RESOURCES
Bergen County
Hudson County
New Jersey State
- State of New Jersey
- New Jersey Legislature
- Find Your State Legislators: Assembly and Senate
- Who is the governor of your state now?
- New Jersey Governor
- Who are your state’s U.S. Senators now?
- Who are your U.S. Representatives now?
- NJ DDS Division of Disabilities Services (NJDDS)
- NJ Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- NJ Department of Human Services
- NJ Department of Human Services (DDS Resources Guide –Year 2012) PDF
- NJ Department of Education
- NJ Department of Education: (Parental Rights in Special Education – PRISE) PDF
- NJ Department of Community Affairs
- NJ Department of Labor and Workforce
- NJ Division of Taxation
- NJ Special Needs Registry
- NJ Housing Resource Center
U.S. Government
- The White House
- U.S. House of Representatives
- U.S. Senate
- Americans with Disabilities Act – U.S. Government
- Benefits Checkup – A service of The National Council on the Aging
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Medicare Web Site
- Committee on Education and the WorkForce
- Disability Law – A Legal Primer
- DisabilityInfo.gov, the comprehensive Federal website of disability-related government resources
- FirstGov – the U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal
- Internal Revenue Service
- Library of Congress
- Mobility International USA
- National Cancer Institute
- National Council on Disability
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
- Social Security Online
- Social Security Online – Disability Programs
- U.S. Administration on Aging – Eldercare Locator
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
New Jersey Organizations
- NJ Disability Rights New Jersey (DRNJ)
- NJ State Library – Talking Book & Braille Center
- NJ Family Care
- NJ Work Incentives Network Support (NJWINS)
- NJ Housing Guide (PDF)
- NJ Self-Help Group Clearinghouse
- NJ Transit Web-Site
- NJ Shares’ Utility Assistance Program
- NJ Seniors Bluebook (Resources for Aging Well)
- NJ ILRU Directory of Centers for Independent Living (CILs) and Associations
- NJ Sports & Exposition Authority
- (NJ) Social Security Online – New York Region
National Organizations
- ADA Legacy Project
- American Association for People with Disabilities
- American Association of Retired Persons
- American Cancer Society
- American Diabetes Association
- American Disabled for Accessible Public Transport
- American Stroke Association
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Diabetes Resources in WebMD
- Disability Rights Advocates
- Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc.
- Disability Rights New Jersey’s Client Assistance Program
- Disability Rights New Jersey
- Disabled and Alone – Life Services for the Handicapped
- Enrichment Audio Resource Services, Inc
- Families and Advocates Partnership for Education
- Foundation Fighting Blindness
- Independent Living Research Utilization
- Lighthouse International
- National Breast Cancer Coalition
- National Federation of the Blind
- National Council on Independent Living
- National Council on Aging
- National Disability Institute
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- National Stroke Association
- National Women’s Health Network
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Wills Eye Center for the Visually Impaired
- Caregiver Support Group (Sussex County)
- DDD Resource Guide
- Diabetes Resources in WebMD
- HandsNet
- Independent Living Research Utilization
- Plavix.com – prescribed by Bristol-Myers Squibb
- United Cerebral Palsy
- Northeast ADA & IT Center
- Community Health Law Project
- United Spinal Association
Independent Living Resources
- NJ SILC – Statewide Independent Living Council
- National Council on Independent Living(NCIL)
- ILRU Directory of Statewide Independent Living Councils (SILCs)
- ILRU Directory of Centers for Independent Living (CILs) and Associations
- ILRU Directory of Centers for Independent Living (CILs) and Associations – NEW JERSEY
- Centers for Independent Living
A Disability Services Organization
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Social Security Administration Web-Site
- Job Accommodation Network
- Employment Supports & Disability Services
- FirstGov (U.S. Government)
- Cornell Northeast ADA & IT Center
- National Center for Disability Research
- The Boulevard
- United Spinal Association
- Cerebral Palsy Guide
Medical Information
