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Advocacy
Abuse Reporting Information for Vulnerable Adults
Columbia Legal Services
Disability
Rights Washington (formerly Washington State Protection
and Advocacy System)
PACER CENTER
- Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights.
People First of Washington
Pierce County Parent
Coalition
Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) and
their most recent and exciting publication:
Sticks & Stones
Self Advocates in
Leadership (SAIL), a statewide self-advocacy
coalition focused on shaping public policies.
Spokane County Parent
Coalition
The Arc
Link
The Arc of
Clark County
The Arc of Cowlitz
Valley
The Arc of King
County
The Arc of the
Olympic Peninsula
The Arc of Snohomish
County
The Arc of Spokane
County
The Arc of Whatcom
County
The Arc of the United
States
The Arc of the United States - Legislative & Media
Information
The Arc of the United
States - Publications Desk
National Disability Rights
Network
Washington State Parent
Coalitions
VCFS/DiGeorge Family
Support Network
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Education
ASK-Advocates for Special Kids
(parents helping parents
understand special education)
Bullying Report: How are Washington State
Schools Doing? This preliminary report, issued by the
Washington State PTA and The Safe Schools Coalition, is
a result of the passage of HB 1444 in 2002. View these
preliminary findings to see how our schools are dealing
with issues of harassment, intimidation and bullying.
Center for
Change in Transition Services (Seattle University)
Disability
History Museum/Library & Education (Teacher
Resources Course Packets)
EFM
Connections - provides information for military
families with special needs.
Families and Advocates
Partnership for Education (FAPE)
National Academy of
Sciences
National Center on
Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
Graduation Requirements.
National Center on
Secondary Education and Transition
National Early
Intervention Longitudinal Study (NEILS)
National Institute for
Urban School Improvement
National Center on
Low-Incidence Disabilities
Office of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)
PACER CENTER -
Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights.
Parent to Parent - State Office(P2P)
P.A.V.E.
(Parents Are Vital in Education)
Transition from School to Adult Life
- Spokane County Parent Coalition
Transition to Adult Life: A Shared Responsibility -
Vocational Rehabilitation Services Policy to
Practice Guidebook
University of Washington/Department of Rehabilitation
Medicine
Washington Education
Association (WEA)
Washington State Special
Education Coalition (WSSEC)
Washington State Special Education Training for All
(WSSETA)
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Employment
National Center
on Workforce and Disability/Adult (One Stop
Career Center)
Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
at the Department of Labor (grants for employment)
Social Security Online
Ticket to Work
U.S. Office
of Personnel Management (Information on Federal
Employment for People with Disabilities)
Your Ticket to Work
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Federal
Access America
Benefits
Eligibility Screening Tool (BEST) - learn what
social security benefits you may be eligible
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services
(DOE) OSERS - Department of Education, Office of
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
DOL - Department of Labor
Disability Government
Information
HHS - Department of
Health and Human Services
HUD -
Housing and Urban Development
National Housing Trust
Fund
Social Security Administration: Benefits for Children
with Disabilities.
Social Security Online Disability Programs
United States House of
Representatives Home Page
United States Senate Home Page
Welfare Reform and SSI
Childhood Disability
Whitehouse.gov
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Health
Abuse Reporting Information for Vulnerable Adults
Center for Children with Special Needs -
Linkages newsletter
Center
for Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)
Dental Care
-
Website designed to link individuals with disabilities to dental professionals.
Emergency Evacuation Preparedness: Taking
Responsibility for Your Safety - Center for
Disability Issues and the Health Professions
The First Signs
Healthcare
Coach - by National Health Law Program
Healthfinder Espanol - new from HHS
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Washington
State - ASK (Answers for Special Kids) 1-800-322-2588.
KidsHealth
- Information about healthcare for parents, kids and
teens including basic information on several chronic childhood illnesses and diseases.
Kids Quest on Disabilities & Health
National Institute of
Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
National Institutes of Mental Health
National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc.
Project MED
(Medical Education for Consumers) was created
with funding from the U.S. Administration on Developmental Disabilities. The goal of project MED
is to provide patients with information, in a manner that they can understand, about the medications that
they are taking.
Refugee Health &
Immigrant Health
Surgeon General
The Washington Assistive
Technology Foundation (WATF)
Washington State Medical Home Leadership Network
(MHLN) promotes medical home partnerships.
