Listservs

Listservs are organized into the following sub sections:

Practice

Disability Categories or Tools

Access to Information Resources (libraries and internet)

Newsletters and E-Journals

Practice

The QIAT Listserv, Collegial Conversations of the QIAT Community, is hosted by Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology (QIAT). By subscribing, consumers and providers of assistive technology can join in the continuing efforts to develop quality indicators for assistive technology services that support positive student results in a wide variety of educational environments.

The Vendors of Adaptive Technology (VAT) listserv allows vendors of adaptive technology to announce their services and enables potential purchasers to find vendors with whom they can collaborate.

The Assistive Technology, Opening Doors to the World . . . (AT-Group@YahooGroups.com) listserv is dedicated to discussions about assistive technology. Opening Doors to the World also hosts the website where additional information can be found about assistive technology, including information on products, links to other organizations and services, and other listservs of interest.

Equal access to software and information (EASI) is a listserv for people with disabilities to d iscuss issues of technology access. EASI hopes that its listserv discussions can serve as a tool to establish a network of people with similar interests and needs.

ATOUTCOMES, a listserv hosted by the Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC) at the University of Toronto, supports the development, evaluation, and application of valid, reliable, and sensitive outcome measure tools in assistive technology.  

Discapacidad y tecnologia de la rehabilitacion (DISTEC) is listserv in Spanish on assistive technology.   DISTEC hopes to be an open form where researchers, designers, and users of assistive technology might exchange ideas, discuss initiatives, and discover innovative results.

rec-at is a Yahoo listserv for people interested in assistive technology associated with therapeutic recreation and for information on recreation for persons with disabilities.

adtech-ps is a listserv for professionals to discuss issues on postsecondary education and adaptive technology.

Disability Categories or Tools

The GW-INFO listserv is a way for people to discuss information about GW Micro products including Window-Eyes.   In addition to being a discussion forum for users, staff members also answer questions that may arise.

Kenx is a listserv for users to discuss Kenx software, a keyboard alternative for Mac users.

cat-lst , a Yahoo listserv, was established for the blind and visually impaired to discuss computers and assistive technology.   Discussion topics include assistive tools such as screenreaders and various notetakers.

Blind-DEV is a listserv that focuses on emerging technologies, platforms, operating systems, and applications as they are developed for blind and visually impaired users. While Blind-DEV is intended to be a technologically oriented list for software developers and users to brainstorm and educate one another, others are welcome to monitor the dialogue.

The National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science ( NFBCS) listserv is a way for members to keep in touch, to discuss the business and operation of the NFB in computer science, and to exchange ideas about access to computers and technology by blind persons.

Access to Information Resources (libraries and internet)

The purpose of the Adaptive technology and libraries (4HELP) listserv is to enable people with disabilities to ask questions about assistive technology, find help selling new or used equipment, or to share their assistive technology experiences or thoughts with others.  

Adaptive technology and libraries (ADAPT-L) focuses on adaptive technology solutions to library access problems.

AXSLIB-L focuses on issues surrounding access to libraries by people with disabilities. Equal access to software and information (EASI) offers AXSLIB-L as a tool for people to establish a network of people with similar interests and needs.

Newsletters and E-Journals

The Center for Children and Technology e-mail list is a bi-monthly newsletter containing information about the latest projects and research from the Center for Children and Technology. The four broad thematic areas addressed at the center are: access and equity, schools and technology, online communities, and inquiry and design.

The AT Journal e-mail list features news monthly about the latest innovative assistive technology devices published by the AT Network. For more resources such as information on new products, statewide disability coverage, assistive technology vendors, and non-profit service providers, visit the site.

Tools for Life: Increasing Access to Assistive Technology invites users to participate in the Information and Advocacy Outreach Group e-mail list. Participants receive current events news on disability and assistive technology as well as material on helpful solution-based programs and strategies for children, adults, individuals, and families.

The ConnSENSE Bulletin updates its e-mail participants five times a year on the latest news regarding practical resources on assistive technology that will help individuals with disabilities.

Center for Applied Research and Technology (CARET)
Subscribe to receive e-mails about new reviews and topics at Center for Applied Research and Technology (CARET). CARET seeks to bridge education technology research to practice by offering research-based answers to critical questions. To find article reviews, answers to questions researched by CARET, links to other resources, read more about CARET.