This list is designed as a
guide to assist in the location of information on the web.
It is not meant to be all inclusive, but rather a selection
of some of the most reliable and informative sites available.
Local resources are denoted by**. If you have any questions
about the reliability of a resource on the web, please contact
LINC for more information.
Resource Links By Category
A to Z
Acronyms
Alphabet Soup
Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's Association http://www.alz.org
Alzheimer's Disease Education
and Referral Center http://www.alzheimers.org
Aging
Administration on Aging http://www.aoa.gov/
National Council on Aging
(NCOA) http://www.ncoa.org
Rehabilitation Research and
Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities (RRTCADD)
http://www.uic.edu/orgs/rrtcamr
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
ADA Basic Building Blocks
(free web course) http://www.adabasics.org
Assessment
Tool Kit on Teaching and Assessing
Students with Disabilities: Parents' Materials (The Parent
Tool Kit) http://www.osepideasthatwork.org
Assistive Technology
ABLEDATA http://www.abledata.com
AbleProject.org
http://www.ableproject.org/ableproject/
Assistivetech.net http://www.assistivetech.net
**New Mexico Technology Assistance
Program http://www.nmtap.com
**Qwest Services for the Disabled
http://www.uswest.com/residential/customerService/disabled/index.html
Autism
Autism Society of Americahttp://www.autism-society.org
Center for Study of Autism
http://www.autism.org
Developing a great IEP with
Gary Mayerson (Free 12 min. online video)
http://www.autismspeaks.org/howtocope/iep_mayerson.php
*Southwest Autism Network
http://cdd.unm.edu/swan
*Southwest Autism Network-Resource
Guide: possible intervention techniques for persons with Autism
Spectrum Disorders (ASD) A Guide to Information on the Internet
http://cdd.unm.edu/discuss/resources/index.htm
Blindness
American Council for the Blind
http://www.acb.org
use International http://www.lighthouse.org
National Federation of the
Blind http://www.nfb.org
**New Mexico Commission for
the Blind http://www.state.nm.us/cftb
Children
Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org
National Center on Birth Defects
and Developmental Disabilities http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/default.htm
National Information Center
for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY) http://www.nichcy.org/index.html
Parents Reaching Out http://www.parentsreachingout.org
Pediatrics. Special volume.
National & state findings from the 2003 National Survey
of Children's Health http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/vol119/Supplement_1/
State Policy Options to Improve
Delivery of Child Development Services: Strategies from the
Eight ABCD States
http://www.cmwf.org/publications/publications.show.htm?doc_id=434687&#doc434687
Consumer Health
American Association on Health
and Disability http://aahd.us
Community Activated Living
Well: A guide for implementing the Living Well with a Disability
Health Promotion Workshop for Community members who have Disabilities
http://mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/Publications/COALW.htm
Healthfinder http://www.healthfinder.gov
MedlinePlus http://www.medlineplus.gov
NOAH: New York Online Access
to Health http://www.noah-health.org
Criminal Justice
Arc's Justice Advocacy Guide: an Advocate's
Guide on Assisting Victims and Suspects/Defendants with Intellectual
Disabilities
http://www.thearc.org/AAdvocacyGuide.pdf
Deafness
American Society for Deaf
Children http://www.deafchildren.org
National Association of the
Deaf http://www.nad.org
**Accessible Technology Unit.
Distributes telecommunications equipment to qualified applicants
living in New Mexico http://www.nmcdhh.org/Technology.html
**Relay New Mexico http://www.relaynm.org
Deaf-Blind
American Association of the
Deaf-Blind http://www.aadb.org
DB-LINK, The National Information
Clearinghouse on Children who are Deaf-Blind http://www.tr.wou.edu/dblink/index.htm
**Project for New Mexico Children
Who are Deaf-Blind http://cdd.unm.edu/deafblind
Helen Keller National Center
for Deaf/Blind Youth http://www.helenkeller.org/national
Developmental Disabilities
AAMR http://www.aamr.org/index.shtml
Arc of the United States http://www.thearc.org
**Arc of New Mexico http://www.arcnm.org/
TASH http://tash.org
Disabilities (General)
American Association of People
with Disabilities http://www.aapd-dc.org
Association of University
Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) http://www.aucd.org
**The Center for Development
and Disability http://cdd.unm.edu
Disability Statistics Center
http://www.dsc.ucsf.edu/main.php
DisabilityInfo.gov http://www.disabilityinfo.gov
Family Village http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
National Council on Disability
http://www.ncd.gov/
National Institute on Disability
and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) - http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/NIDRR
National Organization on Disability
http://http://www.nod.org/
**New Mexico Protection &
Advocacy http://www.nmprotection-advocacy.com/index2.html
Online Disabilities Dictionary
http://www.brookespublishing.com/dictionary/index.htm
Through the Looking Glass
(TLG) http://www.lookingglass.org
Disabilities (Training)
Disability Sensitivity
Training
http://www.disabilitylearningservices.com/
Early Childhood
Birth to Three, Parenting
Education and Support Services http://www.birthto3.org
Center for Best Practices
in Early Childhood http://www.wiu.edu/users/mimacp/wiu
**Center for Early Education
and Development http://education.umn.edu/ceed
**Early Childhood Division
http://cdd.unm.edu/Ec
Research and Training Center
on Early Childhood Development http://www.researchtopractice.info
Emergency Management
Evacuation Preparedness Guide.
