Annotated Bibliography on UD Resources
ANNOTATED WEB SITES: Universal Design
1. Adaptive Environments
http://www.adaptenv.org/
Adaptive Environments is a non-profit organization committed
to advancing the role of design in expanding opportunity
and enhancing experience for people of all ages and abilities. Their website
offers
access to information about civil rights laws and codes
as well as resources about consultation services, best practice, and precedents
on design that
go beyond legal requirements. They seek to design places
and things that embrace the diversity of people in an authentic way.
2.
Careers in Design
http://www.careersindesign.org/
Building Careers in Design is an online course for vocational
rehabilitation counselors, disability services staff in
higher education, and career counselors. The course entails
distance learning and the introduction
to web resources about career development in the design
professions for people with disabilities. The website allows
you to preview the online
course material and register for the course as well as
providing extensive web resources on design and universal
design.
3. Concrete Change
http://www.concretechange.org/
Concrete Change is a website designed to promote inclusive
home design through educating people about how to make
all new homes “visitable.” The site outlines the essential
features of design for all homes that
make them visitable, defines visitability, and provides
resources for people looking to become advocates for this
process of changing the way
new homes are constructed. The site includes resources,
photos, and price estimations of all the recommended features
of design.
4. DO-IT
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Academics/instruction.html
DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and
Technology) is a website designed to provide education
and resources to raise the successful participation of
people with disabilities in academic
programs and careers in the fields of mathematics, science,
technology and engineering. The website provides an outline
of the principles of
universal design as well provides examples of instruction
that employs principles of universal design. In addition,
the site outlines the various
programs that DO-IT hosts as well as provides a wide-ranging
resource list.
5. FacultyWare
http://www.facultyware.uconn.edu/home.htm
FacultyWare is a site designed to provide a broad range
of information and tools to improve the design and delivery
of instruction for college students with disabilities and
other diverse learning needs.
The site includes information on the principles of Universal
Design for Instruction (UDI), as well as a comprehensive
resource section on topics
related to UDI. In addition, the instructional freeware
section of the site provides examples of materials that
reflect the principles of UDI
that have gone through a juried review process, from various
media formats and content areas.
6. Global Universal
Design Educators Online News
http://www.universaldesign.net
The site provides information on Universal Design through
a searchable archive of the Global Universal Design Educator’s
Online News and a detailed linked resource section. The
website also includes a downloadable version of the Universal
Design Handbook.
7. International Center for Disability
Resources on the Internet.
http://www.icdri.org/legal/the_growing_digital_divide.htm
This websites includes a paper entitled, “The Growing Digital
Divide in Access for People with Disabilities Overcoming
Barriers to Participation” (May 1999) by Cynthia Waddell.
The paper identifies some of the emerging
digital economy barriers, current efforts to address these
barriers and expresses the author’s vision of the long-term
policy research agenda.
This highly annotated paper provides useful resources regarding
this issue as the author seeks to inform the reader regarding
how emerging technology
can enable full participation in the digital economy for
everyone, regardless of age, disability or the limitations
of the technology available.
8. James L. Mueller, Inc
http://home.earthlink.net/%7Ejlminc/index.html
J.L. Mueller, Inc. was founded in 1982 by Jim Mueller,
an industrial designer who has worked in the field of design
for people with disabilities since 1974. This website is
designed to educate the
public on the practice of Universal Design focusing on
designing for people of all ages and abilities, both in
design of consumer products and in
workplace design and job accommodation. This site provides
reasons why Universal Design is important, Principles of
Universal Design, and case
examples of how Universal Design is improving the usability
of products and workplaces for people of all ages and abilities.
9. National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)
http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/ncam/
NCAM is dedicated to the issues of media and information
technology for people with disabilities in their homes,
schools, workplaces, and communities. The website has links
to information on Media Access
Generator (MAGpie) for creating captions and audio descriptions
for rich media and MOPix, which makes movie theaters accessible
for people with
disabilities. The site also includes current projects of
the NCAM and various resources on accessible media.
10.
