- Resources -

The Internet is an excellent source of information and support.  Below are links to many different sources, which we hope will prove helpful to your specific needs.  If there is something you need and cannot find, you may also contact us directly, and we will do our best to assist you.

Administration of Developmental Disabilities  (www.acf.dhhs.gov/index.html)

Adolescent Health Transition Project  (www.depts.washington.edu/healthtr)

Adult Protective Services http://www.aasa.dshs.wa.gov/Programs/aps.htm

Aging & Adult Services Administration  (www.aasa.dshs.wa.gov)

Aging and Adult Services http://www.aasa.dshs.wa.gov/

Aging and Developmental Disabilities  (www.aging-dd.org)

American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine  (www.aacpdm.org/home.html)

American Academy of Pediatrics  (www.aap.org/default.htm)

American Association of People with Disabilities  (www.aapd-dc.org)

American Psychological Association  (www.apa.org/practice/pu/apr98/ssa.html)

American With Disabilities Act Technical Assistance  (www.adata.org)

America's Athletes With Disabilities  (www.americasathletes.org)

Autism - PDD Resources Network (Washington)  (www.autism-pdd.net/LINKS/washingt.htm)

Autism Distance Education Network   (www.albany.edu/psy/autism/autism.html)

Autism National Committee  (www.autcom.org)

Autism Network International  (http://ani.autistics.org)

Autism Outreach Project (www.esd189.org/autism/)

Autism Research Foundation (www.ladders.org/tarf/)

Autism Research Institute  (www.autism.com)

Autism Society of America  (www.autism-society.org)

Autism Society of Tacoma/Pierce County  (www.homestead.com/autism_society_tacoma)

Autism Society of Washington  (www.autismsocietyofwa.org)

Autistics.org  (www.autistics.org)

Beach Center on Disability  (www.beachcenter.org)

Best Buddies International  (www.bestbuddies.org)

Brain Injury Association of Washington  (www.biawa.org)

Brain Injury Association, Inc.  (www.biausa.org)

Brave Kids.org  (www.bravekids.org)

Center for Disabilities and Development  (www.medicine.uiowa.edu/uhs/index.cfm)

Center for Epilepsy  (www.siumed.edu/neuro/epilepsy.html)

Center for the Study of Autism (www.autism.org)

Center on Human Development and Disability  (http://depts.washington.edu/chdd)

Center on Human Development and Disability  (www.depts.washington.edu/chdd)

Center on Human Policy   (http://soeweb.syr.edu/thechp)

Center on Self-determination (http://cdrc.ohsu.edu/selfdetermination)

Child Development Institute   (www.cdipage.com/learning_disabilities.htm)

Children With Disabilities   (www.childrenwithdisabilities.ncjrs.org)

Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center  (www.seattlechildrens.org)

Circle of Inclusion  (www.circleofinclusion.org)

ComeUnity.com  (www.comeunity.com/disability/cerebral_palsy)

Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted  (www.csbps.com)

Connect for Kids  (www.connectforkids.org)

Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities  (www.c-c-d.org)

Council for Exceptional Children  (www.cec.sped.org/ab/index.html)

Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates  (www.copaa.net)

CP Resource Center   (www.twinenterprises.com/cp)

Developmental Disabilities Services (formerly DDD) http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/ddd/index.shtml

Disability History Museum   (www.disabilitymuseum.org)

 

Disability Resources.org (www.disabilityresources.org)

Disability Studies Online Magazine  (www.disabilitystudies.com)

Disability World  (www.disabilityworld.org)

Disabled Peoples' International  (www.dpi.org)

Down Syndrome Health Issues  (www.ds-health.com)

Down Syndrome Information Network  (www.down-syndrome.net)

Down Syndrome Research Online Advocacy Group  (www.dsoag.com)

DSHS (Department of Social and Health Services) http://www.dshs.wa.gov/

Easter Seals  (www.easterseals.org)

Easter Seals  (www.seals.org/Services/are.htm)

Enabled Online  (www.enabledonline.com)

