Parent Training Information
Centers (PTIs), Resource & Advocacy Centers
and other Non-Profit Organizations:
Websites on Self
Advocacy and Careers for Teens
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Career Cruising – An interactive career
guidance resource with 800 multimedia interviews, does not address
disabilities, but provides detailed information about jobs in a
youth-oriented format. Fee to subscribe, can try it for free http://www.careercruising
.com/home/default.asp
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Career Development Strategies –
information for youth from the Wisconsin Workforce Development Career
Center http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/
careers/_hide/career.htm
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Career Information for
youth from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/k12/
html/edu_over.htm
text version http://www.bls.gov/
k12/text/edu_text.htm
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CareerScope: This
program features software for a self-administered assessment of career
interests and aptitudes. Supplemental counseling tools also provide
career awareness and exploration activities. http://www.vri.org
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Career Voyages -- information for youth
from the US Departments of Labor and Education http://www.careervoyages.gov/
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Career Zone – Provides students with
job descriptions, estimated wages and career potential for over 1,100
occupations http://www.nycareerzone.org/
index.jsp
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Disabled and Proud – disability
awareness web site http://www.disabled
andproud.com/
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Entry Point! – offers
outstanding internship opportunities for students with disabilities in
science, engineering, mathematics, and computer science http://www.entrypoint.org/
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Job Accommodation Network – provides
information about job accommodations, the employability of people with
disabilities, and the ADA http://www.jan.wvu.edu/
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Jobland -- information for youth
from the Tomkins Workforce Center New York. Click on “Full Youth
Integration Website” and then “Jobland” http://www.tompkins
workforceny.org/youth.htm
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Kids as Self Advocates http://www.fvkasa.org/
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LifeWorks a interactive web site for
teens featuring information on more than 100 careers in the health and
medical sciences from the National Institutes of Health, Office of
Science Education http://science.education.
nih.gov/LifeWorks
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Minnesota Statewide Family Network -- Online favorites
of the MSFN Youth Advisory Board http://www.cmhn.org/
aboutus.htm#advocacy
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National Youth Leadership Network http://www.nyln.org/index.html
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Partners in Employment is a self-study
course designed to help people with developmental disabilities find
meaningful jobs and jumpstart their careers. http://www.partnersin
policymaking.com/employment/
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O*NET OnLine – is a website for finding
out about occupations and the kinds of skills needed for different
jobs http://online.onetcenter.org/
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The Work Site: Information for
Youth With Disabilities from the Social Security
Administration: http://www.ssa.gov/work/
Youth/youth.html
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Youth Corner -- information for
youth from the US Department of Labor http://www.doleta.gov/
youth_services/yocorner/
text version
http://www.doleta.gov/ youth_services/ yocorner/index-text.cfm
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Youth Jobs (Canada) http://www.youthjobs.ca/
who.html
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Zigawhat! a web
site with links to numerous Internet sites for teens with disabilities
maintained by the National Dissemination Center for Youth with
Disabilities http://www.nichcy.org/
kids/index.htm
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Educational
Resources:
Law &
Legislation Resources:
New Jersey
Resources
Parent Support
& Resources
General
Disabilities Resources
Links to
Specific Disabilities/Disorders
(listed in Alphabetical Order)
A B
C D E F G
H I J K L
M N O P Q
R S T U V
W X Y Z
A
Acoustic
Neuroma:
Acoustic
Neuroma Association
AIDS
Dementia:
National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Alcohol
& Drug Abuse:
The Higher Education
Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug
Information
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism
Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis:
The
ALS Association
Anxiety
Disorders:
Anxiety
Disorders Association of America
Panic
Disorder Education Program
Ataxia and
Ataxia-Telangiectasia:
A-T
Children's Project
National
Ataxia Foundation
Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)/Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD):
Children
and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (CHADD)
www.addresources.org
Autism, PDD,
Asperger Syndrome, Developmental Disabilities:
Autism Speaks Launches Federal Legal Appeal
Project
A New Initiative to Help
Families in Need Fight for Services, While Establishing and Preserving
Important Legal Precedent for All
Autism Society of America
National Association of Developmental
Disabilities Councils
Autism Resources Web
Aspergers Syndrome
Resources
The PDD Palace Home Page
ASPEN (Asperger Syndrome Education Network,
Inc.)
Jayna's Website: tons
of autism links!
www.talkautism.org
http://www.autismsource.org/ - Nat'l/state/local
database of autism resources
Touched by Autism or another
neurological disorder? A great website to visit...
