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Additional Resources
These resources are a wonderful tool to keep you updated on issues related to those with special needs and people who support them. Please click on the topic and the resources will appear. Click again to hide the resources.
Accessibility
ADA Home Page - Information and Technical Assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Governments - This ADA Tool Kit is designed to teach state and local government officials how to identify and fix problems that prevent people with disabilities from gaining equal access to state and local government programs, services, and activities.
An ADA Guide for Local Governments; Making Community Emergency Preparedness and
Response Programs Accessible to People with Disabilities
ADA: Know Your Rights - This publication explains your rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and provides information on where to get assistance.
Americans with Disabilities Act; Information for Law Enforcement - Compliance assistance materials that will help state and local law enforcement officers understand how to interact with victims, witnesses, suspects, and others who have disabilities.
Homes for our Troops - A non-profit organization that provides handicap accessible homes at no cost to veterans.
Project Civic Access - A wide-ranging effort to ensure that counties, cities, towns, and villages comply with the ADA by eliminating physical and communication barriers that prevent people with disabilities from participating fully in community life.
Commonly Asked Questions about Service Animals in Places of Business - Commonly Asked Questions about Service Animals in Places of Business.
Reaching Out To Customers with Disabilities - An online ADA course for businesses.
Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) - Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) |
Adaptive Sports and Recreation
Access Board: Access to Recreation Facilities - Guidelines that address access for persons with disabilities to a variety of recreation facilities.
Access Outdoors - An information resource for persons with disabilities who are looking for trips, destinations, products and services related to accessible outdoor recreation.
Adaptive Sports & Skiing - Site to learn more about adaptive ski equipment.
Resorts with Adaptive Skiing Programs:
- Alpine Meadows, Lake Tahoe, CA
- Breckenridge Resort, Breckenridge, CO
- Park City Mountain Resort, Park City, UT
- Waterville Valley, Waterville Valley, NH
- Wintergreen Adaptive Ski, Wintergreen, VA
American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation - AAPAR is dedicated to enhancing quality of life by promoting creative and active lifestyles through meaningful physical activity, recreation and fitness experiences across the lifespan with particular focus on community-based programs. This organization also offers a Adapted Aquatics Credentialing Course (there are some prerequisites).
American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) - A national professional organization whose goal is to foster advancement in physical therapy practice, research and education.
Armed Services YMCA Military Outreach Initiative - This initiative offers YMCA membership to eligible military families and personnel who may not have access to a nearby military facility. Visit MilitaryOneSource for more information (registration required).
Baltimore Adapted Recreation and Sports (BARS) - BARS is local chapter of Disabled Sports USA and is a community based, non-profit organization dedicated to providing year round recreational opportunities to both children and adults with disabilities.
Boy Scouts of America - The Boy Scouts of America is the nation's foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training.
American Camp Association - Listing of specialty summer camps.
Disabled Sports USA - Offers nationwide sports rehabilitation programs to anyone with a permanent physical disability. Activities include winter skiing, water sports, summer and winter competitions, fitness and special sports events.
Dwarf Athletic Association of America - Promotes and provides quality amateur level athletic opportunities for dwarf athletes in the United States.
Frontier Travel Camp, Inc. - Frontier Travel Camp offers tours for individuals with disabilities.
Girl Scouts of the USA - Girl Scouts of the USA is the world's largest organization dedicated to helping all girls everywhere build character and gain skills for success in the real world.
Gliding Stars - Adaptive ice skating programs.
Guide to Online Social Networking for Military Families - This Guide is designed to help military families understand online social networking sites, the basic features that are typically available, and the benefits of using such sites.
International Wheelchair Aviators - A worldwide organization of disabled and able bodied pilots.
Island Dolphin Care, Inc. - A 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization that provides dolphin assisted therapy to children with critical illnesses, disabilities and special needs from all over the world.
Mesa Association of Sports for the Disabled - Non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to providing sports and recreation opportunities to people with disabilities.
National Softball Association for the Deaf - Information about softball for the deaf.
National Wheelchair Basketball Association - Offers information about wheelchair basketball divisions.
New Horizon - Offers information on various topics to empower individuals with disabilities. Focuses on the topics of housing, employment, recreation and sports, health care, community, education, transportation, independent living, and adaptive technology.
North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA) - NARHA is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote the rehabilitation of individuals with physical, emotional and learning disabilities through equine-facilitated activities.
Northeast Passage - An impact program designed to improve access, independence, and quality of life for individuals with disabilities.
Paralyzed Veterans of America - Promotes a range of activities for its members and other people with disabilities, with special emphasis on activities that enhance lifetime health and fitness.
Special Olympics International - Special Olympics is an international organization dedicated to empowering individuals with mental retardation to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition. Special Olympics offers children and adults with mental retardation year-round training and competition in 26 Olympic-type summer and winter sports.
Special Touch Ministry, Inc; Get Away - Offers a five-day, in-residence, camp-style retreat in several locations for children through adults with mental or physical disabilities.
Therapy/Respite Camps for Kids - Information about summer camps that focus on therapy for kids with special needs and/or respite for the kids and their families divided into national categories and regional categories in the USA.
The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability - The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability provides information and resources that can enable people with disabilities to become as physically active.
The National Center of Physical Activity and Disability (Programs) - The National Center of Physical Activity and Disability site provides a listing of programs by state, which can be searched by program type or a complete list of programs offered in a particular area can be viewed.
US Adaptive Recreation Center - The center's goal is to ensure that access to recreational opportunities is available to all individuals.
US Association of Blind Athletes - USABA trains 3,000 blind and visually impaired athletes in nine sports - alpine and nordic skiing, goalball, judo, power lifting, swimming, tandem cycling, track and field and wrestling.
USA Deaf Sports Federation - The USA Deaf Sports Federation believes in the consistent and ongoing training and development of deaf and hard of hearing individuals as leaders, coaches, officials, and participants.
US Electric Wheelchair Hockey Association - To provide a quality hockey program to those that require the use of an electric(power) wheelchair in daily life.
U.S. Olylmpic Committee Paralympic Military Program - The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) Paralympic Military Program provides post-rehabilitation support and mentoring to American servicemen and women who've sustained physical injuries such as traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, visual impairment/blindness and stroke. Veterans are introduced to adaptive sport techniques and opportunities through clinics and camps and are also connected with ongoing Paralympic sports programs in their hometowns.
US Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) - A professional organization of certified tennis professionals.
USA Tennis Curriculum for Special Populations - A guide for those teaching tennis to people with disabilities or differing abilities.
Washington Parent - Special needs summer camps for children residing in the Washington DC & Maryland area.
Wheelchair Sports USA - An all-volunteer organization, drawing on the energy and commitment of the people who also benefit from its programs. |
Deployment
American Red Cross Coping with Deployments Psychological First Aid for Military Families Course - Contact your local American Red Cross Chapter to locate the nearest course.
Families Overcoming Under Stress (FOCUS) - The FOCUS Project is a resiliency-building program designed for military families and children facing the multiple challenges of combat operational stress during wartime.
Sesame Street Family Connections - Sesame Street Family Connections is a billingual (English/Spanish) child centered online space where children and adults can interact and stay connected when disance makes everyday communications difficult. Family members can compose encouraging messages to each other, share artwork and videos, upload photos, and get answers to some questions they may have but didn't know how to ask. The Sesame Street Family Connections serves as a free, common and private online place to keep military families connected across the globe. |
Employment
Empowerment for Americans with Disabilities: Breaking Barriers to Careers and Full Employment Report - The report from October, 2007, that provides a review of the issues integral to the employment of people with disabilities.report.
Disaboom.com - A social networking website that has an employment job search engine.
Cornell University Disability & Human Resources website - This site contains articles, checklists, a glossary, and links to useful disability resources to help Human Resource (HR) professionals comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Finding a Job that is Right for You: A Practical Approach to Looking for a Job as a Person with a Disability - Employment guide.
gettinghired.com - Connecting Disabled Employees with Employers.
Job Accommodation Network - An employment consulting service and provider of information regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act.
National Center on Workforce and Disability/Adult - The National Center on Workforce and Disability/Adult (NCWD) provides training, technical assistance, policy analysis, and information to improve access for all in the workforce development system.
