Educational / Behavioral Interventions & Coping With Challenges of Living With or Caring For Someone Who Has A Disability / Disabilities:

NETWORKING FOR MORE RESOURCEFUL INFORMATION:

ADD -- Attention Deficit Disorder  www.chadd.org  

Arkansas Rehabilitation Services   www.arinfo.org

Autism, Asperger's and PDD  www.maapservices.org

Autism Network International   ar-arkansas@autismsocietyofamerica.org  http://ani.autistics.org

Autism National Committee           www.autcom.org

Autism Research Institute              www.autismresearchinstitute.com 

Birth Defects

BRAIN www.brainassociation.org   www.ninds.nih.gov 

CP -- Cerebral Palsy  www.cerebralpalsy.org

Chronic Illness   www.chronicillness.org

Cleft Palate

Craniofacial Differences

Deaf & Hearing Impairment  www.aahic.org

Deaf & Blindness  www.esvi.org

Diabetes

DD -- Developmental Disabilities / Developmentally Delayed www.healthofchildren.com/D/Developmental-Delay.html

      -- Down Syndrome: www.ardownsyndrome.org

      -- Epilepsy, a disorder of the central nervous system that causes recurring seizures  www.arkansasepilepsy.com

    www.epilepsy.com

Kids First www.kids-first.cc

LD -- Learning Disability  www.ncld.org   

MI -- Mental Illness      www.nami.org  Arkansas Chapter   www.nami.org/sites/namiarkansas

MR / DD -- Mental Retardation /  Developmental Disability   www.napcse.org      

SED -- Severely (Seriously) Emotionally Disturbed  www.ese.sbmc.org

TBI -- Traumatic Brain Injury  www.ninds.nih

Arkansas Governor's Developmental Disabilities Council  www.ddcouncil.org

Delta Resource Center for Independent Living  870-535-2222

Disability Rights Center www.arkdisabilityrights.org 

Easter Seals Arkansas  www.ar.easterseals.com

Independent Case Management  228-0063

ICAN www.arkansas-ican.org

Lions World Services for the Blind  501-664-7100  www.lwsb.org      

MainStream  www.mainstreamilrc.com

National Institute of Mental Health   www.nimh.nih.gov 

National Institute on Deafness / Other Communication Disorders www.nidcd.nih.gov

Partners for Inclusive Communities    www.uams.edu/partners

Sitters etc.   www.sittersetc.com         

Spinal Cord Commision  www.spinalcord.ar.gov

Spa Area Independent Living Services (SAILS) www.ar-ilc.org

UALR Assistive Listening Devices Ctr  569-8905 / 374-7010

University of Central AR Disability Support Services  501-450-3135                                                                        

United Cerebral Palsy   www.ucpcark.org

ADHD -- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder