Electronic Resources
The following resources provide a good place to start as you continue your exploration of ways to encourage college-bound young people to reach their highest potential in school, in careers, and in other life experiences.
ABLEDATA [Seems to now be defunct]
AccessCAREERS
www.washington.edu/doit/programs/accesscollege/employment-office/overview
AccessCollege
www.washington.edu/doit/programs/accesscollege
Adolescent Health Transition Project
depts.washington.edu/healthtr
Alliance for Technology Access
http://www.icdri.org/community/ata.htm
American Association of People with Disabilities
www.aapd.com
ADA & IT Technical Assistance Centers
adata.org/
The Arc
www.thearc.org
Be a Mentor
www.beamentor.org/wp
CAST: Center for Applied Special Technology
www.cast.org/
Center for Self-Determination
www.self-determination.com
Child Safety on the Information Highway National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm
College Preparation Resources for Students
www.washington.edu/doit/programs/accesscollege/student-lounge/college
DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities,Internetworking, and Technology)
www.washington.edu/doit
DisABILITY Information and Resources
www.makoa.org
e-Volunteerism
www.evolunteerism.com
Family Village: A Global Community of Disability-Related Resources
www.familyvillage.wisc.edu
Got a Good Mentor? Hold Up Your End of the Bargain
www.esight.org/index.cfm?x=1319
HEATH Resource Directory
www.heath.gwu.edu/HEATH_DIR/index.php
Institute on Community Integration
ici.umn.edu
International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet
www.icdri.org
Internet Safety: A Note to Parents, Guardians and Teachers World Kids Network
www.worldkids.net/school/safety/internet/guidance.html
JAN: Job Accommodation Network
askjan.org/
KASA: Kids as Self-Advocates
www.fvkasa.org
Kids Together, Inc.: Information and Resources for Children & Adults with Disabilities
kidstogether.org/
Kidz Privacy: Adults Only Federal Trade Commission
www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/kidzprivacy/adults.htm
LD Online: Kid Zone
www.ldonline.org/kidzone/kidzone.html
The Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace for Parents & Kids American Library Association
archive.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/guide.html
Mapping Your Future
mapping-your-future.org
MENTOR
www.mentoring.org
MentorNet: The E-Mentoring Network for Diversity in Engineering and Science
greatmindsinstem.org/mentornet/
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)
www.ncset.org
National Council on Disability (NCD)
ncd.gov/
National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
ncil.org/
National Mentoring Center
www.nwrel.org/mentoring
National Organization on Disability (N.O.D.)
www.nod.org
National Youth Development Information Center
www.nationalyouthdevelopment.org
NICHCY: National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
www.nichcy.org
NYLN: National Youth Leadership Network
nyln.org/
OHSU Center on Self-Determination (SD)
www.ohsu.edu/oidd/CSD
PACER Center (Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights)
www.pacer.org
A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety Federal Bureau of Investigation
www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguide.htm
People First of Oregon
www.peoplefirst.org
Self-Advocacy and Self-Determination Synthesis Projects
www.uncc.edu/sdsp
ServiceLeader.org: Virtual Volunteering
www.serviceleader.org/new/virtual
Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities
U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/transition.html
Think College U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov/thinkcollege
U.S. Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration
www.doleta.gov/
What a Mentor Can Do for You
www.esight.org/index.cfm?x=1198
Winners On Wheels!
www.wowusa.com
World Friends, Resources, and Disabilities
www.seattleschools.org/schools/hale/friends/wf_home.htm
World Institute on Disability
wid.org/
Yes I Can! Foundation for Exceptional Children
yesican.sped.org