Recommended Links

Housing and Mortgages for People with Disabilities

This guide has been created to help individuals living with disabilities, and their family members, in the process of buying a home of their own. Here you can learn more about the five important steps in buying a home and about financial assistance programs that are available for people living with disabilities, who want to buy a home.
http://www.mortgageloan.com/disabilities/

The University of Minnesota's Institute on Community Integration

Through collaborative research, training, and information sharing, the Institute on Community Integration improves policies and practices to ensure that all children, youth, and adults with disabilities are valued by, and contribute to, their communities of choice.
http://ici.umn.edu/

The Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts in Boston

For over 40 years, the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) has worked to ensure that people with disabilities have the same opportunity to dream big, and make their dreams a fully included, integrated, and welcomed reality.
http://www.communityinclusion.org

Think College

An initiative of the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston. ICI is a leader in the area of post secondary education for people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities.
http://thinkcollege.net

The Arc

The Arc promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.
http://thearc.org

Disability Scoop

An excellent source for developmental disability news, providing daily coverage of autism, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, etc.
http://www.disabilityscoop.com

The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)

The oldest professional organization in the field, AAIDD promotes progressive policies, sound research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
http://www.aaidd.org

 

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