How can I find appropriate services for my newborn (or child) with a disability?

Answer

Contact your local Early Intervention Program through the blue government pages in your local telephone directory. These local organizations can provide you with information on obtaining diagnostic, therapeutic, evaluation, and support services for your child.

For information about state-level disability program contacts, visit the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities Web site. 

Learn More:

• Find Affordable Health Care (HRSA)
• How Do I Apply for Head Start and Early Head Start? (ACF)
• Head Start Program Locator (Be sure to select Early Head Start in the "Type" box.) (ACF)
• Find the latest health and human development research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH) 
• Infant and Newborn Care and Newborn Screening (MedlinePlus, NIH)
• Has Your Baby's Hearing Been Screened? (NIH)
• National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative (ACF)

Last Updated: 09/17/2008