Technology is the reason you are able to visit EnableLink right now, finding out about great resources and connecting to people and places! Technology for people with disabilities can make the difference between keeping informed and being out of touch, between getting out into the community and staying home, even between communicating and staying silent.

• The Wheelchair Site is an independent website designed to help you choose the right wheelchair to get you going. It explores subjects and offers buying tips on such topics as manual wheelchairs, electric wheelchairs, pediatric wheelchairs, mobility scooters, wheelchair lifts, wheelchair vans, and wheelchair accessories.
  
  
• Free Online Training on Web Accessibility
  WebAIM will host a series of online training events that focus on accessibility during the month of April 2002. The topics covered during each of the five weeks will reflect an important area in web accessibility. This event will be free of charge and open to anyone interested in Web accessibility. For details, please see: http://www.webaim.org/training2002/index.php
• 
  
• Have you heard about the new and innovative JustVanilla web service? JustVanilla Ltd. recently launched a new web service that offers unparalleled usability and accessibility features. It gives users the power to control and adapt the appearance of any information, and much more. Find out more about this exciting new service by visiting www.justvanilla.com.
• 
  
• Accomodation, Training and Networking for persons with disabilities is the host of an exciting new project: the Alternative Access Community Computer Lab. This unique facility offers specialized keyboards, mice and software that facilitate the use of computers by people with physical disabilities. For more information please contact Luise O'Neill, Facilitator, at (519) 433-7950; e-mail: [email protected]; website: www.atn.on.ca.
• 
  
• The EnableLink Library includes the book "Taking Your Kids Online: How and When to Introduce Children to the Internet," by Dr. Arlette Lefebvre and Brian Hillis. This book aims to provide all the tools you need to approach the Internet with the knowledge and confidence that you are doing what is best for your children. Find out more about Taking Your Kids Online in our Library.

Don't forget to share! Send us your technology news, updates and events to include on EnableLink. E-mail [email protected].