AbleData's Publications

AbleData produces fact sheets and informed consumer guides to help you select various types of assistive products. We also make available other publications to help you better use the services that we offer.

All of our publications are available for free over the Web. All of the fact sheets and informed consumer guides are available in HTML by clicking on the title. Adobe Acrobat and text (.txt) files are usually offered in addition to HTML for many titles. If you are not able to use any of formats provided, please contact us so we can accommodate you.

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Fact Sheets
ABLEDATA Fact Sheets discuss specific types of assistive technology in some detail. They describe components, accessories, applications, and often manufacturers.

• Aquatic Sports and Recreation Equipment   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• Braille Writers, Printers and Software   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• Communicators   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• Computer Access     (text only)
• Emergency Alert Systems   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• Manual Braille Writing Aids and Labelers   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• Manual Wheelchairs   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• Powered Wheelchairs   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• Ramps and Accessible Thresholds   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• Scooters   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• Standing Aids   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• Video Magnifiers   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• Wheelchairs for Children   (PDF Version)   (text only)

Informed Consumer Guides
Informed Consumer Guides (ICGs) are more general than fact sheets. Instead of discussing the details of a certain type of assistive device, ICGs discuss broader issues relating to selection of assistive devices from a consumer's point of view.

• Accessible Housing   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• Assistive Products for People with Temporary Disabilities   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• Assistive Technology for People with Hearing Disabilities   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• Assistive Technology for People with Spinal Cord Injuries   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• Information on Funding Assistive Technology   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• Informed Consumer's Guide for People with Arthritis   (PDF Version)  
• Wheelchair Selection     (text only)

Other ABLEDATA Publications

• 2009 Guide to AbleData Indexing Terms   (PDF Version)   (text only)

Other Publications

• NIRE Paper: Assistive Technology for People with Low-Vision or Reduced Visual Acuity   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Assistive Technology for People with Parkinson (or a similar) Disease and Impaired Vision   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Assistive Technology for Quadriplegics   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Construction Details for N.I.R.E. Type-2 Field-Expander Eyeglasses   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Cros-Vision Glasses for People Sighted in One Eye   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Eyeglasses for People With Vertical Eye Movement Disorders and/or Ambulation Disorders - Eyeglasses for People Missing Lower Halves of Visual Fields   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Functional Help for People Having Retinal Scotomas   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Helping People Who Have Double Vision (Diplopia)   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Information about Impaired Night Vision and Night Blindness   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Intensive Mobility Training for Disabled Drivers for the Safe Use of Power Wheelchairs, Scooters & Automobiles   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Mobility Training for User and Public Safety   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Motorized Scooters and User Safety   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Powered Wheelchairs and Residential Fire Safety   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Powered Wheelchairs and User Safety   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Public Transportation, Mobility Aids and Passenger Safety   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Residential and Workplace Accommodations for Quadriplegics   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Technology for People Deaf in One Ear   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Technology for People Having Severe Hearing Loss   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Vision Aids for Impaired Peripheral Vision or Tunnel Vision   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Vision Aids for People Having Bi-Nasal Hemianopsia   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Vision Aids for People Having Bi-Temporal Hemianopsia   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Vision Aids for People Having Homonymous Hemianopsia   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Vision Aids for People Sighted in One Eye   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Vision Aids for People Sighted in One Eye that is Hemianopic   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Vision Aids for People with Impaired Color Perception   (PDF Version)   (text only)
• NIRE Paper: Visual Distance Perception and Depth Perception   (PDF Version)   (text only)

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