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Disability - Getting into the Workforce  - http://www.trainability.edu.au  Information about vocational education and training (VET) and employment for people with a disability.  Family and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE)  - http://www.fape.org  Informs families about IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997). This site has lots of information about FAPE, laws and regulations, and associated links.  National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS)  - http://www.neads.ca/  A Canada-wide, consumer-based, cross-disability organization that advocates for full access by college and university students with disabilities to postsecondary education and employment opportunities.  University / Education Disability Information  - http://www.makoa.org/universi.htm  Links to information on education, job training, and career opportunities for persons with disabilities.  Self-Advocacy for College Students  - http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/postsecondary/ncld_selfadv.html  Article on myths about self-advocacy.  TechDis  - http://www.techdis.ac.uk/  Service aimed at enhancing access for those with learning difficulties and/or disabilities, to learning and teaching, research and administration across higher and further education through the use of information and communication technologies. (United Kingdom)  Disability Services at Various Colleges and Universities  - http://codi.buffalo.edu/graph_based/.colleges/.ds/  Links to college disability services pages.  College and Special Education  - http://specialed.about.com/cs/collegeresources/index.htm?iam=dpile&terms=%2BDisabled+%2BStudents+%2BCollege  [About.com] Reviewed links to resources for special needs college students.  Teaching College Students with Disabilities  - http://www.udel.edu/cte/disabilities.htm  Links to resources for faculty and staff.  College information for students with learning disabilities.  - http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/LDAT/college.html  Organizations, testing, and publications.  The Six Step Method  - http://www.6stepmethod.com  Teaches visually impaired travellers to use attention directing skills to pay attention to the environment and ensure competent mobility.  Forest Town School  - http://home.global.co.za/~ftschool/  Details about this school which admits children with all disabilities providing that their needs can be met within the school situation. Located in Africa.  The Melmark School  - http://www.melmark.org  Approved private school, day and residential, educational, therapeutic and recreational services for individuals with Cerebral Palsy and other disabilities  HEATH Resource Center  - http://www.heath.gwu.edu/  National clearinghouse on postsecondary education for individuals with disabilities. Information exchange about educational support services, policies, procedures, adaptations, and opportunities at American campuses, vocational-technical schools, and other postsecondary training entities.  IASES Sabugueiro Art Health and Education Institute  - http://www.iases.com.br  Philantropic therapeutic school for handicapped children and adolescents.  Hearsay, Inc.  - http://www.hearsayinfo.com  We provide in-service workshops, seminars, and speaker services for programs serving deaf, hearing-impaired, and special needs children in both contained and inclusion situations.  Inclusive Education and Equality Research Center  - http://www.shef.ac.uk/inclusive-education  Research and teaching that engages with inclusion and equality in different personal and political arenas, including disabled people and their views on professional and educational practice  College Placement Assistance for Learning Disabled Students  - http://www.ldcollegeplacement.com/  College and university placement assistance for students with learning disabilities.  Helen A. Kellar Institute for Human Disabilities  - http://chd.gse.gmu.edu/  Combines resources from government, public, and private affiliations to develop products, services, and programs for people with disabilities. Information on grants, licensing, training, and research.  REACH Family Institute  - http://www.reachinstitute.org  Nonprofit educational organization serving developmentally disabled, mrdd, adhd, and brain-injured children and their families throughout the world  All Means All School to Work Project  - http://ici.umn.edu/all/  Information, resources, and strategies to ensure access to and choice by all learners within their local school-to-work system.