Federal & State Legislative Bodies
Legal Assistance
Government Agencies
Specific Disability
Advocacy Organizations
Parent & Training Information Centers
Inclusive Education
Assistive Technology
Online Resource Guides
Other Resources
FEDERAL & STATE LEGISLATIVE BODIES
Illinois General Assembly
www.ilga.gov
U.S.
Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov
LEGAL
ASSISTANCE
Equip
for Equality
www.equipforequality.org
Legal Advocacy Service of the Illinois Guardianship & Advocacy Commission
http://gac.state.il.us/
Prairie
State Legal Services
www.pslegal.org
United States
Department of Education Office for Civil Rights
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html
United
States Department of Health and Human Services Offices for Civil Rights
www.hhs.gov/ocr
GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES
Administration on Developmental Disabilities
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/add/
City
of Chicago Mayor's Office for People With Disabilities
http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalEntityHomeAction.do?entityName=Disabilities&entityNameEnumValue=11
Illinois
Department on Aging
www.state.il.us/aging
Illinois
Department of Human Rights
www.state.il.us/dhr
Illinois
Department of Human Services
www.dhs.state.il.us/
Office
of Developmental Disabilities
www.dhs.state.il.us/mhdd/dd/
Office of Inspector General
www.dhs.state.il.us/organization/Secretary/OIG/
Office of Mental Health
www.dhs.state.il.us/mhdd/mh/
Office of Rehabilitation Services
www.dhs.state.il.us/ors/
IIlinois
Department of Healthcare and Family Services
www.hfs.illinois.gov/
Illinois
Department of Public Health
www.idph.state.il.us
Illinois
Guardianship and Advocacy Commission
http://gac.state.il.us/
Illinois
Office of the Attorney General
www.ag.state.il.us
Illinois
State Board of Education Special Education
www.isbe.state.il.us/spec-ed
University
of Illinois, Division of Specialized Care for Children
www.uic.edu/hsc/dscc
SPECIFIC
DISABILITY
Autism
Society of Illinois
www.autismillinois.org
The Brain Injury
Association of Illinois
www.biail.org/
The
Chicago Lighthouse for People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired
http://www.thechicagolighthouse.org/
Epilepsy
Foundation of Greater Chicago
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/local/chicago/
Illinois
Center for Autism
www.illinoiscenterforautism.org/
National
Association for Downs Syndrome (NADS)
www.nads.org
Illinois
Spina Bifida Association
http://www.sbail.org/
United
Cerebral Palsy of Greater Chicago
www.ucpnet.org
ADVOCACY
ORGANIZATIONS
The
Arc of Illinois
www.thearcofil.org
Illinois
Lifespan Project (The Arc of Illinois)
www.illinoislifespan.org
Centers for
Independent Living List of the 24 Illinois Centers from Website of Statewide Independent
Living Council of Illinois
www.silcofillinois.org/centers.htm
Chicago
ADAPT
www.geocities.com/chicagoadapt
Coalition
of Citizens with Disabilities in Illinois
www.ccdionline.org/
The
Council for Disability Rights
www.disabilityrights.org
Family
Support Network of Illinois
www.familysupportnetwork.org
Illinois
Network of Centers for Independent Living
www.incil.org
Illinois-TASH
http://www.tash.org/chapters/illinois/
Illinois Voices
www.illinoisvoices.org
Health
and Disability Advocates
http://www.hdadvocates.org/
Voices
for Illinois Children
www.voices4kids.org
PARENT
TRAINING AND INFORMATION CENTERS
Designs
for Change
www.designsforchange.org/
Family Matters
http://www.fmptic.org
Family Resource
Center on Disabilities
www.ameritech.net/users/frcdptiil/index.html
INCLUSIVE
EDUCATION
InFinitec
News Group for Exploring Inclusive Education
www.infinitec.org/all-learners Least
Restrictive Environment Clearinghouse
www.leastrestrictive.org
Project
CHOICES (a "least restrictive environment" initiative)
www.projectchoices.org/
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Illinois
Assistive Technology Project
www.iltech.org
Illinois Telecommunications
Access Corporation (ITAC)
www.itactty.org
InFinitec
Inc.
