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Our goal is to provide the most comprehensive selection of links to high quality external resources. Please feel free to Suggest A Link to improve this service to our visitors. Each month Spicer & Associates features a valuable web site with the "Respected Resource" distinction. This month, please visit TecAccess for their advocacy efforts to influence social change through not only the hiring of employees with disabilities, but their award winning techniques utilized to make technology more accessible through Section 508 conformance.
ACCREDATING ORGANIZATIONS CARF
The
Accreditation Council ADA Information The National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems, Inc. The ADA Document Center http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder/ US Department of Justice ADA Homepage(providing technical assistance) http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Artistic Expression American Art Therapy Association National Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies Associations VSA (Formally Very Special Arts) ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TecAccess - Making the World of Technology Accessible (ADA Info, Section 508, and Employment) AbilityHub Alliance
for Technology Access Do2Learn
- Free Activities and Games - A web site for those with special learning
needs. National
Early Childhood Technical Assistance System (NECTAS) Special
Ed. Resources on the Internet BENEFITS AND FUNDING SOURCES: SSA
Home Page (Social Security Administration) Centers
for Medicaid and Medicare Services The
Foundation Center - Tips for finding funding sources and writing
proposals. COMMUNITY INCLUSION: The
Institute for Community Inclusion The
Institute on Community Integration Individualized Service Plans: Empowering People With Disabilities www.individualizedserviceplans.com National
Home of Your Own Alliance TASH Best
Buddies HEALTH AND WELLBEING: Healing Well - Community Guide to Diseases, Disorders, and Chronic Illness Healthfinder Health
Promotion and People with Developmental Disabilities Therapeutic Adventures, Inc - Adaptive Sports, Therapeutic Camps, and Outdoor Adventures http://www.therapeuticadventures.com ABC Homeopathy
The
Arc World
Association of Persons with Disabilities PCMR-
President's Committee on Mental Retardation The
American Association on Mental Retardation Association
of University Centers on Disabilities ANCOR(American
Network of Community Options and Resources) The National Center for Learning Disabilities(LD resources, InfoZone, and Fact Sheets) The
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
- a national organization that focuses on legal advocacy for the civil
rights and human dignity of people with mental illness. 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. http://www.c-c-d.org/ Consortium
of Developmental Disabilities Council Developmental Disabilities Resource Center Genetic
Alliance Kiwanis
International
- An international service organization with numerous projects focusing
on individuals with mental retardation and the worldwide prevention
of iodine deficiency disorders, including mental retardation
Audacity Magazine- The Disabled Magazine for the Able Minded. Disability World- A bimonthly web-zine of international disability news and views. Disability Grapevine- online daily newspaper dealing with disability issues. Enabled Online- resource for people with disabilities and their families, creating an interactive and enabled. community online. Telegraph Online- originally the Disability Telegraph BBS, founded in 1987 for downloading information to Braille machines and speech synthesizers. http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/de95/newspaper.htm On A Roll, Talk Radio on Disability Life - giving the disability movement a radio voice. http://www.ican.com/channels/on_a_roll/index.cfm Magic Lamp Productions- 150 captioned educational videos on ASL -American Sign Language, for children and adults We See TV - Television Accessibility for persons with visual impairments . New Mobility Magazine - Wheelchair, Spinal Cord, and MS magazine. PARENTING: Interactive Family Resources (products and services to families raising children with special needs) www.InterActiveFamilyResources.com Special
Child Magazine Family
Village The
Sibling Support Project National
Center on Educational Outcomes
(NCEO) National
Information Ctr. for Children and Youth with Disabilities Family Friendly Sites (Directory of sites, family fun, early learning, and safety) SheKnows.Com (Parenting, Women's Health, Special Needs, Tips) Parents Pals - Special Education Resources and Parenting Links- Sponsored by Ameri-Corp PREVENTION: World
Health Organization's Helmet Initiative Newborn
Screening Information American
Academy of Pediatrics Alliance
To End Childhood Lead Poisoning SELF ADVOACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: Self
Advocates Becoming Empowered Council
of Parent Attorneys and Advocates The Center on Human Policy The
Oaks Group Senior Citizens: American Society on Aging - Enhancing the skills of older adults. Center for the Study on Aging - Independent behavioral research on the elderly population.http://www.rand.org Silverts - Adaptive clothing for people with special needs like Alzheimer's, arthritis, and individuals with disabilities. www.silverts.com Medi Focus - Clearinghouse of Medical Info related to aging conditions and disabilities. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS: United
Cerebral Palsy Talk Autism - including "Expert Find"
Chromosome
Deletion Outreach, Inc. cri
du chat syndrome National
Organization for Rare Disorders National
Down Syndrome Congress Down
Syndrome Home Page Down
Syndrome on the Internet - links to down syndrome web sites. 11q
Research & Resource Group National
Fragile X Foundation FRAXA
Research Foundation The
Hydrocephalus Association Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome Renee's
Communique's (XXYY or Klinefelter Syndrome) Prader-Willi
Syndrome Association (USA) The
Comprehensive Williams Syndrome Home Page Epilepsy
Foundation of America SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT: TecAccess - Making the World of Technology Accessible (ADA Info, Section 508, and Employment) Vocational Research Institute - Career Planning Solutions Worksupport.com
– Virginia Commonwealth University JAN
- Job Accommodation Network, accommodations for workers with disabilities. The
Transition Research Institute at the University of Illinois Life
Skills for Vocational Success Program
on Employment and Disability Employment
Support Institute TEACHING RESOURCES: Sites for Teachers - The Nation's Best Resource for Teachers http://www.sitesforteachers.com/perl/rankem.pcgi?id=spicer A to Z Teacher Stuff - Created for Teachers by Teachers American Teachers - Tools for Parents, Teachers, and Students ABC Teach Network Kid Zone - Fun Facts for Kids The Educator's Network Web Directories: Disabilities-Online (Over 800 active links) All Abilities (Links, message boards, newsletters) Linkable.Org (Homepage of people who have a disability)
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