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
- Long-Term Disaster Recovery Toolkit for Individuals with Disabilities
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
Financial Planning
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
General Transition Plan and Information
- Texas Project First - Families, Information, Resources, Support & Training
- Navigate Life Texas - For families raising children with disabilities
- Sam Houston State University Parent Transition Tools - Information to parents about teaching their child life skills and supporting their child's education.
- Your Texas Benefits - Learn how Your Texas Benefits can help you
High School Transition Planning
- ESC Region 4 Video: Graduation Options for Students with Disabilities - Graduation in Texas: Options for Students with Disabilities
- Texas Education Agency (TEA) Career and Technical Education (IEP Goal TEKS for Career)- - CTE Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
- Texas Workforce Commission - Student/Parent Career Planning Tools - Explore Your Bright Future!
Future/Life Planning Tools
- The Arc U.S. Center for Future Planning - Planning ahead can help guide a person with an intellectual or developmental disability (I/DD) to lead a good life as independently as possible. A plan is important throughout all stages of life and especially in the future after the parent or caregiver is no longer able to provide support.
- The Arc U.S. Online Tool: Build your future plan - Enables you and your family to create an account within the Center and get started making a future plan.
Financial Planning
- Dearborn & Creggs - Dearborn & Creggs' mission is to educate, empower, and liberate our clients from financial concerns… for life!
- Consolidated Planning Group - Managing Wealth and Protecting Tomorrow
- MassMutual Greater Houston - We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a catalyst that fuels our growth and helps us achieve our purpose: to help people secure their future and protect the ones they love.
Financial Planning - Special Needs Trust
- Texas ABLE Accounts - Texas Legislature enacted the Texas Achieving a Better Life Experience Act that established the Texas ABLE® Program
- Social Security on ABLE Accounts - What Is An ABLE Account?
- The Arc of Texas Master Pooled Trusts - Is a pooled special needs trust managed by The Arc of Texas with approval from the Social Security Administration and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
- Special Needs Alliance Attorney Search - Attorneys for Special Needs Planning
Person-Centered Planning
- Institute of Person-Centered Practices - Overview of Pre-Employment Transition Services
- Inclusive Solutions: https://inclusive-solutions.com/person-centred-planning/ - Person Centered Planning
Guardianship and Alternatives
- The Arc of U.S. Supported Decision Making - The Arc of Texas and The Arc of the United States believe that the majority of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) can manage their own affairs with informal assistance and guidance and do not need a guardian
- Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities - Alternatives to Guardianship
- Brazos Bend Guardianship Services - Assists incapacitated and disabled adults and their families with legal guardianship, money management, and related alternatives.
Employment
- Texas Workforce Commission - Pre-Employment Transition Services - Pre-Employment Transition Services
- Texas Consumer Resource for Education and Workforce (2 & 4 year college info, cost & careers) - An interactive dashboard tool providing comparative information about Texas public 2-year and 4-year postsecondary institutions.
- ONet Online - Build your future with O Net Online
- Explore Work - Start Mapping Your Future!
- Job Accommodation Network - The leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues.
- The Career Index - Everything You Need in One Place
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