Fact Sheets

The tools in this GA-SK can apply to many different
situations. Explore the websites mentioned in the
toolboxes and in this article. The only way to make
change is to speak up. Do not assume that someone
else will do it for you. Please share your successes with
TDI and chances are that we may include a profile of
you and your accomplishment in a future issue of the GA-SK.

Advocacy Toolbox - Deaf-blind Technology

1. National Information Clearinghouse On Children Who Are Deaf-Blind:
           www.tr.wou.edu/dblink
2. Helen Keller National Center:
           www.helenkeller.org/national
3. American Association of the Deaf-Blind:
           www.aadb.org
4. Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind:
           www.seattlelighthouse.org
5. Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Programs Association:
           www.tedpa.org

Advocacy Toolbox - TRS & Motel TV Captions

1. Contact list for TRS Complaints:
           www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/trs_contact_list.html
2. Closed Captioning Fact Sheet:
           www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/closedcaption.html
3. TRS Fact Sheets:
           www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/trs.html
4. Accessible Transient Lodging, ADA Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG),
    US Access Board:
           www.access-board.gov/adaag/html/adaag.htm#tran

Advocacy Toolbox - Emergency News

1. FCC Emergency Video Programming:
           www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/emergencyvideo.html
2. Emergency E-Mail News Network:
           www.emergencyemail.org
3. NOAA Weather Radios:
           http://205.156.54.206/nwr/special_need.htm
   and www.nssl.noaa.gov/~wood

Advocacy Toolbox - Emergency Services

1. Advocacy Support League:
           http://aslsomd.8m.com
2. Payphone TTY ADA facts:
           www.ultratec.com/info/ADA2.html
   and www.krowntty.com/tty/products/k_pptty.html
3. Strobe light fire alarms:
           http://firesafetyfordeafandhoh.freeyellow.com

Advocacy Toolbox - Web Accessibility

1. BOBBY Website Accessibility Test:
           http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp
2. World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative:
           www.w3.org/WAI
3. National Center for Accessible Media:
           http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess

Advocacy Toolbox - Disaster Preparedness

1. Washington 911/TTY Education Program:
           www.cscdhh.org/911_tty.htm
2. Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities:
           www.redcross.org/services/disaster/beprepared/dissup.html
3. FCC E911/TTY Compatibility:
           www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/e911tty.html
4. National Organization on Disability Emergency Preparedness Initiative:
           www.nod.org/emergency/index.cfm

Advocacy Toolbox - Highway TTY Call-Boxes

1. Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center:
           www.deafadvocacy.com/gallery.htm
2. US DOJ ADA - Access for 911 and Telephone Emergency Services:
           www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/911ta.htm
3. National Emergency Number Association Accessibility Committee:
           www.nena9-1-1.org/accessibility/index.htm

Advocacy Toolbox - Speech-to-Speech TRS

1. STS News:
          www.stsnews.com
2. FCC Speech to Speech Relay:
          www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/sts.html
3. Spanish STS TRS services:
          www.ucpa.org/ucp_channeldoc.cfm/1/14/86/86-86/1526

Advocacy Toolbox - Barrier Scenarios

1. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC):
         www.eeoc.gov
2. Job Accommodation Network:
         www.jan.wvu.edu
3. U.S. Department of Justice - Disability Rights Section:
         www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
4. Federal Communications Commission:
         www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro