Useful Links


ACT Advocating Change Together ................................................................................www.selfadvicacy.org ADAPT ..............................................................................................................................www.adapt.org American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) ..............http://www.aamr.org American Association of People with Disabilities ................................................... http://www.aapd.com The Arc.....................................................................................................................http://wwwthearc.org The Arc of North Carolina................................................................................................. http://arcnc.org Association of Persons in Supported Employment..........................................................http://www.apse.org Autism Society of North Carolina........................................................... http://www.autismsociety-nc.org Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...........................................................http://www.cms.gov Council for Exceptional Children........................................................................ http://www.cec.sped.org Declaration of the Rights of the Child........http://www.abanet.org/humanrights/central/declaration_child.pdf Developmental Disabilities Training Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill ..........................www.unc.edu/depts/ddti Disability.gov – Comprehensive disability-related info. & resources......................... http://www.disability.gov Disability Rights North Carolina (DRNC)....................................................... http://disabilityrightsnc.org Exceptional Children Assistance Center (ECAC)..........................................http://www.ecac-parentcenter.org Family Support Network of Carolina..................................................................................www.fsnnc.org Human Services Research Institute ..........................................................................................www.hsri.org Learning Disabilities Association of North Carolina..................................................http://wwwldanc.org Lifetime Connections ..............................................................http://www.fifnc.org/connections/index.html Moms from Hell..............................................................................................www.mothersfromhell2.org National Association of States Medicaid Directors (NASMD) ...............................................www.nasmd.org/ National Autism Society ...........................................................http://wwwnationalautismassociation.org National Disability Rights Network ............................................................................. http://wwwnapas.org National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS)................................................................. http://www.ndss.org


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