Alliance for Technology Access.THE ALLIANCE FOR TECHNOLOGY ACCESS (ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment ) is a national network of technology resource centers, community-based organizations, technology vendors, and individuals who are committed to increasing the use of technology by children and adults with disabilities and functional limitations. ATA was conceived in 1983 by a group of parents and professionals in northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern in response to the needs of a five-year-old child with cerebral palsy cerebral palsy (sərē`brəl pôl`zē), disability caused by brain damage before or during birth or in the first years, resulting in a loss of voluntary muscular control and coordination. who, it was believed, would benefit from the coming technology revolution. From this small group of parents, consumers, and professionals, the ATA has grown into one of the nation's largest resources to help children and adults who have disabilities and functional limitations gain access to the benefits of assistive technology Hardware and software that help people who are physically impaired. Often called "accessibility options" when referring to enhancements for using the computer, the entire field of assistive technology is quite vast and even includes ramp and doorway construction in buildings to support . In 1987, the group was joined by a major technology company to form the Alliance for Technology Access, with 11 charter member resource centers in 10 states. In 1989 ATA was established as an independent non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. . All 40 local non-profit ATA Technology Resource Centers are operated through a collaboration of people with disabilities, family members, and professionals in related fields. All are barrier-free in architecture as well as in attitude and are committed to providing services, information, and referrals for everyone who contacts them. ATA's vendor members include companies who manufacture both mainstream and assistive technology. Associate members include a wide range of individuals and organizations who work in their own communities and seek ways to support ATA's mission. Join ATA now and become part of this vital nationwide network with the most up-to-date information about assistive technology. Your membership will include a subscription to ATA's listserv where you can read and participate in discussions about assistive technology. You can post questions yourself or help others who are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. information. You also will be eligible for significant discounts on major assistive technology conferences and save up to 50 percent on registration fees. Most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , you will be connected to a network of valuable resources and people committed to increasing access to assistive technology for people with disabilities and functional limitations. Visit ATA's Web site at http://www.ATAccess.org to find a wealth of assistive technology resources and information. There you will find the HUB, a searchable and interactive database of companies who manufacture and sell assistive technology. Also you can read about ATA's book, Computer Resources for People with Disabilities, a valuable guide to exploring assistive technology. To speak with a representative of the ATA, contact their national office at (800) 914-3017 or by TTY (TeleTYpewriter) See teletypewriter and TDD/TTY. (hardware) tty - /tit'ee/ (ITS pronunciation, but some Unix people say it this way as well; this pronunciation is not considered to have sexual undertones), /T T Y/ 1. teletypewriter. 2. at (707) 778-3015. This listing was provided by the ATA (for the National Office, see below). When available, Web sites and email addresses have been included. Web sites are listed with the standard http:// before each. Email addresses are indicated by the symbol [e-mail] . Unless otherwise indicated, all telephone numbers are for voice only. This directory is current as of September 2008. Alabama TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIAL CONSUMERS 2075 Max Luther Drive Huntsville, AL 35810 (256) 852-5600 Ext. 103 [e-mail] tasc@hiwaay.net http://tasc.ataccess.org Arizona TECHNOLOGY ACCESS CENTER OF TUCSON, INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . 4710 East 29th Street PO Box 13178 Tucson, AZ 85732-3178 (520) 745-5588 x1265 [e-mail] tact1@qwestoffice.net http://uacoe.arizona.edu/tact California ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE CENTER (ATEC ATEC Army Test and Evaluation Command (US Army; formerly OPTEC, Operational Test & Evaluation Command) ATEC Australian Tourism Export Council ATEC Advanced Technologies (Hamburg, Germany) ) 1601 East St. Andrew Place Santa Ana Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. , CA 92705 (714) 361-6200 [e-mail] atec@ocgoodwill.org http://www.atec-oc.org CENTER FOR ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY 2547 8th Street, 12-A Berkeley, CA 94710-2572 (510) 841-3224 [e-mail] info@cforat.org http://www.cforat.org EMPOWERTECH (FORMERLY COMPUTER Access Center) 6234 West 87th Street Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , CA 90045 (310) 338-1597 [e-mail] info@empowertech.org http://www.empowertech.org ITECH--PARENTS HELPING PARENTS 3041 Olcott Street Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , CA 95054-3222 (408) 727-5775 [e-mail] iTech@php.com http://www.php.com KERN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER 3101 N. Sillect Avenue, Suite 115 Bakersfield, CA 93308 (661) 861-1346 [e-mail] katc@kernatcenter.org SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER United Cerebral Palsy United Cerebral Palsy (UCP), sometimes known as United Cerebral Palsy Associations, is a network of affiliated groups in the United States which works to "advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with disabilities" (from UCP's mission statement), Association 6153 Fairmount Avenue, Suite 150 San Diego, CA 92120 (858) 278-5420 [e-mail] sdatc@ucpsd.org http://www.ucpsd.org TEAM OF ADVOCATES FOR SPECIAL KIDS 100 W. Cerritos Avenue Anaheim, CA 92805 (714) 533-8275 [e-mail] taskca@yahoo.com http://www.taskca.org TRANSACCESS 1150 S. Bascom Avenue San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , CA 95128 (408) 278-2000 [e-mail] transaccess@transaccess.org http://www.transaccess.org Connecticut NEAT CENTER AT OAK HILL 120 Holcomb Street Hartford, CT 06112 (860) 243-2869 [e-mail] bakerj@ciboakhill.org http://www.neatmarketplace.org Georgia TECH-ABLE, INC. 1114 Brett Drive, Suite 100 Conyers, GA 30094 (770) 922-6768 [e-mail] techweb@techable.org http://www.techable.org/ Hawaii ALOHA SPECIAL TECHNOLOGY ACCESS CENTER 710 Green Street Honolulu, HI 96813 (808) 523-5547 [e-mail] astachi@yahoo.com http://www.geocities.com/astachi/index.html Illinois NORTHERN ILLINOIS For the university, see Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois is a region generally covering the northern third of the U.S. state of Illinois. Economics CENTER FOR ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY Adaptive technology is the name for products which help people who cannot use regular versions of products, primarily people with physical disabilities such as limitations to vision, hearing, and mobility. 3615 Louisiana Road Rockford, IL 61108-6195 (815) 229-2163 [e-mail] davegrass@earthlink.net http://www.nicat.org Indiana ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING AND INFORMATION CENTER A Resource Center on Independent Living 1721 Washington Avenue Washington Avenue can refer to:
Vincennes, IN 47591 (812) 886-0575 [e-mail] inattic1@aol.com http://www.AtticIndiana.org Kansas THE SOLUTION OUTREACH CENTER AT OCCK, INC. 1710 West Schilling Road Salina Salina (səlī`nə), city (1990 pop. 42,303), seat of Saline co., central Kans., on the Smoky Hill River; founded 1858 by settlers opposed to slavery, inc. 1870. , KS 67401 (785) 827-9383 [e-mail] kreed@occk.com http://www.occk.com/trsp.htm Kentucky BLUEGRASS bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. TECHNOLOGY CENTER 961 Beasley Street, Suite 140 Lexington, KY 40509 (859) 294-4343 [e-mail] office@bluegrass-tech.org http://www.bluegrass-tech.org ENTECH ENTECH Empowering Nonprofits in Technology : ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES OF KENTUCKIANA 851 S. Fourth Street Louisville, KY 40203 (502) 585-9911 Ext. 2648 [e-mail] strickland@spalding.edu http://www.councilonmr.org/enTECH.htm WESTERN KENTUCKY ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIUM (WKATC) 815 Triplett Street Owensboro, KY 42303 (270) 689-1738 [e-mail] khayes@wfcampus.org http://www.wkatc.org Maine TECHNICAL EXPLORATION CENTER 34 Summer Street, Suite 2A Bangor, ME 04401 (207) 992-9270 [e-mail] lynn@tecmaine.org http://www.tecmaine.org Maryland LEARNING INDEPENDENCE THROUGH COMPUTERS, INC. (LINC) 1001 Eastern Avenue, 3rd Floor Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 659-5462 [e-mail] info@linc.org http://www.linc.org Michigan MICHIGAN'S INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTS (MITS MITS - Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems ) 1037 South U.S. 27 St. Johns, MI 48879 (989) 224-0333 [e-mail] mits@edzone.net http://www.cenmi.org/mits Minnesota PACER CENTER 8161 Normandale Blvd Minneapolis, MN 55437 (800) 537-2237, http://www.pacer.org. SIMON Simon, in the Bible. 1 One of the Maccabees. 2 or Simon Peter: see Peter, Saint. 3 See Simon, Saint. 4 Kinsman of Jesus. 5 Leper of Bethany in whose house a woman anointed Jesus' feet. TECHNOLOGY CENTER Pacer Center 8161 Normandale Boulevard Minneapolis, MN 55437-1044 (952) 838-9000 [e-mail] pacer@pacer.org http://www.pacer.org Montana PARENTS, LET'S UNITE FOR KIDS (PLUK) 516 N 32nd St Billings, MT 59101 (406) 255-0540 [e-mail] plukinfo@pluk.org http://www.pluk.org New Jersey CENTER FOR ASSISTIVE TECH & INCLUSIVE ED STUDIES (CATIES caTIES CAncer Text Information Extraction System CATIES Common Aperture Technique for Imaging Electro-Optical Sensors CATIES Combined Arms Training Integration Evaluation System ) The College of New Jersey PO Box 7718 Ewing, NJ 08628-0718 (609) 771-3016 [e-mail] caties@tcnj.edu http://caties.tcnj.edu New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of RESOURCE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING PO Box 210 401-409 Columbia Street Utica, NY 13503-0210 (315) 797-4642 [e-mail] diane.mctiernan@rcil.com http://www.rcil.com UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, CENTER FOR ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY (UB/CAT) 3435 Main Street 204 Kimball Tower Buffalo, NY 14214 (716) 829-3141 [e-mail] coddo@buffalo.edu http://cat.buffalo.edu Ohio EASTER SEALS TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE CENTER 1133 Edwin C. Moses Boulevard, Suite 370 Dayton, OH 45408-2094 (937) 461-3305 [e-mail] k.leonard@goodwilldayton.org http://www.trcd.org Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. TECHACCESS OF RHODE ISLAND 110 Jefferson Boulevard Suite I Warwick, RI 02888 (401) 463-0202 [e-mail] techaccess@techaccess-ri.org http://www.techaccess-ri.org Tennessee EAST TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGY ACCESS CENTER, INC. 4918 North Broadway Knoxville, TN 37918 (865) 219-0130 [e-mail] etstactn@aol.com http://www.korrnet.org/ettac MID-SOUTH ACCESS CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY University of Memphis The University of Memphis is a public research university located in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, and is a flagship public research university of the Tennessee Board of Regents system. Rm 119, Patterson Hall Memphis, TN 38152 (901) 678-1489 [e-mail] lclaybon@memphis.edu http://coe.memphis.edu/act/ SIGNAL CENTER'S ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER 109 North Germantown Road Chattanooga, TN 37411 (423) 698-8528 [e-mail] info@signal.chattanooga.net http://www.signalcenters.org TECHNOLOGY ACCESS CENTER 2222 Metrocenter Boulevard Suite 126 Nashville, TN 37228 (615) 248-6733 [e-mail] techaccess@tacnashville.org http://tac.ataccess.org WEST TENNESSEE SPECIAL TECHNOLOGY Access Resource Center (STAR) 1119 Old Humboldt Road Jackson, TN 38305 (731) 668-3888 [e-mail] bjames@starcenter.tn.org http://www.starcenter.tn.org Utah THE COMPUTER CENTER FOR CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES c/o Utah Center for Assistive Technology 1595 West 500 South Salt Lake City, UT 84104 (801) 887-9533 [e-mail] cboogaar@utah.gov http://www.usor.utah.gov:81/ucat/computers.htm Virgin Islands VIRGIN ISLANDS RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE DISABLED, INC. PO Box 308427 St. Thomas, VI 00803-8427 (340) 777-2253 [e-mail] vircd@vipowernet.net Virginia TIDEWATER CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY ACCESS 1413 Laskin Road Virginia Beach, VA 23451 (757) 263-2829 [e-mail] myra.flint@vbschools.com |
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