RESOURCES
Camp scholorship
The Arc of Greater Cleveland accepts applications each year for campership funds to help defray summer camp costs for children with disabilities. This year, no more funds are available from the Ben M. Bonanno Campership Fund, Please check back in 2012.
Community Services Locator Online Directory
The Community Services Locator is an online directory that helps families find national, state, and local services in their communities. Services in categories such as health, mental health, family support, parenting, and child care can be found through just a few clicks. The directory also includes a new A-Z Resources and Services Index, which offers another avenue for navigating the locator and the library’s Web site. The Directory can be found at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_community.html
Glossary of terms (105k, PDF): A handy reference sheet to help you decode the maze of acronyms and jargon you encounter.
Questions to ask potential providers.
The Arc of the United States
The Arc is the world’s largest grassroots organization of and for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Arc is devoted to promoting and improving supports and services for all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
www.thearc.org
Federal Agencies
U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy
www.DisabilityInfo.gov
United States Senators representing Ohio
Honorable Sherrod Brown (D)
Honorable Rob Portman (R)
United States Representatives from Ohio
Visit the House of Representatives’ Web site at www.house.gov
State Agencies and Organizations
Governor
Honorable John R. Kasich
Ohio State Legislature
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us
State Department of Education, Special Education
Office for Exceptional Children
Ohio Department of Education
http://www.ode.state.oh.us
(search for "exceptional children")
Programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities,
ages birth through 2
Bureau of Early Intervention Services
Ohio Department of Health
www.odh.state.oh.us
Programs for children with disabilities,
ages 3 through 5
Office of Early Childhood
Ohio Department of Education
www.ode.state.oh.us
(search for "ELSR")
State vocational rehabilitation agency
Rehabilitation Services Commission
www.state.oh.us/rsc
Ohio Department of Mental Health
www.mh.state.oh.us
Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
www.state.oh.us/dmr
Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council
www.state.oh.us/ddc
Ohio Legal Rights Services
www.state.oh.us/olrs/
Bureau for Children with Medical Handicaps
Ohio Department of Health
www.odh.state.oh.us
Great Lakes ADA and Accessible IT Center
University of Illinois/Chicago
Institute on Disability and Human Development
http://www.adagreatlakes.org/
University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
University Affiliated Cincinnati
Center for Developmental Disorders
www.cincinnatichildrens.org/affiliates/74/
The Ohio State University
University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
http://nisonger.osu.edu
Assistive Technology Ohio
www.atohio.org
Disability-Specific Organizations
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
www.chadd.org
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
www.add.org
Autism Society of America
www.autism-society.org
American Foundation for the Blind-Midwest
www.afb.org
Brain Injury Association of Ohio
www.biaoh.org
Cerebral Palsy Association
www.ucpa.org
Epilepsy Foundation
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Ohio
http://www.namiohio.org/
National Down Syndrome Congress
http://www.ndsccenter.org
National Down Syndrome Society
http://www.ndss.org
Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association (OSLHA)
www.ohioslha.org
Tourette Syndrome Association
www.tsaohio.org
Easter Seals Northeast Ohio
www.eastersealsneo.org
Ohio Family and Children First Initiative
www.ohiofcf.org
VSA Arts of Ohio
www.vsao.org
Catholic Charities Health and Human Services
www.clevelandcatholiccharities.org/disability
Organizations for Parents
Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities
www.ocecd.org
Parent-Teacher Association (PTA)
Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers
www.ohiopta.org
The National Children’s Advocacy Center
http://www.nationalcac.org/
The Upside of Downs of Greater Cleveland
http://www.theupsideofdowns.org
Tools for Today and Tomorrow
http://www.toolsfortoday.org
Independent Living
To locate the contact information for the Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC) in your area, contact:
http://www.ohiosilc.org/
To locate the contact information for the Centers for Independent Living (CIL) in your area, contact:
National Council on Independent Living
www.ncil.org
