Links & Resources
Resources

You may find the following links useful in your search for further information on disabilities issues. While these links are checked for accuracy, please note that particular websites may be unavailable at times.
Disability Advocacy and Rights:
ADA Watch (National Coalition for Disability Rights)
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Department of Justice ADA Page
TN Disability Law and Advocacy Center
Tennessee Disability Coalition
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Disability Specific Sites:
Autism Foundation of Tennessee
Brain Injury Association of Tennessee
Bridges (formerly League for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing)
Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tennessee
Hearing Loss Association - Nashville Chapter
Mental Health Cooperative Middle Tennessee
Multiple Sclerosis Society - Middle Tennessee
United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee
Education:
TN Early Intervention Services (Children through age 3)
Wrightslaw - Special Education and Advocacy
Partnering Employment Resources:
Social Security Administration Official Website
Ticket to Work: Beneficiary Information
Protection and Advocacy Program
Other Employment Resources:
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
JAN - Job Accommodations Network
Healthcare:
American Academy of Pediatrics
Tennessee Health Care Campaign
Tennessee Emergency Medical Services for Children
Housing:
Visitability - An accessible housing concept
Dept. of Housing & Human Development (Disability Issues)
Mental Health:
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
National Alliance on Mental Illness
TN Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
TN Mental Health Consumers' Association
National Disability Organizations:
American Association of People with Disabilities
ADA Watch/National Coalition for Disability Rights
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Council on Independent Living
Commercial Products Sites:
Tobii - Assistive Technology Products
Survey Software powered by SurveyGizmo
Technology:
TN Technology Access Project
The White Crocus
Transportation:
Department of Transportation - Accessibility
Project Action (Funded by Dept. of Transportation)
Other Federal Government Sites:
FCC - Federal Communications Commission - Disability Rights
IRS - Internal Revenue Service (Disability Issues)
United States Access Board (Accessible Design)
Local & State Government Sites:
Metro Nashville Disability Information Office
State of TN Dept. of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Miscellaneous:
Disability is Natural - link to raising children with disabilities
Metro Nashville Library Services for the Deaf
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
Youth on the Move - post school transition site

