• Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services
• Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation Services
• Office for Civil Rights
• National Center on Accessibility An organization committed to the full participation in parks, recreation, and tourism by people with disabilities.

Americans with Disabilities Act

• ADA information
• U.S. Department of Justice ADA Homepage

Disability and Education

• HEATH Resource Center National clearinghouse on postsecondary education for individuals with disabilities.
• Association of Higher Education and Disability

Financial Aid

While Ball State does not offer any scholarships based solely on disability, there are resources available for students with disabilites who are seeking financial assistance.

• Scholarships and Financial Aid Homepage
• Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation Services
• Financial Aid for the Disabled and Their Families, 2006-2008 This book lists sources of financial aid for persons with disabilities and how to get that aid. This link gives a citation to the book; to order it, call the publisher or order it from a bookstore or an online seller. While it most likely will not be available in most libraries, you could probably obtain it through an interlibrary loan.
• Funding for Persons with Visual Impairments: Large Print Edition. 2005 This book, available in large print or on disk, gives students with visual impairments tips on how to receive financial aid. This link is to a citation for the book. To order it, call the publisher or order it from a bookstore or an online seller. While it most likely will not be available in most libraries, you could probably obtain it through an interlibrary loan.
• Financial Aid for Students with Disabilities— 2007 edition From the Heath Resource Center (the national clearinghouse on postsecondary education for individuals with disabilities), this brochure gives information about what kind of aid is available and how to find it.
• Funding Strategies for Students with Disabilities A resource list from DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology).
• OK-AHEAD Scholarship Listings This website, from the Oklahoma chapter of the Association of Higher Education and Disability has many listings for scholarships for students with disabilities.  The scholarships are listed by disability. 
• Scholarships for Students with Learning Disabilities This website provides a comprehensive listing of scholarships for students with learning disabilities. 

Technical Assistance /Training

• The Great Lakes Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center is one of 10 regional centers funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), a division of the U.S. Department of Education. Its purpose is to provide technical assistance and training to businesses and people with disabilities regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The Great Lakes Center is a program of the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

• Academic Advising
• Admissions 
• The Adaptive Computer Technology Lab
• The Audiology Clinic
• The Career Center
• Continuing Education (Off-Campus and Distance Education)
• The Counseling and Psychological Services Center
• The Dean of Students
• Emergency Response Guidelines
• The Health Center
• Housing
• The Learning Center
• Parking Services
• BSU School Psychology Clinic  
• Web Accessibility Initiative (Site which explains how to make BSU websites accessible for persons with disabilities)

Perspectives from People with Disabilities A project from the Mayor's Council for People with Disabilities, which provides information about local resources for people with disabilities as well as narratives about living in Muncie with a disability.

Indiana College Network ICN provides access to courses offered through distance learning at Indiana's colleges and universities.

Postsecondary Education Programs Network The goal of this program is to assist colleges in serving students who are deaf or hard of hearing.

American Printing House for the Blind

National Federation of the Blind

Guidebook on Making Printed Materials Accessible From the American Council of the Blind's website. This guide explains why print needs to be made accessible and gives descriptions as to how to do so.

Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic

Wrightslaw Legal information on Section 504, ADA, IDEA, etc. Designed for parents of K-12 students, but beneficial to others also.

Family VillageInformation and resources on specific disabilities including links to other websites pertaining to the disability.

Health, housing, education, transportation, recreation, and employment information from the federal government

Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities

A website for nurses with disabilities and prospective nurses with disabilities.

Association of Late-Deafened Adults

Women with Disabilities Resource Center From the U.S. Surgeon General's office.

Project Vision A bilingual website for Latinos with Disabilities in the U.S.

Job Accommodations Network An international toll-free consulting service that provides information about job accommodations and the employability of people with disabilities.

Independent Living Aid, Inc.Catalog of products designed for people with disabilities.

Research and Training Center for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury

American Psychiatric Association

NeedyMeds.com Information about patient assistance programs designed to help those who can't afford their medications.

HireDeaf.com A resource for persons who are deaf to post resumes and to look for jobs.

E-Text sites

• Bookshare.org An organization that allows persons with disabilities to download books in e-text format. For an annual fee, one can download as many books as needed.
• The Internet Public Library Over 14,000 books online, plus links to every newspaper and magazine online
• The University of Pennsylvania's Digital Library
• The University of Virginia's E-Text Archives

Attention Deficit Disorder

• www.chadd.org
• www.add.about.com
• www.attention.com

• www.ldanatl.org
• www.ncld.org
• www.ldonline.org
• Successful Strategies for College-Bound Students With Learning Disabilities This is an article written by Richard Harris, Director Emeritus of DSD, and Jacqueline Robertson, Reading and Study Skills Coordinator at the Learning Center.