Education Related

Ohio Board of Regents
http://www.regents.state.oh.us

College and Career Guide
http://gri.gallaudet.edu/cgi-bin/schools.cgi

SELF-ADVOCACY FOR STUDENTS WITH LD: “Self-Advocacy Skills for Students with Learning Disabilities: Making it Happen in College and Beyond,” by Henry Reiff, dean of Student Academic Life at McDaniel College. This is a book with strategies and resources for students, parents and guidance counselors on selecting and gaining acceptance to college and succeeding while in college. http://www.nprinc.com/spec_edu/mihi.htm

Students with Disabilities Preparing for Post-Secondary Education
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/transition.html Information about Your rights in Ohio (opens in new window)

New Transition Guide Available through the US Dept. of Education
The US Department of Education has produced a new transition guide that may be of interest.  “Transition of Students With Disabilities To Postsecondary Education:  A Guide for High School Educators” can be downloaded at:
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/transitionguide.html

 

Employment Related

Diversity World:
www.diversityworld.com

Information, resources and research about work and disability issues:
www.worksupport.com

IBM's Accessibility Center Web Site with information on News, Guido Corona's Blog, Accessibility, Products, and much more:
www.ibm.com/able

Careers and the Disabled:
http://www.eop.com/cd.html

The web page for the Business Leadership Network:
www.usbln.com

A free service to connect employers with disability staffing agencies:
www.earnworks.com

The Job Accommodation Network:
www.jan.wvu.edu

New ODEP Resources:  “Applying Practical Solutions for Employment Success”
This new document from the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Policy (ODEP) is the second in a series of Customized Employment portfolios. It expands on the topics presented in the first in the series, “Practical Solutions for Employment Success with Customized Employment” and provides ideas on how to use these strategies with job seekers for their own Customized Employment success. This portfolio provides an overview of the following topics: Job Seeker Exploration; Self-Representation and Customized Employment; Negotiating with Employers; Developing Self-Employment and Microenterprise; Securing Assets for Customized Employment; and Resources.
This resource can be downloaded from the ODEP web site at: http://www.dol.gov/odep/categories/workforce/CustomizedEmployment/successful/index.htm

The Workforce Strategy Center in New York Has Developed Some New Resources
The first resource is a new video produced by KnowledgeWorks Foundation. Career Pathways in Ohio highlights regional efforts in Cincinnati and Lima, two of six sites that have been funded by the State of Ohio, KnowledgeWorks Foundation, and The Ford Foundation through the Ohio Bridges to Opportunity Initiative. WSC has been a key technical assistance provider to the Initiative.
We have also collaborated with CCbenefits/Economic Modeling Specialists Inc. to develop a set of reports designed to help planners analyze their regional economies (defined by counties or ZIP codes). The first, the Gap Analysis Report, provides a concise overview and analysis of the regional economy using demographic, educational attainment, industry, and occupational data. The second, the Regional Industry Focus Report, provides a more detailed analysis of the region based on a specified industry sector or cluster including the top occupations and associated educational requirements. For more information on these reports, contact Rob Sentz at 208-882-3567 or rob@economicmodeling.com.  The video and reports are featured at: workforcestrategy.org.

General Information & Resources

American Association of People with Disabilities:
www.aapd-dc.org

Break Boundaries
http://www.breakboundaries.com/

Disability Resources on the Internet:
http://www.disabilityresources.org

Half the Planet Foundation:
http://www.halftheplanet.org

ICan Online:
http://ican.com/

Med Solutions
http://www.freemedsandsolutions.com/

National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC):
http://www.naric.com/

National Organization on Disability:
www.nod.org

ADA-OHIO is a state wide non-profit organization that provides information, technical assistance and training about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to individuals, businesses, state and local government agencies or municipalities:
ADA Ohio

Center of resources, referral, education, and training for people with and without disabilities:
http://www.axiscenter.org

Great Lakes Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center:
http://www.adagreatlakes.org

U.S. Department of Justice ADA Home Page:
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

Concrete Change
An international movement to make ALL new homes Visit-able, with cost and construction information, laws, and advocacy materials.
http://www.concretechange.org/

UCP Issues a Medicaid Report
United Cerebral Palsy had released a report, The Case for Inclusion 2007, on how states are serving Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities under Medicaid. The report ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia on how well the states are providing community-based supports.  The full report and state-by-state break-downs on more than 40 data categories (not all of which are included in the report) are available at www.ucp.org/medicaid.
The report and data provide a tool to compare how your state is doing in comparison to the rest of the country. And whether your state ranks first (Arizona) or 51st (Mississippi) in the overall rankings, the report and data clearly reveal that every state has room for improvement.
Some of the report's key findings include:
·        Forty one states have 176 large state institutions (more than 16 beds) housing 39,000 Americans;
·        Only 16 states direct more than 80% of funding to people living in the community;
·        Sixteen states report very large and long waiting lists for services; and
·        Only one in four people with disabilities participates in competitive employment.
This is the second year that UCP has scored and ranked states on their Medicaid-funded services to Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The 2007 rankings were developed with a new methodology that is more comprehensive and focused and, therefore, does not allow easy comparison to the 2006 rankings. However, UCP plans to use this new methodology as the foundation for any future rankings.  If you have any specific questions about the report content, please contact the report's author, Tarren Bragdon, at tbragdon@ucp.org.

Government Websites

Federal website of disability-related government resources:
http://www.disabilityinfo.gov

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland:
http://www.state.oh.us/gov/

Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles:
http://www.state.oh.us/odps/division/bmv/bmv.html

Ohio Department of Education:
http://www.ode.state.oh.us/

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services:
http://www.state.oh.us/odhs/

Ohio Department of Mental Health:
http://www.mh.state.oh.us/

Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council:
http://www.ddc.ohio.gov/

Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities:
http://odmrdd.state.oh.us/

Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council:
http://www.state.oh.us/ddc/

Ohio Legal Rights Service - Client Assistance Program:
http://www.olrs.ohio.gov/

Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission:
http://www.state.oh.us/rsc/

U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board):
http://www.eeoc.gov/

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission:
http://www.access-board.gov/

International Resources

World Congress and Exposition on Disability Foundation:
http://www.wcdfoundation.org

An international electronic magazine of world-wide disability news and views:
www.disabilityworld.org

Policy Related

Disability Policy Resources prepared by Bobby Silverstein, Director of the Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy:
http://www.disabilitypolicycenter.org

U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy:
http://www50.pcepd.gov/pcepd/

Travel Related

Access-Able Travel Source:
http://www.access-able.com

Travelin' Talk Network:
http://www.travelintalk.net

A free membership web site for wheelchair accessible travel information:
www.wunago.com

Information on accessible travel options in cities across the U.S. Entries include details on city transit, including paratransit operations, bus, train, taxi, airport shuttles and other modes of transportation:
http://projectaction.easter-seals.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ESPA_travelers_database

Internet Disability Job Boards

http://www.jobaccess.org

http://jobs.hiredisability.com

http://www.recruitability.org

Resolving Issues

Airline Travel: To resolve issues on the spot as they occur or in advance of travel, call the DOT's hotline at (800) 778-4838 (voice) or (800) 455-9880 (TTY) from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Eastern time. To have a complaint investigated by DOT, submit complaints by e-mail to airconsumer@ost.dot.gov or by mail to:  Aviation Consumer Protection Division, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590.  Additional information is available on DOT's website at http://www.dot.gov/airconsumer.