Epilepsy Education Association  (www.iupui.edu/~epilepsy)

Epilepsy Foundation  (www.efa.org)

Epilepsy.com  (www.epilepsy.com)

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)  (http://ericec.org)

Exceptional Parent Magazine  (http://www.eparent.com)

Family Village  (www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx)

Family Voices  (www.familyvoices.org)

Family Voices  (www.familyvoices.org)

FEAT (Families for Early Autism Treatment)  (www.feat.org)

FirstGov -The official website for searching the US Government  (http://firstgov.gov)

Geneva Centre for Autism (www.autism.net)

Gladnet  (www.gladnet.org)

Half The Planet  (www.halftheplanet.com)

Health.gov  (www.health.gov)

HealthFinder.gov  (www.healthfinder.gov)

Housing and Urban Development (www.hud.gov/groups/disabilities.cfm)

iCan!  (www.ican.com)

Inclusion Research Network  (www.inclusionresearch.org)

Inclusion.com   (www.inclusion.com)

Independent Living (www.independentliving.org)

Independent Living Counsel http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/dvr/aboutdvr/indcouncil.htm

Independent Living Research Utilization at TIRR (www.ilru.org)

Individualized Funding Information Resources  (http://members.shaw.ca/bsalisbury)

Infant Toddler Early Prevention Program  ( www.wa.gov/dshs/iteip/iteip.html)

Institute for Community Inclusion  (www.communityinclusion.org.)

Institute on Community Integration   (www.ici.coled.umn.edu/ici)

InteliHealth  (www.intelihealth.com)

International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organization  (www.ipwso.org)

JAN (Job Accommodation Network)  (janweb.icdi.wvu.edu)

Kid Source Online   (www.kidsource.com)

Kids Camps  (www.kidscamps.com/special_needs/developmt_disability.html)

Law, Health Policy & Disability Center  (www.its.uiowa.edu/law)

Liberty Resources (www.libertyresources.org)

Mainstream  (www.mainstream-mag.com)

March of Dimes -- Washington Chapter  (www.modimes-wa.org)

MayoClinic.com  (www.mayohealth.org/home)

Medline Plus  (http://medlineplus.gov)

Michael Smull and Friends  (www.allenshea.com/friends.html)

Multi-Service Center  (www.skcmsc.com)

National Alliance for Autism Research  (www.naar.org)

National Association for Down Syndrome  (www.nads.org)

National Center for Family Support  (www.familysupport-hsri.org)

National Center on Physical Activity and Disability  (www.ncpad.org)

National Coalition on Self-determination  (http://oaksgroup.org/nconsd)

National Council on Disability  (www.ncd.gov )

National Disability Sports Alliance  (www.ndsaonline.org/main.htm)

National Down Syndrome Congress  (www.ndsccenter.org/old)

National Down Syndrome Society  (www.ndss.org)

National Health Institute Studies  (http://rtc.umn.edu/nhis/dtbrf2.html)

National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who are Deaf-Blind  (www.tr.wou.edu/dblink/)

National Institute of Mental Health (www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/learndis.htm)

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke   (www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/epilepsy.htm)

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke  (www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/cerebral_palsy.htm)

National Organization on Disability  (www.nod.org)

National Program Office on Self-determination (www.self-determination.org)

National Society for Epilepsy  (www.epilepsynse.org.uk/pages/index/home)

Neighbours Inc.  (www.neighbours-inc.com)

New Horizons for Learning  (www.newhorizons.org/spneeds_intr.html )

NICHCY (National Information Center for children and Youth with Disabilities)  (www.nichcy.org)

Office of Community Development - Developmental Disabilities Council (www.ocd.wa.gov/factsheets/community/dd_council.htm)

Office of Employment Support Programs  (www.ssa.gov/work)

Office of Special Education Programs  (www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP)

On A Roll Radio  (www.onarollradio.com)

Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support  (www.aspergersyndrome.org)

PACER Center (Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights)  (www.pacer.org)

Parent Pals.com  (http://parentpals.com/gossamer/pages)