The Center for Applied Special Technology
http://cast.org
CAST is a nonprofit organization that works to expand learning
opportunities for all individuals, especially those with
disabilities, through the research and development of innovative,
technology-based educational
resources and strategies. The website outlines research
and development in the area of Universal Design for Learning,
provides a listing of professional
development opportunities, recent UDL publications, and
information of products that are based on the research
of the CAST program.
11. The Center for Universal Design
http://www.design.ncsu.edu:8120/cud/
The Center for Universal Design is a national research,
information, and technical assistance center that evaluates,
develops, and promotes universal design in housing, public
and commercial facilities,
and related products. The website provides links to necessary
resources for created universal designed homes and facilities
that are accessible
and “livable for a lifetime.”
12. The IDEA Center, University
of Buffalo
http://www.ap.buffalo.edu/idea/
The University of Buffalo houses the IDEA Center which
is dedicated to improving the design of environments and
products by making them more usable, safer and appealing
to people with a wide range of abilities
through their life spans. IDEA provides resources and technical
expertise in architecture, product design, and facilities
management and the social
and behavioral sciences to further these agendas. The website
provides access to the Diversity in Design listserv which
seeks to connect those
interested in communicating with others interested in the
field. Finally, the site provides access to the IDEA e-newsletter,
a publications archive
as well as other web-based resources on universal design.
13. Trace Research and Development Center
http://www.trace.wisc.edu/world/
The Trace Research & Development Center
is a part of the College of Engineering, University of
Wisconsin-Madison. This center is dedicated to developing ways to make
standard information
technologies and telecommunications systems more accessible
and usable by people with disabilities. The website provides general information
on Universal Design, standards and guidelines as well as
information on
document access, websites, computers and software, telecommunications,
ATMS, consumer products, EZ access interface, and modality
translation The site also provides on-line design and evaluation tools
as well as
resources on the Trace Center’s training program.
14. Universal
Design Education Online
http://www.udeducation.org/
This site supports educators and students in their teaching
and study of universal design. The website is divided
into two sections; teaching universal design and learning
more about universal design. The
teaching section provides models of educator created
materials that reflect “quality educational experiences
in universal design.” The learning section
provides access to information about what universal design
is, access to information about how to further study
universal
design, and a list
of resources that support teaching and learning about
UD.
15. Universal Design, Kansas State University
http://www.ksu.edu/humec/atid/UDF/
The Universal Design Demonstration and Research Facilities
goal is to better prepare students and practicing designers
to become change agents who routinely create environments
that are usable by everyone.
Their website has an extensive picture facility tour
of interior environments that are universally designed.
In addition the website has a of checklist
of necessary features for design, and two sample floor
plans to test the viewers knowledge of the material
presented in the checklist. The website
also includes an extensive related learning resources
page on universal design.
16. University of Guelph,
Universal Instructional Design
http://www.tss.uoguelph.ca/projects/uid/
This website provides information on Universal Instructional
Design and the UID project which ran from May 2002-
December 2003. It includes a set of principles, a
handbook and workbook on UID. The site
also provides access to the UID forum which is a
listserv dedicated to the discussion of topics of UID
as they apply to educators.
17. Web Accessibility Initiative, World
Wide Web
Consortium
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) works with
organizations around the world to develop strategies,
guidelines, and resources to help make the Web
accessible to people with
disabilities. The site provides
resources on the essential components of web accessibility,
guideline and techniques, managing accessibility
and evaluating accessibility. On
the site you can also find information about the
various WAI work groups and their developments.
18. WebAIM
http://www.webaim.org/
PowerPoint Accessibility Techniques:
http://www.webaim.org/techniques/powerpoint/
This website provides the viewer with information
and tools to make PowerPoint accessible to people
with disabilities. The site provides access to
the University of Illinois’s add-on to PowerPoint that
converts PowerPoint slides into an accessible HTML format.
It includes instructions on how to download and
run the add-on as well
as an example of a slideshow
that was converted using this method.
