Resource Links — TRANSFORM
Include — Connect — Transform
Resources for governments, agencies, organizations and community associations to assist with system transformation, new ways of thinking about mission fulfillment and service that increases service system effectiveness and the community at large.
California |
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California Department of Developmental Services |
Agency providing services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities |
California Department of Developmental Services-Consumer Corner |
Materials by DDS Consumer Advisory Committee for consumers, families and professionals |
Association of Regional Center Agencies |
Association of regional centers – advancing Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act |
California Department of Education |
Agency providing education services |
California Department of Rehabilitation |
Agency providing rehabilitation and employment services to persons with disabilities |
California Association of Family Empowerment Centers |
Information, resources, technical assistance and advocacy fto network of Family Empowerment Centers |
Fiesta Educativa |
Empowering families of persons with disabilities |
ADAPT: Americans Disabled for Attendant Programs Today |
Legislative proposals, news releases, organization newsletter and advocacy information related to community inclusion and community supports. |
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities |
AAIDD: The professional association run by and for professionals who support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. |
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law |
Legal advocacy for the civil rights and human dignity of people with mental disability. |
The Beach Center on Disability |
The Beach Center is a national research and education center on disability located at the University of Kansas. Excellent site for practical tips, articles, best practices and other information. |
Center for Health Services Research and Policy |
George Washington University Medical Center: Information, research and white papers related to legal, health care and work-related issues for children or adults with disabilities. |
The Council on Quality and Leadership |
An international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the quality of services and supports to people with disabilities. This is accomplished through its accreditation services, training programs, and research division. |
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund |
National law and policy center dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities through legislation, litigation, advocacy, technical assistance, and the education and training of attorneys, advocates, persons with disabilities, and parents of children with disabilities. Includes legal cases, links, and resources. |
Disability Statistics Center |
The purpose of the Disability Statistics Center is to produce and disseminate statistical information on disability and the status of people with disabilities in American society, and establish and monitor indicators of how conditions are changing over time to meet their health, housing, economic and social needs. |
Fedworld Web site |
Offers a data search component of federal agencies, including the IRS and Environmental Protection Agency. |
FirstGov.gov |
The U. S. Government's official web portal offers access to all federal web sites and sponsored resources as well as current statistics, research and information. |
National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities |
Public policy information and resources related to developmental disabilities. |
National Center on Disability & Journalism |
Site devoted to educating journalists and educators about disability reporting issues. |
National Council on Disability |
NCD: Access to federal policies, programs, practices and procedures related to equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Includes agency information and resources. |
National Disability Rights Network |
NDRN: The National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) is the largest provider of legally-based advocacy services to people with disabilities in the United States. NDRN provides training and technical assistance, legal support, and legislative advocacy services. |
The Arc |
Online access to facts, resources, advocacy information and news for people with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities. |
Disability Grapevine |
Daily online newspaper, delivered via e-mail, devoted to disability news and commentary. Presented by the Institute for Cultural Research for People with Disabilities (ICRPWD). |
Justice For All |
E-mail notification of action alerts related to Congressional legislative issues impacting people with disabilities. |
Not Dead Yet |
Deals with euthanasia issues. |
Organizing for Social Change |
Midwest Academy (Santa Ana, CA: Seven Locks Press, 2001). |
The Ragged Edge |
Online magazine covering the disability experience in America. |
Real Clout! |
A how-to manual for community-based activists trying to expand healthcare access by changing public policy. Available through The Access Project (617-654-9911). |
The Virtual Activist |
Compilation of activist sites, issues and resources available on the Internet. |
Independent Living Research Utilization |
Information on Olmstead decision and its application, ADA, managed care, health issues and international disability issues. Includes resources, related sites, discussion groups. |
Institute on Community Integration |
University of Minnesota: Resources and information related to disability issues, organized by key project and issues. Includes related resources and web sites. |
Institute for Policy Research |
Northwestern University: Research on significant public policies related to social sciences. |
N.O.A.H. Foundation |
Web site for a nonprofit agency focused on educating home buyers and sellers on the financing process, provides some down payment assistance and home purchase planning. |
TASH |
Access to printed and online resources, as well up-to-date information on key public policy issues related to inclusion. |
Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy |
CSADP: The Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy provides public education, leadership development and training, technical assistance and information dissemination, and conducts action-research and analysis of public policy issues affecting individuals with disabilities and their families. |
Council for Exceptional Children |
The largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted. |
Education Law Resource Center |
