Family Disability Resources

**In order to qualify for Special Education Services, students must have one of the 13 categories
of disabilities listed by the Federal law the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
However, this is not the only place to receive services. Below are some information resources
which could supplement your students learning at school in regards to their disability:
Autism Spectrum Disorder: Specific Learning Disability:
Autism Speaks: https://www.autismspeaks.org/ Understood for Learning & Attention Issues:
The National Autism Center: https://www.understood.org/en/tools/through-
http://www.nationalautismcenter.org/ your-childs-eyes
Autism Navigator: http://www.autismnavigator Learning Disabilities Associate of America:
.com/resources-and-tools/ https://ldaamerica.org/

Visual Impairment: Speech or Language Impairment:

American Printing House for the Blind, Inc:
http://www.aph.org/
Perkins School for the Blind:
http://www.perkins.org/
Orthopedic Impairment:
United Cerebral Palsy: http://ucp.org/
Spina Bifida Association:
http://spinabifidaassociation.org/
Wheel to Walk Foundation:
http://www.wheeltowalk.com/
Hearing Impairment:
The American Society for Deaf Children:
http://deafchildren.org/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hearingloss/ind
ex.html
Project IDEAL: http://www.projectidealonline
.org/v/speech-language-impairments/
American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association: https://www.asha.org
/public/speech/disorders/ChildSandL/
Intellectual Disability:
Best Buddies: https://www.bestbuddies.org/
The ARC: http://www.thearc.org/
The American Association on Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities: http://aaidd.org/
Deaf-Blindness:
The American Association of the Deaf-Blind:
www.aadb.org/
The National Family Association for Deaf-Blind:
nfadb.org/
The National Center on Deaf-Blindness:
nationaldb.org/members/list?type=State+Project

To learn more about the Individuals

with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),
visiting the following the Department of
Educations official site at the following:
https://sites.ed.gov/idea/