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Online Sources

Arc Websites:
The Arc of Texas
The Arc of the United States
The Arc of Greater Houston
The Arc of the Gulf Coast

Local School Districts in Ft. Bend County:
Fort Bend ISD
Katy ISD
Lamar Consolidated ISD
Needville ISD
Royal ISD
Stafford MSD

Behavior Treatment Programs:
Behavior Treatment and Training Center � Day Program
Behavior Treatment and Training Center � Residential Program

Families for Effective Autism Treatment -Houston

Statewide Disability Advocacy Organizations:
Advocacy, Inc.
ADAPT
Brain Injury Association of Texas
Coalition of Texans with Disabilities
Disability Policy Consortium
Mental Health Association in Texas
TAMR
Texas University Affiliated Program
United Cerebral Palsy

Education/Special Education:
EDLAW
Idea Practices (Council for Exceptional Children) or http://www.cec.sped.org/
National Center for Learning Disabilities
Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (The PACER Center)
Special Education Home Page
TASH
Texas Education Agency
U.S. Department of Education
Partners Resource Network
Center for Law and Education
Exceptional Parent Magazine
Families and Advocates for Partnerships in Education (FAPE)
Family to Family Network
IDEA Partners
Inclusion Research Institute
Internet Special Education Resources
NCD Report: "Back to School on Civil Rights"
Reed Martin
School Matters
TEA Due Process Hearing Decisions
TEA Special Education Rules
Texas Compliance Monitoring System - an alternative

Texas Project First

Wharton County Junior College Kids College

Wrights Law

Employment/Transition:
Ft. Bend Center for Independent Living
Job Hunters With Disabilities

Texas Dept. of Assistive & Rehabilitative Services (DARS)

The Work Source

Health and Human Services Agencies:
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Texas Health and Human Services Transformation Overview
Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) (formerly TDMHMR)
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS)
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS)

Other Government Agencies:
National Council on Disability
National Institutes of Health
Social Security Administration
The Texas Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities

Legal Resources:
Advocacy, Inc.
Fort Bend BAR Association
The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
EDLAW

Wrights Law

Self-Advocacy:
Partners in Policymaking
Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)
Texas Advocates

Sites Relating to Specific Disabilities:

Asperger's Syndrome:
Asperger's Syndrome Education Network of America, Inc.
Families of Adults Afflicted with Asperger's Syndrome (FAAAS)
OASIS (Online Asperger's Syndrome Information & Support)

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder:
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Autism:
Autism-PDD Resources Network
Autism Society of America
Center for the Study of Autism
National Autism Association

Brain Injury:
Brain Injury Association of Texas

Cerebral Palsy:
American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
United Cerebral Palsy
United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Houston

Down Syndrome:
Association for Children with Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome Amongst Us                     
Down Syndrome Health Issues
Down Syndrome World Wide Web Page
National Association for Down Syndrome
National Down Syndrome Society
UPSIDE

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome:
Arium
National Organization on FAS

Fragile X Syndrome:
FRAXA Research Foundation
National Fragile X Foundation

Prader-Willi Syndrome:
Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA)

Williams Syndrome:
The Williams Syndrome Association
The Williams Syndrome Home Page

Miscellaneous Disability Resources:
American Association of Mental Retardation (AAMR)
Angelman Syndrome Foundation
Disability Resources on the Internet
Family Village

Houston Area Respite Center: Providing Parents Night Out
Mothers United for Moral Support (MUMS)
NAMI
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
Private Providers Association of Texas
Texas Assistive Technology Partnership
Texas Connection Consortium
Texas Council of Community MHMR Centers
The Texas Information & Referral Network
Special Olympics - Texas
Any Baby Can
National Association for the Dually Diagnosed
Sundial Special Vacations
Texas Health Organizations
TSBVI (Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired)
Just Transportation Alliance
Transition Coalition
Trips Inc.
Worksupport