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ABLEDATA is a federally funded project whose primary mission is to provide information on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment available from domestic and international sources to consumers, organizations, professionals, and caregivers within the United States.
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Advocacy, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation funded by the United States Congress to protect and advocate for the legal rights of people with disabilities in Texas. It is not a part of state or local government. It has offices throughout the State of Texas, and a Board of Directors appointed mainly by disability organizations.
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Advocates for Children of New York, Inc. AFC works on behalf of children from infancy to age 21 who are at greatest risk for school-based discrimination or academic failure. These include children with disabilities, ethnic minorities, immigrants, homeless children, foster care children, limited English proficient children and those living in poverty.
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All Family Resources, using their e-collaboration system™,provides a wide-range of quality resources that are easily available to both individuals and organizations, for the purpose of enriching the lives of all families.
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Alliance for Parental Involvement in Education ALLPIE is a nonprofit organization that assists and encourages parental involvement in education, wherever that education takes place: in public school, in private school, or at home. AllPIE offers a newsletter (Options in Learning), annual conferences and retreats, a book catalog, workshops, lending library and more.
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The mission of the American Academy of Pediatrics is to attain optimal physical, mental and social health and well being for all infants, children, adolescents and young adults. To this purpose, the AAP and its members dedicate their efforts and resources.
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The Association of Schools and Agencies for the Handicapped (ASAH) is a professional organization of private schools and agencies in New Jersey which provides highly specialized services to more than 10,000 children and adult with special needs.  Some of our goals are to insure high standards in all New Jersey private schools and agencies serving individuals with special needs and referral for anyone seeking appropriate educational placement of individuals with special needs.
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Beach Center on Families and Disability Our mission is to enhance the quality of life of families who have children with disabilities.  We investigate how the core concepts of disability policy affect professional practice; and, in turn, how practice, especially in the form of partnerships among families, professionals, and agencies, affects families’ quality of life.
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Child Development Institute CDI was founded by Robert Myers, Ph.D. who is a Clinical Child Psychologist with 20 years of experience working with children, adolescents, families and parents. Dr. Myers has developed a number of programs that have proven to be successful in helping children with various learning problems.
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Citizens Alliance to Uphold Special Education CAUSE shall provide a collaborative forum where consumers and providers can actively support an individualized, free appropraite public education (FAPE) that enables all students to maximize their options in the world community. Our priority is the protection of the rights of students with disabilities.
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The Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center, Inc. (CPAC) is a statewide nonprofit organization that offers information and support to families of children with any disability or chronic illness, age birth through 21.
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Congress.org is a joint venture of two Washington, D.C. area firms with expertise in communicating with Congress.
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The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.
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Crystal Stairs, Inc. Our purpose in all activities is to promote healthy, enriching lives for children and their families. As a service agency, Crystal Stairs is unique in its merger of direct childcare service with research and advocacy. The staff of Crystal Stairs is professional, multi-ethnic, bilingual and capable, possessing many years of experience in childcare and related fields.
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Disabilities Forum The Western New York Disabilities Forum is dedicated to bringing you information related to physical, mental and emotional disabilities.
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The Disability Policy Consortium is an independent group of statewide advocacy organizations working for progressive public policy on behalf of Texans with disabilities.
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Disability Resources, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization established to promote and improve awareness, availability and accessibility of information that can help people with disabilities live, learn, love, work and play independently.
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Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC) DSCC provides care coordination for families and children with special health care needs. It helps children with disabilities, and those who have conditions which may lead to disabilities, grow and develop to the full extent of their abilities.
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The East Tennessee Technology Access Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people with disabilities reach their potential for learning, working, speaking and living through the use of assistive technology. ETTAC works with people of all ages and with all disabilities, as well as with parents, children, adults, schools, businesses and health care providers. ETTAC provides information, performs individual evaluations, presents workshops and inservice trainings, and manages a loaner program of assistive devices and toys.
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Exceptional Parent Magazine Provides information, support, ideas, encouragement and outreach for parents and families of children with disabilities and the professionals who work with them.
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The Eyes of Hope Foundation is a nonprofit organization devoted to finding a cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA I), the number one inherited cause of infant death. The initial goal for Eyes of Hope is to build national public awareness of SMA and to help accelerate the funds raised for SMA research. By working closely with all of the existing SMA fundraising groups, The Eyes of Hope plans to maximize the results by initiating collective marketing and public awareness campaigns.
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The Families and Advocate Partnership for Education is a new project that aims to inform and educate families and advocates about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 (IDEA 97). The Partnership helps to ensure that the changes made in IDEA are understood by families and advocates and are put into practice at local and state levels.
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Families Together Having "been there" we are dedicated to assisting other families in getting the information and support they need to help their child with a disability or developmental delay develop to his/her fullest potential.
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Family Network on Disabilities of Florida, Inc We are a statewide alliance of individuals with disabilities, special needs, or at-risk and their families. Our mission is to provide family-driven support, education, information, and advocacy.
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The Family Village is a global community that integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their families, and for those that provide them services and support.
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The Federation for Children with Special Needs is a center for parents and parent organizations to work together on behalf of children with special needs and their families. We can help! 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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The Frostig Center has specialized in helping individuals with learning disabilities reach their full potential for fifty years. We have earned an international reputation for our pioneering work in research, treatment and teacher training.  Through our training programs, consultation services, presentations and publications, we share our expertise throughout the world. Locally, the Frostig School, our after-school tutoring programs and Summer Workshops allow us to provide academic support to students with learning disabilities and learning difficulties.
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Head Start is a child development program that has served low-income children and their families since 1965. The Head Start Bureau maintains this web site as an electronic resource for Head Start service providers, parents, volunteers, community organizations, and others who share an interest in helping children look forward to a brighter future.
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Idaho Parents Unlimited, Inc. is a statewide organization whose membership consists of parents, parent groups, and professionals devoted to achieving the ultimate potential in each person. IPUL was founded by parents of children with disabilities, for parents of children with disabilities.
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The Indiana Parent Information Network, Inc.is a not-for-profit organization where parents, professionals and volunteers work together to support children with special needs. Our uniqueness comes from the fact that we are family-directed. The majority of our Board of Directors and staff are parents of children with disabilities and chronic illnesses.
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The Institute for Child Health Policy, a state-wide Institution of Florida's State University System, was established in October 1986. The Institute has headquarters at the University of Florida, in Gainesville and affiliates at the University of South Florida, Florida State University and the University of Miami.  The Institute for Child Health Policy has focused its attention on children in managed care with special a emphasis on children with special health care needs.
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IN*SOURCE provides parents, families, and service providers in Indiana with the information and training necessary to help assure effective educational programs and appropriate services for children and young adults with disabilities.
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Institute for Community Inclusion ICI supports the rights of children and adults with disabilities to participate in all aspects of the community.  As practitioners, researchers, and teachers, we form partnerships with individuals, families and communities.  Together we advocate for personal choice, self-determination, and social and economic justice.
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The International Dyslexia Association has been helping individuals with dyslexia, their families, teachers, physicians, and researchers to better understand dyslexia. We work nationally and locally on issues such as legislation, public awareness, research, public information, and education. We collaborate with other learning disability organizations to increase the public's understanding of learning disabilities.
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Internet Special Education Resources (ISER) is a nationwide directory of professionals who serve the learning disabilities and special education communities. We help parents and caregivers find local special education professionals to help with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder assessment, therapy, advocacy, and other special needs.
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KidAbility, Inc. Our mission is to provide all children, with priority attention to disabled and special kids, readily accessible and affordable resources and tools to help them attain their maximum level of personal achievement, and to enjoy the highest quality of life experience possible.
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Kids Together, Inc.Our mission is to promote inclusive communities and to provide helpful information and resources to enhance the quality of life for children and adults with disabilities, and communities as a whole.
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KidTHINC is dedicated to providing a free, safe, and happy interactive environment for young people receiving health services in the New York metropolitan area, so that they can communicate with one another and with parents, friends, doctors, nurses, and special guests.
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LD Online is a service of The Learning Project at WETA, Washington, D.C., in association with The Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities.
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Learning Disabilities Association LDA is a national, non-profit, volunteer organization including individuals with learning disabilities, their families and professionals. LDA is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for all individuals with learning disabilities and their families, to alleviating the restricting effects of learning disabilities, and to supporting endeavors to determine the causes of learning disabilities.
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The Least Restrictive Environment Coalition  This website is aimed at parents of children with special needs, child advocates, and any others who desire to; learn about education of children with special needs in the least restrictive environment appropriate for them ("LRE"); contact not-for-profit organizations that promote LRE; link to informative websites on this topic.
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The Massachusetts Assistive Technology Partnership(MATP) is funded under the Technology-Related Assistance to Individuals with Disabilities Act (Tech Act), through the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education. The purpose of the MATP is to increase access to assistive technology for people of all ages and all disabilities through a variety of consumer-focused activities.
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Massachusetts Citizens for Children (MCC) was founded in 1959 by Dr. Martha May Eliot, an internationally recognized pediatrician and chief of the US Children's Bureau (1951 - 1956). We are a non-profit statewide child advocacy organization, whose mission is to improve the lives of the state's most vulnerable children through advocacy by concerned citizens.
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Matrix was founded in 1983 to support parents in meeting the unique and complicated tasks that are part of living with and raising a child with a disability. We offer emotional support, information on topics about disabilities, referral to appropriate services and workshops to provide parents with the skills they need to guide their children throughout life.
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National Association of Developmental Disabilities Councils (NADDC) is the national organization of Developmental Disabilities Councils that advocate and work for change on behalf of people with developmental and other disabilities and their families.
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National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems, Inc. Federally mandated system in each state and territory which provides protection of the rights of persons with disabilities through legally based advocacy.
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The National Center for Learning Disabilities provides national leadership in support of children and adults with learning disabilities by providing information, resources, and referral services; developing and supporting innovative educational programs, seminars, and workshops; conducting a public awareness campaign; and advocating for more effective policies and legislation to help individuals with learning disabilities.
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National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education Our mission is to advocate the involvement of parents and families in their children's education and to foster relationships between home, school, and community that can enhance the education of all our nation's young people.
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National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System (NECTAS) is a national technical assistance consortium working to support states, jurisdictions, and others to improve services and results for young children with disabilities and their families. Our primary business is technical assistance. This is a systematic process for transferring knowledge about early childhood research, practice, and policy to assist people and organizations in accomplishing their goals for young children with disabilities and their families.
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The National Health Council is a private, nonprofit umbrella organization comprised of more than 100 national health-related organizations, including over 40 of the nation's leading patient-based groups, also known as voluntary health agencies.  These groups represent approximately 100 million people with chronic diseases and/or disabilities.
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The National Family Caregivers Association is the only national, charitable organization dedicated to making life better for all of America's family caregivers. There are more than 25 million people who find themselves in a caregiving role. And the numbers are growing daily. Family caregivers focus on their loved one's needs. NFCA focuses on family caregivers.
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National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities NICHCY is the 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).
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The National Organization on Disability promotes the full and equal participation of America's 54 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life.
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The mission of the National Parent Network on Disabilities (NPND) is to provide a presence and national voice for ALL families of children youth and adults with disabilities.
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The National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD) is an innovative non-profit organization that provides recreation for children and adults with disabilities. What began in 1970 as a one-time ski lesson for 23 amputee children has evolved into the largest and most successful program of its kind in the world.  Participants learn there is "no mountain too high" through NSCD opportunities that build self-confidence through recreational and competitive challenges.
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National Transition Alliance for Youth with Disabilities The mission of the NTA is to ensure that youth with disabilities, including those with severe disabilities, acquire skills and knowledge, gain experience, and receive services and supports necessary to achieve successful postschool results, including postsecondary education, gainful employment, independent living, community living, social integration, and lifelong learning.
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New Hampshire Family Voices NH Family Voices is a family-to-family health information and resource project supported by New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services-Special Medical Services, and the New Hampshire Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities-Parent Information Center. New Hampshire Family Voices are parents of children with special health, developmental, mental health and educational needs. These parents have years of experience accessing and receiving services as well as working to assist others in understanding and identifying services that can be of assistance to them.
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New Hanover Health Network The hospitals and services that are part of New Hanover Health Network have long, established roots in Southeastern North Carolina.   Working together under the umbrella of NHHN, they are better equipped than ever to handle your family's health care needs. Offering the most comprehensive and sophisticated array of services in the region.  As a public, not-for-profit system, we offer care to everyone who needs it, regardless of their ability to pay.