Parents Connect  (www.parentsconnect.org/linkster/linkster.php)

Parents Helping Parents  (www.php.com)

People First of Washington  (www.pfow.org/courses.htm)

Prader-Willi Syndrome Association  (www.pwsausa.org)

President's Committee on Mental Retardation  ( www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/add)

Protection and Advocacy - The Nation's Disability Rights Network  (www.protectionandadvocacy.com)

Protection and Rights Advocacy  (www.protectionandadvocacy.com)

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging With Developmental Disabilities (www.uic.edu/orgs/rrtcamr)

Seattle Children's Hospital - Summer Camp Directory  (www.seattlechildrens.org/parents/special/camp.htm)

Seattle Children's Hospital Sibling Support Project  (www.seattlechildrens.org/sibsupp/default.htm)

Self Advocates Becoming Empowered  (www.sabeusa.org)

Self Determination Synthesis Project  (www.uncc.edu/sdsp/home.asp)

Smithsonian National Museum of American History (Disability Rights Movement)  (www.americanhistory.si.edu/disabilityrights/welcome.html)

Speaking for Ourselves  (www.speaking.org)

Speaking For Ourselves  (www.speaking.org)

Special Ed Law.net (www.specialedlaw.net/specialed.htm)

Special Olympics  (www.specialolympics.org)

Speech Therapy Activities  (www.speechtx.com/cpalsy/cp.htm)

State Advisory Committee http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/ddd/sac.shtml

Tacoma Area Coalition of Individuals with Disabilities  (www.tacid.org)

TASH  (www.tash.org)

TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication)  (www.teacch.com)

The Access Board  (www.access-board.gov)

The Arc   (www.thearc.org/sdet/sdet.html)

The Arc of Washington State  (www.arcwa.org)

The ArcLink  (www.thearclink.org)

The Canadian Down Syndrome Society  (www.cdss.ca)

The Council For Disability Rights  (http://disabilityrights.org)

The Fathers Network (www.fathersnetwork.org)

The Giving Network http://www.thegivingnetwork.com

The National Association for the Dually Diagnosed  (www.thenadd.org/cgi-bin/router.pl)

U. of Washington School of Medicine Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit (http://depts.washington.edu/fadu/)

U.S. Office of Disability Employment Policy  (www.dol.gov/dol/odep)

United Cerebral Palsy Net   (www.ucp.org/main.cfm/129)

United States Cerebral Palsy Athletic Association  (www.uscpaa.org/main.htm)

University of Sunderland Autism Research Unit  (http://osiris.sunderland.ac.uk/autism/)

University of Washington Autism Center (www.depts.washington.edu/uwautism)

University of Washington School of Medicine, Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine (http://depts.washington.edu/rehab/special/bi.shtml)

US Congress  (www.congress.org)

US Dept. of Health & Human Services  (www.os.dhhs.gov)

US Dept. of Justice - Americans with Disabilities Act  (www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm)

Voice of the Retarded  (www.vor.net)

Wash. State Agency Council on Coordinated Transportation   (www.wsdot.wa.gov/acct/default.htm)

Wash. State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction  (www.k12.wa.us/specialed)

Washington Assistive Technology Alliance  (www.wata.org)

Washington Coalition of Citizens With Disabilities  (www.wccd.org)

Washington PAVE (Parents Are Vital in Education)  (www.washingtonpave.com)

Washington Protection and Advocacy System  (www.wpas-rights.org)

Washington Protection and Advocacy System  (www.wpas-rights.org)
Wrightslaw  (www.wrightslaw.com)

Washington State Dept. of Services for the Blind  (www.wa.gov/dsb)

WeMedia  (www.wemedia.com)

Work Opportunities  (www.workopportunities.org)

World Autism Organisation  (www.worldautism.org)

Yale-New Haven Medical Center  (http://info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/wspws)

 

- Mission Statement -

   To give people with developmental disabilities the opportunity to achieve their potential, build their self esteem and enhance their community involvement. To accomplish this, we commit our energy and resources to advocate for and support a continuum of creative living options.
 

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