ADVOCACY IN ACTION! Providing support for persons with disabilities and care providers, she specializes in assistance to program administrators and direct care staff. Helping people access and get the most out of community-based residential programs and independent living services. Her new homepage includes a list of her services, her background and "The Advocate's Voice", her personal message, upbeat and informative!
Tips, tools, traps and tricks exposed for winning the
insurance game now. Trusted public service decision assistance through Buyers Advocates sponsored by the National Advisory Council since 1995.
Insurance Net Center offers visitors and agents an online source of information for quote comparisons and purchasing long term care insurance. Long term care insurance provides financial protection from long term illness by paying the costs for long term care in a community-based residential setting or in your own home.
LRM'S Place, the personal web site of yours truly, Laura Remson Mitchell. She is a public policy analyst, consultant and writer with 20+ years' experience, primarily in the area of economic, health-care and disability issues.
I specialize in the creation of Special Needs Trusts for persons with disabilities and their families, as well as other forms of estate planning. In addition, I am also available as a speaker to speak to audiences about Special Needs Trusts, the collection of judgments and/or other areas of my expertise (which also includes Family Law).
Our goal is to provide our clients with lasting solutions for a safe and accessible environment. Consultation,evaluation and application design services for adapting living environments to special needs situations.
McGowan Consultants has been a leader in providing health screening tools and staff development materials to public and private agencies serving the needs of persons requiring long-term health care. This role has been expanded to encompass any given population of individuals with or without complex health care challenges.
FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION! Hello, I am the Publisher of Independent Life Resources and TruEnergy Enterprises Direct-Care training materials. I offer my services as a private consultant with over 25 years of experience in private and non-profit programs including independent living, residential, day activity centers, vocational settings, public schools, and individual behavior/training interventions. I can assist with staff development, individual skill assessments, interagency services coordination, program development, and placement issues. Michael S. True, M.Ed
NECTAS fulfills the need for focused, national technical assistance (TA) to states and others to improve services and results for young children with disabilities and their families.
We supply disability professionals in social service agencies, Human Resource trainers in business, and instructors in college classrooms with well researched program content that has been developed and tested by disability experts.
The website where parents, advocates, attorneys and school personnel come for accurate answers to questions with strategies to secure your child's legal rights!
A consulting firm that works to help all people work more efficiently, effectively and comfortably, based on engineering principles. Specializing in workplace and home ergonomics, Assistive Technology evaluations and training, Rehabilitation Technology, home access evaluations, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) evaluations for businesses.
MISSION: To provide top quality assistance to organizations interested in improving their use of technology and establishing a presence on the Internet and to assist organizations in creating and implementing effective marketing strategies to utilize the Internet at a reasonable price.
The SCORE Association is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Sheri R. Abrams is a sole practitioner emphasizing Social Security Disability Law, and the preparation of Wills, Living Wills, Durable Financial Powers of Attorney and Health Care Proxies (Health Care Powers of Attorney). Ms. Abrams serves clients in Virginia, DC and Maryland.
The SSDC community has been created to assist in the collection of information related to the protocols used by the Social Security Administrations Disability Insurance program. The purpose for collecting this information is to search for systematic patterns in those protocols, and or arbitrary actions, that cause one of our frailest populations, the newly disabled, undue stress and economic hardship.
We are committed to being the most effective means of introducing claimants with Social Security questions, to experienced Attorneys with Social Security Disability answers.
The purpose of this site is to distribute information -crucial information that, nine times out of ten, it's impossible to get from the person taking your claim for Disability benefits offered through the Social Security Administration. In essence, applying for disability might as well be a secret process since Social Security does not try to make this information clear or even understandable.
Wyner & Tiffany, Attorneys at Lawn - Children and students (aged 3 - 21), who are found eligible for special education under federal law, are entitled to specially designed instruction and services. We represent those children and their parents in disputes with public school districts.
Welcome to Special Needs Planning, where you'll find information and support regarding a very special subject - financial planning for families with a member who has a disability or special needs.
ADA Expert / ADA Consultant
Villamanta Publishing and Training Service and Villamanta Legal Service Inc., is a uniquely positioned publishing, training and consultancy service that specialises in concerns related to people with disabilities, disablity services, the disability movement, and older persons.
WebABLE is a leading provider of Web accessibility technology, consulting, and training. Our work ensures that our client's Web sites are fully accessible to people with disabilities and in compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, up-to-date information about special education law and advocacy for children with disabilities. You will find articles, cases, newsletters, and resources about dozens of topics in the Advocacy Libraries and Law Libraries.
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Education and Training Services
ABVI-Goodwill is an extremely valuable resource for people who are visually impaired who live in the Greater Rochester (New York) area. However, people who live outside the nine-county area we serve can still learn about Vision Rehabilitation and what our agency does from this Web site.
