MRDD Resources for Families and Professionals

RESOURCE NAME	RESOURCE CATEGORY
Family Village--A Global Community of Disability-Related Resources	All Types of Disabilities
Internet Resources for Special Children	All Types of Disabilities
Women With Disabilities	All Types of Disabilities
National Association of Developmental Disablities Councils	All Types of Disabilities
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders	Specific Disabilities
Autism Society of America	Specific Disabilities
United Cerebral Palsy	Specific Disabilities
Communication Disorders	Specific Disabilities
National Down Syndrome Society	Specific Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Association	Specific Disabilities
Mental Help Net	Specific Disabilities
National Disability Organizations and Agencies	Specific Disabilities
The Arc of the U. S.	Mental Retardation
Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA)	Mental Retardation
National Organization for Rare Diseases	Mental Retardation
Beach Center on Families and Disabilities	Families and Disabilities
Family Voices	Families and Disabilities
National Parent Information Network	Families and Disabilities
Parent Training and Information Centers	Families and Disabilities
PACER Center, Inc.	Families and Disabilities
Parents Helping Parents	Families and Disabilities
Sibling Support Project	Families and Disabilities
Best Buddies and e-Buddies	Youth with Disabilities
Americans with Disabilities Act	Other
Easter Seals	Other
Institute on Community Integration	Other
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities	Other
National Arts and Disability Center	Other
Very Special Arts	Other

National Mental Retardation Research Centers

CENTER NAME	LOCATION	TELEPHONE
Civitan International Research Center	University of Alabama at Birmingham	205-934-8900
Mental Retardation Research Center	University of California at Los Angeles	310-825-5189
B. F. Stolinsky Research Laboratories	University of Colorado Health Sciences Center at Denver	303-315-7301
North Carolina Mental Retardation Research Center	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Center for Research on Mental Retardation and Related Aspects of Human Development	Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore	410-502-9399
Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston	617-355-6386
Shriver Mental Retardation Research Center	Waltham, Massachusetts	781-642-0153
Rose F. Kennedy Center for Research in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilites	Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York,	718-430-2511
Children's Seashore House	University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia	215-590-1000
John F.Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development	Vanderbilt University at Nashville	615-322-8240
Center on Human Development and Disability	University of Washington at Seattle	206-543-2832
Waisman Center	University of Wisconsin at Madison	608-263-5940
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilites Research Center, Bethesda, Maryland,	301-496-1383
Development Disabilites Research Centers Association Offices	Silver Spring, Maryland	301-588-8252
Children's National Medical Center	George Washington University	202-884-3000

Other Organizations and Resources

ORGANIZATION NAME	ORGANIZATION TYPE
American Academy on Pediatrics	Professional Organization
Association of University Centers on Developmental Disabilities	Professional Organization
American Association on Mental Retardation	Professional Organization
American Psychological Association	Professional Organization
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association	Professional Organization
Council for Exceptional Children	Professional Organization
Society for Neuroscience	Professional Organization
The National Academies	Professional Organization
National Institutes of Health	U.S. Government (National Institutes of Health)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAA)	U.S. Government (National Institutes of Health)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)	U.S. Government (National Institutes of Health)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)	U.S. Government (National Institutes of Health)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)	U.S. Government (National Institutes of Health)
National Eye Institute (NEI)	U.S. Government (National Institutes of Health)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)	U.S. Government (National Institutes of Health)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)	U.S. Government (National Institutes of Health)
National Science Foundation	U.S. Government
U. S. Department of Education	U.S. Government (Dept. of Education)
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS)	U.S. Government (Dept. of Education)
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)	U.S. Government (Dept. of Education)
Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education (ERIC-EC)	U.S. Government (Dept. of Education)
National Information Center on Deafness (NICD)	U.S. Government (Dept. of Education)
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)	U.S. Government (Dept. of Education)
The National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who Are Deaf-Blind (DB-LINK)	U.S. Government (Dept. of Education)
The National Clearinghouse on Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities	George Washington University
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services	U.S. Government (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)	U.S. Government (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Administration on Developmental Disabilities	U.S. Government (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Maternal and Child Health Bureau	U.S. Government (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health	U.S. Government (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
U.S. Department of Justice ADA Information	U.S. Government (Dept. of Justice)
President's Committee on Mental Retardation (PCMR)	U.S. Government (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
American Foundation for the Blind	Private Foundation
Dana Foundation	Private Foundation