Web Sites and Organizations for People with Disabilities


General Assistance


AHEAD, Association on Higher Education And Disability
www.ahead.org


Education Resources Directory (ERD)
www.ed.gov/Programs/EROD


Equal Access to Software and Information
www.rit.edu/~easi


Job Accommodation Network
www.jan.wvu.edu


National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials
www.nchrtm.okstate.edu


NCLD, National Center for Learning Disabilities
www.ncld.org


National Transition Alliance
www.ncset.org

Reasonable Accommodations for Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities

An On-line Resource for Employers and Educators
www.bu.edu/cpr/reasaccom


Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov/offices/OCR

Regional Resource Centers


The Federal Resource Center for Special Education
www.dssc.org/frc


Northeast Regional Resource Center
www.wested.org/nerrc


Mid-South Regional Resource Center
www.ihdi.uky.edu/msrrc


Great Lakes Area Regional Resource Center
www.glarrc.org


Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center
www.usu.edu/mprrc


Western Regional Resource Center
interact.uoregon.edu/wrrc/wrrc.html

Clearinghouses

ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
ericec.org


National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education
www.special-ed-careers.org


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

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

Deaf/Blind

National Deaf Education Center
clerccenter.gallaudet.edu


National Technical Assistance Consortium for Children and Young Adults who are Deaf-Blind
www.tr.wou.edu/ntac


Midwest Center for Postsecondary Outreach
www.mcpo.org


Postsecondary Education Consortium
http://sunsite.utk.edu/cod/pec

Finance

Center for Special Education Finance
csef.air.org

Parents

Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers-the Alliance
www.taalliance.org

Partnerships

Families and Advocates Partnership for Education
www.fape.org

Toll-Free Phone Numbers

ABLEDATA (800) 227-0216


American Association on Mental Retardation (800) 424-3688


American Council of the Blind (800) 424-8666


American Foundation for the Blind (800) 232-5463 (9:00am-2:00pm, EST)


American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (800) 377-8555 (TT)


American Printing House for the Blind (800) 233-1839


American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (800) 638-8255 (Voice/TT)


Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (800) 233-4050


Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (800) 344-4823


Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (800) 466-4232


Disabled and Alone/Life Services for the Handicapped, Inc. (800) 995-0066


Epilepsy Foundation of America (800) 332-1000 (Consumers)


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (800) 669-3362


ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education (800) 328-0272


Family Caregiver Alliance (800) 445-8106 (CA only)


Immune Deficiency Foundation (800) 296-4433


Job Accommodation Network (800) 232-9675 (Voice/TT)


Job Opportunities for the Blind (800) 638-7518


Captioned Films/Videos Program (800) 237-6213 (Voice/TT)


National Adult Literacy and Learning Disabilities Center (800) 953-2553


National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (800) 950-6264


National Alliance of Blind Students (800) 424-8666


National Center for Youth with Disabilities (800) 333-6293


National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials (800) 223-5219


National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education (800) 641-7824


National Down Syndrome Congress (800) 232-6372


National Down Syndrome Society (800) 221-4602


National Fragile X Foundation (800) 688-8765


National Head Injury Foundation (800) 444-6443 (Family Helpline)


National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
(800) 695-0285 (Voice/TT)


National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Clearinghouse
(NIDCD) (800) 241-1044


National Mental Health Association (800) 969-6642


National Mental Health Consumer Self-Help Clearinghouse (800) 553-4539


National Multiple Sclerosis Society (800) 344-4867


National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc. (800) 999-6673


National Rehabilitation Information Center (800) 346-2742 (Voice/TT)


National Spinal Cord Injury Association (800) 962-9629


National Spinal Cord Injury Hotline (800) 526-3456


Office of the Americans with Disabilities Act (800) 514-0301


Orton Dyslexia Society (800) 222-3123


Paralyzed Veterans of America (800) 424-8200


Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Inc. (800) 221-4792 (Book Orders Only)


Resource Center on Substance Abuse Prevention and Disability (800) 628 8442


Short Stature Foundation (800) 243-9273


Spina Bifida Association of America (800) 621-3141


Stuttering Foundation of America (800) 992-9392


Tourette Syndrome Association (800) 237-0717


United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc. (800) 872-5827 (Voice/TT)


Very Special Arts (800) 933-8721


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