Helpful website links
Here are some handy links to other websites in New Zealand and around the world that you may find interesting and of use to you.
Accessibility and design
CAST universal design for learning
Accessible Education materials
Trace Center (accessible websites)
Adaptive technology
Microsoft Accessibility technology
Shadisoft Speak software for Windows
Braille
Braille Formats (online version)
HotBraille: free translation service
International Council on English Braille
Name game (see your name in braille) (AFB)
Future Aids: the Braille Superstore has everything from braille books to low vision aids
Deafblind
DCDNB USA (deafblind children)
Helen Keller Center (youths and adults)
Libraries for the Blind
CNIB Library for the Blind (Canada)
RNIB Talking Book Service (UK)
NZ blindness, disability and support organisations
DPA NZ Inc (Disabled Persons Assembly)
Health and Disability Advocacy (Health and Disability Commissioner)
Macular Degeneration New Zealand
NZ sports organisations
Halberg Disability Sport Foundation
NZ Blind Lawn Bowling Association
NZ Riding for the Disabled (NZRDA)
NZ government and legislation
District Health Board (MOH site)
Health and Disability Commissioner
Optometry and opthalmology
NZ Association of Optometrists
School of Optometry and Vision Science, The University of Auckland
Royal Australian and NZ College of Ophthalmologists
Overseas blindness and disability organisations
American Foundation for the Blind
Blind Children’s Resource Center
Canadian National Institute for the Blind
International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet
International Federation of Guide Dog Schools for the Blind
National Federation of the Blind (USA)
Retina International’s AMD Toolkit
Royal National Institute of the Blind (UK)