The A. J. Pappanikou Center on Disability Studies is a University Affiliated Program (UAP). It is part of a national network of UAP's across America sponsored by the Federal Administration on Developmental Disabilities through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Pappanikou Center UAP works with others to create opportunities that improve the lives of persons with disabilities and their families through training, services and information.
Braille Jail provides "Do It Yourself" courses in Braille to aid in the communication among people who are living with a visual impairment, these courses will also allow people who do not have a disability to learn Braille, not only if they need it for work, but also to be able to communicate with people with a visual disability.
Are you looking for a teen help school, teen boot camp, or youth program for troubled teens? If so, you've come to the right place. Below you will find links to information about individual private schools, troubled teen specialty schools, and military school alternatives for a troubled teenager.
We're an award-winning publisher of books and other learning materials for children and teens, parents, educators, counselors, and everyone else who cares about kids. Our Web site gives you a fast and easy way to learn more about us, explore our catalog, order our books, meet our authors, and get the latest news.
Research, technical consulting, training, educational consulting, student advocacy and ADA support to benefit people with special needs
Internships4You is a unique intern recruitment service that will help you locate qualified candidates for internships or co-ops. Whether you currently use interns, have considered using interns, or are interested in learning how interns can benefit you, Internships4You is the solution for your intern recruitment needs. Even better, nonprofit organizations, are entitled to use our basic services without spending any money.
Residental, educational, therapeutic, and recreational services for the developmentally challenged.
NADD is recognized as the world's leading organization in providing educational services, training materials and conferences. NADD has been influential in the development of appropriate community based policies, programs and opportunities in addressing the mental health needs of persons with mental retardation.
Welcome to NLB-online, the website of the providing a gateway to library and information services for visually impaired people. The National Library for the Blind is a registered charity. We believe that visually impaired people should have the same access to books and information as sighted people. Our website provides a range of exciting, innovative services to meet this need.
Resources for parents dealing with troubled teens. Offering guidance, advice, resources, and options to parents seeking help for adolescent and teen ADD, ADHD, bipolar disorder, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, suicide, substance abuse, depression, eating disorders, etc.
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, serves all people with "print disabilities" — those who can't effectively read standard print because of a disability. Today, we serve more than 102,000 members worldwide, distributing 243,029 titles in 2001.
The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Aging With a Disability is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), a part of the U.S. Department of Education. There are about 40 such Centers, all of which focus on a specific problem affecting people who have a disability. This RRTC is a collaborative effort of Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center and the University of Southern California. The purposes of the Center are 1) to conduct research in our problem area, 2) to train others about findings in this area as well as how to conduct rehabilitation research, and 3) to disseminate information to consumers and professionals.
Professional development programs in assistive and educational technology.
ROMA is an approach to management which builds accountability into the daily activities of employees and the daily operations of an organization. ROMA is an avenue for organizations to continually evaluate the effectiveness of their programs and plot a course for improvements in agency capacity and performance. ROMA is also the common language for members of the Community Action Network to use to respond to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 (which requires that federally funded programs demonstrate measurable outcomes).
ADD, ADHD dyslexia and other learning disabilities don’t just affect one person. For families interested in drug-free treatments, Sharper Mind Centers can help improve grades, self-esteem and family harmony. Using an integrated program of non-drug therapies, we address the root causes of most processing deficiencies rather than treating the symptoms.
Welcome to Synapse! We provide integrated turn-key access solutions that empower individuals with disabilities. Helping employers meet their accommodation requirements in the workplace, the Synapse TAP Workstation is the only solution that offers speech recognition on any computer including UNIX, mainframe, Mac and PC platforms.
TechDis aims to be the leading educational advisory service, working across the UK, in the fields of accessibility and inclusion. TechDis aims to enhance provision for disabled students and staff in higher, further (including adult and community learning provision) and specialist education through the use of technology. TechDis is a JISC-funded service (Joint Information Systems Committee).
Training available on-line or "distance" for those seeking professional development classes in the healthcare field.
Supported Employment * Person Centered Planning* Self Determination* Offering resources on the full inclusion of persons with disabilities in their communities.
T.R. - T.I.P.S., Inc. is a human resources firm, founded in 1985. We provide creative, comprehensive Total Integrated Programming/Services to enhance, improve, and/or maintain physical, mental, and psychosocial abilities, regardless of age and disability. We specialize in educational services and management products
The goal of the Research and Training Center is to improve employment outcomes and self-sufficiency of persons with disabilities served by community-based rehabilitation programs.
