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Related Links 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.
Access-Able
Travel Source is dedicated to aiding travelers with disabilities
and the mature traveler. We accomplish this by having practical
information needed to go cross-town or around the world. The database
has not only accessible accommodations but also everything to make
a trip fun and exciting. Adaptive
Environments Center, Inc. addresses the environmental issues
that confront people with disabilities. We promote accessibility
through education programs, technical assistance, training, consulting,
publications and design advocacy. 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. The
Advocacy Center is a non-profit organization that provides education,
advocacy and support for individuals with developmental disabilities,
traumatic brain injuries, and their families. Our purpose is to
ensure that individuals' rights are respected and to enhance the
quality of life for individuals with disabilities. Alliance
for Technology Access Our mission is to connect children and
adults with disabilities to technology tools. Today's technology
is redefining what it means to have a disability.
The Center for Accessible
Technology (CforAT) began in 1983 as the Disabled Children's
Computer Group, a cooperative effort by parents, professionals and
people with disabilities to harness the emerging power of computer
technology to aide children with disabilities. CforAT has grown
to become a consumer-based technology resource and demonstration
center for adults and children with disabilities, families, teachers,
and professionals. 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. 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. Enable
empowers people with disabilities to achieve their goals (in work,
home, school and play) in harmony with the community. Enable provides
assessment, instruction, therapy and support for children and adults
with disabilities and their families. 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.
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.
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. 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. HalfthePlanet,
Inc. The Internet portal where the entire disability community
can access reliable services and products, connect with peer support,
and keep up with disability-related news and information all day,
every day.
The HealthLinks.net
website is a free World-Wide Directory - Portal Service for healthcare
professionals and consumers. Our main focus is to assist in the
task of locating medical and healthcare information, products, resources,
services and practitioners on the World-Wide-Web. Helen
Keller Services For the Blind is a renowned non-profit agency
with a spectrum of special services that guide legally blind New
Yorkers, young and old alike, toward a life of independence and
success. With its diverse services, HKSB often works one on one
to teach, educate and rehabilitate more than 6,000 clients according
to individual needs. Its facilities throughout metropolitan New
York serve residents of Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and Nassau
and Suffolk Counties. 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. 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. Linked
Information Networks for Kids with Disabilities Maine
Consumer Information and Technology Training Exchange
Maine CITE is a statewide project designed to help make assistive
and universally designed technology more available to Maine children
and adults who have disabilities. 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. 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. National
Federation of the Blind The Purpose of NFB is to help blind
persons achieve self-confidence and self-respect and to act as a
vehicle for collective self-expression by the blind. We provide
public education about blindness, information and referral services,
scholarships, literature and publications, aids and appliances,
advocacy services and protection of civil rights, technology, and
support. 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).
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. National
Rehabilitation Information Center has collected and disseminated
the results of federally funded research projects for 20 years.
NARIC's literature collection, which also includes commercially
published books, journal articles, and audiovisuals, averages around
200 new documents per month. NARIC is funded by the National Institute
on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) to serve anyone,
professional or lay person. New
York State's Parent Training & Information Center 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. Parent
Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights Tech
Connections A one-stop resource for information on Assistive
Technology (AT) designed to accommodate people with disabilities
in the workplace and in everyday life activities. 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. World
Association of Persons with Disabilities WAPD advances the interests
of persons with disabilities at national, state, local and home
levels. WAPD links the disabled and supporters to current "leading
edge" disability information via the various mediums of communication.
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. Founded in 1983 by leaders of the Independent
Living/Civil Rights Movement for people with disabilities, WID is
committed to bringing policy into action. KidNeeds.com is committed to providing our visitors and subscribers with access to accurate and timely information on a broad range of topics relative to developmental disabilities. If you have any special requests or would like to see a specific topic covered in this informational section, please e-mail us at info@kidneeds.com |
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