National Links

Pacer's National www Links
For more resources and links visit Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER) Center. Here you will find a lot of links to organizations around the country

Similar sites on disability are listed in: Snap Directory Lifestyle: Communities: People With Disabilities: Organizations

Disability Resources, inc.
"The Disability Resources Monthly (DRM) Guide to Disability Resources on the Internet,"the award-winning gateway to the best disability information online, is improving its technical capabilities and exploring new ways to help people with disabilities, family members, and service providers find the best information online quickly and easily.

The Internet Resources are listed in Alphabetical Order.

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Ability Network Magazine
A disability-oriented magazine with articles authored, for the most part, by people with disabilities.

Able Generation
We manufacture pediatric therapeutic furniture for children with special needs. Our Mission is to provide products that support your efforts to integrate your child into everyday life. Our focus is upon early intervention for children with mild to moderate involvement. Our products are constructed of durable wood, and thus may be passed from child to child.

ADD Association (National Attention Dificit Disorder Association)
ADDA's mission is to help people with ADD lead happier, more successful lives through education, research, and public advocacy. Whether you have ADD yourself, or someone special in your life does, or you treat, counsel, or teach those who do, ADDA is an organization for you. ADDA is especially focused on the needs of ADDults and young adults with ADD. Parents of children with ADD are also welcome!

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell)
It is an international membership organization comprised of parents of children who are deaf and hard of hearing, adults with hearing loss, and professionals who serve children with hearing loss. AG Bell was founded in 1890 by Alexander Graham Bell as an information provider and support network . AG Bell is the largest organization in the US focused on the needs of hearing impaired children who use auditory approaches to communicate. The Association also addresses a range of issues of importance to people with hearing loss of all ages.

The American Association of Mental Retardation (AAMR)
We've prepared an on-line resource that will augment our activities and give you rapid access to information about the mental retardation and disabilities field.

American Printing House for the Blind
Provides materials, alternative media, tools, and resources for individuals who are blind or visually impaired.

Autism Network International
This is an autistic-run self-help and advocacy organization for autistic people

Autism-PDD Resources Network
Parents with autistic children will find a number of helpful resources and tools here. In edition to diagnosis and treatment information, there is a handy table of links for adults with disabilities. The site also includes an index by state of K-12 schools for children with learning disabilities( no information is provided for some states), guides to special education and Social Security benefits and a library of articles about autism.

Autism Resources-1
Offers information and links regarding the developmental disabilities, Autism and Asprger's syndrome.

Autism Resources-2
Visit this site, click your state on the U.S.map and you will be presented with a list of links to local protection and advocacy organization, social groups, educational resources, developmental disability planning council, vocational rehabilitation centers, state insurance departments and organizations that provide parent training. Also included are links to national organizations and resources. Some information is available in Spanish.

Autism Society of America
Serves the needs of individuals with autism and their families through advocacy, education, public awareness, and research.

Axis Disability Rights
This site contains articles on inclusion and disability, as well as other progressive resources.

Autistic kids
The mission of Autistic Kids is to provide information on products, services, and other resources for families of autistic children of all ages. It is our intent to provide relevant informaiton you can use right away. We strive to include timely articles, product and service links, school contact information, and updates on the ever-changing laws that effect the lives of our families.

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Beach Center
Center of the University of Kansas that provides support to families who have members with Disabilities. Features Facts sheets and links to Resources.

Brain Injury Association of Washington
Information and referral and a video library and article library. Crisis resolution, case management, training for professionals and family members and 31 support groups around the state for both families and those injured. Dr.John W.Andrews.

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CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder)
CHADD – the national non-profit organization representing children and adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD).

Children's Defense Fund
The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

Coalition for Healthier Cities and Communities
Here Grassroots organizations can share ideas ans programs to improve the wellbeing of families.

Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
A coalition of national disability organizations working together to advocate for national public policy that ensure the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration, and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.

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DB-Link
A federally funded information clearinghouse focused on identifying, coordinating, and disseminating information related to children (0-21) who are deaf-blind.

Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs (DSCSHN)
Promotes a comprehensive system of family-centered, culturally competent, community-based care for children with special health care needs (CSHCN) who are approaching adulthood and may need assistance in making the transition from pediatric to adult health care and to post-secondary education and/or employment.

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Easter Seal Society of Washington
Site includes links to camps, assistive technology and other programs.

Exceptional Parent Magazine
Provides Information, support, ideas, encouragment and out reach for parents and families with disabilities and the professionals who work with them.

Epilepsy Foundation of America
Phone: (800) 332-4050
The Epilepsy Foundation (formerly the Epilepsy Foundation of America)® is the national organization that works for people affected by seizures through research, education, advocacy and service. We are an organization of volunteers committed to the prevention and cure of epilepsy and a positive quality of life for everyone who lives with seizure disorders.

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FFRC - Families for Residential Choices
Information and resources for adults living with developmental disabilities of brain injury and their families in their efforts to create and sustain self-governed homes.

Family Village
A virtual global community website that integrates information, resources and communication opportunities on the Internet for individuals with disabilities, their families and those who provide services and supports.

