Networking Resources

Disability

Ministry

Networking Resources

Shown below are links to a variety of websites that cover many health and accessibiity information. If you have a website you would like to add to this page, please email Sharon McQueary, Regional Disability Advocate for Classis of the Southwest.

Advocacy

American Association of People with Disabilities

Alternative Designs for Special Education

Center for Parent Information and Resources

Children's Disabilities Information

Disability Is Natural

Disability Scoop

Finding Help in Phoenix Area

National Council on Disability

The National Council on Independent Living

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

National Organization on Disability

Parent to Parent - Emotional and informational support for families of children who have special needs

Special Olympics

TASH (The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps)

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Alzheimer's/Dementia

Caring

Alzheimer’s Association

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Care Calendar

Family Caregiver Alliance

National Alliance for Caregiving

National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA)

Rehabilitation Services

Sibling Support Project

Search for “Respite”

Wraparound information

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Church Accessibility

Americans with Disabilities Act National Network

Joni and Friends

United States Access Board

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Diabetes

Hard of Hearing/Deaf

Indian Health Service (IHS) Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC)

National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC)

National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP)

Weight-control Information Network (WIN)

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Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

American Society for Deaf Children

Association of Late-Deafened Adults

Deaf Opportunity Outreach

Hearing Loop

National Association of the Deaf

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Mental Illness

Christian Counseling

International OCD Foundation, Inc. (obsessive compulsive disorder)

Marcus Institute (resources on information, services and programs to children with autism and related disorders)

Mental Health Ministries

National Alliance on Mental Illness

National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association

Pathways to Promise

Quiet Waters Ministries (mental health services for Christian leaders)

Shalem Mental Health Network

U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration

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Parkinson's Disease

Michael J. Fox Foundation of Parkinson's Research

National Parkinson Foundation

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Physical Disabilities

American Disabled For Attendant Program Today (ADAPT)(promotes services in the community instead of warehousing people with disabilities in institutions and nursing homes)

American Cancer Society

American Diabetes Association

American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR) (advocate and resource for private community providers of services to people with disabilities)

Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association (CFIDS)

Cystic Fibrosis

Easter Seals

Epilepsy Foundation

Fibromyalgia Alliance of America (FMAA)

Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA)

Lupus Foundation of America

Multiple Sclerosis Foundation

Muscular Dystrophy Association

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Neurofibromatosis, Inc.

Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy

Scleroderma Foundation

The Tourette Syndrome Association

United Cerebral Palsy

Vestibular Disorders Association

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Visual Impairments

American Council of the Blind

American Foundation for the Blind

Lighthouse International

Macular Degeneration Foundation, Inc.

National Federation of the Blind

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Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Religion and Spirituality Division

Association of Birth Defect Children (provides parents and expectant parents with information about birth defects and support services for their children)

Autism Society of America

Bethesda Lutheran Communities

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders (CHADD)

Christian Horizons

Christian Opportunity Center

Easter Seals

Friendship Ministries

Gray Center

National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD) (promotes an understanding of and services for individuals who have developmental disabilities and mental health needs)

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

Salem Christian Homes (services in southern California)

The Arc of the United States (for people with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities and their families)

US Autism & Asperger Association

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