Archub: Accessibility
ⓘ Assistive Technology Glossary
✦ DisabilitySimulator.com [website] Interactive simulations that help you understand how people with disabilities experience the web.
Fonts
✦ OpenDyslexic.org - Free dyslexia friendly font
✦ Hyperlegible Fonts - free, easy to read fonts from the Braille Institute
Vision
❤ Be My Eyes [app] - Assist the Visually Impaired
BlindResources.org - Resources for people with low vision
❤ BrailleInstitute.org - Free, life-changing services, classes, and more for people with low vision to no vision.
EchoWalk - Turn Articles & Webpages into Podcasts
✦ ESpeak [software] - a compact open source software speech synthesizer
⚒ Eyeglasses From Scratch [video - yt]
ⓘ Helping Children Who Are Blind - by Hesperian
✦ Liblouis [software] - The Liblouis software suite provides an open-source braille translator, back-translator and formatter for a large number of languages and braille codes.
ⓘ Poor Vision and Eyeglasses - By Hesperian
✦ Virtual Magnifying Glass [software] - Cross-platform screen magnification tool. Simple, customizable, and easy-to-use.
ⓘ WhoCanUse.com - For evaluating visual accessibility of designs
Hearing
Hearing Impairments Are REALLY Profitable [video]
ⓘ Helping Children Who Are Deaf - by Hesperian
✦ PodScripts - Podcast Transcript Search
Retro Hearing Aids - bigger but better
Mobility
Wheelchair
ⓘ Wheelmap - Wheelchair-accessible places.
⚒ OpenSourceWheelchairs.org Free DIY wheelchair plans, several different models
⚒ TooWheels.org Open source sport wheelchair project
⚒ Beach Wheelchair Plans From craftyamigo.com
⚒ Wheelchair Seatbelt for Carrying Toddlers [article] from Instructables.com
⚒ Eye-Controlled Wheelchair [article] from Instructables.com
⚒ Portable Wheelchair Ramps [article] from Instructables.com
⚒ Pallet Wheelchair [article] [CAD]
⚒ FrankenChair [article] modifying hospital wheelchairs
⚒ Fat Tires for Wheelchairs [article]
⚒ Home Wheelchair IKEA HACK [article] [video]
for a person amputated from the knee down who does not need the standard wheelchair around the house.
Made with parts from the IKEA Kyrre stool for better aesthetics and freedom of movement.
Prosthetics
⚒ Prosthesis designs for 3D printing - on Thingiverse.com
❤ e-NABLE - Volunteer Your 3D Printer for use in Prosthetic Limb Printing
⚒ Prosthetics Modification for Pain Relief of Pressure Points - from Instructables.com
⚒ DIY Prosthetic Hand - Tact: Low-cost, Advanced Prosthetic Hand from Instructables.com
⚒ How a Prosthetic Leg Is Made - from Instructables.com
⚒ Prosthetic Sockets - Rijido, Making More Affordable & Comfortable Prosthetic Sockets from Instructables.com
Other
❤ StimPunks.org - Stimpunks was forged in the quest for survival and inclusion. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit built by and for neurodivergent and disabled people.
DisabledGinger.com - Newsletter by Kelly the Disabled Ginger — formerly broadwaybabyto — a long time theatre critic turned disability advocate and chronically ill writer.
AccessibilityChecker.org - identifies web accessibility issues and gives exact instructions for fixing them. Type your URL to start now!
Assistive Tech Projects - from Instructables.com