STATE AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LISTING

This section lists websites in the following groupings. Click on a grouping to go to that section.  

Indiana Organizations
Diagnoses
Adaptive Equipment/Toys
Parent to Parent Support
National Organizations

Indiana Organizations

211 - Indiana resource directory; not disability-specific

About Special Kids (ASK) - Support and information on a variety of issues including insurance for people with disabilities; contains resource directory

ARC of Indiana - Advocating for people with developmental disabilities

Department of Education, Division of Exceptional Learners - Live, learn, work, play: A guide to the education of students with disabilities

Early Childhood Center, Family Information - Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Indiana University-Bloomington

Early Childhood Meeting Place - Family Information & Resources; Events Calendar

First Steps - State and federally funded early intervention program in Indiana for birth-three

Indiana Perinatal Network - Support/information for families dealing with perinatal crisis

Indiana Transition Initiative - Supporting positive transition experiences for children birth to third grade.

IN*SOURCE - The Indiana Resource Center for Families with Special Needs

Unified Training System (UTS) ProKids - links to trainings on disability issues

Yellow Pages for Kids - An Indiana resource directory; part of Wrightslaw website

Diagnoses

Autism: Early Signs - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

Manitas por Autismo - (autism information for Spanish-speaking families)

First Signs - Comprehensive information about autism/developmental delay

Bipolar Support-Local - Indpls Bipolar Parents Organization

Blindness - Seedlings offers free braille books for children

Learning Disabilities - National Center for Learning Disabilities, Parent Center

Adaptive Equipment/Toys

Abilitations - Adaptive equipment

AblePlay - Play products for children with special needs; toy rating system

Parent to Parent Support

Friends Health Connection - Matches with people with same condition or their caregiver. Can be anonymous or by email, phone, or penpal

MUMS (Mothers United for Moral Support) - 877-336-5333

Parent to Parent-USA (P2P-USA) - Lists statewide organizations that provide family to family support.

National Organizations

Advangage Wellness of America-AWA - Discount health and wellness benefit programs, prescription card

The Advocacy Institute

American Academy of Pediatrics - Children's Mental Health

The ARC of the United States - Useful fact sheets in their Resources section

Beach Center on Disability - University of Kansas

Bridges4Kids - Building partnerships between families, schools, and communities. See the top 12 national websites for parents and professionals

Bright Futures - National health promotion initiative at Georgetown University

CanChild - Childhood disability research

Catalyst Center - Improving financing of care for children with special health care needs

Center for Evidence-Based Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behavior - Teaching Tools

Center for the Improvement of Child Caring (CICC)

Department of Education - Briefs on IDEA (new website)

Disability is Natural (Kathie Snow)

Family Centered Care - Patient- and family-centered care in hospitals and other health care settings

Family Village - Disability-related resources

Family Voices - On behalf of children with special health care needs

Genetic Alliance - Includes disease info and organization searches

Genetics Home Reference - Guide to understanding genetic conditions

Health Insurance - Consumer guides to getting and keeping health insurance

KASA-Kids As Self Advocates - Teens and young adults with disabilities speaking out

Maternal and Child Health Library

National Association of Parents with Children in Special Education-NAPCSE

National Association of Hospital Hospitality Houses-NAHHH

National Center of Medical Home Initiatives for Children with Special Needs - American Academy of Pediatrics

National Center on Accessibility

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities-NICHCY - State resources - Espanol - Early intervention

National Patient Travel Center

US Parks Service - Offers free access pass to people with permanent disabilities

Wrightslaw - Special education law, education law, advocacy

Zero to Three - Training, policy, parenting resources

FAMILY INVOLVEMENT FUND

FAMILY to FAMILY is a UTS-Indiana's Unified Training System collaborative project of the Indiana University, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Early Childhood Center and
ASK-About Special Kids.
Funding provided by Indiana FSSA, DDRS, First Steps Early Intervention System.