www.infinitec.org
National
Lekotek Center (Family play centers and toy lending libraries for children with
special needs)
www.lekotek.org
ON-LINE
RESOURCE GUIDES
Resource
Guide for Persons with Disabilities (From Website of Chicago Bar Association)
https://www.chicagobar.org/AM/NavigationMenu/Public/GeneralLegalInformation/PublicInformationBrochures/GuideforPersonswithDisabilities.pdf
National Information
Center for Children and Youth With Disabilities/Illinois State Resources
www.nichcy.org/stateshe/il.htm
OTHER
RESOURCES
AAMR
www.aamr.org
ABLEDATA
www.abledata.com
Accessible
Traveler’s Database
http://projectaction.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=ESPA_travelers_database
The
Arc of the United States
www.thearc.org
All Kids
http://www.allkids.com/
The
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
www.bazelon.org
Center
for Research on Women with Disabilities
www.bcm.edu/crowd
Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services
www.cms.hhs.gov/
Council
of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
www.copaa.org/index.html
The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/add/ddact/DDACT2.html
Disability
Research Institute University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
www.dri.uiuc.edu
Disability
Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc.
www.dredf.org
Families
USA
www.familiesusa.org
Great
Lakes ADA & IT Center
www.adagreatlakes.org
Guide
to Disability Resources on the Internet
www.disabilityresources.org
Health Benefits for Workers wtih Disabilities
http://www.hbwdillinois.com/
IDEA
Regulations
http://idea.ed.gov/
Illinois Direct Support Professional Workforce Initiative
http://www.rtc.umn.edu/ildspworkforce/index.asp
Illinois
Governor's Office
www.illinois.gov/gov
Inclusion
Press
www.inclusion.com
Information
on Federal Grant Opportunities
www.grants.gov
Information
on School Inclusion
www.familyvillage.wisc.edu
International
TASH
www.tash.org
Internet
Resources for Special Children
http://orsaminore.dreamhosters.com/handy/links/uk_various.html
Job
Accommodation Network
http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/
LaRabida
Children's Hospital
www.larabida.org
Lowtech
Disability Resources
www.disabilityresources.org/LOWTECH.html
National
Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
(Links to other State
and Territorial Councils on Developmental Disabilities)
www.nacdd.org
National
Council on Disability
www.ncd.gov
National
Information Center for Children & Youth with Disabilities
www.nichcy.org
National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/index.html
National
School Board Attorneys
www.nsba.org/cosa
Not
Dead Yet
www.notdeadyet.org/
The
Pacer Center
www.pacer.org/index.htm
Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
www.paulsimoninstitute.org
Protection
and Advocacy
http://www.equipforequality.org/
Special
Format Library
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/who_we_are/talking_book_and_braille_service/bph_materials.html#materials
The
Self-Determination Bulletin, Information for Parents and Families
www.self-determination.org
Training
Resource Network, Inc.
www.trninc.com/
UCP
Organizations
www.ucp.org
United
Cerebral Palsy of Greater Chicago, All Learners Home Page
www.infinitec.org/all-learners
University
of Illinois at Chicago Department of Disability and Human Development/University
Affiliated Program in Developmental Disabilities for Illinois
www.uic.edu/depts/idhd
U.S.
Department of Education
www.ed.gov/index.html
U.S.
Department of Justice ADA Information Site
www.usdoj.gov
Virtual
Assistive Technology Center
http://vatc.freeservers.com/
West Suburban Access News Association
http://wsana.org/blog/
The
White House
www.whitehouse.gov
Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation
www.rwjf.org/main.html
World
Institute on Disability
www.wid.org
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