Villamanta Publishing and Training Service and Villamanta Legal Service Inc., is a uniquely positioned publishing, training and consultancy service that specialises in concerns related to people with disabilities, disablity services, the disability movement, and older persons.
WebABLE is a leading provider of Web accessibility technology, consulting, and training. Our work ensures that our client's Web sites are fully accessible to people with disabilities and in compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
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Alpha One, directed by people with disabilities, is committed to being a leading enterprise providing the community with information, services and products that create opportunities for people with disabilities to live independently. As the result of Alpha One's endeavors, Maine will be a model for the nation in enabling people with disabilities of all ages to live independently.
It is our goal to see each individual requesting personal one to one independent living service to receive these services; however, we will not just shake our heads and walk away if we are unable to provide those services as they should be. Instead we will get creative and not refuse to do what we are able today.
We hope you will find the help and information you need here. Associated Services for the Blind is located in historic Center City, Philadelphia. Our many divisions serve the local Philadelphia and Delaware Valley areas and beyond. If you or someone you know or care about is losing significant vision, get in touch with us for advice and assistance.
Adding flavor to the pot of living options for people with developmental disabilities comes Community Options, Incorporated (COI), a Family Home Agency (FHA). COI provides services to adults with developmental disabilities 18 years of age and older. COI has expertise and resources to create nurturing living arrangements where a person with a disability can become a full participating family member in a private home.
DAISI is a free service giving information on services and supports available to assist people with disabilities, aged people and their families, carers and advocates. DAISI is based in Lismore and services the Far North Coast region from just North of Woolgoolga to Tweed Heads.
Our Nursing Agency Provides Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants, Companions and Caregivers for All Your Needs.
As a non profit Independent Living Resource Center, our goal is to empower people with disabilities to exercise their civil rights in becoming active, productive members of our community. The majority of FREED's staff and Board of Directors are people with disabilities. We are headquartered in Grass Valley, CA and serve the counties of Nevada, Yuba, Sutter, Sierra and Colusa with a branch office located in Marysville.
Griswold Special Care is a non-medical home-care company. We refer Caregivers who provide companionship, homemaking, and personal care in the comfort of home. We are non-medical because we specialize in cases that do not require skilled nursing. GSC Caregivers are paid competitively so we can attract the best in the community, yet overhead is kept to a minimum so we can be the wisest financial alternative for our Clients and their families.
The Harbor Regional Center is a private, not-for-profit corporation contracting with the State of California for the provision of services to persons with developmental disabilities pursuant to the Lanterman Act. Our clients and families live in the Torrance, Harbor, Bellflower, and Long Beach health districts of Los Angeles County.
A private, non-profit agency serving children and young adults with profound mental retardation and developmental disabilities. Established in 1961, the Foundation has expanded from its residential main campus in Mantua, Ohio to provide community care throughout the northeast corner of the state.
Welcome to HOMECARE Online, the National Association for Home Care and Hospice's virtual headquarters. NAHC is committed to representing the interests of the home care and hospice community.
Home Care Services is a topic presented with related links by MedlinePlus. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.
Home Instead Senior Care is the world's largest and most trusted provider of comprehensive, non-medical companionship and non-medical home care services for the elderly. These services are provided through a network of franchise offices located throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, Portugal, and Australia.
At ifbyphone, we are closing the digital divide, between big companies and small, with services that allow you to use any telephone to access the best that technology offers. Through the magic of VoiceXML, our next generation IVR (Interactive Voice Response system) gives you access to a wide range of information and services.
Independent living Resource is a non-profit organization serving Contra Costa and Solano counties (California), under consumer direction. Our mission is to empower people with disabilities to: Control their own lives. Provide advocacy and support for individuals with disabilities to live independently. Create an accessible community free of physical and attitudinal barriers. Advocate complete social economic and political integration. Contact Information only, at this time.
The ILRU (Independent Living Research Utilization) program is a national center for information, training, research, and technical assistance in independent living.
We serve self-help organizations of disabled people who work for equal opportunities, self-determination and self-respect. We offer training materials, technical assistance and information on personal assistance, advocacy, access, legislation and peer support.
Independent Living Centers are typically non-residential, private, non-profit, consumer-controlled, community-based organizations providing services and advocacy by and for persons with all types of disabilities. Their goal is to assist individuals with disabilities to achieve their maximum potential within their families and communities.
San Bernardino and Riverside Counties,CA - Regional Centers are community-based, private, non-profit agencies which help people with a developmental disability obtain services and supports that enhance quality of life and increase independence, inclusion, and normalization. IRC is one of 21 regional centers in the state of California serving roughly 15,800 individual residing in San Bernardino and Riverside counties with service delivery covering an area close to 28,000 miles of geography.
