Some New Disability-Related Websites in Spanish and other Languages
- www.mediguard.net
- This site offers information in Spanish and 17 other languages on travel and accomodations for people with mobility impairments and the elderly. The site provides hotel information (room dimensions and elevators), transportation, and essential information for mobility-impaired travelers. This service is provided through Mediguard International GmbH in Kaufbeuren, Germany. Call (49) 834 19 84 84 for further information.
- www.manolo.net
- This site provides Spanish-language information on assistive technology for blind people and those with low-vision. You can learn about speech synthesizers, compatibility of Spanish-language programs, assistive technology and special education, assistive technology news, and other blind and low vision-related issues. There is also a related Spanish-language listserv or mailing list. To subscribe to the list, send a blank e-mail to: nolonet-subscribe@egroups.com.
- www.planetavisual.com
- This is a Spanish-language site dedicated to deaf and deaf-blind people. Many interesting areas are offered, such as news, information, education, culture and leisure, careers and employment, children, help and services, computing and others. The site also includes a chat room and a LSE online dictionary.
- www.accesible.com.ar
- This site offers a new place for associations that serve people with disabilities to communicate with those who would like advice or information over the internet. The "Institutions" space is free and open to any disability-related association, foundation, establishment or institution.
- www.eyie.com
- This site is aimed at youth with epilepsy. It has information on epilepsy in 11 languages, as well as information about the internet and making web pages. There is a chat room, and each day of the week a different language is used for chatting. EYiE also sponsors international youth exchanges, the next of which will be for South American youth who will travel to Spain in May, 2002.
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