Resources & Links 

State Government

NM Public Education Department

NM State Legislature

Federal Government 

U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services

U.S. Department of Justice Americans with Disbilities Act Home Page

Services

New Mexico Youth in Transition

Organizations

ADAPT

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Formerly American Association on Mental Retardation AAMR)

ARC of New Mexico

ARC of the United States

Autism Society of America

Center for Self-Determination

DBTAC National Network of ADA Centers

DBTAC Southwest ADA Center

Disability Rights New Mexico

Disability.Gov

Inclusive Preparedness Center (Formerly National Center for Disability and Special Needs Preparedness)

National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)

National Association for Persons with Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Issues (NADD)

National Association for Down Syndrome

National Center for Dissemination of Disability Research

National Council on Disability

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabiliites

National Down Syndrome Society

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

National Disability Rights Network (Formerly Protection and Advocacy System)

Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights

Parents Reaching Out

Presidents Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities

San Juan Center for Independence

Transition Coalition

Western Regional Resource Center

Research

Temple University Institute on Disabilities

University of Minnesota Institute for Community Integration

University of New Mexico Center for Development and Disability

Other sites to visit:

Basic Elements of Grant Writing
www.cpb.org/grants/grantwriting

Christopher & Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center
http://www.paralysis.org/

Educators for Social Responsibility
www.esrnational.org/

 A Service Learning Model that teaches high school students about developmental disability, and places them in service projects with children with developmental delay was initiated by the Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council and is currently a Project of National Significance from the Administration on Developmental Disabilities. Please visit http://www.learningthroughassisting.org/model.htm to learn more about the project.

Monday Morning in Washington, DC
www.inclusionresearch.org

Sallie Mae Fund Unmet Neet Scholarship Program
http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/ssp/salliemae.htm

Institute on Community Integration (UAP)
University of Minnesota
Web: http://ici2.umn.edu/ntn/