Advocacy and Legal Issues

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  • APA Diagnostic Classification DSM-IV-TR page
    • Page that links to different diagnostic criteria used in classification - Multiple disorders
  • ARC Association of Retarded Citizens - Question and Answers Page
  • Advocacy Site
  • Advocating For The Child
  • Article on Special Needs Planning for later life
  • Attorneys Who Represent Parents of Children With Disabilities
  • Auties.Org
    • Resource for Aspies and Auties seeking employment opportunities
  • Auties.org - Site for support including employment advocacy
  • Autism Prevalence By US State
  • Autism Speaks Organization Web Site
  • Autistics.org
    • Resources by and for persons on the autistic spectrum
  • Bridges 4 Kids - excellent resource
  • Bridges and Advocacy Outreach Center
  • Classification of Crypto Sensitivity Syndrome
    • As a realigning of a segment of people in the past labelled AS or HFA
  • Clearinghouse on family issues--special education included
  • Disability Rights Activist
  • Due Process cases in Texas
  • Ed Bedford's page
    • Links to special education advocacy sites
  • Education, Advocacy, Legal Rights, Etc.
  • Exceptional Familiy Resources Resource List
    • Lots of information and links for services
  • Florida Accident Attorney
    • Legal firm's page
  • I Love A Child With Autism Site
    • Items for sale to spread awareness of autism
  • IDEA: Comparison of the old and new IDEA
  • IDEA: Final Regulations (from Wrightslaw Law Library)
  • IDEA: Government's page on IDEA
  • IDEA: Wrightslaw article regarding the new IDEA ammendment
  • LEAN On Us - Law Enforcement Awareness Network\
    • Safety Identification Cards also
  • Lakretz Creative Support Services, Inc.
    • Consulting for special education support with a goal of Inclusive Education
  • Law Help Org / NY
    • Helping low-income New Yorkers solve legal problems
  • Legal Briefs from Matt Cohen
  • Mainstreaming/Inclusion
  • Newsday Article On Special Needs Planning
    • For Long Term Support and Care of Special Needs Children
  • Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD).
  • Parent Advocacy Network for the Differently - Abled
  • Parent Rights
  • Partners In Policymaking
    • Partners is an innovative, competency based leadership training program for adults with disabilities and parents of young children with developmental disabilities
  • Power Advocates
    • Site based out of Buffalo New York - Note Radio Show!
  • Resource Room--lots of info and links
  • Ruth Allen's page with legal information
  • SAFE Supporting Autism & Famlies Everywhere
  • SSI disability redesign
  • School Assessments
  • Social Security Program rules
  • Special Ed questions/answers, etc.
  • TEXAS SPECIAL EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER
  • US Dept of Education Civil Rights
  • Wrightslaw Law Library - Main Page