Disability / Government Resources on Disabilities

Provides easy access to comprehensive information about disability programs pertaining to 10 subject areas: Benefits, Civil Rights, Community Life, Education, Employment, Emergency Preparedness, Health, Housing, Technology, and Transportation.

Provides a variety of links to useful information regarding living with disabilities.

Works on long-term care, post-acute care, personal assistance services, family care giving, integrated care (including for dual eligibles), rehabilitative services, employment of people with disabilities, mental health parity, and the direct care workforce.

Contains the latest disability data, what's new, explains how the information is gathered, and offers other related links.

Responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

A variety of resources related to vision in audio files.

National Library Service (NLS) is a free braille and talking book library service for people with temporary or permanent low vision, blindness, or a physical disability that prevents them from reading or holding the printed page. Through a national network of cooperating libraries, NLS circulates books and magazines in braille or audio formats, delivered by postage-free mail or instantly downloadable.

Resources for understanding and implementing Section 508.