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2/08- Events Around The State Mark National Developmental Disability Awareness Month

12/07 - Students From Maryland Schools Win Together We're Better Contest

7/07 – The Arc of Maryland Earns Seal of Excellence

2/07 – Three Maryland Families & Two Individuals Selected For Statewide Disability Campaign

2/07 – Disability Rights, Full Funding For Community And Family Supports Tops The Arc Of Maryland 2007 Legislative Platform

2/07 – Students From 17 Maryland Schools Win Together We’re Better Contest

1/07 – Past President Of The Arc Of Maryland Receives The Franklin Smith Award

1/07 – The Arc Of Maryland Names Director Of Public Policy- Education & Children’s Issues

1/07 – The Arc Executive Director Awarded International Travel Fellowship

1/06 - The Arc Opens Eastern Shore Office

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Maryland Organizations

Abilities Network
Family NET Works
Learning Independence Through Computers (LINC)
Maryland Association of Community Services (MACS)
Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education (MCIE)
Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council (DDC)
Maryland Disability Law Center
Maryland Technology Assistance Program (TAP)
Maryland Trust for Retarded Citizens
Parent's Place of Maryland

State and Federal Government

Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS)
Maryland Department of Disabilities
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH)
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration - (DDA)
Maryland Electronic Capital
Maryland General Assembly
Maryland Office Of The Governor
Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)
Medicare
Social Security Administration
United States Department of Education
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
United States Department of Justice

National Organizations

ADAPT
American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR)
AXIS Center for Public Awareness of People with Disabilities
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Project
Beach Center on Families and Disability
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD)
Comprehensive, Person-Centered State Work Incentive Initiatives
Council for Exceptional Children
DisABILITY Information and Resources
Easter Seals
Epilepsy Foundation of America
Family Voices
Fragile X Syndrome - FRAXA Research Foundation
Institute for Community Inclusion
MUMS: National Parent to Parent Network
National Home of Our Own Alliance
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
National Organization on Disability (NOD)
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Not Dead Yet
President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities
TASH:  Disability Advocacy Worldwide
Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers
The Arc of the United States
United Cerebral Palsy Association

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities
ADA Home Page
ADA Hot Links
ADA Technical Assistance Program
U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

Law & Advocacy

Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
Maryland Disability Law Center (MDLC)
Special Education Legal Rights Strategies and Resources
Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet
Wrightslaw

Inclusion

Axis Disability Rights Website
Inclusive Education Web Site by the Renaissance Group
Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education (MCIE)

Education

Academy for Educational Development
CADRE Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education
Education Week
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Homepage
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
Parent's Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
Teaching Research
Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers
Western Regional Resource Center, Center on Human Development University of Oregon

Resources

disABLEDperson.com
Disability Solutions
Quality Mall Person-Centered Services
The ArcLink

Self Advocacy

Maryland - Statewide

Cross Disability Rights Coalition
People on the Go of Maryland

Other

King Gimp
Meet TJ Advocate
Michael Jurogue Johnson (artwork)
People First Birmingham
People First Online Conferences
University of Maryland Medicine Hospital for Children Division of Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics

Specific Disabilities

Asperger

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support
University Students with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome

Autism

Autism Research Institute
Autism Society of America
A Maine Family's Early Intervention Program For Autism & PDD
National Alliance for Autism Research
Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children

Brain Injury

Brain Injury Association

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy
United Cerebral Palsy Association

Chromosome 18

Chromosome 18 Syndrome

Cornelia deLange Syndrome

CdLS-USA Foundation Outreach

Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf

Down Syndrome

Canadian Down Syndrome Society
Down Syndrome Health Issues
National Down Syndrome Congress
National Down Syndrome Society

Epilepsy

Epilepsy Foundation of America
Epilepsy.com

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
FAS Community Resource Center
FAS Links
Kids Health for Parents
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol (NOFAS)

Fragile X

Fragile X Research Foundation
Maryland Fragile X Resource Group

Learning Disabilities

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Learning Disabilities Association of America

Marfan

National Marfan Foundation

Mental Illness

National Mental Health Association
Mental Health Association of Maryland

Prader-Willi Syndrome

Prader-Willi Syndrome Association

Spina Bifida

Chesapeake Potomac Spina Bifida Association, Inc.

Tourette Syndrome

Tourette Syndrome

Visual Impairments

American Foundation for the Blind
National Federation of the Blind

Miscellaneous

American Academy of Pediatrics
Boulevard
Brooke Publishing Company
International Center for Disability Information
National Organization for Rare Disorders
Project Participate
Woodbine House Book Publishers

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