American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR): An organization that provides information about mental retardation and developmental disabilities. Updated weekly to monthly. URL: http://www.aamr.org
Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD): A national organization that provides information and technical assistance relating to developmental disabilities. Updated weekly to monthly. URL: http://www.aucd.org
American Council for the Blind: A national organization that provides information and referral on all aspects of blindness, leadership and legislative training, and governmental monitoring hotline. Updated weekly to monthly. URL: http://www.acb.org
American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT): An organization that promotes services in the community instead of putting people with disabilities in institutions and nursing homes. Updated weekly to monthly. URL: http://www.adapt.org
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB): A national organization that provides information and technical assistance on equal access and opportunity for the individuals that are blind or visually impaired. Updated weekly to monthly. URL: http://www.afb.org
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA): An association that provides information on legislative activities, conferences, reports relating to audiology, speech-language pathology and speech and hearing science. Updated weekly to monthly. URL: http://www.asha.org
Beach Center on Disabilities: A research and training center that focuses on improving the functioning of families who have members with disabilities. Excellent site for fact sheets pertaining to families and disability issues. Updated monthly to quarterly. URL: http://www.beachcenter.org/
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (C.H.A.D.D.): A national organization that provides support and information relating to attention deficit disorders. Excellent site for support services. Updated monthly. URL: http://www.chadd.org
Disability Rights, Education and Defense Fund (DREDF): A national law and policy center dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities. Excellent site for recent legislative activities relating to IDEA. Updated weekly to monthly. URL: http://www.dredf.org
Empowerment Zone: A comprehensive site that provides information on: accessible housing, accessible education, accessible travel, civil rights, employment, funding assistive technology, independent living, political action, rehabilitation, social security, telecommunications, and much more. The site is very user friendly. Updated monthly. URL: http://www.empowermentzone.com
Halftheplanet.com: A comprehensive site for information, ideas, products and services for the entire adaptation community, including people with disabilities, families, friends, co-workers, employers, manufacturers, distributors, service providers, educators, legislators, regulators, and advocates. Excellent site for technology information. Updates weekly to monthly. URL: http://www.halftheplanet.com
Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU): A program that provides information, training, research, and technical assistance in independent living. Excellent site for current information on Managed Care and Long Term Care. Updated weekly to monthly. URL: http://www.ilru.org
Job Accommodation Network (JAN): an international toll-free service that provides information about job accommodations and the employability of people with functional disabilities. Excellent site for comprehensive and up-to-date information about accommodations methods, devices and strategies. Updated weekly. URL: http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu
Learning Disabilities Association (LDA): A not-profit organization that provides research, training, education, advocacy information, disseminates information and creates an atmosphere of public awareness and acceptance. Updated monthly. URL: http://www.ldanatl.org
National Association of Developmental Disabilities Councils (NADDC): A national organization that promotes national policy which enables individuals with developmental disabilities the freedom of choice affecting their lives and to be included in the mainstream of society. Updated weekly to monthly. URL: http://www.naddc.org
National Association of Protection & Advocacy Systems (NAPAS): A national organization that represents the needs of P&As and CAPs to federal agencies and Congress and provides training and technical assistance to member agencies which helps their effectiveness on the state and local level. Excellent site for current legislative activities. Updated weekly. URL: http://www.protectionandadvocacy.com
National Council on Disability (NCD): An independent agency that promotes policies, programs, practices and procedures that guarantees opportunity for all individuals with disabilities. Excellent site for on line access to reports regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act. Updated weekly to monthly. URL: http://www.ncd.gov
National Easter Seal Society: A nation wide network affiliate chapters that provide rehabilitation programs, assistive technology information, and monitor governmental policies affecting the lives of people with disabilities. Updated weekly to monthly. URL: http://www.easter-seals.org
Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. (NLS): This is a not-for-profit agency that provides free legal services to persons with low-income and persons with disabilities. Excellent site for SSA's regulations relating to disability benefits. Updated weekly to monthly. URL: http://www.nls.org
PACER Center : A nonprofit organization that provide workshops, individual assistance and disseminates materials to help parents become informed and effective representatives for their children with disabilities in early childhood, school-age and vocational settings. Excellent site for publications on support services. Updated monthly. URL: http://www.pacer.org
TASH: An organization of members concerned with human dignity, civil rights, education, and independence for all individuals with disabilities. Excellent site for following up-to-date legislative activities relating to all areas of disability policy. Updated weekly. URL: http://www.tash.org
The Arc of the United States (The Arc): A national organization that provides education, research, and advocacy relating to mental retardation. Excellent site for up-to-date legislative activities relating to disabilities. Updated weekly to monthly. URL: http://TheArc.org
The Brain Injury Association, Inc.: An association that provides advocacy, develops community-based services and promotes prevention for individuals with brain injuries. Updated monthly. URL: http://www.biausa.org
The Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy (CSADP): A center that provides public education, leadership development and training, technical assistance and information, and conducts action-research and analysis of public policy issues affecting individuals with disabilities and their families. URL: http://www.gwumc.edu/ihpohv/Study.htm
The EdLaw Center : A center that provides assistance to parents, schools, attorneys to identify problem areas and develop possible solutions that will enable children with disabilities obtain the free appropriate public education promised them by law. Excellent site for up-to-date information on special education issues. Updated weekly. URL: http://www.edlaw.net
The National Information Center for Children and Youths with Disabilities (NICHCY): A national information and referral service that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals with a special focus on children and youth (birth to age 22). Excellent site for publications. Updated monthly. URL: http://www.nichcy.org
United Cerebral Palsy Association (UCPA): A national organization that provides information and referral service, legislative advocacy, technology initiatives, and research. Good site for on line publications on assistive technology and up-to-date legislative activities. Updated weekly to monthly. URL: http://www.ucpa.org
Very Special Arts: An international nonprofit organization that promote arts, education and creative expression, involving children and adults with disabilities. Updated monthly. URL: http://www.vsarts.org
Melanie A. Gabel, “DISABILITY WEB SITES ON THE INTERNET,” The Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy, October 28, 2002. Permission granted by Robert "Bobby" Silverstein, JD, Director, CSADP.
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Home Page (CCD): A coalition of national disability organizations working together to advocate for national public policy that ensures independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities. Excellent site for current legislative activities relating to disabilities. Updated monthly. URL: http://www.c-c-d.org
DisABILITY Information and Resources: Comprehensive site that links to disability related sites. Updated monthly. URL: http://www.eskimo.com/%7Ejlubin/disabled.html
Family Village: Provides resources on mental retardation and other disabilities, links to disability related discussion groups, links to disability related websites, and links to websites that sell or review disability related print material. This program comes out of the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Waisman Center's main purpose is the advancement of knowledge about developmental disabilities through research and practice. I found this site to have a tremendous wealth of information in all aspects of disabilities. Also this site is very user-friendly! Updated weekly. URL: http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/tindex.htm
National Governors' Association (NGA): A bipartisan organization provides a forum for Governors to exchange views and experiences. Also provides assistance in solving state-focused problems, information on state innovations and practices, and bipartisan forum for Governors to establish, influence, and implement policy on national issues. Excellent site for information on state children's health insurance programs. Updated weekly to monthly. URL: http://www.nga.org
The Arc of the United States (The Arc): A national organization that provides education, research, and advocacy relating to mental retardation. Excellent site for up-to-date legislative activities relating to disabilities. Updated weekly to monthly. URL: http://TheArc.org