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SFE and DSA-QAG Related
- For DSA Overview and Application Form - www.gov.uk/disabled-students-allowances-dsas/overview
- For practitioners with DSA enquiries - Tel 01325 215194 (this number is not for students)
- For practitioners with queries relating to policy and regulations - Tel 0845 602 0583 (this number is not for students) ssin_Queries@slc.co.uk
- For disability practitioners at HEIs disability_adviser@slc.co.uk
- For Needs Assessment Centres access_centre@slc.co.uk
- For Needs Assessors or Disability Advisors submitting information on late, final year applicants dsa_late_apps@slc.co.uk
- Submission of Needs Assessment Reports via encrypted PGP needs_assessment_reports@slc.co.uk
- For suppliers' invoice queries or specific student queries invoice_team@slc.co.uk
- For Needs Assessment Centres referring Educational Psychologists' reports Matthew_hall@slc.co.uk
- For enquiries regarding the Disabled Student Stakeholder Group stakeholder_enquiries@slc.co.uk
- www.dsa-qag.org.uk/ For DSA QAG Approved Assessment Centres and Equipment Suppliers - UK Site
Useful links / sites
- Map of HEIs in UK with weblinks - UK Site
- AccessiBlog - http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk/blog/accessiblog/ - Accessibility Projects at the University of Southampton - UK Site
- Accessible Technology Coalition - http://atcoalition.org/ - A resource with lots of articles and reviews or current resources and technologies - US Site
- AHEAD - Association on Higher Education and Disability - http://www.ahead.org/ - US Site but international membership
- Alliance for Technology Access -ATA - http://www.ataporg.org - a network of community-based resource centers dedicated to providing information and support services to children and adults with disabilities, and increasing their use of standard, assistive, and information technologies - US Site
- Apple MAC Accessibility - www.apple.com/accessibility/ - US Site
- Assistive Technology Daily - http://attraining.org/atdaily - from The North Carolina Assistive Technology Program - US Site
- Assistive Technology Industry Association - http://www.atia.org/ US Site
- ATIP - www.atip.org.uk/ - NNAC's Assistive Technology Implementation Practitioner Framework
- AT Alliance - www.at-alliance.org.uk/ - UK Site
- British Assistive Technology Association - http://www.bataonline.org - UK Site
- Disabilities, Opportunities, Internet-Working and Technology - DO-IT - www.washington.edu/doit/ - US Site
- DisabledGo - http://www.disabledgo.com/ - detailed, personally surveyed information to universities, Further Education colleges and schools - UK Site
- EduApps - www.eduapps.org - Eight free software collections - from The JISC Regional Support Centre Scotland North & East] - UK Site
- EmpTech - www.emptech.info/ - database and information resources on AT to help those with specific difficulties or disabilities work and study more effectively including product descriptions, links to manufacturers, suppliers with addresses as well as other related resources including advice and training guides where available - UK Site - UK Site
- European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education - www.european-agency.org/ - An independent and self-governing organisation established by member countries to act as their platform for collaboration regarding the development of provision for learners with special educational needs - may be useful for information on provision in EU Countries
- Foundation for Assistive Technology - FAST - www.fastuk.org - Works with the AT community to support innovation in product development and good practice in service provision - UK Site
- JISC Techdis - www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/home - The UK’s leading advisory service on technology and inclusion] - UK Site
- LexDis 2.0 - www.lexdis.org.uk/ - Supported by the University of Southampton Student Centredness Fund to share strategies related to the use of technology for studying] - UK Site
- Microsoft Accessibility - www.microsoft.com/enable/ - US Site
- National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People - NRCPD - www.nrcpd.org.uk/ - UK Site
- PEPNet - www.pepnet.org/ - Advancing Educational Opportunities for People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing] - US Site
- QIAT - http://natri.uky.edu/assoc_projects/qiat/ - Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology - US Site
- RESNA - [http://resna.org/ http://resna.org/ - Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America - US Site
- SERI - http://seriweb.com/ - Special Education Resources on the Internet - Portal - US Site with international links
- SETT Framework - www.joyzabala.com/ - developed by Joy Zabala (2005), is an organisational instrument to help collaborative teams create student-centred, environmentally useful, and tasks-focused tool systems that foster the educational success of students with disabilities] - US Site
- Snowdon Award Scheme - www.snowdonawardscheme.org.uk/ - UK Site
- Society for Coloured Lens Prescribers - www.s4clp.org/ - UK Site
- South Carolina Assistive Technology Program - www.sc.edu/scatp/ - US Site
- Taxiroute - http://taxiroute.co.uk/ - Calculate taxi costs - based on official Hackney tariffs - UK Site
- Trace Centre - http://trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/multi/sharewar.htm - Windows & Mac AT Shareware/Freeware - US Site
- UK Council for International Student Affairs - Promotes and protects the needs of international students with disabilities in The UK and UK students going overseas - UK Site
- WATI - WATI www.wati.org - Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative:- A Resource Manual - Assessing Students’ Needs for Assistive Technology - US Site
- Web Toolboxes for Educators - http://webtoolboxes.wikispaces.com/TOC - Special Education Resources] - US Site
Mailing Lists
NNAC
- nnac-assessors@jiscmail.ac.uk - NNAC Assessors' Mailing List - UK List - for NNAC Assessors - requires NNAC membership
- nnac-managers@jiscmail.ac.uk - NNAC Managers' Mailing List - UK List - for NNAC Managers - requires NNAC membership
NON-NNAC
- nadp@jiscmail.ac.uk - NADP Mailing List - UK List - NADP offers membership to individuals and institutions. It provides codes of practice, peer support, conferences and educational events, a legal helpline service and much more - requires NADP membership - for joining details http://nadp-uk.org/
- dissupcord@jiscmail.ac.uk - Disability Support Co-ordinators List - UK List - for joining details simon.bloor@mail.com
- disforum@jiscmail.ac.uk - Dis-Forum - primarily UK list with International membership - for joining details www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=DIS-FORUM
- senit@lists.education.gov.uk - SENIT - a mailing list for teachers, advisers, and others working within education to discuss issues and share practical advice about how ICT can be used to support pupils with learning difficulties or disabilities - for joining details http://lists.education.gov.uk/mailman/listinfo/senit
