Disability-Related Sites
on the World Wide Web

Index

• Disability Forum -The Information Site for Developmental disAbilities
• Georgia Rehabilitation Association - An Affiliate of the National Rehabilitation Association.
• Rest Ministries, Inc. - Christian organization for people who live with chronic illness or pain.
• Center for Enriched Living - Provide social and recational programs for over 400 children, adults and senior citzens with mild to morderate mental retardation.
• Children's Institute - Children's Institue's goal is to enable children and young adults with special needs to realize their fullest potential.
• Gluten-Free Information - Service to people with Downs Syndrome.
• Community Support Services, Brookfield, IL - Community Support Services, Inc. provides community-based services to children, adults and familes with developmental disablities throughout the western suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.
• The Oaks Group - Organization of parents, consumers, advocates, educators, service providers, and other who believe persons with developmental disabilities should be fully included in the mainstream of community life.
• Florida Developmental Disabilities Council - The FDDC guides development and administration of services for people with developmental disabilties by planning and funding research, innovations, and programs to improve the quality of their lives.
• California Center on Life Planning -The California Center on Life Planning is a California Non-Profit Corporation serving the needs of parents of children with special needs.
• The New York State Rehabilitation Association - A Statewide association of 140 not-for-profit agencies across New York State that provide services for people with disabilities.
• Vocational & Rehabilitation Research Institute
• Toward Independent Living & Learning - TILL
• Ministry Health Care -
• Cotting School, (MA) Day school in Lexington, MA for boys and girls ages 3-22 with physical, learning and communication needs.
• The Accreditation Council - A resource for individuals, families, advocates, provider organizations, professionals and the public sector.
• Pediatric Mental Health - Information on books, articiles and toys regarding disabilities
• Alternate Work Concepts - Non-profit supported agency working with people who experience multiple disabilities
• Mentalhealth Internet Resources - a national directory of resources and professionals in the mental health and disability fields.
• Austim Society of Alabama - Information and political action site for Alabamians concerned about autism.
• Gan Harmony website all about special education and inclustion.
• IdeaList - The Contact Center Network, Inc. is a New York based nonprofit organization to help people take action on the issues that concern them.
• National Fragile X Foundation - A comprehensive site, developed by the National Fragile XX Foundation, dedicate to information and resources pertaining to fragile X syndrome.
• World Association of Persons with Disabilities - A website for persons with disabilities on the Internet.
• Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Mental Retardation
• The Comprehensive Williams Syndrome Home Page
• People First of Northern Virginia
• Toys for Special Children. Enabling Devices develops and manufactures assistive and adaptive technologies for the physically challenged.
• Cheshire Home Inc., special rehabilitative health care facility for young physically disabled adults located in Florham Park, New Jersey.
• Associates for Human Services, Inc. - A private, not-for-profit, agency in Southeastern Massachusetts, providing services that develop independent living, community integration, freedom of choice and physical and mental well-being for children, adolescents, adults and their families.
• New York State Commission on Quality Care - Serves people with mental disabilities and their families by providing independent oversight of the quality and cost effectiveness of services provided by all mental hygiene programs in New York State.
• Fond du Lac County Department of Social Services (Wisconsin) - Aging and Disability Resource Center.
• Community Resource Center of Sullivan County, Monticello, New York.
• People Inc. - A private, non-profit agency providing services to individuals with special needs and their families throughout Western New York.
• Three Rivers Free Net - Miscellaneous links and items of interest.
• North Bay Regional Center - NBRC is an agency that provides or funds services for people with developmental special needs in Napa, Solano & Sonoma County, CA.
• Ada Access Network - Helping those with disabilities access the world.
• American Association of People with Disabilities
• Prader-Willi Syndrom Arizona Association
• Northamptonshire People First
• Residential Care Services Inc. - A CARF accredited provider of behaviorial healthcare in the Pittsburgh, PA area.
• Asperger's Syndrome
• Autism Resources - Web site on autism from Syracuse University.
• CARF
• Calif. Depart. Of Developmental Services
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Developmental Disabilities Resource Center - Provides programs for persons with developmental disabilities from Jefferson, Clear Creek, Gilpin and Summit Counties, Colo.
• Down Syn On-Line
• Down Syndrome Organization of Southern Nevada
• Dyslexia - A site in England for anyone interested in dyslexia
• Employment Support Institute - Helping people make better decisions about employment options and policies.
• Gentle Teaching Web Site
• Gold Coast Down Syndrome Home Page
• Growing Up With Down's Syndrome
• Harbor Regional Center
• Hydrocephalus Association Homepage - Web site for Hydrocephalus Association, including Hydrocephalus fact sheet.
• JAN - Job Accommodation Network
• Logan - for families and individuals with disabilities
• MacArthur Foundation Library Video Project
• MRDEAF-L World Wide Web Page - Web site for MRDEAF-L listserv focusing on issues regarding people who have mental retardation and are deaf
• National Organization for Rare Disorders - Technical assistance and information dissemination on rare disorders.
• Northamptonshire People First Home Page
• Oregon Special Olympics
• Research & Training Ctr. On Family Support/Children's Mental Health
• San Francisco Down Syndrome Association
• Speaking for Ourselves
• State of Colorado Developmental Disabilities Services
• Steve's Hydrocephalus Page- Writings and musings on neurology, disability and hydrocephalus from a person living with this condition.
• Tidewater Down Syndrome Association
• United Cerebral Palsy of Dallas
• United Cerebral Palsy of New York City
• UPSIDE - An informal society of individuals, parents and friends involved in the world of Down syndrome.