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State
Abuse Reporting Information for Vulnerable Adults
DEL -
Washington State Department of Early Learning
DSHS Home Page
Help for Working Families - Find what
benefits are available to you.
Infant Toddler Early
Intervention Program (ITEIP)
Informing Families, Building Trust
JLARC Reports
Washington State
Developmental Disabilities Council (DDC)
Washington State Division of Developmental Disabilities
(DDD)
Washington State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
(DVR)
Washington Human Rights
Commission (HRC)
Washington State Legislative Evaluation and
Accountability Program (LEAP) Committee
Washington State Legislature
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Support
Exceptional Parent
Families Together
National Center for
Family Support
National Parent Network
on Disabilities (NPND)
The Sibling
Support Project
Thurston County Parent to Parent
Washington State Parent
to Parent
Washington State Fathers
Network
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Transportation
Agency Council on Coordinated Transportation is
a Council of
State agencies, transportation providers, consumer
advocates, and legislators with the mission to promote
the coordination of special needs transportation.
Note: This is not a direct service.
Information
and Other Resources
American Association for
Persons with Disabilities - (AAPD)
American
Association on Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities (AAMR)
American Association of
University Centers on Disabilities (AAUAP)
The Arc of the United
States - Publications Desk
Asperger’s Syndrome Information
Association for Children
with Down Syndrome, Inc.
Autism
Research at the National Institute of Child Health &
Human Development (NICHD)
Autism Help Flash
Cards - CD-ROM with
thousands of images to teach children with Autism.
Autism Society
of America
Autism
Society of Washington
Batten Disease Support
and Research Association
Brain Injury Association
of America
Brain Injury Association of Washington
CdLS Society
- Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation
Center for the Study of
Autism
Center on Human Development
and Disability
(UW)
The Cerebral Palsy Critical Elements of Care
- CSHCN
(pdf
document)
The Cerebral Palsy Magazine
CHADD - Children and
Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
CHADD Northwest
Children's Alliance
Columbia Legal Services
Counsel of Exceptional Children (CEC)
Easter Seals
Society
Easter Seals Society of Washington
EFM Connections - provides information for
military families with special needs. It is designed to
share information with military families on Department of
Defense efforts and civilian community programs to support families with special needs within the
military community.
Epilepsy Foundation
Epilepsy Support Groups and Organizations
ERIC Clearing House on Disabilities and Gifted
Education
Families USA - Information on Medicaid and
managed care
Family Village - estate planning & special needs
trusts
Family Village Project has an internet guide
with links to language translation sites.
Family
Voices: Family and Friends Speaking on Behalf
of Children with Special Health Care Needs.
Washington State Fathers Network
FEAT
FEAT of Washington: Families for Effective
Treatment of Autism.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Family Resource Institute
Fragile X Foundation
Informing Families, Building Trust
JCAHO -Joint Commission on Accreditation for
Healthcare Organizations
Learning Disabilities
Association of America
Learning Disabilities Association of Washington
- Information about learning disabilities and services.
LD Online
March of Dimes
Muscular Dystrophy Association - MDA
National Alliance for the
Mentally Ill
National Association for
Down Syndrome
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
(NADDA) Information, resources, articles, services, support groups and more for individuals with
attention deficit disorder.
National Center for
Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
National Down Syndrome
Congress
National Information
Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
(NICHCY)
The New
Freedom Initiative
Office for Victims of
Crime
Opening Doors (for Housing in rural areas)
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Association
Projects of National Significance (PNS))
Rebuilding Together-is a national volunteer home
rehabilitation organization
The Research and Training
Center on Community Living
Rett Syndrome
S.N.A.P.
Special Needs Advocate for Parents - (Financial
Planning)
Special Needs Project - Online catalog of books
about disabilities.
Special Olympics
Spina Bifida Association
of America
Talk Autism - is an integrated group of
communication technologies managed by experienced
advocates. Our mission is to assist the autism community by
being the one place to find many resources, and to assist in connecting people to other expert sites.
TASH - The
Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps
Through the
Looking Glass, National Resource Center
for Parents with Disabilities, is a community based nonprofit organization.
United Cerebral Palsy
(UCP)
Washington Yellow Pages
for Kids with Disabilities
Williams Syndrome Office
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