ANNOTATED WEB SITES: Crip Lit Periodicals/Web Resources
19. Advocating Change Together: Tools for Change. http://www.selfadvocacy.com/Tools_for_Change.htm
Advocating Change Together (ACT) is a grassroots disability
rights organization run by and for people with developmental
and other disabilities. ACT's mission is to help people across disabilities
to
see themselves as part of a larger disability rights
movement and make connections to other civil and human rights struggles.
The website has
comprehensive information regarding advocacy. ACT’s website
provides information on upcoming events and programs as well as weekly
email
memos about advocacy and disability. Lastly, the website
has a section called Tools for Change which is “a series of educational
materials
to promote self-advocacy and disability rights as well
as an in-depth catalog of materials.
20. Beyond Affliction: The Disability
History Project. http://www.npr.org/programs/disability/index.html
Beyond Affliction: The Disability History Project is a
four hour documentary radio series about the shared experience
of people with disabilities and their families since the
beginning of the 19th century.
This Web site includes excerpts from the shows as well
as many of the primary source documents - extended interviews,
images, and texts- from
which the on-air programs were developed. The website also
includes an annotated resource section.
21. Disability
Grapevine Online Newsletter.
http://www.disabilitygrapevine.com/
Established in 2000, the Disability Grapevine Online Newspaper
is dedicated to providing information on disability in
the form of news and editorials. The site includes information
on famous people with disabilities,
links to organizations affiliated with Grapevine, resources
on how to be a self-disability advocate, life stories of
people with disabilities as well as a variety of links
on disability.
22. Disability History Museum.
http://www.disabilitymuseum.org/
This website promotes understanding about the historical
experience of people with disabilities by recovering, chronicling,
and interpreting their stories. The site includes the Disability
History Museum's
Library, a digital archive that only exists online which
contains digital versions of images, texts, and other artifacts
related to disability history.
In addition the education section of the website has teacher
resources and course packets.
23. Disability Studies Online
Magazine.
http://www.disabilitystudies.com/index.htm
The site is an online magazine dedicated entirely to
articles around the issue of disability studies. The
magazine includes news, book reviews, essays, articles and opinion
papers.
In addition the site recently
launched a new online literary journal. The site provides
information on submission guidelines as well as related
upcoming conferences and events.
24. Disability Studies
in the Humanities.
http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/interests/ds-hum/
Disability Studies in Humanities (DS-HUM ) is intended
to serve as a forum and bulletin-board for those interested
and involved in disability studies across the broad range
of humanities scholarship,
not just American Studies. The site includes access to
the DS-HUM listserv as well as web resources of interest,
announcements regarding disability
studies, and an extensive list of related syllabi.
25.
Disability Social History Project.
http://www.disabilityhistory.org/
The Disability Social History Project is dedicated to the
collection of artifacts and information regarding the history
of people with disabilities. This site displays the rich
history of people with
disabilities through timelines, exhibits and profiles of
disabled people in history. Through exploring this site,
you can see the way people with
disabilities are reclaiming the beauty of their history
through this community project.
26. Disability Studies
Quarterly.
http://www.dsq-sds.org/
Disability Studies Quarterly (DSQ) is the journal of the
Society for Disability Studies (SDS). It is a multidisciplinary
and international journal of interest to social scientists,
scholars in the humanities,
disability rights advocates, creative writers, and others
concerned with the issues of people with disabilities The
website includes electronic
access to the journal for subscribers as well as various
related links and resources on disability studies.
27.
Disability Studies Web Ring.
http://www.webring.org
This Disability studies web ring brings together web sites
that contain articles, essays, papers and/or other information
in support of disability rights, the independent living
movement, and community living.
There are twenty four diverse websites that are part of
this web community.
28. Films Involving Disability.
http://www.disabilityfilms.co.uk/index.html
This site presents a detailed list of 2,500 feature films
which involve in one way or another various disabilities.
It is directed towards teachers, students and anyone who
has an interest in how disability
is represented in films. Films are listed in 15 categories
and recommended films. Each category is split into Major
and Minor films. Each film is
either reviewed or includes a summary.
