Online Resources
The Arc Websites
Behavior Treatment Programs
- Association of Professional Behavior Analysts
- Texana Center’s Behavior Treatment and Training Center
- Texana’s Behavior Stabilization Team (BeST)
- Texana’s Behavior Improvement Center
Local Intellectual & Developmental Disability Authorities (MHMRAs)
- Texana Center (Serving Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Waller & Wharton Counties)
- MHMRA of Harris County (Serving Houston/Harris County)
- Gulf Coast Center (Serving Galveston & Brazoria Counties)
Statewide Disability Advocacy Organizations
- Brain Injury Association of Texas
- Coalition of Texans with Disabilities
- Texas Center for Disabilities Studies
- United Cerebral Palsy
Education/Special Education
- Affordable Online Colleges
- Council for Exceptional Children
- Online Colleges for Visually Impaired
- Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (The PACER Center)
- TASH
- Texas Education Agency
- U.S. Department of Education
- Partners Resource Network
- Exceptional Parent Magazine
- Families and Advocates for Partnerships in Education (FAPE)
- Family to Family Network
- Inclusion Research Institute
- Internet Special Education Resources
- TEA Due Process Hearing Decisions
- TEA Special Education Rules
- Texas Project First
- The Simple Dollar - How to Plan for a Special Needs Child
- Understood
- Worksupport
- Gateway to Counseling
- TeachingDegree.org
Employment/Transition
- Ft. Bend Center for Independent Living
- Texas Dept. of Assistive & Rehabilitative Services (DARS)
- The Workforce Solutions
- Business Ideas for People with Disabilities
- Navigate Life Texas
Health and Human Services Agencies
- Texas Health and Human Services Commission
- Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) (formerly TDMHMR)
- Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
Other Government Agencies
- National Council on Disability
- National Institutes of Health
- Social Security Administration
- The Texas Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities
- Disability Benefits Calculator
- Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Legal Resources
- Disability Rights Texas
- Brazos Bend Guardianship Services
- Fort Bend BAR Association
- Wrights Law
- Council of Parent Attorneys & Advocates (COPAA)
Self-Advocacy
Local School Districts in Ft. Bend County
Asperger’s Syndrome
- Asperger’s Autism Spectrum Education Network
- Families of Adults Afflicted with Asperger’s Syndrome (FAAAS)
- OASIS (Online Asperger’s Syndrome Information & Support) @ MAAP
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Attention Deficit Disorder Association
Autism
- Autism Now
- Autism Society of America
- Center for the Study of Autism
- Hope for Three
- National Autism Association
- TUCK
- Autism Society of America
- Autism Spectrum Connection
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Guide
- Katy Autism Support Group
Brain Injury
Cerebral Palsy
- American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
- Easter Seals Greater Houston
- Cerebral Palsy Group
- Cerebral Palsy Guidance
- Cerebral Palsy Guide
- Cerebral Palsy Symptoms
- The Cord Blood Center
- United Cerebral Palsy
- Birth Injury Guide
Down Syndrome
- Association for Children with Down Syndrome
- Changing Minds Foundation
- Down Syndrome Amongst Us
- Down Syndrome Association of Houston
- GiGi’s Play House
- National Association for Down Syndrome
- National Down Syndrome Society
- Association for Children with Down Syndrome
- Father’s Joy
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Fragile X Syndrome
Intellectual Disability
- American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
- American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
- Angelman Syndrome Foundation
- BestColleges.com
- Birth Injury Guide
- Business Ideas for People With Disabilities
- Disability Benefits Calculator
- Fire Safety for People with Disabilities – A Reference Guide
- 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 Council of Community MHMR Centers
- Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services
- The Simple Dollar - Disability Benefits Guide
- Special Olympics – Texas
- Any Baby Can
- National Association for the Dually Diagnosed
- Texas Health Organizations
- TSBVI (Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired)
- Transition Coalition
- Worksupport
- Easter Seals
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Williams Syndrome
Other Disability Resources
Tax Software
Transportation Services
Vacations
Planning for the Future
Publications
The following publications are useful for understanding and coping with disabilities:
- Able Data - Assistive Technology Products
- AbleNet - Teaching Products
- Arc of the U.S. Justice Advocacy Guide - An advocates guide on assisting victims and suspects/defendants with Intellectual Disabilities
- Arc of the U.S. Publications Desk
- Brooke’s Publishing
- ERIC - Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
- Exceptional Parent Magazine
- Explanation of Services & Supports for I/DD
- IDEA Manual – English - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- IDEA Manual – Spanish - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- Inclusion Press Home Page - Publishers of books and various other publications on inclusion.
- Learning Disability Books
- LRPnet Online Education Services - Online, fee-based service providing current information on special education and disability-related products
- NICHCY Publications
- Special Child Magazine - Free online publication for parents and caregivers of children with special needs.
- Woodbine House
- Your Rights.... In Local Authority Services
- Your Rights..... In a Texas Home Living (TxHmL) Program
- Your Rights..... In a Home and Community-Based Services (HCS) Program