• The Institute for Community Inclusion - Organization which advocates for the right of all people with disabilities to be full participants in all aspects of their communities.
• Chromosome Deletion Outreach, Inc. - Organization providing information and support to families affected by any type or rare chromosome disorder.
• Special Needs Information - Practical advice that parents and people with autism share.
• Renee's Communique's - Information on kids with special needs XXYY or Klinefelter Syndrome.
• PROUD, Parents Regional Outreach for Understanding Down syndrome serving Orange County, Ca. A non-profit organization providing support and information to families, educators, doctors, hospitals, lawyers, and family planners.
• Managed Care Adocacy - This site offers information, resources and services for parents and providers who battle daily to obtain healthcare services for children.
• Maryland Trust for Retarded Citizens - Parenting information.
• Kennedy Krieger Institute - Dedicated to helping children and adolescents with disorders of the brain achieve their potential and participate as fully as possible in family, school and community life.
• Pennsylvania Federation Council for Exceptional Children
• CTAA - Human services agencies that provide any sort of transporation
• The Alliance of Genetic Support Groups - A national coalition of consumers, professionals and genetic support groups for concerns on genetic conditions
• The California Center on Life Planning - The mission of the California Center on Life Planning is to assist the average family who has a child, spouse, sibling, or parent with a disability indoing comprehensive life and estate planning using a team approach at the lowest, possible cost.
• The John and Joanne Davis Story - A journey in Self Determination
• PACER Center (Parent Training & Information Center)
• The Special Kids Company
• The Association of Congenital Diaphtagmatic Hernia Research, Advovacy, and Support.
• The Indiana Parent Information Network, Inc.
• 11q Research & Resource Group - Provides support and organizational efforts for parents of all children with 11th chromosome abnormalities.
• Access through Barriers with Education - Information about disability as it relates to the Disability Community.
• Adoption Advocates - Specializing in adoptive family support.
• Clinician's View Home Page
• Down Syndrome Home Page - Home page for the Down syndrome listserve.
• Family Empowerment Home Page
• National Child Care Information Center - A federally-funded project to complement, enhance and promote child care linkages and to serve as a mechanism for supporting quality, comprehensive services for children and families. NCCIC addresses the child care needs of children with disabilities.
• P.A.R.E.N.T.S. - Parent information and training project of Alaska.
• The Parent Connection
• Picture Reading Literacy Project - Information to teach people with severe disabilities, who have had difficulty learning to read, how to read the written word using picture symbols.
• Special Child Magazine - Special Child is a free online publication for parents and caregivers of children with special needs.
• Basic Educational Materials - Basic Educational Materials, Publishers offers quality educational materials for special needs professionals.
• The Sibling Support Project - An excellent site of sibling support resources, workshops and connections regarding brothers and sisters of people with disabilities, chronic illnesses or mental health concerns.
• What's Up With Downs Home Page

• Family Village - A Global Community of Disability-Related Resources.
• NYS Developmental Disabilities Planning Council - The NYS Developmental Dsiabilties Planning Council in partnership with individsuals with developmental disabilities, tehir familes and communities, provides leadership by promoting public policies, plans and practices.
• Self-Advocate Leadership Network - Website on self-advocacy and participant-driven support
• National Professional Resources, Inc. - Offers numerous resources including books, videos, professional newsletters, etc.
• Indiana Civil Rights Commission -
• Indiana Civil Rights Commission Hate Crimes Reporting Network -
• Indiana Commission for Women -
• Independent Living USA
• Camphill Soltane - Residential community for developmentally disabled young adults.
• Cooking Made Easy - Cookbook resource for people with developmental disabilities.
• Occupational Training Program Guide
• Like Skills for Vocational Success - A resource of trainers to improve life skills
• Coast to Coast Medical Resources - Everything anyone needs from products and resources to current events.
• Disability Information - Links to numerous disability-related resources and a searchable index.
• disABILITY Resources on the Internet
• Liberty Resources - Consumer driven organization that advocates and promotes independent living.
• Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC) - Wed site dedicated to communicating information relating to the needs of special children on a global basis.
• Special Ed. Resources on the Internet

• ANCOR(American Network of Community Options and Resources
• National Guardianship Association - Provides educational, training and networking opportunities for guardians and surrogates.
• National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) - Provides national leadership in the identification of outcomes and indicators to monitor education results for all students, including students with disabilities.
• National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems - An association that which represents federally mandated programs that protect the rights of persons with disabilities.
• National Alliance of the DisAbled, Inc. - An online informational and advocacy organization dedicated to working towards gaining equal rights for the disabled in all areas of life.
• Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities - A coalition of approximately 100 national disability organizations working together to advocate for national public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
• Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) - A national organization for families, professionals and service providers dedicated to improving the lives of people with Prader-Willi syndrome.
• United Cerebral Palsy
• TASH
• The National Arts and Disability Center - Their mission is to promote the full inclusion of children and adults with disabiltiies into the visual and performing arts.
• The National Down Syndrome Society
• The American Association on Mental Retardation - Home page for AAMR, the national organization for professionals and others interested in the field of mental retardation. Along with The Arc, AAMR is a founding member of the United States International Council on Developmental Disabilities.
• The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, a national organization which focuses on legal advocacy for the civil rights and human dignity of people with mental illness.
• Epilepsy Foundation of America - National organization that works for people affected by seizures through research, education, advocacy and service.
• FRAXA Research Foundation - Home page for a national nonprofit organization that provides a variety of information on fragile X syndrome.
• National Association of Developmental Disabilities Councils
• National Ctr. for Children and Youth with Disabilities
• National Down Syndrome Congress - Home page for a national advocacy organization on Down syndrome.
• National Down Syndrome Society - Home page for this national organization on Down syndrome. Includes information on inclusion.
• Self Advocates Becoming Empowered

• Canadian Abilities Foundation - The Canadian Abilities Foundation's mission is to provide information, inspiration, and opportunity to Canadians with disabilities, their families, friends and the entire spectrum of professionals working in their service.
• cri du chat syndromeSpecial Interest Research Group on Aging and Intellectual Disabilities - An international organization of researchers, providers, administrators, and others who are interested in the aging of people with intellectual disabilities.
• Aladdin Project: Theatre for Human Development with Special Populations - Their goal is to enhance the self-esteem and quality of life of a variety of special populations through creative modalities such as drama, art, music, and dance.
• Handicapped on the Internet - A meeting place for the handicapped and others who are in some way related to or interested in the handicapped;; a place where they could find links, sites, informatin, activities, etc.
• http://www.shef.ac.uk/~nhcon- Nursing and Health Care Resource - UK
• United States International Council on Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.
• Ontario Association for Community Living
• Developmental Disabilities Centre - Web site from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada providing information on developmental disabilities, including abstracts from the journal Developmental Disabilities Bulletin, and information on ICAD-L, a listserv on abuse and violence in the lives of people with developmental disabilities.
• The Feeding Gastrostomy Home Page
• How Can I Help? - A booklet for friends and relatives when a family has a child with cerebral palsy. Produced by the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia, Ltd.
• Intellectual Disability Information System - A comprehensive source of information about developmental disability from Australia.
• MENTAID, Association for the Development of the Mentally Handicapped - A non-profit organization established in 1985 in Calcutta to improve and expand on existing services for mentally handicapped people.
• Center for Rehabilitation Engineering Research (Sweden)- Individuals interested in assitive technology for people with developmental disabilities.
• Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse
• Special Needs Education Network - Provides services to parents, teachers, schools and other professionals, individuals, groups and organizations involved in education of students with special needs.
• National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials
• University of Edinburgh's CALL Centre - The Communication Aids for Language and Learning Centre serves individuals in Scotland with severe communication, physical and mobility difficulties, including a focus on augmentative and alternative communication techniques.

• KidAccess - Foster the uses of technology to meet the needs of children with cognitive impairments.
• The Research Insitute for Assistive and Traning Technology
• Alliance for Technology Access
• Apple Computer Corporation's Disability Page - A valuable source for information about assistive technology and disability.
• Assistive Technology Educational Network - A statewide AT resource lab and loan library in Florida. Also has a chatsite on disabilities and AT.
• The Assistive Technology Funding and Systems Change Project- A project of the United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc, this site provides information on AT funding and systems change information for consumers of AT, including people with disabilities and their families.
• Boston University's Occupational Therapy Dept. - Information on assistive technology, disability-related links
• Center for Information Technology Accommodation - Includes information on all the state Technology Act Programs.
• Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology (DO-IT) Program - Comprehensive list of disability-related resources on the Internet
• EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information - Provides information about providing access for persons with disabilities to computing and information technology resources and assists universities, colleges and others to make information facilities accessible.
• Electronic Disability Resources
• Laureate Learning Systems, Inc.
• NCSA Mosaic Access Page - Information on how people with disabilities can use Internet and the WWW.
• New England INDEX: Information on Disabilities Exchange- A non-profit organization whose mission is to "use computer technology to help people with disabilities locate the information they need to find appropriate services and to empower themselves".

• Alliance To End Childhood Lead Poisoning - a national non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to preventing childhood lead poisoning.
• National Center for Lead-Safe Housing - A consumer information web site.
• healthfinder - A gateway consumer health information web site from the United States Government.
• FAS Community Resource Center in Arizona
• American Academy of Pediatrics - An organization of 50,000 pediatricians dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.
• California Department of Health Services - Information on lead poisoning prevention.
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Effects Home Page
• "Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home" - Information from the Environmental Protection Agency on avoiding lead poisoning in homes.
• World Health Organization's Helmet Initiative
• Health Promotion and People with Developmental Disabilities  - Information on challenging behaviors, general health/well-being, personal care and sexuality.  An exceptionally good page for information on mental health/psychotropic medications.

• Wilderness Inquiry's - Wilderness Inquiry creates outdoor adventure for people of all ages and abilities.
• Mastertrack Student Manager - Comprehensive, state-of-the-art software for managing special education programs and services.
• Allen, Shea & Associates - A technical assistance group on community living for people with developmental disabilities. Includes various articles and publications including some excellent information on consumer-owned housing and supported living.
• Habilitation Software, Inc. - is a company in the business of creating and selling software for agencies who serve people with developmental disabilities for 14 years now.
• The Boulevard - Information for Healthcare professionals and disabled individuals on products and services.
• The Disability Link Barn
• Evan Kemp Assoc. Disability Resources - Information from the Job Accommodation Network, links to other sites, technology information and an assortment of other good material.
• Inclusion Press Home Page - Publishers of books and various other publications on inclusion.
• Personal Touch Health Care Apparel - Provider of adaptive and specialy apparel for people with disabilities.
• Western Disabilities Network

• Winthrop University Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina. A 112 year tradition of preparing teachers to assume leadership roles in their classrooms, school and communities. Excellent undergraduate and graduate degree programs in special education makes this site worth checking out.
• The Physican's Guide to Special Education - How to help your pediatric patients with special health care needs and obtain services.
• Virginia Commonwealth University - Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Support.
• The Collaborative Autism Project - Autism Research in Genetics and Neuroimaging.
• Blazenet - Blazenet is an information and referral service on recreation, fitness, and sports programs available in Georgia for people with physical disbilities.
• National Clearinghouse - National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials
• Camp Soltane-
  - A Life-Sharing, Educational Community for Developmentally Disabled Young Adults
• Social Work 644- An undergraduate and graduate social work course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• The Transition Research Institute at the University of Illinois - Headquarters for the National Transition Alliance for Youth with Disabilities, promotes the inclusion of youth with disabilities in the national school-to-work efforts.
• California Developmental Disabilities Netlink - University affiliated program at the University of California, Los Angeles.
• Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Center, - University affiliated program at the University of California, Los Angeles.
• The Shriver Center - The Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center for Mental Retardation
• Allison Brown's Research Home Page - Home page for older women with disabilities.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Learning for Life
• National Home of Your Own Alliance - A Technical Assistance Center at the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability.
• Project I.N.S.P.I.R.E. -A philosphy in whcih all individuals can participate in physical activities that enable them to be motorically cognitively, and affectively successful within a community that embraces diversity.
• Center for Community Inclusion
• Center on Education and Work - Located at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, School of Education, the Center on Education and Work provides information on Vocational Education, Tech Prep programs and school to work/transition programs.
• C L A S Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Services -Early Chilhood Reserach Institue
• The Center on Human Policy - A Syracuse University based policy, research and advocacy organization. Includes information about ordering Human Policy Press publications.
• Civitan International Research Center (Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham)
• The Institute on Community Integration - A University Affiliated Program at the University of Minnesota dedicated to improving community services for people with developmental disabilities and their families.
• Interwork Institute at San Diego State University - The Interwork Institute is comprised of two divisions; the Rehabilitation Continuing Education Efforts and Special Education. All efforts focus on promoting the integration of individuals with disabilities into all aspects of school, work, family and community life.
• Iowa's University Affiliated Program
• The John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development
• National Clearing House of Rehabilitation Materials
• UC Berkeley School Psychology
• University of Arizona - ASU Department of Special Education.
• University of Virginia - Web site for University of Virginia, Curry School of Education, Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education. Once to the Special Education page, take a tour through the "Special Education Office!"
• Virginia Commonwealth University Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Supported Employment - State-of-the-art information on employment of people with disabilities.

