Resources by Area of Interest
Websites and multimedia providing information and resources for people with disabilities, family, support personnel, and professionals.
General Information and Services
- Pennsylvania Office of Developmental Programs, Department of Human Services
- Administration on Developmental Disabilities, US Department of Health and Human Services
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Pennsylvania Department of Aging
- Special Kids Network
- Arc of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN)
- CPIR - Center for Parent Information and Resources
- Liberty Resources - Philadelphia
- United Cerebral Palsy
- Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Directory of OVR Offices - My City My Place - Philadelphia
- Associated Services for the Blind
- Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services
- Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, Philadelphia
- Networks for Training and Development
- Pennsylvania Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Mental Health Association of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation
Accessible Housing
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Housing Authority - Accessible Housing
- City of Philadelphia Division of Housing and Community Development
- The Housing and Disability Technical Assistance Program (TAP)
Advocacy
- Disability Rights Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania's Protection and Advocacy agency
- The Education Law Center
- Pennsylvania Health Law Project
- Cap4Kids - The Children's Advocacy Project of Philadelphia
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
- AACCommunity.net—Resources for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- AAC-Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers
- International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Technology & Language Center, PC.
- United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (USSAAC)
Autism
- Pennsylvania Department of Human Services-Autism Insurance Act (Act 62)
- ASAN - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
- Pittsburgh Center for Autistic Advocacy
- Autism Society of America
- Autism Services, Education, Resources, and Training Collaborative (ASERT), funded by PA's Office of Developmental Programs
- Autism Society of America—Philadelphia Chapter
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Education / Transition
- Pennsylvania Department of Education
- Pennsylvania Education for All Coalition (PEAC)
- National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
- Transition Coalition
- Wrightslaw
- The Institute for Community Inclusion
- Inclusion.com
Emergency Preparedness
- Accessibility of State and Local Government Websites to People with Disabilities (U.S. Department of Justice)
- American Red Cross
- Center for an Accessible Society
- Center for Disability Issues and the Health Profession, Western University of Health Sciences
Email: [click-for-email] 909-469-5380, TTY: 909-469-5520 - Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Disabilities/Limitations
www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/disable.htm - FEMA's Ready.gov
800-BE READY, TTY: 800-464-6161 - Humane Society of the U.S. - Make a Disaster Plan for Your Pets
202-452-1100 - Independent Living Research Utilization
Research, education and consultation in the areas of independent living, home and community-based services, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. - NOAA Weather Radio
- NOAA Weather Radio for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Ready.gov - Planning for People with Access and Functional Needs
800-480-2520 - United Spinal Association
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Emergency Preparedness Resources for Persons with Disabilities
- U.S. Fire Administration
301-447-1000
Employment / Transition
- Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry: "Hiring People with Disabilities: How-To-Guide"
- Careerlink
History of Disability
- Visionary Voices interviews with leaders of Pennsylvania's Intellectual Disability Rights Movement
- The Haggerty Papers Archive
- Western Pennsylvania Disability History & Action Consortium
- Disability Rights Timeline
- Documentary: "Valuing Lives: Wolf Wolfensberger and the Principle of Normalization"
- People with Disabilities bibliography, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Parallels in Time: A History of Developmental Disabilities, Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities
- Museum of Disability History
Parents and Family Networking
- Parent Education and Advocacy Leadership (PEAL) Center, Pennsylvania's Parent Training and Information Center
- PA Family Network
- Parent Education Network
- Parent to Parent of Pennsylvania