Events Calendar
The Arc of Pennsylvania is affiliated with The Arc of the United States and 35 local chapters serving 47 counties across Pennsylvania
LINKS
These are links related to mental retardation and developmental disabilities. Some of the links are related to specific syndromes or disabilities such as Down syndrome or autism. Others will connect you with sites related to governmental and legislative issues. If you find a broken link or find that a site listed below is objectionable, please feel free to email us. Selecting these links will take you off of The Arc of Pennsylvania site.
Always check our ‘Local Chapters’ to determine if there is a chapter of The Arc in your county. Many of our local chapters offer programs and services for children and adults with cognitive, intellectual, and developmental disabilities and their families.
ADA Home Page (Americans with Disabilities Act) www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
Acid Maltase Deficiency Assocation www.amda-pompe.org
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry www.aacap.org
American Counseling Association www.counseling.org
American Medical Association www.ama-assn.org
American Psychiatric Association www.psych.org
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) www.asha.org
Anxiety Disorders Association of America www.adaa.org
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies www.abct.org
Attention Deficit Disorder Association www.add.org
Autism Society of America www.autism-society.org
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law www.bazelon.org
Birth Defect Research for Children, Inc. www.birthdefects.org
Brain Injury Association of America www.biausa.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov
C.H.A.D.D. (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder) www.chadd.org
Circle of Inclusion www.circleofinclusion.org
Council for Exceptional Children www.cec.sped.org
Disabilities Rights Network of Pennsylvania - Formerly Pennsylvania Protection & Advocacy, Inc. (PP&A) and the Disabilities Law Project (DLP) http://drnpa.org
Division TEACCH Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children www.unc.edu/depts/teacch
Epilepsy Foundation - National Office www.efa.org
Easter Seals Disability Services (National Office) www.easter-seals.org
The Education Law Center-PA (ELC-PA) & The Pennsylvania School Reform Network www.elc-pa.org
Exceptional Parent www.eparent.com
Family Caregiver Alliance www.caregiver.org
FRAXA The Fragile X Research Foundation www.fraxa.org
Institute on Community Integration www.ici.umn.edu
International Dyslexia Association www.interdys.org
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations www.jcaho.org
KidsTogether.org www.kidstogether.org
Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) www.ldanatl.org
Learning Disabilities Online www.ldonline.com
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation www.modimes.org
National Alliance for Mental Illness www.nami.org
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors www.nasmhpd.org
National Association for the Education of Young Children www.naeyc.org
National Center for Learning Disabilities www.ncld.org
National Council on Disability www.ncd.gov
National Down Syndrome Congress www.ndsccenter.org
National Down Syndrome Society www.ndss.org
National Fragile X Foundation www.nfxf.org
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities www.nichcy.org
National Institute of Arts & Disabilities www.niadart.org
National Institutes of Health www.nih.gov
National Mental Health Consumers Self-Help Clearinghouse www.mhselfhelp.org
National Organization on Disability www.nod.org
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome www.nofas.org
National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) www.naric.com
PA Assistive Technology Foundation www.patf.us
Pennsylvania Bar Association www.pabar.org
PA Training and Technical Assistance Network (PATTAN) www.pattan.k12.pa.us
Pennsylvania Department of Education www.pde.psu.edu
Pennsylvania's Initiative on Assistive Technology (PIAT) www.disabilities.temple.edu/programs/assistive/piat ** PA's Assistive Technology (AT) Lending Library www.disabilities.temple.edu/programs/assistive/atlend/branchlist.htm ** The Recycled and Exchanged Equipment Partnership (REEP) www.temple.edu/instituteondisabilities/programs/assistive/reep ** PA’s Telecommunication Device Distribution Program www.disabilities.temple.edu/programs/assistive/tddp
Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia www.pilcop.org
Obsessive Compulsive Foundation www.ocfoundation.org
SAMHSA’s National Mental Health Information Center www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov
Social Security Administration www.ssa.gov
Spina Bifida Association of America www.sbaa.org
TASH - Equity, opportunity and inclusion for people with disbilities www.tash.org
United Cerebral Palsy - National www.ucpa.org
U.S. Department of Education www.ed.gov/index.html
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services www.hhs.gov
Wrightslaw - The Special Education Advocate www.wrightslaw.com
The Arc of Pennsylvania 101 South 2nd Street, Suite 8 Harrisburg, PA 17101 Telephone: (717) 234-2621 Toll Free: (800) 692-7258 Facsimile: (717) 234-7615
The Arc of PA Resource Directory (Click to download)
The Arc of PA 2007 Resource Directory and Guide to Essential Services was made possible by a generous donation by the Bartelmay Family. The Resource Directory is an introduction to services and supports for persons with cognitive, intellectual and developmental disabilities. It is divided into sections for easier usage and contains mostly Pennsylvania based agencies.
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