Resources

Local Organizations

Greater Waltham ARC (GWARC)
www.gwarc.org/Services/ServicesDetails.aspx?ID=5

Jewish Family & Children’s Service
www.jfcsboston.org/disability/special_needs_initiative.cfm

The Learning Center: A Program of the Protestant Guild for Human Services
http://www.thelearningcenterschool.org/

The Waltham Education & Beyond Foundation (WEBF)
http://www.waltham-ebf.org/overview.html

The Waltham Family School
http://www.walthampublicschools.org/fam.cfm

Waltham Partnership for Youth
www.walthampartnershipforyouth.org/

Massachusetts Organizations

Family Ties of Massachusetts
www.massfamilyties.org

Federation of Children with Special Needs
www.fcsn.org

Listing of local SEPAC websites
www.concordspedpac.org/Pacs-in-Mass.html

Massachusetts Approved Private Special Education Schools
http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/search/search.aspx?leftNavId=11238

The Massachusetts Organization of Educational Collaboratives (MOEC)
http://moecnet.org/

MASSPAC
Massachusetts Association of Special Education Parent Advisory Councils
www.masspac.org

New England INDEX-Information on Disabilities Exchange
www.disabilityinfo.org/

Project INTERFACE at WarmLines
www.projectinterface.org

SPED Child and Teen
www.spedchildmass.com

Learning Disability Resources

Learning Disabilities Association of America
www.ldanatl.org

LD Online
www.ldonline.org

National Center for Handicapped Youth (NICHY)
www.sinetwork.org

National Center for Learning Disabilities
www.ncld.org
see also NCLD Parent Center

Schwablearning
www.schwablearning.org

All Kinds of Minds
www.allkindsofminds.org

Families and Advocates Partnership for Education
www.fape.org

Advocacy

Advocates for Autism of Massachusetts
www.afamaction.org

Massachusetts Advocates for Children
www.massadvocates.org

SpEdWatch
www.spedwatch.org

Wrightslaw
www.wrightslaw.com

Higher Education

Autism Higher Education Foundation
www.autismhighereducationfoundation.org
 

Information on Specific Disabilities

ADD/ADHD

ADD/ADHD Links Project
www.attentiondeficitdisorder.ws

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
www.chadd.org

National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
www.add.org

Anxiety Disorder

Anxiety Disorders Association of America
www.adaa.org

Autism Spectrum

Asperger’s Association of New England
aane.autistics.org

Autism NOW: The National Autism Resource and Information Center
www.autismnow.org

Autism Resources
www.unc.edu/~cory/autism-info

Asperger Syndrome Coalition of the US
www.asperger.org

Autism Society of America
www.autism-society.org

Autism Speaks
www.autismspeaks.org

Center for the Study of Autism
www.autism.org

Families for Early Autism Treatment
www.feat.org

Behavioral

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support Center, US DOE
www.pbis.org/english/index.html

Bipolar Disorder

Children and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
www.bpkids.org

Deafness and Hearing Impairment

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
www.nidcd.nih.gov

Down Syndrome

National Down Syndrome Society
(link to Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress)
www.ndss.org

Dyslexia

International Dyslexia Association
www.interdys.org

Intellectual Disability

ARC Mass
www.arcmass.org

Best Buddies
www.bestbuddies.org

Mental Illness

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
www.nami.org

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
www.nimh.nih.gov

Nonverbal Learning Disability

NLDline
www.nldline.com

NLD on the Web
www.nldontheweb.org

Sensory Integration

Sensory Integration Resource Network
www.sinetwork.org

Tourette Syndrome

Tourette Syndrome Association
(link to MA Chapter)
www.tsa-usa.org

Other Resources

Disaboom! Online Disability Community

Mass Arc Unmet Needs Survey

Current Information Regarding Grants for Families

Publication From the State of Ohio-Parent Guide to ASD

Information and Resources for Food Allergies

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