(http://www.childnett.tv/)
A National Campaign for insurance coverage of ABA
(http://www.abatcc.solvethepuzzle.org/)
B
Batten's
Disease:
Batten's
Disease Support and Research Association
Behcet's
Disease:
American
Behcet's Disease Association, Inc.
Blindness/Vision
Impairment:
National
Eye Institute
The
Lighthouse
Brain
Tumor:
American
Brain Tumor Association
The Brain
Tumor Society
National
Cancer Institute
Pituitary
Tumor Network Association
C
Cerebral
Palsy:
United
Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc./United Cerebral Palsy Research and Education
Foundation
D
Deafness:
Boys
Town National Research Hospital
Depression/Manic
Depression:
Depression
Awareness, Recognition and Treatment Education (D/ART) Program National
Institute of Mental Health
National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill
National
Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD)
Dizziness:
Vestibular
Disorders Association
Down
Syndrome:
National
Down Syndrome Society
Bringing Up Down Syndrome
(covering Burlington, Gloucester & Camden counties in NJ)
National Down Syndrome Congress
Band of Angels
Dysautonomia:
The
Dysautonomia Foundation, Inc.
Dyslexia:
Dyslexia: The Gift.
Information and Resources for Dyslexia
The International Dyslexia Association (IDA)
Dystonia:
Dystonia
Medical Research Foundation
E
Epilepsy:
The Epilepsy Foundation of
NJ
The Epilepsy Foundation of America
F
G
Gaucher's
Disease:
National
Gaucher Foundation
Guillain-Barre
Syndrome:
Guillain-Barre
Syndrome Foundation International
H
Huntington's
Disease:
Huntington's
Disease Society of America
Hydrocephalus:
Hydrocephalus
Association
I - J -
K
Joubert Syndrome:
http://www.joubertsyndrome.org/index.htm
L
Learning
Disabilities:
Learning Disabilities
Association of America
LD OnLine
National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
Division for
Learning Disabilities (DLD)
Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD)
Ability Online Support Network:
Peers & Mentors
BandAids and
Blackboards: Nondisabled sensitized to disabled (kids) with a medical
problem.
Schwab Learning
Leukodystrophy:
United
Leukodystrophy Foundation
M
Mental
Retardation:
The Arc
Moebius
Syndrome:
Moebius
Syndrome Foundation
Multiple
Sclerosis:
Multiple
Sclerosis Foundation, Inc.
National
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Muscular
Dystrophy:
Muscular
Dystrophy Association
Myasthenia
Gravis:
Myasthenia
Gravis Foundation
Myositis:
Myositis
Association of America, Inc.
N
Neurofibromatosis:
National
Neurofibromatosis Foundation
Neurofibromatosis,
Inc.
Nonverbal Learning
Disorder
http://www.nldline.com
O
Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder (OCD):
OC
Foundation
P
Prader-Willi
Syndrome:
Prader-Willi
Syndrome Association
Q
R
Rett
Syndrome:
International
Rett Syndrome Association (RSA)
Reye's
Syndrome:
National
Reye's Syndrome Foundation
S
Schizophrenia:
National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia
Sjogren's
Syndrome:
Sjogren's
Syndrome Foundation, Inc.
Sleep
Disorders:
Narcolepsy
and Sleep Disorders
Society
of Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms
Spasmodic
Torticollis:
National
Spasmodic Torticollis Association, Inc.
Spina
Bifida:
Spina
Bifida Association of America
Children
with Spina Bifida: A Resource Page for Parents
Spina Bifida Association of the Tri-State Region (NJ, Metro NY, Southern
CT)
Spinal
Muscular Atrophy:
Families
of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Sturge-Weber
Disease:
The
Sturge-Weber Foundation
T
Tourette's Syndrome:
Tourette's Syndrome Association
Tay-Sachs
Disease:
Late
Onset Tay-Sachs Foundation
Trauma:
Think
First Foundation
U
V
Von
Hippel-Lindau Disease:
Von
Hippel-Lindau Syndrome Family Alliance
Velo-Cardio-Facial
Syndrome
Educational Foundation, Inc.
www.vcfsef.org
PO Box 874, Milltown, NJ 08850
(732) 238-8803 or 1-866-VCFSEF5
W
Williams
Syndrome:
Williams
Syndrome Association
X - Y -
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