Life Alert provides medical emergency response alert in life-threatening events nationwide. Life Alert is the only company endorsed by C. Everett Koop, MD, former US Surgeon General. Life Alert appears on TV and in AARP magazine. Life Alert also serves the communities of Beverly Hills, Encino, El Segundo and in the states of New York, New Jersey , Eastern Florida, and Western Florida. Life Alert members enjoy independent home living for an average of an extra 6 years. Visit the Life Alert websites to learn more: http://www.lifealert.com - http://www.lifealert.net - http://www.seniorprotection.com - http://www.911seniors.com or http://www.911lifealert.com
Providing medical alarms and personal emergency alert systems for elderly persons, senior caregivers, and individuals with disabilities.
Nationwide medical alarm systems with interactive "2-way" medical emergency monitoring! Our dedicated medical alarm system monitoring professionals are ready to respond to any emergency 24 hours a day - 365 days a year. Help at the push of a button!
For more than 28 years, the LifeStation medical alert has allowed seniors to live at ease in their own homes - providing at home independence and safety with our personal emergency response systems.
Providing education, jobs, and homes for persons with developmental disabilities, (Westwood and Norwood, MA).
MedAlerts is a service that uses advanced technology to call subscribers when it is time to take their medication. Our flexible telecommunications platform allows us to build a MedAlert solutions tailored to meet individual and group needs.
A lifesaver in any emergency! Medical alert necklaces come in different shapes, colors and sizes. Medical alert necklaces holds the doctor's address and phone number, your blood type and information on your condition. There are so many choices now available for men, women, and children.
Features: Personal Emergency Response System (PERS). Wireless tabletop Medical Alert System Summons help at the push of a button (waterproof wristband or pendent). No long-term contracts. 30 day 100% satisfaction guarantee. And MedicTag: Patented USB portable hard drive (keyring or lanyard) that contains medical information about the person carrying the device. No subscription fees.
MENTOR-New Jersey provides community-based options to adults and children with development disabilities, emotional and behavioral challenges and individuals with acquired brain injuries.
Mosaic provides individualized services, living options, work choices, spiritual nurture and advocacy to people with disabilities in more than 50 communities across 16 states and Great Britain.
A multi-facited program meeting the needs of persons with disabilities in the St. Louis, MO area.
We are dedicated to serving persons with disabilites through individualized programs of training and support, interdisciplinary coordination of services, public awareness, and education. Located in Knoxville, TN.
The American Dog Trainers Network is a comprehensive, one-stop resource for dog owners, dog trainers, and the media. We offer dog training articles, safety tips, a recommended book list, seminars, and free referrals to reputable dog trainers, pet care services, associations and organizations throughout the United States.
Our not-for-profit organization is helping thousands of children and adults with disabilities, their families, caregivers, and friends across the USA. We help in the areas of financial, legal, educational, medical, housing, and personal growth - now and for LIFE!
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Prince William County, VA. This summer residential camp for disabled and physically challenged children provides medical personnel and routine care on a 24 hour basis. In addition to the medical personnel and regular camp counselors, the camp tries to provide one adult volunteer for every two children during the time they are at camp.
An online community which offers personal blogs, discussion forums, private chat, a dating service and more. This growing community serves the international special needs population, home to members from over 15 countries world-wide. It is a place for people of all nationalities, backgrounds and life-challenges to share, connect and just be heard.
Little City Foundation's Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center (MDAC) invites artists with developmental disabilities from around the world to participate in our virtual art exhibition YOU ARE HERE. This exhibit features artwork that demonstrates where we all come from in a unique and interesting way.
The Louisiana Lions Camp is a non-profit residential summer camp, owned and operated by the Lions Clubs of Louisiana, Multiple District 8. Louisiana Lions Camp is free for boys and girls of Louisiana with Mental and Physical Challenges, Diabetes, and Pulmonary Disorders. The 40 year old facility is located in West Central Louisiana on 170 acres, 6 miles north of Leesville on U.S. Hwy 171.
A free resource and idea site for Activity and Recreation Directors In Long Term Care Facilities.
Residental, educational, therapeutic, and recreational services for the developmentally challenged.
Welcome to NLB-online, the website of the providing a gateway to library and information services for visually impaired people. The National Library for the Blind is a registered charity. We believe that visually impaired people should have the same access to books and information as sighted people. Our website provides a range of exciting, innovative services to meet this need.
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, serves all people with "print disabilities" — those who can't effectively read standard print because of a disability. Today, we serve more than 102,000 members worldwide, distributing 243,029 titles in 2001.
Finding a good wheelchair accessible hotel can be a daunting task. With so many places to choose from disabled travelers need a quick way to compare hotels and find the one that can accommodate their special needs.
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