• Lifeworks, Inc. - Provide residential and employement services to individuals with developmental disablities in Westwood, MA.
• Crest Network - Crest Network is a network of local non-profit community service providers working with folks who have disabilities in Ohio.
• Inland Regional Center - Services for developmentally disabled individuals and their familes in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.
• Louisiana Lions Camp - The Louisiana Lions Camp is a state project of the Lions Clubs of Louisiana, MD-8
• Residental, educational, therapeutic, and recreational services
• Association for Children with Down Syndrome - ACDS offers educational, therapeutic, behavioral and health-related services to people with Down syndrome and their families.
• Avenues to Independence
• The College for Living
• Suported Life Institute - The mission of the Supported Life Institue is to offer educational and training opportunities to assist individuals and organizations in the work of improving the quality of life for people with disabilities.
• Martin Luther Home Society - We provide our Lord's touch of love to people with developmental disabilities and other special needs.
• Camp Optimism Summer Residential Camp for Physically Challenged or Disabled Children.
• Order of Alhambra - A Faternal Order of Catholic Men Dedicated to assisting persons developmentally disabled by mental retardation.
• St. Francis Camp on the Lake - Camp exclusively open for the developmentally disabled with mental retardation in the summer months.
• Developmental Services of Utah
• Utah Association of Community Providers Association of residental and vocational providers.
• Harbor Regional Center - Serving Los Angeles County, California .
• Hattie Larlham Foundation - Service Agency in Ohio serving children and young adults with mental retardation and developmental disabilities.
• Little City
• Northern Southwest Comm. MHMR - Community MHMR center serving parts of Pittsburgh, Penn.
• The Option Institute - Co-founded by Samahria and Barry Neil Kaufman (author of the book SON-RISE), the Option Institute "serves special needs children and their families challenged by autism, Down syndrome, Attention Deficit Disorder and other disabilities" and also has year-round programs for adults.
• Riverbrook Facility
• The Chileda Institute - is a treatment center and care program for children and younf adults who exhibit severe mental disabilities.
• Babcock Center, Inc.
• Sertoma

• Partners Resource Network, The PATHProject (PTI of Texas) - PATH is a grant project of Partners Resource Network, Inc., a non-profit agency serving Texas as the statewide ParentTraining and Information Center funded by a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
• Rehabilitation;Research Training Center on Aging with Disability
• A. J. Pappanikou Center - Includes information on Connecticut's University Affiliated Program.
• National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System (NEC*TAS) - Web site for federally funded technical support program for early childhood education at the Frank Porter Graham Center at the University of North Carolina
• National Rehabilitation Information Center - Funded by NIDRR (Nat. Institute on Disability Rehabilitation and Research) as a collection and information resource for NIDRR projects.
• Rehab. Research Trng. Ctr. on Aging with Mental Retardation
• Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Neuromuscular Diseases - University of California, Davis
• SEM for people with disabilites - Funded by the national science foundation with focus on science, engineering, math and other sciences for people with disabilties.
• Waisman Mental Retardation Research Center

• U.S. Dept. of Justice
• Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center - Information on all Titles of the ADA
• Americans with Disabilities Act Information
• Families USA - National nonprofit group which advocates for health and long-term care services.
• LRPnet Online Education Services - Online, fee-based service from LRP Publications providing current information on special education and disability-related products

• PCMR- President's Committee on Mental Retardation
• Environmental Protection Agency - Informationon environmental toxins that may cause mental retardation and other health problems
• The President's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities. The web site includes PCEPD publications, press releases, general information on the Committee, and contact information for state liaison organizations.
• SSA Home Page - Information and publications on entitlement programs for people with disabilities.
• United States Department of Justice Home Page - ADA information.
• U.S. Department of Education - Information on research in special education.
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Contains links to federal agencies that address families, prevention, etc.
• U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development"

• The Foundation Center
• Grant Information at Einet
• Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation

• Return to The Arc's Welcome Page.