Links

ADVOCACY GROUPS:

• Caring.com Helping you help your parents, www.caring.com
• Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities, www.c-c-d.org
• Don’t Laugh at Me, www.dontlaugh.org
• Federation for Children with Special Needs, www.fcsn.org
• National Information Center for Children and Youths with Disabilities, www.nichcy.org
• Easter Seals, www.easterseals.com
• The ARC of the United States, www.thearc.org

FINANCIAL:

• Saving for College, www.savingforcollege.com

HEALTH CARE:

• Health Care Coach, www.healthcarecoach.com
• Indigent Prescription Programs, www.edhayes.com/indigent.html
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, www.jointcommission.org
• Online Health Resources, www.onlinehealthresources.com
• The Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission, www.carf.org

HOUSING OPTIONS:

• Accessible Apartment Clearinghouse, www.accessibleapartments.org
• CHANCE at UNH, www.alliance.unh.edu
• Center for Universal Design, www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/
• Community Housing Network, www.communityhousingnetwork.org
• Consumer’s Guide to Accessible Housing, www.abledata.com/abledata_docs/icg-hous.htm
• Concrete Change, www.concretechange.org
• Creating Accessible Homes (PDF) www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/hous2/mf2213.pdf
• The Design Linc: Accessibility Design & Resources, www.designlinc.com
• Habitat for Humanity, www.habitat.org
• HomeMods.org, www.homemods.org
• Home Modifications for Wheelchairs, www.wheelchairnet.org/wcn_living/homemod.html

INTERNET DIRECTORIES:

• Disability Resources, www.disabilityresources.org
• Directorty of Specific Disabilities, www.dmoz.org/health.conditions_and_diseases
• Children with Disabilities at About.com, www.childrenparenting.about.com/od/disabilities.html
• Special Education Resources at About.com, www.http//specialed.about.com

LEGAL:

• Michigan Law Center, www.MichiganLawCenter.com
• Advocacy Inc., www.advocacysnt.com
• Disability Rights Activists, www.dralegal.org
• First Gov, www.usa.gov
• Federal Codes, www.gpoaccess.gov
• HALT, www.halt.org
• Medicaid Program Eligibility Manuals, www.mfia.state.mi.us/olmweb/ex/pem/pem.pdf
• PESI Continuing Education, www.pesi.com

SPECIAL EDUCATION:

• Behavior Contracts, www.specialed.about.com/cs/behaviordisorders/a/samples.htm
• Characteristics of A Gifted Child, www.specialed.about.com/od/giftedness/a/gifteddef_2.htm
• Edhelper.com, www.edhelper.com
• National Association of Special Education Teachers, www.NASET.org
• Stewart Home School, www.stewarthome.com

SPECIFIC CONDITIONS:

• ADD Resources at About.com, www.add.about.com/?once=true&
• ADHD News, www.adhdnews.com
• A Place for Mom, www.aplaceformom.com
• Autism Treatment Center of America, www.autismtreatmentcenterofamerica.org
• Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, www.chaad.org
• Future Horizons – Austism, www.futurehorizons-autism.com
• Jack’s Place for Autism, www.jacksplaceforautism.com
• Judson Center, www.judsoncenter.org
• Pfieffer Treatment Center, www.hriptc.org
• United Cerebral Palsy, www.ucp.org
• Batten Disease Support & Research Association, www.bdsra.org

SPECIAL NEEDS & WEB USE:

• Section 508, www.section508.org
• Selected Resources on Disability & Web Use, www.trace.wisc.edu/world/web/#dis_web_use

SPECIAL NEEDS SITES:

• Academy of Special Needs Planners, www.specialneedsplanners.com
• Our Special Kids, www.ourspecialkids.com
• The PACER Center, www.pacer.org
• Kya’s Krusade, www.kyaskrusade.org
• Special Needs Answers by the Association of Special Needs Planners, www.specialneedsanswers.com

U.S.GOVERNMENT SITES:

• Americans with Disabilities Act, www.ada.gov
• Disabilityinfo.gov, www.disabilityinfo.gov
• IDEA News, Information & Resources, www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea2004.html
• Rehabilitation Services Adminsitration (RSA) of the Office of Special Education &Rehabilitation Services (OSERS), www.ed.gov/about.offices.list.osers.rsa.index.html

OTHER LINKS:

• First signs, www.firstsigns.org
• Work & Family, www.workfamily.com
• Enabling Devices, Learning Aids, www.enablingdevices.com enablingdevices.com
• Article: An Estate Plan Built for Special Needs, Wall Street Journal, October 8, 2008; Go To: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122351155944317491.htm