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Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE) - CADRE supports parents, educators and administrators to benefit from the full continuum of dispute resolution options that can prevent and resolve conflict and ultimately lead to informed partnerships that focus on results for children and youth.
Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities - Six nonprofit leaders in the field of learning disabilities form the core of the Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities (CCLD): Organizations include: Council for Learning Disabilities, Division for Learning Disabilities, International Dyslexia Association, National Center for Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities Association, and the Schwab Learning Center. These organizations work together to make people aware of learning disabilities, share information with parents and promote the need for early detection and intervention.
Council for Disability Rights - On national, state, and local levels, the Council for Disability Rights advances the rights of people with disabilities. The Council promotes public policy and legislation, public awareness through education, and provides information and referral services.
Council for Exceptional Children - Largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities. Primarily for professionals in the field of special education.
Council for Parents, Attorneys and Advocates - COPAA does not represent the interests of any single type of disability. COPAA's chief concern is the availability and quality of legal and advocacy services for parents of children with all disabilities. The prime objective is to better integrate the unique strengths of parent, advocate and attorney to keep the costs of legal assistance manageable, while improving their availability and quality.
Disabilities Statistics Center - The center's purpose is to produce and disseminate statistical information on disability and the status of people with disabilities in American society and to establish and monitor indicators of how conditions are changing over time.
Disability Information Systems in Higher Education - A clearing house for information technology for accessibility and disability in higher education.
Disability Rights Activist, The - A lot is happening at the federal level with legislation and regulations that affects the lives of disabled people. Unfortunately we are seeing a backlash against the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). There is more and more information available for people to take action in support of the rights of people with disabilities but it is, for the most part, scattered across the Web. THE DISABILITY RIGHTS ACTIVIST brings together much of the information needed to enable anyone interested in the rights of disabled people to work for those rights.
EASI Equal Access to Software and Information - A resource to the education community that provides information and guidance in the area of access-to-information technologies by individuals with disabilities.
Eating Disorder Education Organization - Non-profit eating disorder education organization which provides public and professional information on anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, compulsive eating, body image, size acceptance.
Epilepsy Foundation - The Epilepsy Foundation is a national, charitable organization, founded in 1968 as the Epilepsy Foundation of America. The only such organization wholly dedicated to the welfare of people with epilepsy, our mission is simple: to work for children and adults affected by seizures through research, education, advocacy and service.
Family Village - Information about ways of dealing with disabilities and everyday life.
Family and Advocates Partnership in Education - The Family & Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE) Web site is a new project which aims to inform and educate families and advocates about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 and promising practices.
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health - To address the unique needs of children and youth with emotional, behavioral or mental disorders from birth through transition to adulthood. To ensure the rights of full citizenship, support and access to community-based services for all children and youth with emotional, behavioral or mental disorders and their families. To provide information and engage in advocacy regarding research, prevention, early intervention, family support, education, transition services and other services needed by these children, youth and their families
HalfThePlanet - HalfthePlanet was created to be the authoritative online source of reliable tools for independent living for the disability community. We are dedicated to the belief that only when the barriers to accessibility are removed and practical solutions to everyday life are provided can all people live independent and fulfilling lives.
HotBraille Mailing Service - Free postal mailing service that allows sending correspondence translated into Braille.
Info to Go, Gallaudet University - formerly the National Information Center on Deafness, is a centralized source of accurate, up-to-date, objective information on topics dealing with deafness and hearing loss in the age group of 0-21.
International Dyslexia Organization - The International Dyslexia Association is an international, non-profit organization dedicated to the study and treatment of the learning disability, dyslexia. The IDA was established to continue the pioneering work of Dr. Samuel T. Orton, a neurologist who was one of the first to begin to identify dyslexia and develop effective teaching approaches.
International Federation for Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida - Its mission is to improve the quality of life of people with Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida throughout the world. To decrease the prevalence of Hydrocephalus and/or Spina Bifida by primary prevention.
International Rett Syndrome Association - The mission of the IRSA is: to support and encourage medical research to determine the cause and find a cure for Rett syndrome, to increase public awareness of Rett syndrome, and to provide informational and emotional support to families of children with Rett syndrome.
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