Organizations that have a specific or related entrepreneurial focus for people with disabilities
- Ashoka: Innovative Irish company for the public good.
- Business. gov: provides guides that are tailored to meet the needs of specific audiences and business types.
- Disability Means Business: Self-employment advice for disabled entrepreneurs.
- Disabled World: Articles that cross a wide span of issues to people with disabilities.
- US Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy:Everything one would want to know about the state of the art/practice for American’s with Disabilities.
- East Midlands Development Agency: UK organization that develops regional initiatives for employment and inclusion.
- Disabled Entrepreneurs Network: Canadian organization doing great work on promoting employment inclusion.
- Eloquent Insights: features musings and thoughts from the far side of living with people who do not have disability (yet).
- Entrepereneurs.com: Tremendous website and blog site filled with resources on Angel funding, making sure starting a business is for you, etc.
- Kanachi: An innovative Irish organization recognizing Disability Awareness and social entrepreneurship.
- International Labour Organization: Leading global organization that promotes and tracks employment of disenfranchised populations.
- Peace and Collaborative Network: fosters dialogue & sharing of resources in international development, conflict resolution, human rights, social entrepreneurship.
- Social Ventures: First school set up to train entrepreneurs.
- Stelios Philanthropic Foundation: Committed to supporting entrepreneurship and sponsor of the Disabled Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
- World Institute on Disability: new, programs, and resources from a global perspective.
Entrepreneurship as a general field and topic-Start up and self-employment best practices, management, funding, and building business confidence for the entrepreneur with disabilities
- The Canadian Society for Social Development: conducts research for the development of programs in the areas of entrepreneurship, leadership, and distance learning.
- What do you want from them?: Managing yourself is easier for some than managing others, this site helps the reader clarify employer/employee expectations.
- Smarta: Highly interactive site filled with forums, links, and many templates for the startup-minded person.
Sites for professional research and practices-The best in current research and practices around the world for mental, behavorial, neurological, and emotional wellbeing of people with disabilities.
- Behavioral Health Central
- Neurologica scientific updates
- Psyche Central site dedicated to mental health conditions
Sites for adults-Being able to connect with another voice and personality to feel part of a community improves quality of life for people with disabilities.
- Astrid’s Journal autism adult
- Disability Resource Exchange
- LD Experience
- Same Difference site for adults with disabilities
Sites for best practices in technology- The internet and accessible technology levels the playing field for people with disability allowing them entire into the global learning community.
- E-Learning Journeys elearning best practices around the world
- EduFire elearning platforms
- Future Lab projects assistive tech for disabled
- Global Initiative for Inclusive ICT’s world standards for internet accessibility
- Globalization 101
- Learning with E’s site for elearning
- Literacy is Priceless
- Sydneyeve Matrix site for all things mashable
- Tec Access all things to do with assistive technology
- The Border House site dedicated to making video gaming accessible
Accessibility resources-From travel to easy, low cost reasonable adjustments, these sites cover a lot of ground
- Accessible Insights: provides resources, reviews and recommendations on assistive technology and related products.
- Rolling Rains Report: global traveller Scott Rains shows how to create a universally designed world that embraces PwD as fellow travelers.
Using social media to help form new groups
- FreeTech4Teachers: great array of resources that simplify using social media in educational settings.
- Scriptstar: a UK site covering many topics on the “how to’s: of setting social media.
- Open Thinking: rants & resources from an Open Education on using social media.
Sites for emerging trends and issues in education- Developments in secondary and higher education with a particular focus on inclusion of people with disability and institutions/programs who are making a difference in improving their life outcomes.
- Dr. Education
- Edublog education resources
- Equality Challenge Unit higher ed diversity
- Joey Coleman
- Mike Baker education news from the BBC
- World Innovation Summit for Education Qatar site for global education initiatives
- Subhash Vashishth special education news from India
- Prospects National Autistic Society prospects UK program for adults with autism
- Tim Unwin’s Blog global education news
- Tomorrow’s Youth Organization Education advocacy in Palestine
Sites for workplace and employment issues-Trends, programs, laws, and other news that relates to improving the recruitment, participation, promotion of people with disability in the business world as well as corporations who demonstrate disability confidence in their diversity and inclusion policy/practices.
- Disability.gov all purpose one stop information depot
- Diversity World one of the best to promote the cause of inclusion with well-researched and thoughtful information
- Australian Employers Network on Disability employer resources
- Heather E Coleman employment resources
- Job Accommodation Network resource for job seekers/employers
- Law News America default global legal updates on all topics
- US Business Leadership Network B2B issues related to disability employment
