Understanding disability

The video "A web without limits" promotes the need for web accessibility and raises awareness of specific access issues within the web community.
  • Author: Access iQ™
  • Date: 12 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free
Information on the types and degrees of hearing loss and how it affects people.
  • Author: Hearing Life
  • Date: 23 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free
Government of South Australia resource on age-related disabilities; vision and hearing, physical and neurological.
  • Author: Government of South Australia
  • Date: 30 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free
Information about different types of age-related disabilities such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, arthritis, dementia, cataract, osteoporosis, diabetes, hypertension and Alzheimer's disease.
  • Author: Disabled World
  • Date: 30 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free
WebAIM resource on deafness and Deaf culture.
  • Author: WebAIM
  • Date: 18 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free
WebAIM resource on cognitive disabilities.
  • Author: WebAIM
  • Date: 30 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free
Information about cognitive disabilities and types of cognitive disabilities such as dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, brain injury and genetic disability.
  • Author: Disabled World
  • Date: 30 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free
Symptoms of colour blindness and everyday problems, vision tests, treatments.
  • Author: Better Health Channel
  • Date: 18 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free
What is colour blindness? What does a colour blind person see? Tests for colour blindness.
  • Author: Color Matters
  • Date: 18 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free
The video "Creating an accessible web", promotes the need for web accessibility and dispels the myth that web accessibility is a complex process.
  • Author: Access iQ™
  • Date: 12 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free
General information about deafblindness including causes, getting around and links to more resources on the web.
  • Author: The Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
  • Date: 30 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free
General information about deafblindness and the cultural groups within the deafblind community.
  • Author: Australian DeafBlind Council
  • Date: 18 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free
Information about seizures, types of seizures, causes, diagnosis and treatment.
  • Author: Better Health Channel
  • Date: 30 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free
General information about hearing impairment, causes, lipreading and Auslan.
  • Author: The Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
  • Date: 27 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free
Information on mobility and dexterity impairments.
  • Author: Case Western Reserve University
  • Date: 18 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free
Definition on legal blindness.
  • Author: Vision Australia
  • Date: 18 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free
Resource for accessible teaching for students with mobility/dexterity disabilities, particularly in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
  • Author: Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access
  • Date: 30 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free
Five common myths about deafness and people with a hearing loss.
  • Author: Action On Hearing Loss
  • Date: 18 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free
These keyboard command overlays for your laptop and desktop help familiarise testers with NVDA screen reader functionality.
Information about paraplegia including causes, symptoms, spinal nerves and levels, and secondary medical complications.
  • Author: Apparelyzed
  • Date: 30 Jul 2012
  • Access: Free

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