This page was created in April 2018 and will continue to expand. There will probably not be any more changes until December 2018, except corrections.
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- Arthritis
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Blindness and Visual Impairments
- Brain Injuries
- Cancer
- Cerebral Palsy
- Deafness and Hearing Impairments
- Depression
- Developmental Disabilities
- Diabetes
- Down Syndrome/a>
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
- Epilepsy
- Lupus
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Strokes
- Other Disabilities
- Other Resources Related to Disabilities
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Arthritis
- Arthritis Foundation (CPF)
arthritis.org - Arthritis National Research Foundation
www.curearthritis.org - Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA)
carragroup.org - Kids Get Arthritis Too
www.kidsgetarthritistoo.org - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
www.niams.nih.gov - Osteoarthritis Action Alliance
oaaction.unc.edu - Rheumatoid Arthritis Foundation
www.helpfightra.org - The Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Network
www.rheumatoidarthritis.org
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- ADDitude Magazine
www.additudemag.com - ADHDAdulthood
www.adhdadulthood.com - Attention Deficit Disorder Association
add.org - Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
www.chadd.org - Totally ADD
totallyadd.com
Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Asperger Syndrome & High Functioning Autism Association (AHA)
ahany.org - Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT)
www.asatonline.org - Autism Beacon
autismbeacon.com - Autism Link
www.autismlink.com - Autism National Committee (AutCom)
www.autcom.org - Autism Now
autismnow.org - Autism Research Institute
www.autism.com - Autism Society of America (ASA)
autism-society.org - Autism Speaks
www.autismspeaks.org - Autism Spectrum Connection
aspergersyndrome.org - Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
autisticadvocacy.org - College Autism Network (CAN)
collegeautismnetwork.org - Interactive Autism Network (IAN)
ianresearch.org - National Autism Association (NAA)
nationalautismassociation.org - National Autism Center at May Institute
www.nationalautismcenter.org - National Autism Network
nationalautismnetwork.com - Organization for Autism Research (OAR)
researchautism.org - Simons Foundation Autism Research Foundation
sfari.org
Local
- Bridgeway House
www.bridgewayhouse.org - KindTree – Autism Rocks
kindtree.org
Special Topics
- Child Mind Institute: Going To College with Autism
- Temple Grandin’s Teaching Tips for Children and Adults with Autism
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Bipolar Disorders
- Bipolar Network News
bipolarnews.org - bphope.com / bp Magazine
www.bphope.com - International Bipolar Foundation
ibpf.org - International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD)
www.isbd.org - Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation
www.jbrf.org - Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorders (OBAD)
www.obad.ca
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Blindness and Visual Impairments
- American Council of the Blind (ACB)
www.acb.org - American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
www.afb.org - Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired
www.hadley.edu - National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
nfb.org - National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision
www.blind.msstate.edu
Local
- American Council of the Blind in Oregon
www.acboforegon.org - National Federation of the Blind of Oregon
www.nfb-oregon.org - Oregon Commission for the Blind
www.cfb.state.or.us
Books for Those with Reading-Related Disabilities
- Bookshare: An Accessible Online Library for People with Print Disabilities
www.bookshare.org - National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
www.loc.gov/nls - Talking Books and Braille Library at the State of Oregon Library
www.oregon.gov/osl/TalkingBooks
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Brain Injuries
- Brain Injury Association of America
www.biausa.org - Brain Injury Hub: The Children’s Trust for Children with Brain Injury
www.braininjuryhub.co.uk - Brainline
www.brainline.org - Center on Brain Injury Research and Training (CBIRT)
cbirt.org - National Brain Tumor Society
braintumor.org - Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Center
www.braininjuryresources.org
Local
- Brain Injury Connections Northwest (Portland)
braininjuryconnectionsnw.org - Brain Injury Association of Oregon (BIAOR)
www.biaoregon.org
Special Topics
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Cancer
- American Association for Cancer Research Foundation
www.aacrfoundation.org - American Cancer Society
cancer.org - Cancer Support Community
www.cancersupportcommunity.org - CancerCare
www.cancercare.org - Cancer.Net
www.cancer.net - Foundation for Women’s Cancer
www.foundationforwomenscancer.org - LiveStrong
www.livestrong.org - National Cancer Institute
www.cancer.gov - National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
www.canceradvocacy.org
Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebral Palsy Foundation (CPF)
yourcpf.org - United Cerebral Palsy (UCP)
www.ucp.org
Deaf-Blind Disability
- American Association of the Deaf-Blind (AADB)
www.aadb.org - Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults
www.hknc.org - National Center on Deaf-Blindness
www.nationaldb.org
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Deafness and Hearing Impairments
- Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
www.agbell.org - American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC)
www.deafchildren.org - Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA) Inc
www.alda.org - Deafness Research Foundation
www.drf.org - Gallaudet University
www.gallaudet.edu - Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)
www.hearingloss.org - National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
www.nad.org - World Federation of the Deaf (WFD)
www.wfdeaf.org
Local
- Hearing Loss Association – Lane County Chapter
hearinglosslane.org - Hearing Loss Association of Oregon (HLAA-OR)
www.hlaa-or.org - Oregon Association of the Deaf (OAD)
www.deaforegon.com - Oregon Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Program
http://www.oregon.gov/dhs/business-services/odhhs - Oregon School for the Deaf
www.osd.k12.or.us
Special Topics
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Depression
- Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA)
adaa.org - Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
dbsalliance.org - Families for Depression Awareness
www.familyaware.org
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Developmental Disabilities
- Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities
www.ocdd.org - Oregon Department of Human Services: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
www.oregon.gov/dhs/seniors-disabilities/DD - The Arc Lane County
www.arclane.org
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Diabetes
- American Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.org - Children’s Diabetes Foundation
www.childrensdiabetesfoundation.org - Diabetes Advocacy Alliance
www.diabetesadvocacyalliance.org - Diabetes Hands Foundation
www.diabeteshandsfoundation.org - Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation
www.diabeteswellness.net - The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation (DRI)
www.diabetesresearch.org - DiabetesSisters
diabetessisters.org - diaTribe Foundation
diatribe.org/foundation - International Diabetes Federation
www.idf.org - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
www.jdrf.org - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
www2.niddk.nih.gov - Taking Control of Your Diabetes (TCOYD)
www.tcoyd.org
Down Syndrome
- Down Syndrome International
ds-int.org - National Association for Down Syndrome
www.nads.org - National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS)
www.ndss.org
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)
- Defy Foundation (for Vascular Ehlers Danlos Syndrome – vEDS)
www.defy-foundation.org - EDS Today
edstoday.org - Ehlers-Danlos Support UK
www.ehlers-danlos.org - Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation Center for Clinical Care and Research at GBMC’s Harvey Institute
www.gbmc.org/ehlers-danlos-syndrome-eds - The Ehlers-Danlos Society
www.ehlers-danlos.com - Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Network C.A.R.E.S. Inc
www.ehlerdanlosnetwork.org
Epilepsy
- Epilepsy Foundation
www.epilepsy.com - Epilepsy Foundation Northwest
www.epilepsynw.org
Lupus
- Lupus Research Alliance
www.lupusresearch.org - National Resource Center on Lupus by Lupus Foundation of America
resources.lupus.org
Mental Health
- Black Dog Institute
www.blackdoginstitute.org.au - The Jed Foundation
www.jedfoundation.org - Mental Health America
www.mentalhealthamerica.net - Mental Health First Aid
www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org - MentalHealth.gov
www.mentalhealth.gov - Mind: For Better Mental Health
www.mind.org.uk - National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
www.nami.org - National Institute of Mental Health
nimh.nih.gov - Personality Disorder Awareness Network (PDAN)
www.pdan.org
Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA)
mymsaa.org - Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
msfocus.org - National Multiple Sclerosis Society
www.nationalmssociety.org
Muscular Dystrophy
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
www.mda.org - Muscular Dystrophy News Today
musculardystrophynews.com - Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy
www.parentprojectmd.org
Parkinson’s
- American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA)
www.apdaparkinson.org - Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson’s
www.davisphinneyfoundation.org - Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
www.michaeljfox.org - Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation
nwpf.org - Parkinson’s Foundation
www.parkinson.org
Local
- American Parkinson Disease Association – Northwest Chapter
www.apdaparkinson.org/community/northwest - Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon
www.parkinsonsresources.org
Strokes
- American Stroke Association
www.strokeassociation.org - Internet Stroke Center
www.strokecenter.org - National Stroke Association
www.stroke.org
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Other
- Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
alzfdn.org - American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org - Marfan Foundation
www.marfan.org - The Mighty
A digital community “to empower and connect people facing health challenges and disabilities”
themighty.com - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
www.ninds.nih.gov - National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc. (NORD)
www.rarediseases.org - Sjogren’s Syndrome Foundation
www.sjogrens.org - Vasculitis Foundation
www.vasculitisfoundation.org - The Very Well Mind
www.verywellmind.com