Society and Culture: Disability Resources

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• Disability Lawyers@
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• Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired  - Offers details about state statutes, guidelines, service eligibility, interpreting services, and additional resources.
• Community Enterprises, Inc  - Non-profit corporation gives opportunities for employment, training, education, housing and other support services for individuals with disabilities.
• Connecticut Association for Children with Learning Disabilities  - Gives help to individuals with LD and/or ADHD. Provides support group for their families, and professionals who work with them.
• Connecticut Birth to Three System  - Provides developmental evaluations and early intervention services for infants and toddlers (from 0-36 months of age) who have significant developmental delays or disabilities.
• Connecticut Council on Developmental Disabilities  - Governor-appointed council working for the inclusion of people with disabilities within the community.
• Connecticut Department of Social Services  - Administers programs that encourages holistic growth to person with disabilities by making programs which promote social, physical, and economic well-being.
• Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center  - Non-profit organization that offers information and support to families of children with chronic illness.
• Connecticut Tech Act Project  - Aims to assure all citizens with disabilities have access to the assistive technology that they need.
• Disabilities Network of Eastern Connecticut  - Network focuses on information of its advocacy, peer support and independent skills training.
• Disability Resources Monthly: Connecticut  - Directory offering links to disability related resources in Connecticut.
• Disabled American Veterans, Department of Connecticut  - Statewide organization displays helpful disability links and information along with its newsletter and events calendar.
• Easter Seals of Connecticut  - Maintains programs and services for both children and adults with disabilities.
• Family Village - Connecticut Resources  - Opens communication opportunities for persons with disabilities with information to various resources.
• Hart, Inc.  - Nonprofit agency which provides support services to individuals with developmental disabilities.
• Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped  - Provides free mail loan of recorded and Braille publications and necessary playback equipment to residents having visual or physical disability.
• Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (OPA)  - State agency features information about programs, case services review, advisory boards, legislative information and public forums.
• Yale Child Study Center  - Illuminates the viewer about comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluations for children and adults with social disabilities.