Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities Program Page

Disability Resource Sites

Civil Rights  
Civil Rights Coalition for the 21st Century (civilrights.org)  
Justice for All  
Disability Rights On-Line News  
General 
Darius Goes West
Atlanta Post Polio Association

Disaboom - it will transform the way people with disabilities live their lives. Every tool they want or need from finding medical information written in easy-to-understand language to buying disability specific products, from taking a vacation to building relationships with other Disaboom members, from travel tips and reviews to entering athletic events or checking the weather, will be in one place. It’s an all encompassing community that meets basic needs, but also educates its audience about their conditions and strives to improve the overall quality of their lives. Disaboom.com’s goal is to become the single most important website for those living with disabilities.

Spanish Guide to Developmental Disability Services in Georgia
Navigating Medicare and Medicaid: Resource Guides for People with Disabilities, Their Families, and Their Advocates from "The Kaiser Family Foundation".
Fragile Kids Foundation
Interfaith Disability Connection
The Larry Bregman, M.D. Educational Series
Museum of disAbility History
The Accessible Society Action Project
The Link Barn
Tons of disability related links in topic order..
The Recycling Occupational Therapist
Tell-Us-Your-Story Forum
The Concrete Change Homepage
Steed Innovative Support Projects, Inc
Georgia Community Support & Solutions - is a non-profit organization that is located in the City of Atlanta, and was first established as the Community Programs Department at Marcus Center/Marcus Institute in 1994. In 1999 GCSS separated from the oversight and management of the Marcus Institute and changed its name to reflect the vision and purpose of community based services and supports to children and adults.
GeorgiaCares: The Georgia Medicare Savings Program that assists Medicare beneficiaries with out-of pocket expenses such as premiums, deductibles and co-payments. 

Education
 
Information on School inclusion
Web-based Disability Sensitivity Training by Georgia Disability Advocate Consulting Group, Inc.

Employment
Employment First Georgia  
Gateway for employment of Persons with Disabilities
National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth): 
NCWD/Youth is one of two technical assistance centers funded by the US Department of Labor to assist the workforce development community in addressing issues affecting the employment of people with disabilities. The site contains useful information and resources for youth with disabilities and their families, service providers and other front line workers, administrators, policy makers, and employers. For those of you who are interested in employment issues for young people with disabilities, this is a site you'll find very helpful!

Extra-Curricular Activities
Blaze Sports
Leading the way for Accessible Play

Home
The Home Modification Action Project
Tons of Information about home modifications for consumers, caregivers, home service providers, builders, and remodelers.
Georgia State Trade Association of Nonprofit Developers

Legal

Media
Brookes Publishing publishes highly respected resources in early childhood, early intervention, inclusive and special education, developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, literacy, communication and language, behavior, and mental health. Use the Online Dictionary to Search more than 3500 disability-related terms! Includes thorough definitions of disabilities & syndromes, disability organizations, medical terms, genetic terms, and more!
On a Roll Radio
Mainstream Magazine
Ability Magazine
NewMobility Magazine
Public Policy
Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy
Personal Care
Caregiver Network
Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT)
Autism Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals
Personal Relationships

 
Self-Advocacy

People First of Georgia has started a yahoo group /list serve with a shared calendar and a place to post pictures. If you would like to join the new People First of GA list serve / yahoo group you need to send an email to

peoplefirstofga-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or you can go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peoplefirstofga and join

 
 
 

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