Organizations:
Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Society of North America - RESNA is an interdisciplinary association for the advancement of rehabilitation and assistive technologies.
Association
of Occupational Therapists in Mental Health
American Occupational Therapy Association
(AOTA)
Wisconsin Occupational Therapy
Association (WOTA)
National Board for
Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)
American Occupational Therapy Foundation
(AOTF)
National Institutes of Health
- view information relating to Exercise for the elderly.
National Down Syndrome Society
The National Fragile X Foundation
National Tuberous Sclerosis Association
Special Olympics International
Alzheimer's Association
- view information about the Alzheimer's Association.
The Arc Association for Mentally
Ill
National Alliance for Mentally
Ill
American Association on Mental
Retardation
Brain Injury Association, Inc.
Wisconsin Assisted Living Association
(WALA)
American Psychological Association
The Psychological Corporation
- view information on a wide array of Assessment Tools!!!!!!!!!!!!
National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke
American Health
Care Administration (Health Care Links) - pulls up as many
health-care related sites as your heart could desire!!!!!!
Wisconsin Department of
Health and Familiy Services
Hospitals and other Facilities:
National Arts and Disability Center
(NADC) - information, resource, and training center dedicated
to promoting the full inclusion of children and adults with disabilities
into the visual, performing, media, and literary arts communities.
The Inclusion Network - working
to build a more inclusive world by engaging people with disabilities
in all our daily activities, at school, at work, at home and in
the community. Features and employment resource center.
The Independent Living
Research Utilization at TIRR - national center for information,training,
research, and technical assistance in independent living.
New
Start Health Care - search their database for medical conditions.
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin Children
Developmental Training Center
Medical College of WI &
Froedert Hospital - view information regarding medical topics
for adults and children.
UW-Health Hospital (Madison)
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Texas
Rehab Commission (1) - information about the rehab services
offered in Texas--good resource for mini-project for Pediatrics
I.
General Occupational Therapy Resources:
Occupational
Therapy Treatment - A unique web site, created to share treatment
plans and ideas, information about promoting OT and tips on Medicare
documentation, also includes a recommended reading list, and links
to current issues facing the OT practitioner.
Occupational
Therapy Resources
SLACK Occupational and Physical
Therapy and Athletic Training Internet Directory
Occupational Therapy
Internet World
Occupational Therapy Information
UWM OT Undergraduate
Menu
Occupational
Therapy and Rehabilitation WebRing
RehabMall
Legislative and Federal Sites:
THOMAS --U.S. Congress on
the Internet - This is an excellent website of the U.S. Congress.
If you want to look up health care or other legislation, it gives
you the scoop. This could be a great resource when you are advocating
for legislation for
health care.
FedLaw - Disabilities
- from FedLaw.
The Council for Disability
Rights - advancing rights and enhancing lives of people with
disabilities.
American with Disabilities
Act of 1990 information center
ADA
Documents
Specific Conditions:
OT-Peds
Pages - Useful information about for pediatric OTS.
Hippotherapy
Autism
Cerebral Palsy
Down Syndrome
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Women--with disabilities
Hand Therapy.net - a
great resource about almost everything you ever wanted to know
about hand therapy.
Hand Therapy
Home Page
Electronic Textbook of Hand Surgery
Hand World-Information for
Patients
OWL Hand Links
page
OWL
Patient Information Page
Medical Resources and Databases:
HealthAnswers
Medical Reference Library - Search for any medical condition.
Other World
Wide Web Medical Links - link to a multitude of medical-related
sites.
National Library
of Medicine's MEDLINEplus - search this electronic library
for medical-related information.
Healthdiary.com
More
Health Resources - check this one out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
University
of Toronto Libraries - easy access to databases on Occupational
Therapy information in PSYCHinfo, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and more!!!!
DoctorNET Online
Mental Health Net
Ask NOAH About...
Health and
Age Online Resource
Healthtouch.com
KidsHealth.org
Services and Resources:
Imagine Art - view
a catalog and ideas for activities to do with people of all ages.
American Heart
Arts Education
Web Accessibility Initiative
Anatomy Dolls - check
out information about "Anatomy Dolls"
E-Toys.com--Read
about how toys can be adapted or graded to meet the needs of special
needs individuals, and what toys emphasize different OT-related
treatment objectives. This is very interesting!
Home Modification Action Project
- resource for the elderly or disabled to increase the availability
and access of home modifications.
TechACCESS
- central information, referral, and demonstration center for
assistive technology, offering technology solutions for people
with disabilities.
Friends of Disabled Adults and
Children (FODAC) - gives away wheelchairs and other equipment
and supplies to the disabled.
INFOhio
Mednet Site List--Assessment tools - gives one of the best
comprehensive lists of assessment tools available.
Recreation Therapy
Activities - gives a great list of therapeutic activities,
and great ideas too!!!
Website for Self-Care
Scales
Support-Group.com
- may help people with their resource report for Foundations II!!!!
It's worth a try!
Homes for Independent Living
Family Village
- a community of disability-related resources
Self-Care Scales
- view information about the FIM, the Glascow Coma scale, and
others.
ElderWeb
Activities.net
Sensory Integrative Experiences
for Children- a site for OT's by OT's.
Web Extension to
American Psychological Association Style (WEAPAS) - Helpful
link showing proper methods for referencing online documents in
scientific publications
TheraPower - view an
online book by therapists, for therapists.
Disability-Related
Resources - this page has numerous links to various webpages
that would be of interest to
therapists working with children with disabilities.