The Center provides information to help parents and educators to better understand legal requirements and meet individual student needs. Topics include special education, physical restraints, and the No Child Left Behind law. |
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities |
Provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals. Their special focus is children and youth (birth to age 22). If you have children with disabilities and don't know where to turn for assistance, make this your first stop. |
National Institute for Urban School Improvement |
Extensive library of resources, research, publications and online sites related to inclusive education. |
National State Policy Database |
Rules and regulations related to special education, accessed by state, plus links to IDEA and all state education agency web sites. |
New Hampshire Education Law |
NHELaw: The NHELaw publishes training manuals and conducts trainings for parents, educators, attorneys, and other professionals involved in education issues. |
Special Education Resources on the Internet |
A collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to special education. |
U.S. Department of Education |
Access to comprehensive information on education and educational policy in the United States, including special education. |
Wrightslaw |
Site for accurate, up-to-date information related to advocacy for special education and special education law. |
Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health |
Research tool for collecting demographic and other health related data about this population, and making state-by-state comparisons. |
Healthy People 2010 |
Health care information and publications that challenge individuals, communities, and professionals to take specific steps to ensure good health is enjoyed by everyone. |
National Health Law Program |
NHeLP: Provides extensive information on health care law affecting low-income people. The site is updated daily with health law news, legislative analysis, and health law Internet links. |
Online Health Services |
Directory of disabilities related web sites. |
Cornell University, ILR School |
The Employment and Disability Institute conducts research, and provides technical assistance and continuing education on disability and the workplace issues. |
Disability Advocacy: Suite 101 |
Information on disability rights and advocacy, featuring recent articles, discussion groups and resources. |
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition |
NCSET: Self-Determination for Middle and High School Students The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) provides technical assistance and disseminates information focused on areas of national significance for youth with disabilities and their families. |
National Program Office on Self-Determination – Institute on Disability University of New Hampshire |
The Institute on Disability/UCED at the University of New Hampshire focuses on improving knowledge, policies, and practices related to the lives of persons with disabilities and their families. |
WorkSupport.com |
Virginia Commonwealth University: Information, resources and research related to work and disability issues. |
Human Services Research Institute |
HSRI: The Human Services Research Institute was established in 1976 to help states and the federal government enhance services and supports to people with mental illness and people with mental retardation. They also are working to develop alternatives to congregate care facilities. |
"Policy Research Brief: Family Support Services in the United States Research and Training Center on Community Living" |
University of Minnesota, February 2006. |
Research & Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health |
The Center's research and training activities focus on improving services to children and youth who have mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders and their families. |
ABLEDATA |
Objective information about assistive technology products and rehabilitation equipment available from domestic and international sources. |
American Eugenics Movement |
Comprehensive archive of images, documents and exhibits related to the American Eugenics Movement. |
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law |
A national legal advocate for people with mental disabilities. |
Beyond Affliction: The Disability History Project |
Four-hour radio series focusing on people with disabilities and their families since the beginning of the 19th century. |
Center for Human Policy – Disability Studies for Teachers |
Lesson plans and materials designed to help teachers integrate disability studies into social studies, history, literature, and related subjects in grades 6–12. The plans and materials also can be adapted for use in postsecondary education. |
Center for Independent Living: Mission and History |
History of the Center for Independent Living at the University of California, Berkeley, a national leader in helping people with disabilities live independently and become more productive. |
Chronology of the Disability Rights Movement |
Chronological overview of the Disability Rights Movement in the United States, from 1817 through 1996. |
Disability.gov |
Online connection to the federal government's disability-related information and resources. |
The Disability History Museum |
The Disability History Museum has no bricks and mortar. The virtual museum is home to a searchable, theme-based digital collection of documents and images related to disability history in the United States. Artifacts are drawn from public and private collections around the country. |
Disability Resources Monthly WebWatcher: History of Disability |
Online review of resources and web sites related to the history of people with disabilities. |
Disability Rights and Education Defense Fund (DREDF) - A History of Section 504 |
History of Section 504, including eyewitness accounts. |
The Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement |
The UC Berkeley's web site on the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement includes a collection of primary sources exploring the social and political history of the disability movement from the 1960s to the present. Includes oral history. |
Disability Social History Project |
A community history project that outlines important events in disability history, topical exhibits, special projects and resources. |
Disability Studies Online Magazine |
List of books and resources for educators. |
Family Village: Disability History |
Links to disability history resources. |
Holocaust Museum: Treatment of the Handicapped |
Brochure describing Nazi treatment of people with disabilities from 1933–1945. |
Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement |
Key events, persons and social conditions contributing to development of eugenics – the effort to breed better humans. Presented through essays and images. |
National Museum of American History: The Disability Rights Movement |
Virtual exhibit available through the Smithsonian Institute converted from a live exhibit that physically existed from July 2000 through July 2001. Exhibit covers the disability rights movement, technology, mobility, the ADA, the parents movement and other topics. |
Parallels in Time |
Information about the history of society's treatment of people with developmental disabilities, including numerous videos and audio clips. |
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section |
An overview of Federal civil rights laws that ensure equal opportunity for people with disabilities. |
With an Eye to the Past |
Presentation celebrating the contributions Minnesotans have made to improve the care and quality of life of thousands of Minnesotans with developmental disabilities. |
Infinitec: Infinite Potential through Assistive Technology |
Infinitec, Inc. is a joint effort of the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Chicago and United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc., Washington D.C. |
Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center |
ITTATC was created to increase the availability of accessible technology in the United States focusing, in particular, on improving the accessibility and usability of information and telecommunication technology, such as computers, web sites, and telephones, and office technology, such as copiers and fax machines. |
The Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America |
RESNA: An interdisciplinary association dedicated to improving the potential of people with disabilities to achieve their goals through the use of technology. The organization does this through research, development, education, advocacy and provision of technology; and by supporting the people engaged in these activities. |
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Association of University Centers on Disabilities |
Network advancing policy and practice for persons with development disabilitie and families |
President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities |
Advisory group to President/Secretary of Health and Human Services services for persons with disabilties |
Americans with Disabilties Act |
US government source of Information and technical assistance on ADA |
Partners in Policymaking |
Leadership preparation training for adults with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities |
Society for Disability Studies |
Scientific and educational organization promoting research |
National Council on Disability |
Agency providing recommendations to President and Congress affecting Americas with disabilities |
World Institute on Disability |
Research, policy and advocacy for economic security and healthcare for persons with disabilities |
Inclusion International |
International advocacy for inclusive education |
Disability Rights Advocates |
Advancing equal rights and opportunities for people with disabilities |
International Disability and Human Rights Network |
Information network on disability and human rights |
American Network of Community Options and Resources |
Network to advance innovations that improve the quality of life for people with disabilities |
Center on Human Policy |
Research, policy and advocacy to insure rights of people with disabilities |
Plain Language Association International |
Information and training on Plain Language. |
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilties |
CRPD: United Nations. |
United States International Council on Disabilities |
Non-governmental organizations, federal agencies, individuals committed to global disability rights. |
National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disability Services |
Association of state agencies providing public services to people with developmental disabilities. |
National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities |
Network advancing Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act. |
Disability Rights Fund |
Advancing UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
Include Everybody |
International disability and millennium development goals. |
Disability Knowledge and Research Programme |
Program advancing health and quality of life for poor people in developing countries. |
Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights |
Various human rights treaties that touch upon disability issues. |
Disability Rights Promotion International |
Collaborative project to establish monitoring system to address disability discrimination globally. |
Disabled Peoples' International |
Network of national organizations of disabled people to promote human rights of disabled people. |
Global Partnership on Disability and Development |
Global initiative on international cooperation to integrate disability issues into development efforts. |
Handicap International |
Supports development work in health, social and economic inclusion, access to education and training. |
Human Rights Watch |
Independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. |
International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights |
Promotes human rights through the use of law with legal expertise and resources. |
International Disability Alliance |
Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. |
International Disability and Development Consortium |
Promotes rights of people with disabilities through collaboration and exchange. |
International Disability Education Alliance Network |
Facilitates exchange of information among individuals and organizations working on disability issues. |
Making It Work Initiative |
Initiative is a global multi-stakeholder initiative to promote effective implementation of the CRPD. |
Mobility International USA |
Disability and international development community bridge to promote people with disabilities as leaders |
Ratify Now |
International nonprofit supports grassroots advocates worldwide working to ratify UN CRPD. |
Rehabilitation International |
Global network of people with disabilities, service providers, researchers, agencies promoting rights. |
United States Agency for International Development |
USAID's policy for addressing disability issues. |
Disability Rights International |
Promotes rights and full participation of people with mental disabilities. |
World Bank Disability |
Links to mainstream organizations in international development community, include a focus on disability. |
