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Where talent meets opportunity.

The Pro-Bono Committee of WWPR
has actively worked with the below non-profit organizations and encourages all WWPR members and non-members to offer their PR services in order to aid these organizations and actively promote them to the community and local media.

For further information regarding specific contacts, please get in touch with Rachel Henderson, Pro-Bono Chair, via e-mail or 570-259-2205; or Nicole Arens, Pro-Bono Co-Chair, via e-mail or 917-587-8640.

PR Organizations:

PR in the Media:

Writing about People with Disabilities, People-First Language, and Accessible Communications

VSA arts Disability Awareness Guide
Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center
National Arts and Disability Center, UCLA
Research and Training Center on Independent Living
American Printing House for the Blind: Braille transcriber
1839 Frankfort Avenue
Box 6085
Louisville, KY 40206
(502) 895-2405 – direct
(800) 223-1839 – toll free
(502) 899-2363 – fax
Graphic Artists Guild (for accessibility symbols)
E-Access Bulletin
Text E-mail Newsletter (TEN) Standards
Section 508 for Web and information technology
Web Site Accessibility Evaluators
Free: The Wave; A-Prompt
Paid: IBM evaluator
University of Maryland University College
Accessible Distance Education
Accessible Web Site Design How-To
http://www.umuc.edu/ade/howto/index.html
Worldwide Web Consortium
Web Accessibility Initiative (W3C WAI)
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/components.php
National Center for Accessible Media
http://ncam.wgbh.org/index.html
Research and development facility dedicated to the issues of media and information technology for people with disabilities in their homes, schools, workplaces, and communities.
Ohio State University
Web Accessibility Center
http://www.wac.ohio-state.edu/pdf/guidelines.htm
Facts and Opinions about PDF Accessibility
http://alistapart.com/articles/pdf_accessibility
Creating Accessible PDF Documents with Adobe Acrobat 7.0
http://www.htctu.net/publications/conferences/csun2005/start_files/800x600/index.html
WebAIM – “Expanding the Web’s potential for people with disabilities”
http://www.webaim.org/techniques/acrobat
PDF accessibility

The Creative Network
Where talent meets opportunity.

The Pro-Bono Committee of WWPR
has actively worked with the below non-profit organizations and encourages all WWPR members and non-members to offer their PR services in order to aid these organizations and actively promote them to the community and local media.

PR Organizations:

PR in the Media:

Writing about People with Disabilities, People-First Language, and Accessible Communications

Other links:

WWPR now has rolling membership. Your membership is good for one year from the date you become active. Join Now!

The Creative Network Where talent meets opportunity.

The Pro-Bono Committee of WWPR has actively worked with the below non-profit organizations and encourages all WWPR members and non-members to offer their PR services in order to aid these organizations and actively promote them to the community and local media.

PR Organizations:

PR in the Media:

Writing about People with Disabilities, People-First Language, and Accessible Communications

Other links:

WWPR now has rolling membership. Your membership is good for one year from the date you become active. Join Now!

The Creative Network
Where talent meets opportunity.

The Pro-Bono Committee of WWPR
has actively worked with the below non-profit organizations and encourages all WWPR members and non-members to offer their PR services in order to aid these organizations and actively promote them to the community and local media.