National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth) - Contains useful information and resources for youth with disabilities and their families, service providers and other front line workers, administrators, policy makers, and employers.
The Work Site (Office of Supported Employment) - The Office of Employment Support Programs (OESP) is pledged to ensure that the Social Security Administration delivers "world class" service to beneficiaries who want to work. This means social security beneficiaries will not only learn about our cash benefit programs, they will also receive accurate information about our employment support programs and where they can get the services they need to make a successful entry into the workforce. |
Promotional Materials
The Promotional Materials page for MilitaryHOMEFRONT and related quality of life programs has materials available for downloading and printing to promote programs.
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Relocation
Abilities Network - The Abilities Network and Epilepsy Foundation of the Chesapeake Region (Maryland, Northern Virginia and Washington, DC) is dedicated to assisting individuals of all abilities and their families in achieving their personal goals and in reaching their maximum potential. Services are tailored to support each person to live, work, socialize and to encourage the highest level of participation of each person in his/her community.
AmeriForce - AmeriForce Relocation Guides.
It's your Move - Department of Defense Special Report - This Special Report has been prepared to help you understand your entitlements and responsibilities concerning shipment of household goods, unaccompanied baggage, boats, pets, POV's and mobile homes.
MilitaryHOMEFRONT's MilitaryINSTALLATIONS - Find points of contacts for 250 installations and communities worldwide, including Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) and Educational and Developmental Intervention Services (EDIS) contacts.
Military Youth on the Move (MYOM) - A replacement for Military Teens on the Move (MTOM), this site is an easy to use resource that reaches out to youth with creative ways to cope with issues that arise in the face of a move, such as transitioning to a new school, saying goodbye to friends, and getting involved in a new community. The website is divided into three target audiences: elementary school, middle school, and high school. Users simply click on their age group to get started. It also includes information specifically designed to help parents help their children navigate challenges such as a move, a new school, or making decisions about life after high school. Once inside the site, users search different topics that pertain to both military youth in particular and youth in general.
Relocation Apartments - This is a non-profit travel resource site. The site offers extensive resources for finding both short and long term accommodations. Includes a huge resource of apartments and corporate housing for short and long stays world-wide. Relocation Apartments also offers a hub for individuals to find moving and relocation services in their area which can offer direct assistance with their move.
Relocation Readiness/Army - Preparing to relocate? In the middle of moving? Getting settled in a new location? Here you will find useful information to help answer the many questions you may have about relocating and make your transition as smooth as possible. |
Reserves
Department of Veterans Affairs Homepage - The Department of Veterans Affairs homepage provides a variety of information for Veterans and their family members.
Department of Veterans Affairs - Information for Employees called to Active Duty.
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) - A Department of Defense agency that seeks to promote a culture in which all American employers support and value the military service of their employees. Each State and Territory has a local ESGR Program Support Specialist to assist military members and their families in a myriad of employment concerns.
Guide To Reserve Family Member Benefits - (PDF - 2119kb) provides an overview of military benefits and how to access them, identifies eligibility requirements associated with some entitlements, and, most importantly, lets you know where you can obtain assistance when you have specific questions and problems. Knowing your benefits and how to access them will help you plan for when your spouse or family member is away performing military service.
Health Care Benefits for Reserve Component Members - TRICARE booklet on health care benefits for reserve components.
Military Medical Support Office - The Military Medical Support Office was established to serve as the centralized Tri-Service point of contact for customer service and medical/dental case management; to coordinate civilian health care services outside of the cognizance of a Military Treatment Facility for Active Duty military and Reserve components.
Office of the Secretary of Defense Reserve Affairs - The Office of the Secretary of Defense, Reserve Affairs homepage provides information on matters which involve the Reserve components, including the Army National Guard, Army Reserve, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve and Coast Guard Reserve. |
Social Security Administration (SSA)
The Social Security Administration (SSA) - The SSA website provides a wealth of information on social security benefits, with information specific to individuals with disabilities. The site also has several electronic brochures and booklets that provide detailed information on SSDI benefits and application procedures, other disability programs, as well as benefits information for parents who are raising grandchildren.
View the following booklets for more information:
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