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- Brain Injury Association of Connecticut - Promotes support groups and service systems for persons with brain injury and their families; provides education about TBI, its related problems and prevention; advocates for community and medical resources needed to provide comprehensive TBI care; and directly meets selected needs that are currently unaddressed by existing systems.
www.biact.org
- Connecticut Association for Children with Learning Disabilities - CACLD provides services for children and adults with LD and/or ADHD, their families, and professionals who work with them.
www.cacld.org
- 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.
www.birth23.org
- Connecticut Coalition for Inclusive Education - A statewide non-profit organization committed to advocating for inclusive education for students with all types of disabilities.
www.includeme.org
- Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation - The supports and services DMR administers or purchases include residential services, day programs, employment supports, family supports, case management and clinical services.
www.dmr.state.ct.us
- Connecticut Department of Social Services: Services to Adults and People with Disabilities - The Department administers programs which promote social, physical and economic well-being while providing people with disabilities with opportunities to achieve their full potential for self direction.
www.dss.state.ct.us/svcs/adults.htm
- Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center - We are here to help you: understand special education laws, identify your child's educational needs, communicate more effectively with professionals and participate in the educational decision making process.
members.aol.com/cpacinc/cpac.htm
- Connecticut Respite Programs - Contact information for respite care.
www.chtop.com/cstates.htm
- Connecticut Tech Act Project - The goal of the Connecticut Tech Act Project is to assure that all citizens with disabilities have access to the assisitive technology (AT) that they need. This is accomplished through public awareness, systems change activities, training, advocacy and services to individuals.
www.techact.uconn.edu
- Deaf Connecticut Directory - Organizations who provide education or support for deaf individuals.
dww.deafworldweb.org/int/us/ct/org.html
- Disabled American Veterans, Department of Connecticut - Statewide organization offers newsletter, events calendar, information and resources.
www.davct.org
- Easter Seals of Connecticut - Programs and services for children and adults with disabilities.
www.eastersealsofct.org
- Family Village -- Connecticut Resources - Information, resources, communication opportunities for persons with disabilities.
www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/comm/connecticut.html
- Hart, Inc. - HART, Inc. is a non-profit agency which provides support services to individuals with developmental disabilities.
www.hartinc.org
- Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped - Provides free mail loan of recorded and Braille books and magazines and necessary playback equipment to eligible state residents unable to read conventional print because of a visual or physical disability.
www.cslib.org/lbph.htm
- NICHCY Connecticut State Sheet - Contact information for disability resources.
nichcy.org/stateshe/ct.htm
- Project Action: Connecticut - List of cities in towns with links to further information on existing public transit services for the disabled.
www.projectaction.org/paweb/ct/ctcities.htm
- Special Olympics Connecticut - Provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for all people with mental retardation.
www.soct.org
- The Kennedy Center Inc. - Provides services ranging from vocational to residential for disabilities, including psychiatric, developmental and physical to work-related injuries, deafness and brain damage.
www.thekennedycenterinc.org
- Yale Child Study Center - Offers comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluations for children and adults with social disabilities, usually focusing on the issues of diagnosis and intervention.
info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/autism
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