These links are general to any disability - if you have a favorite link to share - please submit that to:  MichelleMGuppy@yahoo.com

(Many thanks to those individuals who help ensure that these links are current - especially to Lucy Walker of the TCDD, a Public Information Specialist)

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Advocacy Organizations:

ADAPT - Disability Advocacy Organization

Advocacy, Inc.

Coalition of Texans with Disabillities

Disability Policy Consortium

TASH - www.tash.org

Disability Information:

A Guide to online Disability Resources - www.communityinclusion.org/icinet/

A New Way of Thinking - www.mncdd.org

Alliance for Technology Access - www.ataccess.org

Americans with Disabilities Act - http://handicap.bfn.org/public/ada.html

Creative Communicating - www.creativecommunicating.com/links.html

disABILITY - www.makoa.org

Disability Resources on the Internet - Texas

Disability Resources on the Internet - http://www.disabilityresources.org/

"Disability Secrets" Website:  http://www.disabilitysecrets.com/questions.html

Early Childhood Intervention - www.dars.state.tx.us - click on "find services", then click on "early childhood intervention services."

Federal Disability Information - www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/pdd.htm

Learning Disorders - www.ldonline.org

National Center of Medical Home Initiatives - www.medicalhomeinfo.org/

National Respite Center - www.respitelocator.org/index.htm

National Respite Center - search by state - www.respitelocator.org/searchStates.asp

People First Language Booklet

Special Needs Children Network

Speech, Language, and Hearing

State to State Disability Resource Listing - www.disabilityresources.org

State to State Disability Resource Listin - www.nichcy.org/states.htm

Texas Information and Referral Network

Texas Information & Referral Network

Texas Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities

Understanding Family Support & Opening Doors to the Future - http://tcds.edb.utexas.edu/documents/ut_tcds_family.pdf.

University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities

Yellow Pages for Kids State to State Listing - www.yellowpagesforkids.com/help/states.htm

 

Disability Ministry Information:

The JOY Ministry of Graceview Baptist Church - www.TheJOYMinistry.org

 

Disability Organizations:

A.D.D. - www.cpgs.com/add

ADD & ODD - http://users.choice.net/~digital/index.htm

Attention Deficit Disorders Association - Southern Region

Brain Injury Association of Texas

Council for Exceptional Children - www.cec.sped.org

Disability Information - www.disabilityinfo.gov/

Disability Resources - www.disabilityresources.org

Elizabeth M. Boggs Center for Disability Resources - www.icdri.org

Family to Family Network

Family Voices - www.familyvoices.org/st/TX.html

Internet Resources for Special Children - www.irsc.org/

Learning Disabilities Association of Texas

National Center for Disabilities - www.ncld.org

National Council on Disability

NICHCY - www.nichcy.org

Parent Training & Information Centers - www.taalliance.org

Partners Resource Network, Inc

Texas Alliance for the Mentally Ill

Texas Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health

Texas Parent to Parent

Texas TASH - www.tash.org

The Arc of Texas

The Connections Center

Village Learning Center - www.villagelearningcenter.org

Disability Periodicals, Publishers, Book Distributors:

Brookes Publishing - www.brookespublishing.com/

Exceptional Parent Magazine and Resouce Guide - www.eparent.com

Partners Resource Network - www.PartnersTX.org

Pro Ed - http://www.proedinc.com/index.html

Woodbine House - www.woodbinehouse.com


Employment

The Association for Persons in Supported Employment (APSE)
www.apse.org

The Center for Education and Employment Law - www.oakstonelegal.com/

Goodwill Industries International - www.goodwill.org

National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability - www.ncwd-youth.info

Ticket to Work - www.yourtickettowork.com


Independent Living Information:

 

National Council on Independent Living

 

Special Needs Estate Planning:

Steven C. Rhatigan, C.E.P. - www.Stemark.com

 

Special Needs Toys & Equipment:
Assistive & Learning Devices for children & adults with physical challenges - http://enablingdevices.com/viewproduct.aspx?id=867

CycleTote Special Needs Bikes & Equipment

Different Roads to Learning - www.difflearn.com

Products & Services & Toys - www.nas.com/downsyn/toy.html

Special Clothes for Special Children - www.weightedvest.com

Special Needs Equipment
 

Theraproducts - www.theraproducts.com

Toys & Educational Products - http://pfot.com

Toys for Children with Special Needs

Toys for Special Needs Children - http://nncf.unl.edu/common/toys.html

Tax Information:

Tax Information - www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=773

Tax Information - www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=969

 
Texas Legislative Information:
Capitol of Texas Contact Information

Partners in Policymaking
 

Texas State Disability Agencies & Services:

Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) - www.dads.state.tx.us/autism/

Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities, www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/disabilities/

Mental Health Association in Texas - MHA/TX

MHMR State of Texas

Texas Center for Disability Studies - http://.uap.edb.utexas.edu/

Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities

Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services

Texas Education Agency, www.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed/

Texas Health & Human Services Agencies

Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired - www.tsbvi.edu

Texas School for the Deaf - www.tsd.state.tx.us

Texas Key Laws & Resources for people with Disabilities
 

 
Vaccine Research, Articles, & Information:

National Vaccine Information Center

 

The Texas Disability Network Calendar of Events is updated weekly! 

General Disability Links

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