Pennsylvania

Assistive Technology Resource Center List

Provides information on resource centers throughout the state that provide assistive technology and related services.

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Autism Transition Handbook

An online resource on transition services for individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families in Pennsylvania. As a wiki, this handbook allows viewers to add relevant and timely content to this site to ensure that individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families have access to the most current and comprehensive information on transition services in Pennsylvania.
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Clarke Schools for Hearing & Speech - Pennsylvania

Provides a nurturing environment that stimulates cognitive, social and emotional development and to equip deaf and hard of hearing children with the listening and English language skills and self-confidence they need to succeed in schools with their hearing peers.
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Harrisburg Area Community College Office for Disability Services

Provides accommodations and supports for students with disabilities including exam accommodations, assistive technology, captioning and interpreting services and alternative text formats.
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Higher Education Resources for Sudents with Disabilities

A list of resources for Pennsylvania students with disabilities and their families in the area of higher education. Includes information on general resources, legal resources, financial aid resources, and technology for special needs.

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Hispanics United for Exceptional Children

Non profit organization provides free bilingual English and Spanish training, technical assistance and individual assistance to parents of infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities and to professionals who work with children.
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Jewish Employment & Vocational Service (JEVS)

A not-for-profit, nonsectarian social service agency that provides a broad range of employment, education, training, health and rehabilitation programs and services to people in the Philadelphia area.
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Messiah College Office of Disability Services

Assists in creating and maintaining accessible resources, programs, facilities and services so that individuals with disabilities can fully participate in the intellectual, spiritual and social life of the community.
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Mid-Atlantic Region ADA & IT Center

Provides training, information and technical assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and accessible information technology (IT) to businesses, consumers, schools and government agencies within the Mid-Atlantic Region (Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, DC).

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PEPNet - Northeast

The Postsecondary Education Programs Network (PEPNet) provides resources, information, in-service training, and technical assistance for postsecondary institutions to improve existing services or to establish new services for students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
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Parent Education & Advocacy Leadership Center

Provides training and information for parents and friends of children with disabilities, educators, health care, community service providers and advocates in Western and Central Pennsylvania.
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Parent Education Network

Web site of Pennsylvania's statewide Parent Training and Information Center contains information designed to support Pennsylvania parents of children with special needs, including information on special education, legal issues and transportation.
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Penn State University Office for Disability Services

Provides services to students with disabilities at the University Park Campus (Main Campus) including certifying eligibility and determining academic adjustments, accommodations and auxiliary aids. View a list of the Disability Contact Liaisons at other Penn State campuses.

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Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation

Provides low-interest loans to people with disabilities and older Pennsylvanians to purchase assistive technology devices and services.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education's Bureau of Special Education

Provides effective and efficient planning, administration, monitoring and training activities aimed at increasing standards for all exceptional students.
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Pennsylvania Family Resource Guide

A guide to benefits, supports and services for families raising children with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities in Pennsylvania. Document is in Word format.
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Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation

Assists Pennsylvanians with disabilities to secure and maintain employment and independence.
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Pennsylvania Special Education K-12

Information and resources on the planning, administration, monitoring and training activities for special education programs in the state.
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Pennsylvania Training & Technical Assistance Network

Offers professional development to build the capacity of local educational agencies to meet students' needs.

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Pennsylvania's Assistive Technology Lending Library

A free service that loans assistive technology devices to people with disabilities. It is available to Pennsylvanians of all ages and disabilities.

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Pennsylvania's Initiative on Assistive Technology

Strives to enhance the lives of all Pennsylvanians with disabilities through access to and acquisition of assistive technology devices and services.

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Temple University Disability Resources & Services

Offers a wide range of reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities, including accessible residences, sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices, assistive technology, material in alternate formats (large prints, Braille, audio) and placement test accommodations.
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Temple University's Institute on Disabilities

One of the University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service funded by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Institute on Disabilities works to create connections and promote networks within and among communities so that people with disabilities are recognized as integral to the fabric of community life.

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