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The links found in this section all relate to projects with the aim of improving disabled people's access to information, employment, education and society.

Also included is the European Social Fund - Horizon site that lists the various European Social Fund funded projects in the UK that support the integration of disabled people through the improvement of labour market entry opportunities etc.

The ADAPTECH Project consists of a team of academics, students and consumers conducting research on the use of computer, information and adaptive technologies by Canadian college and university students with disabilities.

ADAPTECH

The Ability Project aims is to show that quality of life is related to how free a person is to make their own choices.

Ability Project

The Disabled People's Electronic Village Hall - Computer training for the disabled, UK computers for the disabled resource list, Internet links on IT and the disabled

Disabled People's Electronic Village Hall

Disability Information Systems In Highter Education: The purpose of this site is to explore the needs and expectations in this area.

Disability Information Systems In Highter Education

Employment: The site provides up-to-date information on the EMPLOYMENT Initiative in Great Britain, information on projects and partners, publications, events, Support Unit news and links to other useful sites.

Employment

European Social Fund - Horizon Projects: First Round and Second Round HORIZON projects aim to support the integration of disabled people through the improvement of labour market entry opportunities.

European Social Fund

GLADNET (Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network on Employment and Training) is an initiative of the Vocational Rehabilitation Branch of the International Labour Organization (ILO), a specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

GLADNET

The Greenbank Project is a Merseyside, UK, based registered charity established in 1983 for the specific benefit of people with disabilities.

Greenbank

Higher Education Action Research (HEAR) Project: The purpose of this project is to encourage more disabled people on Merseyside to access education by encouraging institutions to develop inclusive policies and practices.

HEAR

INCLUsion of Disabled and Elderly people in telematics (INCLUDE) is a 4-year cooperation between the main European experts on the issues of telematics applications and elderly/disabled people.

INCLUDE

Information Society disAbilities Challenge (ISdAC) is a valuable resource for People with Disabilities on their way towards the Information Society and Assistive Technology.

Information Society disAbilities Challenge

Partners In Policy Making NWTDT works towards better futures for people with learning disabilities in Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside and South Cumbria.

Partners In Policy Making

RESPECT - Requirements Engineering And Specification In Telematics - Basic Characteristics of Users with special Needs and their Telematics Requirements

RESPECT

REVIEL: There is increasing concern in society to counter the effects of disability and to ensure that when services are provided they are accessible to all potential users.

REVIEL

RNIB Information Superhighways Project - The Internet and how to access it

RNIB Information Superhighways Project

The Sensory Disabilities Research Unit (SDRU) was set up in 1993 within the Psychology Department of the University of Hertfordshire (UH) to study how new technologies can assist in overcoming the problems faced by disabled and elderly people in their day to day lives.

SDRU

Signing Books: Over 200,000 Deaf Europeans use a sign language as their first language and rely on access to information - the key to inclusion in society - through a sign language.

Signing Books

VISAGE Employers' Website - Information, advice and support about employing people with serious sight problems

VISAGE Employers' Website

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