Great Lakes ADA and Accessible IT Center

A Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center

(800) 949-4232 (Voice/TTY)
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Communication

Federal Agencies

  1. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Disabilities Issues Task Force
    1919 M Street NW
    Washington, DC 20554
    (202) 418-0190 (Voice)
    (202) 418-2555 (TTY)
    www.fcc.gov
    www.fcc.gov/cib/dro

National Resources

  1. A Guide to Making Documents Accessible to People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
    American Council for the Blind
    1155 15th Street, NW, Suite 1004
    Washington, DC 20005
    202-467-5081
    800-424-8666
    www.acb.org/accessible-formats.html
    Description:
    A comprehensive discussion about how to make print and electronic information available to people with visual impairments in a variety of accessible formats.
  2. Captioned Media Program
    1447 E. Main Street
    Spartanburg, SC 29307
    800-237-6213 (VOICE)
    800-237-6819 (TTY)
    800-538-5636 (FAX)
    Email: info@cfv.org
    www.cfv.org

    Description:
    The Captioned Media Program (CMP) provides free-loan, open-captioned videos to deaf and hard of hearing persons. More than 4,000 titles including classic movies, educational videos, and special-interest videos are available. Spanish titles also available.
    Teachers may use CMP videos and their accompanying lesson guides in the classroom. The CMP videos enhance the literacy value to all students in the classroom, even though only one child may have a hearing loss.
    Participation is limited to deaf or hard of hearing Americans, their parents, families, teachers, counselors, or others whose use of our collection would benefit a deaf or hard of hearing person.
    The CMP is funded by the U. S. Department of Education and is administered by the National Association of the Deaf.
  3. Deaf Resource Center
    www.deafbiz.com/
  4. Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
    8630 Fenton St., Suite 324
    Silver Spring, MD 20910
    (301) 608-0050 V/TTY
    www.rid.org
  5. Sign Language Browser/Training Tool
    Michigan State University
    http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm