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Family Connect- For parents of children with
visual impairments
Network for Good
The Hadley School For The Blind
Promoting independent living through lifelong, distance education programs for blind people and their families. Accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council since 1958 and offers more than 90 FREE home study courses across four programs: Adult Continuing Education Program, High School Program, Family Education Program and the Professional Education Program which offers Continuing Education Units.
Log on to the website; call the receptionist 1-800-323-4238 or TTY 1-847-441-8111; email:
info@hadley-school.org or write to obtain a course catalog: The Hadley School for the Blind, 700 Elm Street, Winnetka, IL 60093-2554, USA.
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Advocacy |
Art Therapy |
Assistive Technology |
Athletics |
Autism |
Blindness |
Braille |
Deaf |
Deafblind |
Employers of the Blind and Disabled |
Guide Dogs |
Physical Therapy |
Philanthropy |
Non-Profit |
Resources |
Schools for the Blind |
Schools for the Deaf |
Therapeutic Gardening |
Therapeutic Recreation |
Other Links |
Online Libraries
Accessibility
www.bookshare.org
Provides digital books to people with visual or other print disabilities.
www.boundlessplaygrounds.org
Accessible playgrounds, headquartered in Bloomfield, CT.
www.design.ncsu.edu/cud
Center for Universal design specializing in architectural
accessibility, headquartered in Raleigh, NC.
Adult Agencies
www.independentliving.org
Independent Living: Disabilities Resources and Services
www.visuallyimpaired.com
Resources for blind and visually impaired persons, including independent living aids
www.chimes.org
The Chimes is a school that supports thousands of individuals with disabilities who are of all ages and many levels of ability.
www.baltimorearc.org
The Baltimore Association for Retarded Citizens seeks to ensure that persons with mental retardation have maximum opportunities for full participation in all aspects of life in the community, and to offer programs and services that assist and support them in being true members of the community.
Advocacy
www.adapt.org
American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today
www.axa.org
Advocates Across America
www.aapd-dc.org
American Association of People with Disabilities
www.dredf.org
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc.
www.fcsn.org
Federation for Children with Special Needs
www.mdchildcare.org
Maryland Committee for Children
www.ppmd.org
Parents' Place of Maryland
www.snapinfo.org
Special Needs Advocate for Parents
Art Therapy
www.arttherapy.org
The American Art Therapy Association in Mundelein, Illinois.
www.sofer.com/art-therapy
Art therapy on the web.
www.mmbmusic.com/cat_home.html
Creative arts therapy.
www.nadc.ucla.edu
National Arts and Disability Center
www.mariarose.com
PerformAbilities, Inc.
www.vsarts.org
VSA arts
Assistive Technology
www.aagi.com
ALVA Access Group, Inc., a company specializing in the development and production of Braille displays and software that make complicated graphic computer screens accessible.
www.abledata.com
Source for assistive technology information.
www.assistivetech.com
Accessible products for communication and education.
www.at-center.com
Virtual Assistive Technology Center
www.netins.net/showcase/atforum/
Assistive Technology – Disabilities.
www.atia.org/
Assistive Technology Industry Association.
www.cns.state.va.us/atlfa/
Assistive Technology Loan Fund Authority.
www.abilityhub.com
This site offers information on assistive technology solutions, including screen readers, trackballs, magnifiers and alternative keyboards.
www.clarityaf.com
Clarity Solutions is an innovator in the low vision assistive technology field.
www.linc.org
Learning Independence Through Computers, Inc., headquartered in Baltimore, MD.
Athletics
www.usskiteam.org
US Disabled Ski Team, headquartered in Park City, UT.
www.wheelchairsoftball.com
National Wheelchair Softball Association, headquartered in Hastings, MN.
www.dsusa.org
Disabled Sports USA, headquartered in Rockville, MD.
www.specialolympics.org
Special Olympics International, headquartered in Washington, DC.
www.uscpaa.org
United States Cerebral Palsy Athletic Association, headquartered in Kingston, RI.
www.usaba.org
US Association of Blind Athletes, headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO.
www.blindgolf.com
US Blind Golf Association, headquartered in Tallahassee, FL.
Autism
www.autism-society.org/
Autism Society of America provides information on treatments for autism, personal stories, educating children with autism, educational rights, medications, the effects of diet and more.
www.ani.ac
Autism Network International provides information about their various services, their annual autism conference and links to other autism sites.
www.canfoundation.org
Cure Autism Now contains a collection of articles, frequently asked questions, research news and genetic information on autism.
www.autism.org
The Center for the Study of Autism provides information about autism to parents and professionals and conducts research on the efficacy of various therapeutic interventions.
www.autism.com/ari
Autism Research Institute (ARI) conducts research on the causes of autism and on methods of preventing, diagnosing and treating autism and other severe behavioral disorders of childhood.
www.autism-pdd.net/
Autism/PDD Resources Network provides online information, support and resources with issues pertaining to autism and pervasive developmental disorders.
www.dougflutie.org
The Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism.
www.autism-resources.com - Autism Resources
www.autism–info.com - More Autism Resources
http://autism.simplenet.com/index.html - Autism Picture Page
http://members.aol.com/room5/welcome.html - Room5's Autism Page
www.unc.edu/depts/teacch/ - Based at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, TEACCH stands for the Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children. TEACCH is a resource for individuals with autism.
www.agre.org - AGRE Genebank Website
With access for researchers to Autism Genetic Resource Exchange(AGRE) biomaterials application, phenotypic and genotypic data from 150 families.
www.naar.org - The National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR)
www.ninds.nih.gov - National Institute for Neurological Disorders (NINDS)
www.NECC.org - The New England Center for Children
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