Abilities!
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Key product/service items: Vocational and educational training for persons with disabilities
Accessibility website overview: Apart from an extensive section on the programs and services available at Abilities!, the website is one of the few in the industry to mention the accessibility features and Accessibility Compliance tests it undertook in accordance with Section 508, WCAG Priorities 1 - 3, WCAG A - AAA and W3C XHTML 1.0. A section on employment statistics is also useful.
Key statements on ICT product and services accessibility: Abilities! is dedicated to creating a world in which people with disabilities will live simply as people. In this world, people with disabilities will have the same opportunities as all other people, be treated with dignity and respect, and have access to all the benefits of our society. Abilities! is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit agency that is dedicated to empowering people with disabilities to be active, independent, and self sufficient participants in our society. Through education, training, research, leadership, and example, Abilities! seeks to provide the highest quality services and to influence national attitudes, policies, and legislation in ways that will lead to the greatest benefits for the people we serve.
Key areas of accessibility work: Abilities, Inc. provides comprehensive services to help individuals with disabilities reach their employment goals by providing employment evaluations, training, and placement services. It also provides support services and technical assistance to employers who hire persons with disabilities.
Global Institute
The Global Institute was created to identify, research and promote innovative and promising practices in special education and rehabilitation for persons with disabilities through the establishment of innovative collaboratives with universities and other organizations both here and abroad. It strives to erase myths and traditions that continue to deny persons with disabilities, here and abroad, full participation in school, community and society
Nathaniel H. Kornreich Technology Center
The Kornreich Technology Center (KTC) showcases state-of-the-art assistive technology that assists children and adults with disabilities to become more independent and self-sufficient. The Kornreich Technology Center provides information, demonstrations, technology evaluations, and training in assistive technology and its impact on people with disabilities.
Learn more about the programs and chapters that Abilities! runs: http://www.abilitiesonline.org/Programs.aspx
Organization website: http://www.abilitiesonline.org
Contact information:
Abilities!
201 I.U. Willets Road
Albertson, NY 11507
Tel: +1-516-465-1400 / +1-516-747-5400
Email: info@abilitiesonline.org
http://www.abilitiesonline.org/Contact.aspx