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• QAG Suppliers' On-line Quoting Systems / Pricelists

• DSA-QAG Recommended Minimum Equipment - NOTES

• DSA-QAG Recommended Minimum Equipment - SPECIFICATIONS

• Research Councils' DSA Application Form

• 2011 / 12 DSA Guidelines

• 2012 / 13 DSA Guidelines

• DIUS Report on Disabled Students and HE

• Research Councils Harmonised Approach to DSA

• Student finance forms and guides 2011/12

• DSAs - SFE's Updates for Practitioners

• SFE_QandA_Feb_2011

• SFE_GUIDANCE_ON_LATE_APPLICATIONS_FOR_DSAS

• SFE Request for Additional Support Hours Form

• SFE Reimbursement Claim Form

• SFE DSA Short Form 2011-12 For Students in receipt of SL core finance making first DSA application in AY 2011-12

• SFE DSA Long Form 2011 12 For students not in receipt of SL core finance making first DSA application or renewing DSA entitlement in or for AY 2011-12

> SFE's DSA Practitioner Helpline - 01325 215194

• Snowdon Award Scheme

• Calculate taxi costs - based on official Hackney tariffs

• Society for Coloured Lens Prescribers

• Map of HEIs in UK with weblinks

• Yahoo Directory of UK Colleages and Universities

• UCAS data sets at entrant/applicant level 2003 – 2007, of students with a declared disability

• UK Council for International Student Affairs - Promotes and Protects the needs of International Students in The UK - Disability issues and international students in HE

• apps - for iPads/iPhones and Android OS - under development

• AbilityHub - information on adaptive equipment and alternative methods available for accessing computers US Site

• AccessiBlog - Accessibility Projects at the University of Southampton - UK Site

• Accessible Technology Coalition A resource with lots of articles and reviews or current resources and technologies - US Site

• AHEAD - Association on Higher Education and Disability - US Site but international membership

• Assistive Technology Industry Association US Site

• AT Alliance - UK Site

• The Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) - 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

• British Assistive Technology Association- UK Site

• EduApps - eight free software collections - from The JISC Regional Support Centre Scotland North & East

• PEPNet - Advancing Educational Opportunities for People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing US Site

• EmpTech - 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

• The European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education - 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

• The Foundation for Assistive Technology (FAST) works with the AT community to support innovation in product development and good practice in service provision

• JISC Techdis - The UK’s leading advisory service on technology and inclusion - UK Site

• Microsoft Accessibility

• Open Source Assistive Technology Software

• National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People (NRCPD)

• QIAT - Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology - US Site

• RESNA - Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America - US Site

• SERI - Special Education Resources on the Internet - Portal - US Site with international links

• The SETT Framework, 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

• Windows & Mac AT Shareware/Freeware - US Site

• WATI - Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative:- A Resource Manual - Assessing Students’ Needs for Assistive Technology - US Site

• Web Toolboxes for Educators: Special Education Resources - US Site