1. Disability is Natural: http://www.disabilityisnatural.com/store/index.html Welcome to the Disability is Natural online store: your source for a variety of products that promote New Ways of Thinking about disability! Great outcomes are possible when we acquire new attitudes and perceptions.

2. Human Policy Press: http://thechp.syr.edu/HumanPolicyPress/ Human Policy Press is an independent press, started by the Center on Human Policy in 1974, to promote positive attitudes towards people with disabilities.

3. Music From the Heart: http://www.jeffmoyer.com Jeff Moyer – Internationally known songsmith, performer, and writer. Music for all ages – educates, entertains, inspires and unites!

4. National Association for Down Syndrome: http://www.nads.org/pages/pnp.htm Videos, posters, bookmarks, folders. All related to Down syndrome.

5. Nth Degree: http://www.thenthdegree.com/default.asp A progressive, forward-thinking graphic design company geared toward issues related to the independent living movement, inclusion, diversity, and disability rights movements.

6. The Parent Side online store: http://www.cafepress.com/theparentside It’s a campaign for inclusion and against exclusion! Find original unique products that say it like it is, and let you tell the rest of the world! A wide variety of items T-shirts, bumper stickers, hats, mugs and more. The perfect gift for an individual with a disability, their familiy members or any advocate.

7. A Positive Perspective http://www.apositiveperspective.com A Positive Perspective offers unique, upbeat designs to help you promote awareness about Down syndrome and inclusion. A variety of gift and personal items display positive messages and help create positive perspectives in others.

General Disability-Related Organizations:

NICHCY National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities http://www.nichcy.org

National Organization on Disability http://www.nod.org

National Easter Seals Society http://www.easter-seals.org/

The Center on Human Policy http://soeweb.syr.edu/thechp/

Very Special Arts http://www.vsarts.org

The ARC of the United States http://www.thearc.org

NORD National Organization for Rare Disorders http://www.rarediseases.org/

BEACH Center http://www.beachcenter.org/

Parents helping Parents http://www.php.com

Special Olympics International http://www.specialolympics.org

The National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems http://www.protectionandadvocacy.org/

Government Resources for Disability Laws:

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) www.ada.gov

Council for Exceptional Children www.ideapractices.org

FERPA Information Family Policy Compliance Office – www.ed.gov/offices/OM/fpco/

No Child Left Behind www.nochildleftbehind.gov

Section 504: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/disabilityoverview.html

US Dept of Education Office of Special Education Programs www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers

Inclusion Resources:

Axis Disability Rights www.normemma.com

Disability is Natural www.disabilityisnatural.com Read the article on People First Language and share it with everyone you know – especially those who write reports on your child!

Family Village www.familyvillage.wisc.edu

Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE) http://www.fape.org

Inclusion Press Homepage www.inclusion.com

Kids Together www.kidstogether.org

Kids Together – Right to Regular Education www.kidstogether.org/right-ed.htm

LD Online www.ldonline.org

Least Restrictive Environment Coalition NY – www.lrecoalition.org/02_lawsOnLRE/index.htm

LRE Cases www.uni.edu/coe/inclusion/legal

NICHCY (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities) www.nichcy.org

Nth Degree www.thenthdegree.com Check out the full line of posters, teeshirts, totes, etc.

PACER Center: www.pacer.org

TASH www.tash.org

The Center on Human Policy http://soeweb.syr.edu/thechp Check out their posters & tee-shirts Universal Design for Learning:

CAST www.cast.org/udl

Very Special Arts www.vsarts.org Check out their Express Diversity program!

Windows to the Universe www.windows.ucar.edu/about_windows.html science resources for diverse learners

Wrights Law www.wrightslaw.com

Legal and Legislative Research:

Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School http://www.law.cornell.edu/

Thomas – Legislative Information on the Internet http://thomas.loc.gov/

FirstGov – the U.S. government’s official web portal http://www.firstgov.gov

The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law http://bazelon.org

Legal Search Engines: ALL LAW http://www.alllaw.com

About.com – Law, Crime and Punishment http://law.about.com

American Law Sources On-Line (ALSO) http://www.lawsource.com/also

Council on Law in Higher Education http://www.clhe.org

DisabilityGov http://www.disabilityinfo.gov

FindLaw http://www.findlaw.com

First Gov http://www.firstgov.gov

Hieros Gamos http://www.hg.org/index.html

Internet Legal Resource Guide http://www.ilrg.com

Jurist http://www.jurist.law.pitt.edu

Law.com – legal news http://www.law.com

LawGuru http://www.lawguru.com

MegaLaw http://www.megalaw.com

MoreLaw – litigation digest and directory http://www.morelaw.com/

Virtual Law Library http://www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib

Westlaw.com (subscription neccessary!) http://www.westlaw.com

West Legal Directory http://lawyers.findlaw.com

Online Newsletters:

http://www.disabilityisnatural.com – free announcements about Disability is Natural news and specials. Highly recommended!

http://www.ldonline.org – LD OnLine is the leading website on learning disabilities. They offer a free monthly newsletter.

http://www.harborhouselaw.com/newsletter.html – The Beacon is an electronic journal published quarterly by Harbor House Law Press. The Beacon publishes articles and essays for attorneys, advocates and others who are interested in special education law and practice.

http://www.wrightslaw.com/subscribe.htm – The Special Ed Advocate is a free online newsletter about special education legal and advocacy topics. Subscribers learn about new cases, special offers on books by Pete & Pam Wright, seminars, training, and other useful information about special education law and advocacy.

Specific Disabilities:

ADD Attention Deficit Disorder: CHADD Children and Adults with ADD http://www.chadd.org

Angelman Syndrome Foundation http://www.angelman.org

Asperger’s Disorder Homepage http://www.aspergers.com

Asthma: Food Allergy Network http://www.foodallergy.org/

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology http://www.aaaai.org

Autism Society of America http://www.autism-society.org

Autism Research Institute http://www.autism.com/ari/

Blindness/Vision Impairment: American Council of the Blind http://www.acb.org Guiding Eyes for the Blind http://www.guiding-eyes.org ; National Eye Institute http://www.nei.nih.gov ; The Low Vision Gateway http://www.lowvision.org

Brain Injury Association http://www.biausa.org

Cerebral Palsy: United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc. http://www.ucpa.org

Cleft Palette: Smiles http://www.cleft.org

Deafness/Hearing Impaired: National Information Center on Deafness http://ClercCenter.gallaudet.edu ; The Deaf Resource Library http://www.deaflibrary.org

Diabetes: American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org

Dyslexia: The International Dyslexia Society http://www.interdys.org

Down Syndrome: National Down Syndrome Society http://www.ndss.org/ ; National Down Syndrome Congress http://www.ndsccenter.org

Epilepsy Foundation of America http://www.efa.org

Fragile X Syndrome: National Fragile X Foundation http://www.nfxf.org

Health Issues: Health Finder http://www.healthfinder.gov ; Department of Health and Human Services http://www.os.dhhs.gov

Hydrocephalus Association http://www.HydroAssoc.org

Intellectual Disabilities: AAID American Associatio on Intellectual Disabilities http://www.aamr.org

Invisible Disabilities Homepage http://www.shore.net/~dmoisan/invisible_disability.html

Learning Disabilities: NCLD National Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.ncld.org ; LD online http://www.ldonline.org

Mental Illness: Knowledge Exchange Network http://www.mentalhealth.org ; National Alliance for the Mentally Ill http://www.nami.org ; American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org

Nonverbal Learning Disabilities: The Nonverbal Learning Disorders Association http://www.nlda.org/ ; NLDline http://nldline.com

Prader – Willi Syndrome Association http//:www.pwsausa.org

Respiratory Issues: American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org ; Your Lung Health http://www.yourlunghealth.org

Rett Syndrome: International Rett Syndrome Association http//:www.rettsyndrome.org

Sensory Integration Resource Center http://www.sinetwork.org

Speech and Language Delay: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org

Spina Bifida: Spina Bifida Association of America http://www.sbaa.org

Spinal Cord Injury: National Spinal Cord Injury Association http://www.spinalcord.org ;United Spinal Association (formerly the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Assoc) http://www.unitedspinal.org

Stuttering: National Center on Stuttering http://www.stuttering.com

CT Tourette Syndrome Association http://www.tsact.org/

Williams Syndrome: Williams Syndrome Association http://www.williams-syndrome.org

Testing Info:

Association for Test Publishers: http://www.testpublishers.org

Dumont / Willis: http://alpha.fdu.edu/psychology

Educational Testing Resources: http://www.ets.org

Sattler text books: http://www.sattlerpublisher.com/

Stamford-Binet 5 information: http://www.riverpub.com/products/clinical/sbis5/resource.html

Western Psychological Services: http://www.wpspublish.com

Woodcock Johnson III information: http://www.riverpub.com/products/clinical/wj3/home.html

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