- Administrators In Medicine (AIM) – National Organization for State Medical and Osteopathic Board Executive Directors
- Certified Doctor.org
- Health Answers
- Health Grades – the Healthcare Quality Experts
- Mayo Clinic
- MedScape from WebMD
- Mercy Medical Airlift
- Pleural Mesothelioma – Symptoms, Stage, and Survival Rate
- Peritoneal Mesothelioma – Causes, Stages, and Treatment
- Programs and prescriptions
- Questionable Doctors List from the Public Citizen
- WebMD
Prescriptions
Transportation
- NJ Transit
- Access Link
- Access Link on TWITTER (@NJTRANSIT_AL)
- NJ TRANSIT’s My Transit Alerts
- Transportation Options for People with Disabilities
- MobilityWorks
- The Boulevard BLVD
- Project ACTION – Accessible Community Transportation
- Disabled Parking Rule Change (2013)
- Cheap Flights
- Southwest Airlines
- go-today.com
- Budget Travel from MSNBC
- RoomSaver.com
Recreation
Employment
- Business Programs and Resources for Entrepreneurs or Graduates with a Disability
- Bergen County Job Center
- Easterseals
- DisabilityInfo.gov, the comprehensive Federal website of disability-related government resources
- DisabilityTraining.com
- Hire Disability Solutions
- Job Accommodation Network – Office of Disability Employment Policy – U.S. Department of Labor
- NJ.com Job Listings
- NorthJerseyHelpWanted.com
- Social Security Online – the Work Site
- USAJOBS
- The Small Business Development Center (Monmouth/Ocean SBDC)
Tax Assistance
- Bergen County Volunteer Center: Contact Debbie Emery at 201-489-9454 ext. 202 or click here for website.
- AARP Tax Assistance Call 877-434-7598 or click here for website.
- NJ-211: Call 211 or click here for website.
- TurboTax: File for free, simple click here for website.
- IRS: File for free, simple click here for website.
- Franciscan CDC – Bergen File for free, simple click here for website.
- Franciscan CDC – Hudson File for free, simple click here for website.
Media Resources
- Seniors Bluebook Resources for Aging Well
- AARP – American Association of Retired Persons Resources
- Berkeley Shows the Way in Disabled Community – Article from Towson University
- Cooking tips – Cooking With Disabilities
- Home Wheelchair Ramp Project
- I Choose Home
- iVillage
- Information on Chemical Sensitivities
- Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) Program
- Mill Neck Family of Organizations – Serving the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Mouth Magazine – Voice of the Disability Nation
- New Jersey Community Resources
- New Jersey Living
- Northeast ADA and IT Center
- PALAESTRA – Forum of Sport, Physical Education and Recreation for Those with Disabilities
- Project COPE at Montclair State University
- The Fully Accessible Guide to Paying for College for Students with Disabilities
- Searchable Online Accommodation Resource (SOAR) System
- Spinal Cord Injury Information Network
- WE Media Talking Browser
- ZD Net
Products
Information Technology
- Lifeline Support – Phone and Internet
- Guide to low-income internet options and affordable internet plans
- VERIZON – Lifeline!
- SPECTRUM – Lifeline!
- Google Ad Grants
- Google Ad Grants – Website Policy
- WINDOWS
- Microsoft Accessibility Technology for Everyone
- Keyboard shortcuts in Windows
- Windows keyboard shortcuts for accessibility
- INTERNET
- Internet Navigation for the Visually Impaired
- INTERNET TOOLS
- PDF to JPG Converter
- Extract Text from an Image.
- BROWSERs
- Chrome – The Browser by Google
- Microsoft Edge
- Safari Browser
- Opera Browser
- Brave Browser
- Firefox Browser
- Tor Browser
- Google Search Tips
Web Accessibility
- WIKIPEDIA
- ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act – Wikipedia
- Web Accessibility – Wikipedia
- WAI – Web Accessibility Initiative – Wikipedia
- WACG – Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – Wikipedia
- W3C – World Wide Web Consortium – Wikipedia
- ADA
- ADA – Official Website
- ADA – Official Website – Spanish
- ADA National Network
- ADA – Website Accessibility Under
- ADA – Technical Assistance and Guidance
- SECTION 508
- Section 508 – GSA Government-wide IT Accessibility Program
- Section 508 – IT Accessibility Laws and Policies
- W3C
- W3C – World Wide Web Consortium
- W3C – WAI – Web Accessibility Initiative
- W3C – WAI – AGWG Accessibility Guidelines Working Group
- W3C – Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
- WCGA
- W3C – WCGA 2.0 (2008) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
- W3C – WCGA 2.1 (2018)