Features resources, services, and information about disabilities. Also contains web sites for non-profit organizations devoted to specific disabilities.
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The aim of Changing Faces is to provide advice and counselling to individuals with disfigurements, and to educate us in how we see disfigurement. Offers a large selection of resources, including training courses, workshops, guides, books, leaflets, and videos. These resources will benefit children, parents, adults, employers, teachers and health professionals.
http://www.changingfaces.org.uk/
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities is a coalition of non-profit organizations working together to advocate for national public policy that ensures the self-determination.
http://www.c-c-d.org/
Council for Disability Awareness
The Council for Disability Awareness (CDA) is a nonprofit group that aims to promote awareness with regards to growing disability instances to the American workforce. The website features life stories of real people and provides information on disability chances and common causes, ways on how to prepare for disability, tips on reducing disability chances and other resources and information. The website also provides disability statistics and a disability awareness quiz.
http://www.disabilitycanhappen.org
Web site serves as an extensive and comprehensive guide to physical and mental disability resources on the internet; searchable by keyword
http://www.disabilityresources.org/
DLF, the Disabled Living Foundation, is a non-profit organization which helps disabled people find equipment that enable them to lead independent lives.
http://www.dlf.org.uk/
The Disabled Parents Network is a non-profit organisation of disabled people who are parents or who hope to become parents, their families and allies.
http://www.disabledparentsnetwork.org.uk/
The Easter Seals is a non-profit, community-based health agency which is dedicated to helping children and adults with disabilities attain greater independence.
http://www.easterseals.com/
The web site for the Healthy Gimp provides practical information and motivation for persons with a spinal cord injury and other physical disabilities.
http://www.rexdonald.com/
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
NICHCY is a non-profit organization which serves as a national information center that provides vital details on disabilities and disability related issues.
http://www.nichcy.org/
National Organization on Disability
NOD, the National Organization on Disability, promotes full and equal participation of America's over 50 million men, women and children with physical and mental disabilities.
http://www.nod.org/
National Rehabilitation Information Center
The National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) web site includes five searchable databases of research, organizations, documents, and internet pages.
http://www.naric.com/
PACER Center is a nonprofit organization that supports and aims to enhance the quality of life of children and young adults with all kinds of disabilities as well as their families. The website provides information about PACER's various programs such as the American Indian Project, Bullying Prevention and a lot more. The website also provides resources like publications, websites, archived webinars and others and also features news and events and has information on donating and volunteering.
http://www.pacer.org
The web site for Parents with Disabilities provides information, support and other services for parents who have physical and mental disabilities.
http://www.disabledparents.net/
Princess Royal Trust for Carers
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers is a non-profit organization which provides training and support for carers, as well as raising funds for development work.
http://www.carers.org/
World Association of Persons with Disabilities
Provides links to laws, technology, advocacy, health and other resources on the Internet for parents, professionals, researchers and persons with disabilities.
http://www.wapd.org/
WID is dedicated to promoting independence and societal inclusion of people with disabilities. Web site includes publications, programs and events.
http://www.wid.org/