Family Voices
"We are families from throughout the United States who have children with special health needs. We are also caregivers, professionals, and friends whose lives have been touched by these children and their families. We are a diverse group, representing a wide variety of children, health conditions, families, and communities."

Federal Interagency Coordinating Council
The FICC facilitates successful outcomes for young children with disabilities, young children at risk for developing disabilities, and their families by: developing interagency policies,coordinating fiscal resources, minimizing fragementation and duplication,coordinating federal technical assistance and support, and exemplifying partnership across federal programs.

Federation for Children with Special Needs
Organized in 1975 as a coalition of parent groups representing children with a variety of disabilities, the Federation operates a Parent Center which offers a variety of services to parents, parent groups, and others who are concerned with children with special needs.

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Games (Ready for Learning)
Games fore students with developmental delays, language - learning disabilities, ADD, dyslexia, ESL, or trouble following directions.

GLADNET
The Global Applied Disability and Information Network on Employment and Training, better known as GLADNET, brings together research center, universities, enterprises, government departments, and other groups for the promotion of research as well as the collection, analysis and exchange of information concerning people with disabilities and work.

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Hearing and Hearing Disorders

Hearing Resources
When my son was diagnosed with a hearing loss, very little information was given to me. I have spent 5 years on-line and have found some great information and support from many other parents. I want to share this with you, and hope that you will start your journey better informed than I was.

Hearing Speech and deafness center
HSDC is a nationally unique, fully accredited independent agency offering a broad array of services tailored to help people with a variety of communication problems related to hearing loss and/or speech and language impairments. Approximately 20% of our region's population is hard-of-hearing, speech impaired or deaf. These people face challenges that affect them, their families, friends and colleagues.
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Inclusion Press Home Page
Inclusion Press is a small independent press striving to produce readable, accessible, user-friendly books and resources about full inclusion in school, work, and community.

Inkspot
A comprehensive site that supports writers of all skills and ages.

Inclusion Press Home Page
The Institute for Community Inclusion supports the rights of children and adults with disabilities to participate in all aspects of the community.

Institute on Community Integration
"We believe that persons with developmental disabilities should live as valued members of our communities, receiving the services and supports they need to fully develop their potential."

Institute on Disability Culture
"People with disabilities have forged a group identity. We share a common history of oppression and a common bond of resilience. We generate art, music, literature, and other expression of our lives, our culture, infused from our experience of disability."

International Leadership Forum for Women with Disabilities.
This a continuing information website. The purpose of the forum is to create an international support network with an emphasis on technical assistance for women with disabilities. This website is enhanced with new information as it becomes available.

Internet Resources for Special Children
Information and weblinks for parents, educators, medical professionals.

Institute on Independent Living
Institute website includes articles, reports, announcements, peer support and advocacy, accessibility and disability rights.

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Kids Together
This non-profit organization, co-founded by parents and organized by volunteers, supports the belief that children with disabilities, like all children, have the need to welcomed, cherished and embraced in our communities. This site is designed to provide helpful information and resources to enhance the quality of life for children and adults with disabilities, and communities as a whole.

Kids As Self Advocates (KASA)
WE WANT YOU to join Club KASA! We are teens and young adults with special health care needs speaking on our own behalf. Some of us may not have special health care needs, but maybe a friend, brother or sister does and we care about them and want to learn more about what it's like to have a special health care need. So, read up, join in and pass it on!

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Learning Disabilities Association (LDA) of Washington
The Learning Disabilities Association (LDA) of Washington promotes and provides services and support to improve the quality of life for individuals and families affected by learning and attentional disabilities.

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Medical Assistance Administration (MAA)
Comprehensive source for information on eligibility, provider communications, medical policies, Washington Administrative Codes, ets.Helps low-income people obtain appropriate, quality health services.

Mental health information and support.
Largest mental health website. Comprehensive information-psychological disorders, medications, chat rooms, support groups, journals, online psychological tests, more.

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NARIC (The National Rehabilitation Information Center )
A library & information center on disability and rehabilitation.

National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems (NAPAS)
NAPAS is a national voluntary membership organization for the federally mandated nationwide network of disability rights agencies, protection & advocacy systems, and client assistant programs.

National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
Directions to publications, resources, related sites, etc.

National Center for Youth with Disabilities
An information, policy and dissemination center for Youth with Disabilities.

The National Down syndrome Society
The National Down Syndrome Society was established in 1979 to ensure that all people with Down syndrome have the opportunity to achieve their full potential in community life. Since that time, this not-for-profit organization has become the largest non-governmental supporter of Down syndrome research in the United States. Today, NDSS continues to increase public awareness about Down syndrome and discover its underlying causes through research, education and advocacy.

The National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE)
NCPIE is dedicated to developing effective family/school partnerships in schools throughout America.

National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)

National Council on Disability
This council is an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on issues affecting 54 million Americans with disabilities.

National Down Syndrome Society Website
A comprehensive, on-line information source about Down syndrome.

National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System (NECTAS)
Has information and resources about federal programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families:

National Information Center of Deafness
Is a centralized source of accurate, up-to-date, objective information on topics dealing with deafness and hearing loss in the age group of 0-21.

