Children & Youth

AbilityFriends -Purpose to support each other as young people with disabilities in building youth leadership skills.

 

Children's Defense Fund (CDF) -Mission to Leave Not Child Behing and to ensure every child a healthy, head, fair, safe, and moral start in a life and a successiful passage to his adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

 

Children's Disabilities Information - Articles and resources empowering parents of children with disabilities and special needs.

 

Center for Children and Childhood Studies - Different links to go to for information about children with disabilities and university-based centers for childhood studies.  

 

Easter Seals Disability Services - Helping people and families with disabilities and special needs live, work and play in their communities with equality, dignity and independence.

 

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)-  Center serving the nation as a central source of information on disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth, IDEA, which is the law authorizing special education, No Child Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities), and research-based information on effective educational practices.

The Beach Center on Disability -Featuring an area of research at the Beach Center that concerns children with disabilities, their families, and their service providers.

United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) - For every child: health, education, equality and protection advance humanity.

WOW USA - Innovative program that empowers youth in wheelchairs.

Yellow Pages for Kids  - Help children and parents get involved and learn how to go about finding the information they need to help their children and other children in the area.