Links

Book Publishers for Disability Related Topics
Connecticut Resources
Connecticut Resources: Focus on Fairfield County
Education Law Sites
Fun Places to Shop
General Disability-Related Organizations
Inclusion Resources
Legal and Legislative Research
Online Newsletters
Specific Disabilities
Testing Info

Book Publishers for Disability Related Topics:

Attainment Company / IEP Resources www.attainmentcompany.com

Brookes Publishing www.brookespublishing.com

Brookline Books www.brooklinebooks.com

Harbor House Law Press www.harborhouselaw.com

Inclusion Press www.inclusion.com

Jessica Kingsley Publishers www.jkp.com

Special Needs Project (SNP) World Wide www.specialneeds.com

Woodbine House www.woodbinehouse.com

Connecticut Resources:

CT Birth to 3 System www.birth23.org

CT Department of Developmental Services https://portal.ct.gov/dds

CT Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (P&A) https://portal.ct.gov/Services/Health-and-Human-Services/Disability-Services/Protection-and-Advocacy-for-Persons-with-Disabilities

CT Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC) www.cpacinc.org

CT State Department of Education https://portal.ct.gov/SDE

Down Syndrome Association of CT  https://mydsact.org/

SERC (Special Education Resource Center) www.ctserc.org

Smart Kids With Learning Disabilities www.SmartKidswithLD.org

SPED*NET  www.spednet.org

Connecticut Resources: Focus on Fairfield County:

Abilis (formerly Greenwich Arc)  www.abilis.us

ARI  OF CONNECTICUT, INC.  www.arict.org.

Kennedy Community Services  www.thekennedycenterinc.org

PDD/Asperger Syndrome Support group  www.pddaspergersupportCT.org.

SCOPES  www.scopesnetwork.org

Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities  www.SmartKidswithLD.org

Stamford Education 4 Autism: https://stamfordeducation4autism.org/

St. Vincent’s Special Needs Service/First Connections Family Center  www.stvincentsspecialneeds.org

STAR – Lighting the Way, Inc.,  https://starincct.org/

WeCAHR  www.wecahr.org

Education Law Sites:

Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPPA) – http://www.copaa.org

Harbor House Law Press – http://www.harborhouselaw.com/

Wrightslaw.com – http://www.wrightslaw.com

Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA): https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html

Federal Government: Federal Courts http://www.uscourts.gov

Understood https://www.understood.org/

Fun Places to Shop:

1. Disability is Natural:https://www.disabilityisnatural.com/shop.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: https://thechp.syr.edu/resources/human-policy-press/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: https://www.nads.org/shop/    Videos, posters, bookmarks, folders. All related to Down syndrome.

5. 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.

6. 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:

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

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

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

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

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:

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!

Inclusion Press Homepage www.inclusion.com

Kids Together www.kidstogether.org

LD Online www.ldonline.org

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

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:

Wrights Law www.wrightslaw.com

Legal and Legislative Research:

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

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

Online Newsletters:

Attitude Magazine https://www.additudemag.com/

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

Disability Scoop. https://www.disabilityscoop.com/

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: https://chadd.org/

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

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 ;

Brain Injury Association http://www.biausa.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

Hydrocephalus Association http://www.HydroAssoc.org

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

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/

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

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

Testing Info:

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: http://www.riverpub.com/products/clinical/wj3/home.html