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New York State's Parent Training & Information Center (PTI) Parents supporting parents and professionals to enable individuals with disabilities to seek their own potential. Congressional intent is for parent involvement! A PTI is an organization staffed by experienced parents who have been trained to bring up-to-date information to: families with children with disabilities, professionals who work with such families, and members of the community who are interested in improving the quality of life for the people with disabilities.
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Nonverbal Learning Disorders Association (NLDA) Our intent is to bring awareness to NLD which is a neurological disorder.  We are dedicated to the research, education, and advocacy for nonverbal learning disorders.
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Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights PACER Center is a nonprofit, tax exempt Minnesota statewide organization began in 1977. 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. PACER now offers 21 major programs, including Parent Training programs, programs for students and schools, and technical assistance to other parent centers both regionally and nationally.
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Parent Education Network (PEN) is Pennsylvania's statewide Parent Training and Information Center. Much of the information included in this site is designed to support Pennsylvania parents of children with special needs, but information and links are included on Federal Special Education, National Disability Issues and Resources, Special Education Legal Links, Transportation, and Travel that will also pertain to parents and individuals with disabilities in other states.
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The Parent Information Center of Delaware, Inc., is a non-profit organization serving children and youths with special needs and their families.  We provide individual assistance, education, support and referrals to allow families to become informed, skilled and effective advocates.
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Parent Information Center of New Hampshire is an organization serving children and youths with special needs and their families.  We provide information, technical assistance, individual assistance, and support and referrals to allow families to become informed, skilled and effective advocates.
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Parent Partners Parents possess unique information about the development, nature and needs of their children, which enables them to become partners with professionals in planning and implementing an effective educational plan for their child. We seek to empower parents to become fully informed and active members of the educational planning team for their children.
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Parent to Parent of Pennsylvania is a network created by families for families of children and adults with special needs.  We connect families in similar situations with one another so that they may share experiences, offer practical information and/or support.
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Parents, Let's Unite for Kids PLUK is a private, nonprofit organization formed in 1984 by parents of children with disabilities and chronic illnesses in the state of Montana for the purpose of information, support, training and assistance to aid their children at home, school and as adults.
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Patient Advocate Foundation is a national non-profit organization that serves as an active liaison between the patient and their insurer, employer and/or creditors to resolve insurance, job discrimination and/or debt crisis matters relative to their diagnosis through case managers, doctors and attorneys. Patient Advocate Foundation seeks to safeguard patients through effective mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of their financial stability.
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The Rhode Island Parent Information Network, Inc. is a group parents and professionals with the goal of improving education for children with disabilities.  They believed that if parents were informed and educated, they could help their children reach their full potential.
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The Schwab Foundation for Learning is dedicated to raising awareness about learning differences and providing parents and teachers with the information, resources and support they need to improve the lives of kids with learning differences.
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The Sibling Support Project is a national program dedicated to the interests of brothers and sisters of people with special health and developmental needs. The Project's primary goal is to increase the availability of peer support and education programs for brothers and sisters of people with special health and developmental needs.
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Special Child An online publication dedicated to parents of children with special needs.
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Special Education News Our vision is for every individual with a disability to automatically receive the services and inclusion they are entitled to in order to reach their fullest potential.
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Special Needs Advocate for Parents Provides information, education, advocacy, and referrals to families with special needs children of all ages and disabilities.
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Statewide Parent Advocacy Network, Inc. (SPAN) is a non-profit educational and advocacy center for parents of children from birth to 21 years of age. SPAN assists families of infants, toddlers, children and youth with and without disabilities. Our overall purpose is to serve as a vehicle for the exchange of ideas, promoting awareness of the abilities and needs of children and youth and improving services for children and families in the State of New Jersey.
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United We Stand of New York We are a community based parent resource center servicing primarily culturally diverse families, who have children with disabilities who reside in but not limited to, the Greenpoint/Williamsburg sections of Brooklyn.  Our goal is to assist families in improving the quality of life for individuals with disabilities in our community.
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The Vermont Parent Information Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing and expanding educational and developmental opportunities that improve the quality of life for children with special needs and their families.
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West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities The mission of (WVUCED) is to enhance the quality of life of individuals of all ages with developmental and other disabilities so that they and their families can experience productive, independent, and totally integrated lives.
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