http://www.cdihp.org/evacuation/toc.html
Employment
**New Mexico Department of
Vocational Rehabilitation http://www.state.nm.us/dvr
Employment Best Practice http://cdd.unm.edu/csa/employ.htm
Job Access http://www.jobaccess.org
Office of Disability Employment
Policy http://www.dol.gov/odep/welcome
Ticket To Work http://www.yourtickettowork.com
En Espanol
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (en Espanol) http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/default.htm
Family-to-Family Fact Sheets
in Spanish
http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1758
Healthfinder en Espanol http://www.healthfinder.gov/espanol
MedlinePlus, Developmental
Disabilities (en Espanol)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/developmentaldisabilities.html
MedlinePlus (en Espanol) http://medlineplus.gov/Spanish
The National Women's Health
Information Center (NWHIC) en Espanol http://4woman.gov/spanish/
National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke (en Espanol) http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/spanish/index.htm
NOAH - Health topics in Spanish
http://www.noah-health.org/search/results.php
Epilepsy
Epilepsy Education Association
http://www.iupui.edu/~epilepsy
Epilepsy Foundation http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org
Washington University Comprehensive
Epilepsy Program http://pcs.hmc.washington.edu/Epilepsy/
Families/Caregivers
Family Caregiver Alliance
http://www.caregiver.org
Family Village http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
Parents Reaching Out http://www.parentsreachingout.org
Sibling Support Project http://www.thearc.org/siblingsupport
Government
Application for a 1915 (c)
HCBS Waiver - version 3.4
http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1752
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
http://cms.hhs.gov
National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov
**New Mexico Department of
Health http://www.health.state.nm.us/
**New Mexico Department of
Health Long Term Services Division http://www.health.state.nm.us/ddsd/inex.htm
U.S. Department of Labor http://www.dol.gov
U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services http://www.dhhs.gov
I.D.E.A.
Final Regulations for IDEA
2004
http://www.nichcy.org/reauth/IDEA2004regulations.pdf
http://www.nichcy.org/idea.htm
IDEA Reauthorizations -- selected published materials
http://www.nichcy.org/idealist.htm
U.S. Dept. of Education. Building
the Legacy: IDEA 2004
(One-stop shop for resources related to IDEA 2004 and its
implementing regulations -- statues, regulations, video clips,
links, etc.)
http://idea.ed.gov
Inclusion
Center for Community Inclusion
http://www.umaine.edu/cci/
Inclusion.com http://www.inclusion.com
National Resource Center http://thechp.syr.edu/nrc.html
TASH http://tash.org
Independent Living
Directory of Independent Living
Centers http://www.virtualcil.net/cils
Institute on Independent Living
http://www.independentliving.org
National Council on Independent
Living http://www.ncil.org
Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Association
of America http://www.ldanatl.org
**New Mexico Learning Disabilities
Association (NM-LDA) http://www.vivanewmexico.com/nmlda
Schwab Foundation for Learning
http://www.schwablearning.org/index.asp
Libraries
Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov
National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov
**New Mexico State Library
Talking Book Library http://www.stlib.state.nm.us/publicservices/talkingbook/tbl.html
**Rio Grande Valley Library
System (Albuquerque Public Library) http://www.cabq.gov/library
**University of New Mexico,
Libraries http://www.unm.edu/libraries.html
**University of New Mexico
Health Sciences Center Library http://hsc.unm.edu/library/
Medicare
Qualifying for Extra Help
and Joining a Medicare Drug Plan (Tipsheet) http://www.cms.hhs.gov/partnerships/downloads/11236P.pdf
Medical Sites for Professionals
Biosites http://www.library.ucsf.edu/biosites
Digital Library of Health
Information http://www.vh.org.index.html
EMedicine, Medical Textbooks
http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/contents.htm
EMedicine, Specialties http://www.emedicine.com/specialties.htm
Free Books 4 Doctors http://www.freebooks4doctors.com
Medscape http://www.medscape.com
Online Mendelian Inheritance
of Man (OMIM) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=OMIM
Pubmed http://www.pubmed.gov
Mental Health
American Academy of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org
Bazelon Center for Mental
Health Law http://www.bazelon.org
National Mental Health Association
http://www.nmha.org
National Alliance for the
Mentally Ill www.nami.org
Native American
Amercian Indian Health http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov
Indian Children's Program http://www.icpservices.org/
Three Feathers Associates
http://www.threefeathersassoc.com/Tribal Health
Connections http://www.tribehealth.org
Parent Advocacy
Advocating Through Letter
Writing http://hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1814/Advocating_Through_Letter_Writing
Parents with Disabilities
Parents with Disabilities
Online http://www.disabledparents.net/
Through the looking glass
http://lookingglass.org/index.php
Disabled Parents Network (UK)
http://www.disabledparentsnetwork.org.uk/
Traumatic Brain Injury
Brain Injury Association of
America http://www.biausa.org
International Brain Injury
Association http://www.internationalbrain.org
National Resource Center for
Traumatic Brain Injury http://www.neuro.pmr.vcu.edu
Travel & Recreation
Access Able Travel Source
http://www.access-able.com
Society for Accessible Travel
and Hospitality (SATH) http://www.sath.org
Tips for Travelers with Disabilities
in New Mexico http://newmexico.org/visitor/disabled.html
**Very Special Arts New Mexico
http://www.vsartsnm.org
Women
Center for Research on Women
with Disabilities (CROWD) http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/crowd
National Women's Health Information
Center http://www.4woman.gov/wwd/index.htm
