology products to meet customers' needs."

"Bookshare® is an online library of digital books for people with print disabilities. It operates under an exception to U.S. copyright law which allows copyrighted digital books to be made available to people with qualifying disabilities. In addition, many publishers and authors have volunteered to provide Bookshare with access to their works. By requiring individuals to register as Members and provide a Proof of Disability, Bookshare ensures that only qualified individuals use the service.

Bookshare Members download books, textbooks and newspapers in a compressed, encrypted file. They then read the material using adaptive technology, typically software that reads the book aloud (text-to-speech) and/or displays the text of the book on a computer screen, or Braille access devices, such as refreshable Braille displays."

"EnableMart was founded over a decade ago to utilize the power of the web to make Assistive Technology easier to find and more affordable. EnableMart became the catalyst to bring together consumers and manufacturers of Assistive Technology products."

"Today EnableMart is the worldwide leader in Assistive Technology distribution with customers representing all 50 states and over 45 foreign countries. EnableMart is the one stop solution for over 3,000 Assistive Technology devices from over 200 manufacturers. EnableMart excels at finding the right Assistive Technology products to meet customers' needs."

"Changing Paces was the first training firm in Ontario to have developed, tested and implemented an Accessible Customer Service Staff Training Program.

Our Disability Awareness and Accessible Customer Service Training programs will ensure that your organization is not only in compliance with Ontario legislation but also well prepared to support, serve and accommodate this growing sector of our population."

"This guide seeks not only to provide the reader with the most relevant and essential resources needed to navigate the myriad of red tape and sometimes rigid processes regularly associated with real estate purchases; it also aims to educate you.

To summarize, by the end of this guide you should have a basic understanding of the following:

* The advantages and disadvantages of purchasing a home

* Keys steps to follow in the buying process

* The types of mortgages available to you as a home buyer

* Financial and Legal resources available to you

* Final tips & Warnings"

"Accessibility Design is a design, consultation, project management, and product recommendation company that specializes in residential environments for seniors and individuals with disabilities.

Whatever the size of your project or complexity of your situation, we have the right tools for the job. We understand the process of design and construction, and are efficient and effective as we prepare your home for both your current and future needs. We use our expertise, thirteen years of experience, and our full-service approach to guide you and your entire team through the sometimes complicated and difficult process of new construction or renovations."