Disability Information at Your Fingertips: a Guide to Toll-Free Telephone Resources, 3rd Edition.This handy book is an easy-to-use, alphabetically organized guide to over 500 national nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. and government agencies that provide disability-related information. Topics include accessibility, 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 , employment, legal rights, as well as hundreds of resources for specific disabilities. Wherever possible, online resources are listed alongside toll-free phone numbers. This directory is published by Disability Resources, Inc., a nonprofit organization. They also publish a newsletter, Disability Resources Monthly (on audiotape au·di·o·tape n. 1. A relatively narrow magnetic tape used to record sound for subsequent playback. 2. A tape recording of sound. tr.v. as well as in print), and have a terrific Web site <www.disabilityresources.org>. Both provide a broad spectrum of information on books, periodicals, pamphlets, videotapes, organizations, and other resources to help people with all types of disabilities live as independently as possible. Disability Information at Your fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. , 3rd Edition, 2000. 70 pp. $10.00. Disability Resources, Inc., 4 Glatter Lane, Centereach, NY 11720-1032. Call: 631-585-0290. Reviewed by Cristina Lipka, information services See Information Systems. associate at the Society's national Information Resource Center |
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