InfoAble Portal: Developing a Disability Information Portal for a Support Network for Families

Abstract

The goal of the InfoAble Portal project was to improve access to disability-related health information and the Center for Disability Resources Library's services for Family Connection (FC) of South Carolina, a support network for parents of children with special needs. The InfoAble Portal combines information from MedlinePlus, ClinicalTrials.gov, PubMed, and the Center for Disability Resources Library. The Disability Dashboards feature contains deep links within all of these resources to drill down to topic-specific content; topics for the dashboards were based on FC support groups. Workstations purchased with project funds are being used at FC to access the portal.

KEYWORDS:

• Disabilities
• outreach
• parents
• portals
• special needs
• Web design

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Rozalynd P. McConnaughy

Rozalynd P. McConnaughy, MLIS ([email protected]) is Assistant Director for Education & Outreach, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Library, 6311 Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, SC, 29208.

Steven P. Wilson

Steven P. Wilson, MLIS, MA in English Literature ([email protected]) is Coordinator of the Center for Disability Resources Library, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Library, 6311 Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, SC, 29208.