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The
Arc of NC
The Arc of North Carolina is committed to securing for all people
with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities
the opportunity to choose and realize their goals of where and
how they learn, live, work, and play. They provide innovative
supports designed to assist people with developmental disabilities
live successful, meaningful lives.
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Bazelon
Center for Mental Health Law
A
National legal advocate for people with mental disabilities. Through
precedent-setting litigation and in the public policy arena, the
Bazelon Center works to advance and preserve the rights of people
with mental illnesses and developmental disabilities.
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Beach
Center on Families and Disabilities
The Beach Center's website contains research briefs, fact sheets
on behavioral management, products, and links to support organizations.
Good general information about behavior management, autism, fathers
of children with special needs, and sleep problems.
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The
Center for Psychology and Education
A multidisciplinary organization committed to the practice and
integration of psychology and education, and their intersection
with related specialties. The main mission of the practice is
to enhance the psychological, educational, and occupational adjustment
of the children, adolescents, families, and adults with whom they
work.
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FSN-NC
operates in collaboration with the Clinical Center for the Study
of Development and Learning (CDL). The CDL provides clinical services,
training and technical assistance, research, and educational programs
for professionals with a focus on how people with developmental
disabilities learn, and how they can learn better. As the State's
University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities,
Education, Research, and Service (UCEDD), the CDL continues to
push the scope of services currently offered in the field of developmental
disabilities to include a unique focus on how people with developmental
disabilities learn and how they can be helped to learn better.
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The
Disabilities Monthly (DRM) Guide To Disability Resources on the
Internet
This
website is an incredibly well organized guide to disability resources
on the internet.
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The
Exceptional Children's Assistance Center
ECAC
is a statewide Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) for
North Carolina families of children with disabilities. They provide
a variety of free services to families including a toll free Parent
Info Line, website, workshops for parents and professionals, lending
library, information packets, and newsletter. ECAC is a parent
organization and all parent educators who answer the toll free
information line or conduct workshops are themselves parents of
children with disabilities. Their website and parent educators
are especially helpful around issues of educational advocacy.
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Family
Voices
Family
Voices is a national, grassroots clearinghouse for information
and education concerning the health care of children with special
health needs.
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Governor's
Office - Citizen and Community Services Office
This
site contains a list of toll free and frequently called telephone
numbers for many different services available to citizens of North
Carolina.
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A
Guide to Medical Information and Support on the Internet
This guide provides you with the knowledge and resources for using
the internet to find general medical information and support groups.
This site offers information on how to access and use medical
chats, doctors online, listservs, newsgroups, medline, and more.
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The
Institute for Family-Centered Care, a non-profit organization,
provides essential leadership to advance the understanding and
practice of family-centered care. By promoting collaborative,
empowering relationships between providers and consumers, the
Institute facilitates family-centered change in all settings where
individuals and families receive care and support.
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Internet
Resources for Special Children
The IRSC web site provides information relating to the needs of
children with disabilities. Most of the website is a directory
of links to other websites. The online communities section contains
discussion lists, and a search engine makes it easier to find
specific sites and information.
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MUMS
National Parent-to-Parent Network
A
network of matching parents of rare disorders.
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This
is national information center with information on disabilities
and disability-related issues. Their focus is children and youth
(birth to age 22). They have information about specific disabilities,
special education and related services for children in school,
individualized education programs, parent materials, disability
organizations, education rights and what the law requires, early
intervention services for infants and toddler, and transition
to adult life. The site also has excellent state resource sheets
giving contact information for services and support in every state.
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North
Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities
A
planning council that works to promote the "independence,
productivity, integration and inclusion into the community"
of people with developmental disabilities and their families.
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North
Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
This
is the main website for the NC Division of Health and Human Services.
Many division sites can be located from this page, including Mental
Health/Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse, Social
Services, Medical Assistance, Vocational Rehabilitation to name
a few. By accessing specific division pages you can find the local
contact for the agency you are looking for, and find more thorough
information on the services provided through the division.
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This
is the main website for Early Intervention Services. You can find
information on the NC Interagency Coordinating Council, the Infant-Toddler
Program, Preschool Program, and more.
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North
Carolina Health Info
NC
Health Info offers access to web sites of local health services,
providers and programs serving residents of North Carolina. Through
its connection with MEDLINEplus, a service of the National Library
of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, users of the
site can get information about conditions, diseases and wellness,
and find web sites of local health services, programs and providers
throughout North Carolina.
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North
Carolina Public Schools and
The
Division for Exceptional Children
This
is the general website for the North Carolina Public School System
and the website for the schools' Division for Exceptional Children.
Using the Exceptional Children Division pages can provide you
with contact information for particular areas of service.
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North
Carolina Office of School Readiness
The
mission of the Office of School Readiness is to prepare children
for school success through high-quality early education. The office
supports preschool programs throughout North Carolina, in public
schools and licensed child care centers, including: Even Start
Family Literacy, Head Start State Collaboration Office, More at
Four Pre-Kindergarten Program, Preschool Exceptional Children,
and Title I Preschool.
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Parent
to Parent-USA
This is an alliance of statewide Parent to Parent
programs following established best practice standards. Parent
to Parent programs provide emotional and informational support
to parents of children who have special needs most often by matching
families seeking support with an experienced, trained 'Supporting
Parent'.
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A
collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations
and health sciences libraries.
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The
official website of the US Social Security Administration.
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SupportWorks
helps people find and form support groups and research medical
information. It primarily serves Charlotte and a few other North
Carolina cities, but people across the USA use its telephone support
group program and organizational assistance services. They help
people empower themselves through sharing solutions to common
problems with others ("self-help") and by locating useful
information (for medical and other issues). Their website includes
topics such as: access to support group data, help in starting
support groups, consultation for existing groups, access to medical
information, telephone support groups, workshops, and publications.
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TelAbility
TelAbility
is a program that uses technology to improve the lives of children
with disabilities. Using video-conferencing and internet technologies,
TelAbility provides family centered care to children with disabilities
across North Carolina and offers education, training, and peer
support for people who care for them. Their website includes articles,
handouts, a book store, a trading post, information on clinical
trials, and access to expert resources.
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United
Way
Enter
your zipcode to find your local United Way contact information
and website, if they have one. Some United Way websites have online
databases with information about services available in the community.
If not, you can find a phone number to contact your local United
Way for information on community services.
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Quackwatch
Quackwatch
is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose it to fight health-related
frauds, myths, and fads. Their website has information that is difficult
to find anywhere else. The organization investigates questionable
claims, answers questions, distributes reliable publications, reports
illegal marketing, generates consumer-protection lawsuits, improves
the quality of health information on the Internet, and attacking
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