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South Dakota Resources

National Resources
Resource Guides



SOUTH DAKOTA


Adaptivation, Inc   www.adaptivation.com   Innovative Adaptive Devices for Persons with Disabilities, located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota


Bright Start (for South Dakota's Children) http://www.sdbrightstart.com


Children's Special Health Services http://www.state.sd.us/doh/Famhlth/child.htm

DOE/Special Education Programs http://doe.sd.gov/oess/specialed/index.asp

Department of Social Services (DSS) http://www.state.sd.us/social/

DSS/Adult Services & Aging http://www.state.sd.us/social/ASA/

Easter Seals - www.easterseals.com

Family Voices South Dakota http://www.familyvoicessd.org/home.shtml

Laney Bear Care (helping families of children with rare diseases) www.laneybearcare.org

NOFAS South Dakota (Nat'l Organization of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) - http://www.usd.edu/cd/nofassd/homepage.cfm

South Dakota Advocacy Services www.sdadvocacy.com

South Dakota Coalition for Children http://www.sdcchildren.org/

South Dakota Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities www.sd-ccd.org

South Dakota Community Network - http://www.sdcommunitynetwork.com/

South Dakota NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) http://sd.nami.org/

South Dakota Parent Connection www.sdparent.org

USD Center for Disabilities www.usd.edu/cd/


NATIONAL

Ablenet www.ablenetinc.com AbleNet has designed practical products and creative solutions for teaching children with disabilities

Abilitations www.abilitations.com

Alzheimer's Association - www.alz.org/

American Association of People with Disabilities www.aapd-dc.org

American Association on Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) http://www.aamr.org

American Epilepsy Society www.aesnet.org/

American Indian Disability Technical Assistance Center http://aidtac.ruralinstitute.umt.edu

Arc of the United States www.thearc.org/

Autism Society of America http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer

Better Together www.bettertogether.org

Bowling Alone www.bowlingalone.com

Centers for Disease Control - www.cdc.gov

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) www.cms.gov

College of Direct Support - http://www.collegeofdirectsupport.com/

Community for All - resources for supporting community living - http://thechp.syr.edu/toolkit

Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD)
http://www.c-c-d.org/

Courage Cards & Gifts www.couragecards.org

Developmental Disabilities Resource Center http://ddrcco.com

Disability is Natural! http://www.disabilityisnatural.com Kathy Snow's website. Includes her People First language booklet, catalog of products & free newsletter.

Disability Policy Resources - www.disabilitypolicycenter.org Prepared by Bobby Silverstein, Director of the Center for the Study & Advancement of Disability Policy

Disability Related Government Resources http://www.disability.gov

Disability Resources Inc. www.disabilityresources.org

Disability World (web-based magazine) http://www.disabilityworld.org/

Disaster Resources for People with Disabilities & Emergency Managers - www.jik.com/disaster.html

Emergency Preparedness Initiative (thru the Nat'l Organization on Disability) - http://www.nod.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=11&

Emergency Preparedness Links (Administration on Developmental Disabilities) - http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/add/resources/dispub.html

Epilepsy Foundation http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/

Exceptional Parent Magazine http://www.eparent.com

Family Village www.familyvillage.wisc.edu Described as a "global community that integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their families, and for those that provide them services and support."

Family Voices http://www.familyvoices.org/

Grants through the federal government http://www.grants.gov

Harris Communications www.harriscomm.com The one-stop source for products for deaf
and hard of hearing people.

Independent Living Aids www.independentliving.com

Institute for Community Inclusion http://www.communityinclusion.org/

Learning Through Assisting (service learning) - www.learningthroughassisting.org

National Assn. of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD) http://www.nacdd.org/

National Assn. of State Directors of DD Services http://www.nasddds.org

National Braille Press www.nbp.org

National Center on Birth Defects, DD & Health www.cdc.gov/ncbddd

National Center on Disability & Journalism www.ncdj.org

National Down Syndrome Society www.ndss.org/

National Information Center for Children & Youth with Disabilities - www.nichcy.org

National Organization on Disability www.nod.org

National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) http://www.naric.com/

NOLO Law for All - www.nolo.com

Obsessive Compulsive Foundation - www.ocfoundation.org

Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation http://www.oif.org/site/PageServer

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Mental Retardation http://www.uic.edu/orgs/rrtcamr

Roslynn Carter Institute for Human Development - www.rosalynncarter.org

Social Security Administration www.ssa.gov

Soundbytes www.soundbytes.com

Special Child: For Parents and Caregivers of Children With Special Needs http://www.specialchild.com

State/Local Governments
http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm

talk Autism www.talkAutism.org/

Thomas: Congressional Research Service http://thomas.loc.gov
A searchable service of the Library of Congress whose purpose is to make Federal legislative information freely available to the Internet public.

Training Resource Network, Inc. http://www.trninc.com

US Administration on Aging - www.aoa.gov

US Government Official Web Portal - www.firstgov.gov

US House
http://www.house.gov/

US Senate
http://www.senate.gov/

United Cerebral Palsy Association http://www.ucp.org/

White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov

World Congress and Exposition on Disability Foundation http://www.wcdfoundation.org


RESOURCE GUIDES


Autism Handbook - http://www.usd.edu/cd/publications/autismhandbook.cfm

Developmental Disabilities Handbook - http://www.usd.edu/cd/publications/ddhandbook.cfm

Dictionary for Parents of Children with Disabilities - http://www.usd.edu/cd/publications/dictionary.cfm

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Handbook - http://www.usd.edu/cd/publications/fashandbook.cfm

Resource Guide for People with Disabilities - http://www.usd.edu/cd/publications/resourceguide.cfm

United Cerebral Palsy One-Stop Resource Guides for every US state & territory - http://www.ucp.org/ucp_generaldoc.cfm/1/3/43/43-43/5807