New Website - 1 Stop for Free Assistive Technology

We just completed compiling what we believe to be the most comprehensive,
up-to-date, online library of FREE Assistive Technology applications.  

Here is the URL: http://www.onlineconferencingsystems.com/at.htm 

Our rationale for creating and maintaining this library is as follows: 

Commercial Assistive Technology contributes, significantly, to enhancing the
quality-of-life, independence and employability of millions of people with
disabilities. Unfortunately, many individuals, social organizations, schools
and government agencies can not afford to purchase it. Further more, there
are many additional situations that preclude people with disabilities from
accessing, using ... or continuing to use commercial AT. For example, when
K-12 schools purchase AT for use by their students ... the schools own the
AT.  Often this situation precludes students with disabilities from being
able to take the school's AT home with them to complete homework assignments
... or to their local libraries to help them study and surf the web with
their friends.  

When students graduate from high school they no longer have access to the AT
that contributed to their success and independence as part of their K-12
education. The ability for high school students with disabilities to
transition from high school to college, or into work environments, can also
be negatively impacted.  

Free Assistive Technologies can help to mitigate these problems. It is this
end that we dedicate and maintain this website.  

We hope this new resource proves useful in support of your great mission!

Steve Jacobs, President
IDEAL Group, Inc. and,
CEO, Online Conferencing Systems, Inc.
http://www.ideal-group.org
http://www.onlineconferencingsystems.com
steve.jacobs@ideal-group.org
614/777-0660
800/750-0750 tty
614/259-0013 fax


Submitted by Jamie Prioli