Advocacy
Americans
with Disabilities Act | People First Language | Quality of Internet
Health Information | Etiquette | Accessibility
to Internet | Single hand keyboard | Voice
Recognition Software | Translation Programs | ElSI
| Federal Advocacy
Americans
with Disabilities Act
- Americans
with Disabilities Act, Document Center, ADA Statute, Regulations,
ADAAG (Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines), Federally
Reviewed Tech Sheets, and Other Assistance Documents
People
First Language
- Guidelines
for Reporting and Writing About People with Disabilities,
University of Kansas and endorsed by over 100 national associations (available
in large print, braille, Spanish) .pdf
file
- A
Way with Words: Guidelines and Appropriate Terminology For the
Portrayal of Persons With Disabilities, Secretary of State,
Canada
- Understanding
Disabilities: Examining Issues of Language and Portrayal, MKTan
- Words
with Dignity and Disability Etiquette, Paraquad, Inc., St. Louis,
MO
- Appropriate
Language in Discussing Mental Illness, C Hawkins-Shepard, Ph.D.
- People
First Language commentary, K Snow , Parents in Motion
- People
first language, Utah Governor's Council for People with Disabilities
- People
First Language, K Snow, Central Massachusetts Community Gateway
- Talking
About Disability: A Guide to Using Appropriate Language,
Access Center for Independent Living, Dayton, OH
- People
First Language, Examples to Share, K Snow, , Missouri Department
of Mental Health
- When
Referring to a Person with a Disability, Liberty Resources
- Think
"People First", Public Images Network
- People
First Language, Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities, text
only version, and en espanol
- People
First Language Examples to Use and to Share, K Snow
- People
First Language, Widner University, PN
- Language
in publications, Editor's Note, July 1997, Physical Therapy
- Search
for Non-Offensive Language, The Arc, Dallas, TX
- What's
in a Name?, Michigan
Commission on Disability Concerns, Lansing, MI
- People
First!!!, Differently Abled Associates Incorporated, 1996, J M
Kratzer
- Resolution
Supporting "People First" Language, American Network
of Community Options and Resources (Formerly the National Association of Private
Residential Resources)
- Disability
Related Language, California State University, Northridge
- Disability
Related Language, Messiah College, San Antonio, TX
- Guidelines
for Speaking and Writing about People with Disabilities, Nebraska Department
of Health and Human Services
Quality
of Internet Health Information
Etiquette
Accessibility
to Internet Web Pages
Tools
Keyboard
for single-handed typists - Dvorak keyboard, PC and Mac computers
Voice
Recognition Software Programs -
allow computer to recognize & transcribe spoken words
- Dragon Naturally Speaking, Dragon
(800) 437-2466
- Via Voice, IBM (800) 825-5263
- Voice Express, Lernout and Hauspie
(800) 380-1234
Translation
Programs
- TranslateNow,
foreignword.com, over 25 systems for over 38 different languages including
Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Basque, Belarusan, Bengali, Bosnian, Breton,
Bulgarian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chechen, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch,
English, Esperanto, Estonian, Farsi, Finnish, French, Frisian, Galician, Georgian,
German, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Ilongo, Indonesian,
Irish, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay,
Maori, Mongolian, Norwegian, Occitan, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian,
Rotuman, Russian, Sanskrit, Sardinian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish,
Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Tibetan, Tswana, Turkish, Ukrainian,
Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish, Zulu)
- Free
Translation (English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish),
text or web page
- Translation
service, AltaVista, Babelfish (Spanish, French,
Italian, Portuguese, German, English)
- Babylon
translation program, free (English to Spanish, German,
Portuguese, French, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Hebrew, Chinese)
- I
Love Languages (formerly Human
Languages Page), dictionaries, translation
programs, cultural resources (Spanish, German, French, Russian, Vietnamese, sign language, other)
- DictSearch,
foreignword.com, 230 dictionaries for 69 source languages into 73 target languages
Fonts for other
languages:
- Ethical,
Legal, Social, Public Policy Issues and Genetics
- (policy papers, testing, insurance,
privacy, health insurance portability, Birth Defects Prevention Act, other)
Federal
Advocacy and Information Sites
Also See:
To locate
a genetic counselor or clinical geneticist:
January 23, 2009
Genetic Conditions & Support Groups | Genetic Societies
| Clinical Resources
| Labs
| Clinics
| Genetics Education
| Careers
| Cytogenetics
| Genome Centers
| Genetic Computer Resources
| Professional Education
| Diversity | Advocacy
| Glossaries | Advisors
| Software
| Disclaimer | Privacy
| About | FAQ
| Suggestions & Feedback
| Search
Genetics Education Center
University of Kansas Medical Center © 1995-2009
Debra Collins, M.S. CGC, Genetic Counselor, dcollins@kumc.edu
This site subscribes to the principles of the HONcode
(Health on the Net, Code of Conduct for Medical and Health Web Sites)
of the Health On the Net Foundation.