Resources & Links

Many patrons are confronted with limited mobility, vision, or hearing, or they care for someone who has those issues. Ask Outreach Services for help finding information.

The Library resources listed below may be of interest to those with impairments:

Online Research Guides are available in the many areas, including:

• Health & Medicine
• Human Services
• Caregivers Guide
• Government and Nonprofit Financial Assistance

The Local Information Resources Database allows you to search for human services agencies. Use keywords such on the topic of interest, such as “disability,” “blind,” or “deaf.”

Disabilities Links:

• American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law
• Council for Disability Rights
• Department of Rehabilitation Services, State of Illinois
• Disability Resources Assistive Technology Index
• Disability Resources on the Internet
• Disability.gov
• Social Security Online
• Womenshealth.gov

Blind Links:

• Voices of Vision Talking Book Center
• The Chicago Lighthouse
• Second Sense: Beyond Vision Loss (formerly Guild for the Blind)
• Chicagoland Radio Information Service

Deaf Links:

• Illinois Association of the Deaf
• Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission
• Illinois School for the Deaf
• National Association of the Deaf

For more information about these services, Ask Outreach Services!