Related Links
This is a list of groups of links to programs and research related to special education and disability issues:
- NCSER and Government
- OSEP National Assessments
- General Disabilities
- Learning Disabilities
- Cognitive Disabilities
- Autism and Related Disorders
- ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and ADHD (Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder)
- Visual Impairments
- Deafness and Hearing Impairments
- Speech and Physical Impairments
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Supports
- Youth Supports
- Assistive Technology
- Employment
- Other Educational Organizations
NCSER and Government
- Office of Disability Employment Program
- National Center for Special Education Research
- National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC)
- Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
- National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)
- Western Regional Resource Center (WRRC)
- National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
- National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators (NCITE)
- National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
- Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice (CECP)
- Policymaker Partnership for Implementing IDEA '97
- Center on Education and Work (CEW)
- PACER Center
- Office of Disability Employment Policy (DOL)
- National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC)
- Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL)
- National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth (NCFY)
- National Council on Disability (NCD)
- Training Research Institute (TRI)
- The Federal Resource Center for Special Education
- Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice
- Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
- Center for Special Education Finance (CSEF)
OSEP National Assessments
- Original NLTS
- Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study (SEELS)
- National Early Intervention Longitudinal Study (NEILS)
All Disabilities
- Office of Disability Employment Program
- The HSC Foundation
- The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
- AHEAD
- HEATH Resource Center
- WCD Foundation for Education
- Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT)
- Cornucopia of Disability Information (CODI)
- The New York Institute for Special Education (NYISE)
- LD Online
- American Association of People with Disabilities
- Easter Seals
- Federation for Children with Special Needs
Learning Disabilities
Cognitive Disabilities
- American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR)
- The Arc of the United States
- National Down Syndrome Congress
- National Down Syndrome Society
- TASH
Autism and Related Disorders
- Autism Society of America
- Autism Resources
- Center for the Study of Autism
- Autism Society of Wisconsin
- Division TEACCH - Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children
- TASH
ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and ADHD (Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder)
Visual Impairments
- American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
- Organizations Supporting Students with Visual Impairment
- National Association of Parents of Children with Visual Impairments
Deafness and Hearing Impairments
Speech and Physical Impairments
Emotional Disturbance
- Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
- National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
- National School Board Association
Family Supports
- PACER Center's Kids Against Bullying
- LD Online
- CHADD - Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Family Village: A Global Community of Disability-Related Resources
- Family Voices
- National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments
- National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education
Youth Supports
Assistive Technology
- AbilityHub This Assistive Technology Web site is for people with a disability, and will direct you to adaptive equipment for computers.
- Alliance for Technology Access (ATA)
- Discover Technology
- Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI)
Employment
- Reference Points is administered by PACER Center as a technical assistance activity of the TATRA Project. The TATRA Project is funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration.
- disABLEDperson Inc. The mission of this organization is to reduce the high unemployment rate amongst individuals and veterans with disabilities by providing an opportunity for employers to post jobs on their web site. Job seekers can also post their resumes and conduct job searches.
- PROMOTES EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES What Can You Do? The Campaign for Disability Employment is a website that promotes positive employment outcomes for people with disabilities by encouraging employers and others to recognize the value and talent they bring to the workplace. The website also includes winning videos from a contest put on by The Campaign for Disability Employment this summer.
- Workforce3 One Unveils a New Disability and Employoment Resource Web page Workforce3 One recently unveiled a new Disability and Employment Resource web page to provide employment-related resources for the workforce system. The purposes of this page are to disseminate promising practices to promote the positive employment outcomes of people with disabilities and expand the capacity of the One-Stop Career Center system to serve customers with disabilities.
- Tools for America's Job Seekers Challenge The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced the results of its "Tools for Job Seekers Challenge". Recommendations from the public regarding its favorite online job seeking tools have been tallied and the top-rated sites in each of 6 categories - general job boards, niche tools, career tools, career exploration tools, web 2.0 and "other."
- Going to Work: Real People, Real Jobs The Institute for Community Inclusion's Real People, Real Jobs website is a growing catalogue of success stories about individuals working in paid jobs in their communities. Through the use of innovative, front-line employment support practices, these individuals are earning money, forming networks, and contributing to their communities. Learn more about these people and the promising practices that led to their success.
Other Educational Organizations
- Academic Informaton
- American Association of School Administrators
- American Federation of Teachers
- American Occupational Therapy Association
- American School Counselor Association
- American School Health Association
- Association for Career and Technical Education
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
- Center on Disabilities Studies
- Council for Exceptional Children
- Council for Administrators of Special Education
- Council for Chief State School Officers
- Council for State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation
- Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI)
- Institute on Community Integration
- National Association of Pupil Services Administrators
- National Association of School Psychologists
- National Association of Secondary School Principals
- National Association of State Boards of Education
- National Association of State Directors of Special Education
- National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
- National Community of Practice on Transition
- National Council on Independent Living
- National Mental Health Association
- On-Campus Outreach
- School Social Work Association of America
- The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
- ThinkCollege.net
- Transcen Inc.
- Transition Coalition
- Transition Solutions
- The Youthhood






