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Advocacy
Abuse Reporting Information for Vulnerable Adults
Columbia Legal Services
Disability
Rights Washington (formerly Washington State Protection
and Advocacy System)
Kids as Self-Advocates
(KASA)
- supported by Family Voices, KASA is a national
organization of young people with special needs.
PACER CENTER
- Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights.
People First of Washington
Pierce County
Coalition for Developmental Disabilities
Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)
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 Grays Harbor
The Arc of King
County
The Arc of Kitsap &
Jefferson Counties
The Arc of Snohomish
County
The Arc of Spokane
County
The Arc of
Tri-Cities
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
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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)
Families and Advocates
Partnership for Education (FAPE)
National Academy of
Sciences
National Center on
Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
National Center on
Secondary Education and Transition
National Institute for
Urban School Improvement
Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
(OSPI)
PACER CENTER -
Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights.
PAVE
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)
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Federal
Benefits
Eligibility Screening Tool (BEST) - learn what
social security benefits you may be eligible (also in
Spanish Language)
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 - U.S. 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
(pdf) - Disability evaluation under social security
Whitehouse.gov
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Health
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 (PDF File)- Center for
Disability Issues and the Health Professions
The First Signs
Healthcare
Coach - by National Health Law Program
Health Insurance Consumer Hotline
- 1-800-562-6900
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 (Office of Global Health Affairs)
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
DSHS Home Page
Help for Working Families - DSHS Eligibility A-Z Manual - 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
Department of Early Learning (DEL)
Washington State Legislative Evaluation and
Accountability Program (LEAP) Committee
Washington State Legislature
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Support
Exceptional Parent
Families Together
Parent to Parent Support Programs of Washington State
The Sibling
Support Project
Thurston County Parent to Parent
VCFS/DiGeorge Family
Support Network
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 of
People with Disabilities - (AAPD)
American
Association on Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities (AAIDD)
American Association of
University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
The Arc of the United
States - Publications Desk
Asperger’s Syndrome Information
Association for Children
with Down Syndrome, Inc.
Attention Deficit Disorder
Association
(ADDA) Information, resources, articles, services, support groups and more for individuals with
attention deficit disorder.
Autism Collaboration
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 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.
Epilepsy Foundation
Epilepsy Support Groups and Organizations
ERICEC 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.
FEAT -
Families for Early Autism Treatment
FEAT of Washington: Families for Effective
Treatment of Autism.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Family Resource Institute
Fragile X Foundation
Informing Families, Building Trust
The Institute on Community Integration
- University of Minnesota Center for Excellence in
Developmental Disabilities
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 Center for
Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
National Center on
Severe and Sensory Disabilities - Formerly
National Center on Low-Incidence Disabilities
National Down Syndrome
Congress
National
Dissemination
Center for Children with Disabilities
(NICHCY)
National Early
Intervention Longitudinal Study (NEILS)
Office for Victims of
Crime
Opening Doors (for Housing in rural areas)
- free online newsletter
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Association
Projects of National Significance (PNS),
the Administration on Developmental Disabilities
Rebuilding Together-is a national volunteer home
rehabilitation organization
The Research and Training
Center on Community Living
Rett Syndrome
- International Rett Syndrome Foundation
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.
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.
Transition to Adult Life: A Shared
Responsibility -
Vocational Rehabilitation Services Policy to Practice
Guidebook
United Cerebral Palsy
(UCP)
University of Washington/Department of Rehabilitation
Medicine
Washington Yellow Pages
for Kids with Disabilities
Williams Syndrome Office
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