disAbility.gov Announced - A New Access America Site
On July 26, 2000, in conjunction with the celebration of the
10th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, President Clinton
announced a new website, Access America for People with Disabilities or
disAbility.gov (http://www.disAbility.gov). This site, created by the Presidential Task Force on the
Employment of Adults with Disabilities, will serve as a one-stop information
source on Federal programs, services, and resources of interest to Americans
with disabilities, their families, employers, and service providers. It will
also serve to promote awareness of disability issues to the general public.
Two years ago, President Clinton created the Presidential Task
Force on the Employment of Adults with Disabilities to develop a coordinated and
aggressive national policy to bring adults with disabilities into gainful
employment at a rate as close as possible to that of the general adult
population. Inasmuch as the Task Force currently consists of 18 cabinet-level
departments and agencies, disAbility.gov represents an interagency collaborative
information dissemination effort of unprecedented proportions.
The breadth of the site is apparent from the topical areas
which currently include:
 | Children & Youth |
| Self-Employment & Entrepreneurship |
| Transportation |
| Health |
| Choice & Self-determination |
| Employment |
| Recreation & Travel |
| Civil Rights |
| College & Adult Education |
| Housing |
| Technology |
| Income Support |
| Tax Credits & Deductions |
| Emergency Preparedness |
| Disability Statistics |
disAbility.gov joins Access America for Students,
FirstGov for Seniors, Access America for Business, Access America for
Workers, the Access America E-Gov E- Zine, and Access America for Exporters, as
the latest addition to Vice President Al Gore’s Access America initiative. The
Access America initiative, which is all about putting people "online, not
in line," calls upon the
Federal government to use information technology to deliver government services
tailored to particular consumer groups’ needs anytime, and anywhere.
