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Social Security Disability: How To Apply, How To Win - Book tells how to greatly increase your chances of winning Social Security disability benefits. Written by a practicing representative who has won 96% of his cases.
 
 

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ARCH National Resource Center - Supports service providers and families through training, technical assistance, evaluation, and research. Site has a Respite Locator database for the U.S.
 
Disability.gov - One-stop online access to resources, services, and information available throughout the Federal government.
 
Federal Information Technology Accessibility Initiative - Section 508 requires that Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities. The Federal Information Technology Accessibility Initiative is a Federal government interagency effort to offer information and technical assistance to assist in the successful implementation of Section 508.
 
Federal Interagency Coordinating Council - Assures that all children ages zero to eight with or at risk for developing disabilities and their families benefit from an integrated, seamless system of services and supports that is family centered, community based, and culturally competent.
 
Food and Drug Administration - (FDA) Information includes news, medical devices, animal drugs, human drugs, biologics.
 
Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) - The federal agency that administers the Medicare, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program.
 
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - People with Disabilities page. Laws, accessibility info, etc.
 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - Complete, well-organized official IDEA site. Download the bill, read updates, news, etc.
 
National Association of Developmental Disabilities Councils - Promotes U.S. policy which enables individuals with developmental disabilities the opportunity to make choices regarding the quality of their lives and be included in the community.
 
National Council on Disability - An independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on issues affecting 54 million Americans with disabilities.
 
National Institute on Disability & Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) - Conducts comprehensive and coordinated programs of research and related activities to maximize the full inclusion, social integration, employment, and independent living of disabled individuals of all ages.
 
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) - NLS, a unit of the Library of Congress, administers a free library program of braille and recorded materials that are circulated to eligible borrowers by postage-free mail through a network of cooperating libraries.
 
National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) - Collects and disseminates the results of federally funded research projects.
 
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) - Supports programs that assist in educating children with special needs, provides for the rehabilitation of youth and adults with disabilities, and supports research to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities.
 
President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities - Provides information, training, and technical assistance to America's business leaders, organized labor, rehabilitation and service providers, advocacy organizations, families and individuals with disabilities; reports to the President on the progress and problems of maximizing employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
 
Protection and Advocacy - A federally mandated system in each state and territory which provides protection for the rights of the disabled. It is a national voluntary membership organization that advocates for disability rights through member agencies.
 
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
 
Social Security Disability Program - Manuals, forms, factsheets, contacts, etc.
 
The Association of Advocates for the Disabled, Inc. - Tools to help people with disabilities gain benefits.
 
 

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