Disabled Students Programs and Services
RESOURCES and LINKS
DISABILITY RIGHTS LAWS:
Americans with Disabilities Act
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
Disability Rights Advocates
http://www.dralegal.org
Legal Services of Northern California
http://www.lsnc.net/
Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html
Protection and Advocacy, Disability Civil Rights Legal Services
http://www.pai-ca.org
Rehabilitation Act, Section 504
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/504.html
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy
http://www.dol.gov/odep/
FOR PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND OR LOW VISION:
American Foundation for the Blind
http://www.afb.org
American Printing House for the Blind
http://www.aph.org
eSight
http://www.esight.org
National Eye Institute
http://www.nei.nih.gov
Prevent Blindness America
http://www.preventblindness.org
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
http://www.rfbd.org
Vision World Wide
http://www.visionww.org
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FOR PERSONS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES:
Learning Disabilities Association of America
http://www.ldanatl.org
International Dyslexia Association
http://www.interdys.org
National Center for Learning Disabilities
http://www.ncld.org
Council for Learning Disabilities
http://www.cldinternational.org
Schwab Foundation for Learning Disabilities
http://www.schwablearning.org
Learning Disabilities Online
http://www.ldonline.com
College Planning for Students with Learning Disabilities
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/postsecondary/eric_collegeplanning.html
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FOR PERSONS WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER:
Attention Deficit Disorder Association
http://www.add.org
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
http://www.chadd.org
Finding a Therapist Who Specializes in Attention Deficit Disorder
http://www.addreferral.com
ADD/ADHD in College
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/postsecondary/adhd_and_college.html
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FOR PERSONS WITH AUTISM:
Autism Society of America
http://www.autism-society.org
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FOR PERSONS WITH ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY:
Brain Injury Association
http://www.biausa.org
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FOR PERSONS WITH MOBILITY DISABILITIES:
Mobility International
http://www.miusa.org
National Spinal Cord Injury Hotline
http://www.scihotline.org
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FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES:
American Association on Mental Retardation
http://www.aamr.org
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FOR PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING:
American Speech-Language Hearing Association
http://www.asha.org
National Information Center on Deafness, Gallaudet University
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/
National Association of the Deaf
http://www.nad.org/
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FOR PERSONS WITH MEDICAL DISABILITIES:
American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org
American Parkinson's Disease Association
http://www.apdaparkinson.com
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association
http://www.alsa.org
Arthritis Foundation
http://www.arthritis.org/
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
http://www.ccfa.org
Epilepsy Foundation of America
http://www.efa.org
Huntington's Disease Society of America
http://www.hdsa.org
Lupus Foundation of America
http://www.lupus.org
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
http://www.msfacts.org
Muscular Dystrophy Association
http://www.mdausa.org
National Neurofibromatosis Foundation
http://www.nf.org
National Organization for Rare Diseases
http://www.rarediseases.org
National Stroke Association
http://www.stroke.org
Spina Bifida Association
http://www.sbaa.org
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FOR PERSONS WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL DISABILITIES:
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
http://www.nami.org
National Mental Health Association
http://www.nmha.org
Tourette's Syndrome Association
http://www.tsa-usa.org/
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FOR PERSONS WITH SPEECH OR LANGUAGE DISABILITIES:
American Speech, Language, Hearing Association
http://www.asha.org
National Center for Stuttering
http://www.stuttering.com
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ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY:
High Tech Center
http://hightech.redwoods.edu/
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GENERAL DISABILITY RESOURCES:
Latest Disability News from MedlinePlus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/disabilities.html
Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy
http://www.disabilitypolicycenter.org/
Cornucopia of Disability Information
http://codi.buffalo.edu/
Disability Main Page, U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/disability/disability.html
Disability Resources
http://www.disabilityresources.org
Disability Statistics, Cornell University
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/disabilitystatistics/
Disability Statistics Center, University of California San Francisco
http://www.dsc.ucsf.edu/main.php
Government disability information
http://www.disabilityInfo.gov/
National Clearinghouse on Post-Secondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities
http://www.heath.gwu.edu/index.htm
Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/odep
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ORGANIZATIONS ON DISABILITY:
Association on Higher Education and Disability
http://www.ahead.org
California Association on Post-Secondary Education and Disability
http://www.caped.net
California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, Disabled Student Programs and Services
http://www.cccco.edu
Department of Rehabilitation, California
http://www.dor.ca.gov
Films involving Disability
http://www.disabilityfilms.co.uk
Job Accommodation Network
http://www.jan.wvu.edu
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