Independent Living

Internet Sites for Caregivers

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Definition of Advance Directive
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Can a mobile app improve the quality of life for an adult with disabilities? Can a web app help the disabled community in Dallas/Fort Worth?

Read more from the Office of the Governor Rick Perry and the Committee on People with Disabilities
The Federal Communications Commission and the Knight Foundation recently announced the names of the winners of the Apps for Communities Challenge. Developers and citizens from across the country were challenged to develop apps (software applications for mobile phones and other devices) that help make local public information more usable and accessible. The competition winner is YAKB.us. One of the runners up is Access Together, which can be used on a mobile phone web browser to find your location, and get answers to accessibility questions such as “Is the entrance wheelchair accessible?”
 

Learn how to refresh your driving skills, save money, volunteer and find useful information and guidance about getting around.

Cars have changed. So have the traffic rules, driving conditions, and the roads you travel every day. Some drivers age 50-plus have never looked back since they got their first driver's licenses, but even the most experienced benefit from brushing up on their driving skills.

 

What are the warning signs that indicate someone should begin to limit driving or to stop altogether?
Most people want to continue driving as long as they can do so safely. However, for many of us, the time comes when we must limit or stop driving, either temporarily or permanently.

10 Vision Safety Tips for Older Drivers.
Knowing what to expect and when to get eye exams, helps mature drivers continue to drive safely.

Medication and Driving.
Why drivers need to proceed with caution when taking prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs.

 

Accessible Technology Coalition
Provides people with disabilities answers to questions about assistive technology. Assistive Technology (AT) is any device, hardware, software or handheld equipment that enables a person to participate in life's activities. ATC also has a searchable collection of easy-to-understand articles on many different types of technologies and online webinars and trainings.
Website: http://www.atcoalition.org/ 

 

REACH
www.reachcils.org
Resource Center on Independent living provides information and referral services, advocacy, independent living skills training, peer counseling, social/recreational activities, employment assistance and adjustment to disability group training.

Ticket to Work
www.yourtickettowork.com
This comprehensive national initiative is also designed to assist people with the training and support they need to go to work by increasing their choices. SSA beneficiaries with disabilities can find employment, vocational rehabilitation (VR) and other support services from public and private providers.

Senior Assist
www.SeniorAssistTexas.org
Senior Assist is dedicated to helping Senior Citizens and the handicapped live healthy, safely, and independently. The government has a program where you can receive telephone and/or safety equipment if you have a hearing, vision or mobility loss, at no cost to you. Senior Assist can also help you get government benefits or programs you are entitled to receive.

Work Ready
http://workreadytexas.com/

Attendant Network
http://www.attendantnetwork.org/attnet/index.jsp

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