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
Future Horizons, Inc. www.futurehorizons-autism.com
Harbor House Law Press www.harborhouselaw.com
Inclusion Press www.inclusion.com
Jessica Kingsley Publishers www.jkp.com
Jason & Nordic Publishers www.jasonandnordic.com
Peytral Publications, Inc. www.peytral.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 www.ct.gov/dds/site/default.asp
CT Down Syndrome Congress www.ctdownsyndrome.org
CT Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (P&A) www.state.ct.us/opapd
CT Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC) www.cpacinc.org
CT State Department of Education www.state.ct.us/sde
SERC (Special Education Resource Center) www.ctserc.org
Smart Kids With Learning Disabilities www.SmartKidswithLD.org
SPED*NET New Canaan www.spednet.org
Connecticut Resources: Focus on Fairfield County:
Abilis (formerly Greenwich Arc) www.abilis.us
ARI OF CONNECTICUT, INC. www.arict.org.
Child’s Play Clinic. www.childsplayot.com
Department of Developmental Services www.ct.gov/dds/site/default.asp
Disability Resource Center of Fairfield County, Inc. (DRC) www.drcfc.org
Greenwich Pizza Moms: www.geocities.com/nanette618/pizzamomsg.html
Kennedy Community Services www.thekennedycenterinc.org
PDD/Asperger Syndrome Support group www.pddaspergersupportCT.org.
Pizza Moms www.geocities.com/nanette618/pizzamoms.html
SCOPES www.scopesnetwork.org
SPED*NET Special Education Network of New Canaan, Ltd. www.spednet.org.
SPED*NET Special Education Network of Wilton, Ltd. www.spednetwilton.org
Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities www.SmartKidswithLD.org
St. Vincent’s Special Needs Service/First Connections Family Center www.stvincentsspecialneeds.org
STAR – Lighting the Way, Inc., www.starinc-lightingtheway.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): Statute – http://www.epic.org/privacy/education/ferpa.html
Federal Government: Federal Courts http://www.uscourts.gov
Federal Register http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
Government Printing Office http://www.access.gpo.gov
Fun Places to Shop:
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