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
The NINDS, an agency of the U.S. Federal Government and a component of the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Public Health Service, is a lead agency for the Congressionally designated Decade of the Brain, and the leading supporter of biomedical research on disorders of the brain and nervous system.

National Organization on Disability
Promotes full and equal participation of America's 54 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life.

National Home of Your Own Alliance
A partnership between the Federal government and nationally recognized advocated and leaders whose goal is to create housing and support opportunities that people choose and control.

National Information Center for Children & Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
An national information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals. Our special focus is children and youth (birth to age 22).

National Parent Network on Disabilities
Provides a presence and national voice for ALL families of children, youth and adults with disabilities.

National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)
NARIC is a library and information center on disability and rehabilitation, and collects and disseminated the results of federally funded research project.

New Horizons for Learning
Connect people to one another and to resources, serving the worldwide Internet community by offering an expanded view of teaching, learning, and developing intelligence more fully. Our activites include publishing materials, producing conferences, consulting, and collaborating on projects and programs.

New Mobility Magazine
"Disability is news, art, politics, humor, healing, recreation, travel, showbiz and rehab-biz, and that's what we do."

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On A Roll
The only commercial, syndicated radio talk program for the disability community.

Oral Deaf Education
Deaf children can learn to talk! The technology available today through hearing aids and cochlear implants provides enough access to sound that, with instruction at Oral Deaf Education Schools, most deaf children can learn to talk.

OSPI/Special Education
Special Education Publication and Related Resources web site.

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Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER) Center
PACER's mission is to improve and expand opportunities that enhance the quality of life for children and young adults with all disabilities - physical, mental, emotional, learning - and their families.

Parenting with a Disability
This is a site for consumers, parents and others interested in more information about parents with disabilities, both cognitive and physical, parenting their children. They offer a free newsletter. TLG has pioneered clinical and supportive services, training and research serving families in which one or more members - whether parent or child - has a disability or medical issue. they are hosting the second International Conference for Parents with Disabilities and their Families in 2001.

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Society for Disability Studies
A nonprofit scientific and educational organization established to promote interdisciplinary research on humanistic and social scientific aspects of disability and chronic illness.

Special Education News
Special Education News answers a need for in-depth, timely news related to educating students with disabilities.

Special Education Resources (SERI)
A comprehensive collection of resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education. This collection exists in order to make on-line Special Education resources more easily and readily available in one location.

Special Education Legal Rights Strategies
Special Education Legal Rights for Children with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorder, Autism, Down Syndrome and More..

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TASH
An international association of people with disabilities, their family members, other advocates, and professionals fighting for a society in which inclusion of all people in all aspects of society is the norm.

Through the Looking Glass (TLG)
A community non-profit organization which emerged from the disability independent living movement in 1982. TLG has pioneered clinical and supportive services, training and research serving families in which one or more members--whether parent or child--has a disability or medical issue.

TRACE Research and Development Center
Trace is a non-profit research center that focuses on making computer and information technologies more accessible to everyone.

Training Resource Network (TRN)
Offering resources on the full inclusion of persons with disabilities in their communities, especially on the topics of supported employment, person-centered planning, supported living, and self-determination.

The Autism Society of America
Promotes lifelong access and opportunities for persons within the autism spectrum and their families, to be fully included, participating members of their communities through advocacy, public awareness, education, and research related to autism.

The Oaks Group
The Oaks Group is a value based stakeholder organization of parents, consumers, advocates, educators, service providers, and other professionals who believe persons with developmental disabilities should be fully included in the mainstream of community life, that children should have the opportunity to grow up in families, and adults should receive supports and services to help them live as close as possible to the way people without developmental disabilities live.

Tourette Syndrome Association
The Washington State Chapter of TSA is dedicated to providing understanding, support and information to individuals and families in our state who deal with TS in their lives and to educating healthcare professionals, educators, agencies and legislators on all aspects of TS.

Transition
Information on transition and planning. Model Site by the National Transition Network and Western NAtional Resource Center.

The U.S. Department of Education

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United Cerebral Palsy National Homepage
As the second largest health charity in America, United Cerebral Palsy's mission is to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities, through our commitment to the principles of independence, inclusion and self-determination.

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The Washington Assistive Technology Alliance (WATA)
WATA is a consumer advocacy network that includes the AT Resource Center at the University of Washington (ATRC), and the AT Resource Center at Easter Seal Society in Spokane (EATRC). WATA also receives guidance from a Consumer Majority Advisory Board.

WebABLE
WebABLE is a directory for disability-related Internet resources, including a searchable accessibility database and calendar of events. The site features information for people with visual, cognitive, hearing, mobility and other impairments.

World Institute on Disability (WID)
The World Institute on Disability is a non-profit public policy center dedicated to the promotion of independence and full inclusion in society of people with disabilities.

Wrightslaw
Parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, up-to-date information about effective advocacy for children with disabilities. You'll find hundreds of articles, cases, newsletters, and other information about special education law and advocacy in the Wrightslaw Libraries.

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