Links

Statewide Disability Advocacy

• Advocacy, Inc. - www.advocacyinc.org
• ADAPT - www.adapt.org
• Brain Injury Association of Texas - www.biatx.org
• Coalition of Texans with Disabilities - www.cotwd.org
• Disability Policy Consortium - www.dpctexas.org
• Mental Health Association in Texas - www.mhatexas.org
• Texas University Affiliated Program - http://uap.edb.utexas.edu
• United Cerebral Palsy - www.ucp.org

Education/Special Education

• Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (The PACER Center) - www.pacer.org
• TASH - www.tash.org
• Texas Education Agency - www.tea.state.tx.us
• U.S. Department of Education - www.ed.gov
• Partners Resource Network - www.eparent.com
• Families and Advocates for Partnerships in Education (FAPE) - www.fape.org
• Family to Family Network - www.familytofamilynetwork.org
• Inclusion Research Institute - www.inclusionresearch.org
• NCD Report: "Back to School on Civil Rights" - www.wrightslaw.com/law/reports/IDEA_Compliance_Index.htm
• School Matters - www.schoolmatters.com
• TEA Due Process Hearing Decisions - http://www.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed/hearings

Health and Human Services Agencies

• Texas Health and Human Services Commission - www.hhsc.state.tx.us
• Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) - www.dads.state.tx.us
• Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) - www.dshs.state.tx.us
• Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) - www.dars.state.tx.us
• Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) - www.dfps.state.tx.us

Other Government Agencies

• National Council on Disability - www.ncd.gov
• National Institutes of Health - www.nih.gov
• Social Security Administration - www.ssa.gov

Legal Resources

• The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates - www.copaa.net
• Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) - www.dredf.org

Self-Advocacy

• Partners in Policymaking - www.partnersinpolicymaking.com
• Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) - www.sabeusa.org
• Texas Advocates - www.texasxadvocates.org

Sites Relating to Specific Disabilities

Asperger's Syndrome

• OASIS (Online Asperger's Syndrome Information & Support) - www.aspergersyndrome.org

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - http://chadd.org

Autism

• Autism-PDD Resources Network - www.autism-pdd.net
• Autism Society of America - http://autism-society.org
• Center for the Study of Autism - www.autism.org
• University of Texas Autism Project - http://www.edb.utexas.edu/utap

Brain Injury

• Brain Injury Association of Texas - www.biatx.org

Cerebral Palsy

• United Cerebral Palsy - www.ucp.org

Down Syndrome

• Association for Children with Down Syndrome - www.acds.org
• Down Syndrome Health Issues - www.ds-health.com
• Down Syndrome World Wide Web Page - www.nas.com/downsyn
• East Texas Down Syndrome Group - Contact Kelly Bunger at ktbunger@hotmail.com
  • The Tyler Area Down Syndrome Playgroup/Parent Gathering (for kids of all ages) meets at Jumpin' Jacks Party Shack on   Hwy 69 South the 2nd Thursday of each month from 5:45 to 7:00 pm.  It's FREE!!
• National Association for Down Syndrome - www.nads.org
• National Down Syndrome Society - www.ndss.org
• UPSIDE - www.telebyte.com/upside/upside.html

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

• Arium - http://arium.org
• National Organization on FAS - www.nofas.org

Prader-Willi Syndrome

• Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) - www.pwsausa.org

Williams Syndrome

• The Williams Syndrome Association - www.williams-syndrome.org
• The Williams Syndrome Home Page - www.wsf.org

Miscellaneous Disability Resources

American Association of Mental Retardation (AAMR) - www.aamr.org
Disability Resources on the Internet - www.disabilityresources.org
Family Village - www.familyvillage.wisc.edu
Mothers United for Moral Support (MUMS) - www.netnet.net/mums/
NAMI - www.nami.org
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY) - www.nichcy.org
Texas Assistive Technology Partnership - http://tatp.edb.utexas.edu
Texas Council of Community MHMR Centers - www.txcouncil.com
Special Olympics - Texas - www.sotx.org
Any Baby Can - www.abcaus.org
National Association for the Dually Diagnosed - www.thenadd.org
Texas Health Organizations - www.theagapecenter.com/organizations/texas.htm
TSBVI (Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired) - www.tsbvi.edu
TAMR - www.tamr-web.com
Transition Coalition - www.transitioncoalition.org
Worksupport - www.worksupport.com