Links to Other Disability Resources

These links are designed to help people with disabilities, their families, and the professionals who serve them find information and community resources.

Statewide Disability Advocacy Organizations:

Advocacy, Inc.
ADAPT
Brain Injury Association of Texas
Coalition of Texans with Disabilities
Disability Policy Consortium
Mental Health Association in Texas
Texas University Affiliated Program
United Cerebral Palsy

Education/Special Education:

EDLAW
Idea Practices (Council for Exceptional Children) or http://www.cec.sped.org/
National Center for Learning Disabilities
Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (The PACER Center)
Special Education Home Page
TASH
Texas Education Agency
U.S. Department of Education
Partners Resource Network
Center for Law and Education
Exceptional Parent Magazine
Families and Advocates for Partnerships in Education (FAPE)
Family to Family Network
IDEA Partners
 Inclusion Research Institute
Internet Special Education Resources
NCD Report: "Back to School on Civil Rights"
Reed Martin
School Matters
TEA Due Process Hearing Decisions
TEA Special Education Rules
Texas Compliance Monitoring System- an alternative

For additional links on Inclusion, please visit our Resources for Families: Inclusion Resources page.

Health and Human Services Agencies:

Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Texas Health and Human Services Transformation Overview
Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS)
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS)
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS)

Other Government Agencies:

National Council on Disability
National Institutes of Health
Social Security Administration
Texas Council on Developmental Disabilities

Legal Resources:

The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
EDLAW

Self-Advocacy:

Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)
Texas Advocates

Sites Relating to Specific Disabilities:

OASIS (Online Asperger's Syndrome Information & Support)

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder:

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Autism:

Autism-PDD Resources Network
Autism Society of America
Center for the Study of Autism

Brain Injury:

Brain Injury Association of Texas

Cerebral Palsy:

United Cerebral Palsy

Down Syndrome:

Association for Children with Down Syndrome
Down Syndrome Health Issues
Down Syndrome World Wide Web Page
National Association for Down Syndrome
National Down Syndrome Society
UPSIDE

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome:

Arium
National Organization on FAS

Fragile X Syndrome:

FRAXA Research Foundation
National Fragile X Foundation

Prader-Willi Syndrome:

Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA)

Williams Syndrome:

The Williams Syndrome Association
The Williams Syndrome Home Page

Miscellaneous Disability Resources:

American Association of Mental Retardation (AAMR)
Disability Resources on the Internet
Family Village
Mothers United for Moral Support (MUMS)
NAMI
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
Texas Assistive Technology Partnership
Texas Connection Consortium
Texas Council of Community MHMR Centers
The Texas Information & Referral Network
Special Olympics - Texas
Any Baby Can
National Association for the Dually Diagnosed
Texas Health Organizations
TSBVI (Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired)
TAMR
Just Transportation Alliance
Transition Coalition
Worksupport