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.
Always check our ‘Local Chapters’ page 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.
Selecting these links will take you off of The Arc of Pennsylvania site.
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
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
Parent's Resource Guide to Learning Disabilities
http://know-the-ada.com/t3/guide-learning-disabilities.html
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