29. Institute on
Disability Culture.
http://hometown.aol.com/sbrown8912/
Lillian Gonzales Brown and Steven E. Brown are the co-founders
of the Institute on Disability Culture (IDC). This website
is dedicated to education and advocacy around the issue
of disability culture. The
site includes biographies of the co-founders, links to
books on disability culture, the disability culture fact
sheet as well as examples of disability
culture.
30. Mass Media and Disability Links.
http://www.towson.edu/%7Ebhalle/disable.html
The Mass Media and Disability site is a compilation of
links to web and print resources. The resources are categorized
into book publishers, films and broadcasts, international
sources, news, organizational
publications, research groups, web accessibility, and web
publications.
31. National Center on Disability and Journalism.
http://www.ncdj.org/links.html
The National Center on Disability and Journalism’s mission
is to educate journalists and educators about disability
reporting issues in order to produce more accurate, fair
and diverse news reporting. Their
website is comprised of a detailed links section that provides
resources to educators and reporters. The links are categorized
into Journalism Education -Disability Focus, Disability
Bibliographies, Disability Demographics
and Statistics, Disability Advocacy Organizations, Assisted
Suicide, Independent Living, International Exchange Program,
Parenting
with a Disability, Violence
and Disability, Centers on Violence & Disability,
Voting, Assistive Technology & Universal Design, Education, Legal and Sports.
32. New Paradigm of Disability:
A Bibliography.
http://www.aboutdisability.com/bib.html
This is an annotated bibliography of books organized by
categories: Community/Culture, Disability Studies, Family,
Children, & Relationships,
History, Identity, Policy/Civil Rights, Children/Young
Adults, and separate categories for Radio, Movies, WWW (Internet), Publications
and Videos.
The list is a compilation of recommendations from a diverse
group of disability scholars and activists and other bibliographies.
33.
The Ragged Edge, PO Box 145, Louisville, KY 40201.
http://www.raggededgemagazine.com
The Ragged Edge is an exclusively online publication
that examines current and emerging public issues from
a disability perspective: civil rights, politics, culture, humor,
sexuality, art, technology. They
publish freelance journalism, essays, poetry and fiction.
The site includes submissions in the areas of non-fiction,
fiction, poetry and allows viewers
to register for weekly email updates and to subscribe
to the editors bog.
34. Review of Disability Studies
Journal.
http://www.rds.hawaii.edu/
The Review of Disability Studies (RDS) journal is an
internationally-focused academic journal in the field
of Disability Studies. Their
website includes information on the RDS, the editors,
as well as how to subscribe to the
journal electronically or in print. The first issues
of the journal are available to download free through
the site. In addition, the site provides
resources and information for evaluators and submitters.
35. Society for Disability Studies.
http://www.uic.edu/orgs/sds/
The Society for Disability Studies works to explore
issues of disability and chronic illness from scholarly
perspectives. Their website includes information on
the Disabilities Studies Quarterly (DSQ), their
annual conferences, publications as well as information
regarding how to join the SDS. In addition, the site
includes a comprehensive section
of related links.
36. Web-watcher History of Disability.
http://www.disabilityresources.org/HISTORY.html#WEB
This site is designed to give people access to web
resources on the history of disability. “These
sites fascinate, horrify, and help make sense of where
we've come from and where we're going.” The site includes
both websites, and related subjects in an annotated
list.
37. World Institute on Disability.
http://www.wid.org/
WID is a nonprofit research, training and public
policy center promoting the civil rights and
the full societal inclusion of people with disabilities. Their website
includes detailed information on the
many programs sponsored through WID such as the
California
Work Incentives Initiative (CWII), Access to
Assets,
Health Access and Long Term Services
(HALTS), International Disability and Development,
Proyecto Vision, and Technology Policy. The site
also provides links to the WID’s newsletter,
Impact as well as their e-newsletter Equity.
Lastly you can also access information on Ever Widening
Circle, which is an annual evening of entertainment
celebrating art and Disability with vision to
reduce misconceptions about people with disabilities by
showcasing the community's strengths and artistry.