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| International Deaf Children's Society - Small Grants Programme The Small Grants Programme (SGP) provides grants to organisations of up to £10,000 for projects that offer measurable and sustainable improvements to the individual lives of deaf children and their families by piloting new services or improving existing services in the area of health and education or by promoting the empowerment and participation of deaf children and their families. The overall objective of SGP is to fund small-scale projects in developing countries. http://www.idcs.info/sgp/index.html | International interest, United Kingdom, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Through the Looking Glass The organization, in Berkeley, CA, US, has pioneered clinical and supportive services, training and research serving families in which one or more members - whether parent or child - has a disability or medical issue. http://www.lookingglass.org/ | United States, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| AIKYA Recreation Centre Setup to integrate Special Children with the normal Children. Parents of babies from 3 months age are trained at AIKYA and programmes are charted out for them to carry out on their own at home. http://www.aikya.org/index.htm | India, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Amputee Information Network Parents who have a child born with a limb difference or who lose a limb/s in childhood are starved for information. Pick up any book on disabled children and you will most often find limb defects not mentioned. It is our hope that I-CAN will fill this void providing parents with a place to contact experienced parents and adults who grew up with a limb difference. http://www.amp-info.net/ | United States, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Association for Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus To give help and advice to people with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus and their families http://www.asbah.org/ | United Kingdom, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Association for the Help of Retarded Children (AHRC) A voluntary organization founded in 1949 by parents who were determined to forever change society's traditional disregard for the needs of their children with mental retardation. http://www.ahrcsuffolk.org/ | United States, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children, Gaza, Palestine Deaf Education, Audiology, Speech Therapy, Vocational Training, Deaf Curriculum Development, and Income Generation Projects for the Deaf. Our mission is to give Deaf persons in the Gaza Strip their chance in life through education and all allied services. http://www.geocities.com/~atfaluna | Israel, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| ATLHA- association for leisure, travel and spare time for youngsters and adults with disabilities aim to promote and providing the partecipation of youngsters and adults with disabilities at cultural,ricreative, turistic and sportive activities.The association develops and arrenges trips, holidays, study travel, youth international exanges,all year holiday camps. http://www.atlha.it/ | Italy, Italian language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law The Bazelon Center conducts legal and policy advocacy to protect children and adults with mental disabilities from discrimination and promote their full participation in community life. http://www.bazelon.org/ | United States, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Blind Childrens Center The Blind Childrens Center has information and publications for parents and professionals working with blind and handicapped children. http://www.blindcntr.org/ | United States, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Christian Care Foundation: for Children with Disabilities in Thailand Christian Care Foundation for Children with Disabilities in Thailand (CCD) has been providing care and support abandoned children with disabilities, regardless of gender, nationality, creed or religion, since 1986. http://www.ccdthailand.org/ | Thailand, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Chrysallis - Close to Disability - Our mission is to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities Our activities are: -Counselling and support to people with disabilities and their families -Workshops, seminars, conferences, training sessions on disability and ICT issues. - Provision of accessible e-learning environment that offers educational content (courses, games, etc.). - Consultation of policies and strategies for the Information Society in terms of Accessibility and Usability - Development of accessible websites and content (CMS, online searchable databases, etc). http://www.chrysallis.eu/ | Greece, Greek language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Die Lebeneshilfe Wien Lebenshilfe Wien is the Vienna Parents Association for Persons with Intellectual (Developmental) Disabilities. It is founded and run by parents and advocates. It works for the inclusion of persons with intellectual disabilities in all ages and all levels of society. It both provides services (parent-to-parent counselling, toy library, advocacy, workshops, group homes and independent living support) and support and advocacy for persons with intellectual disabilities. It is part of our national network, Lebenshilfe Austria, and Inclusion International, the International League of Socities for Persons with Mental Handicap. http://www.dielebenshilfe.at/ | Austria, German language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| DisabilityTraining.org DisabilityTraining.org (http://www.DisabilityTraining.org) is sponsored by the Iowa Training Consortium. The Training Consortium's mission is to promote - through training, education, and technical assistance - a system of individualized supports that will assist Iowans with developmental disabilities to live as fully participating members of their communities. The goal of this web site is to advertise and encourage training and education to build supportive communities for Iowans with disabilities. http://www.disabilitytraining.org/ | United States, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (FSMA) A source of information and support to those involved with children and adults with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). http://www.fsma.org/home.htm | United States, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| familyplacement.com http://www.familyplacement.com/ | United Kingdom, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Favorite Websites regarding children with disabilities, from the Family Education Network Helps parents help their children succeed. We do that by providing parents with the information and resources they need to actively participate in their children's learning process. http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0.. | United States, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Fragile X Syndrome Fragile X is the #1 inherited cause of mental retardation, affecting an estimated 1 in 2000 males and 1 in 4000 females of all races. It is relatively unknown and often misdiagnosed. http://www.fraxa.org/ | United States, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Free Sailing, Disabled Sailing with Challenged America Free Sailing, Disabled sailing and adaptive sailing programs for people with disabilities, disabled veterans, the handicapped, disabled children, sports and recreational therapists and rehabilitation professionals. http://www.challengedamerica.org | United States, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Gentle Teaching Gentle Teaching is a way of helping people with special vulnerabilities to feel safe and loved and included in human relations. We teach parents & care-givers how to create a culture of gentleness and how to teach a person the feeling of companionship http://www.gentleteaching.nl/ | Netherlands, Dutch language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Institute for Child Health Policy http://www.ichp.ufl.edu/ | United States, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| International Child Amputee Network To support and empower the parents of child amputees through communication with other parents and adult mentors who grew up with a limb deficet http://www.child-amputee.net/ | United States, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Kind Tree Productions, Inc. Here you can find autism information, autism links, our Kind Tree newsletter, our celebratory "Autism Rocks" T-shirts, reviews of books on autism, creations by autistic artists and poets, autistic events we produce (recreational retreats and educational seminars), and more... http://www.kindtree.org/ | United States, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| National Children's Bureau - Council for Disabled Children The Council provides a national forum for the discussion, development and dissemination of a wide range of policy and practice issues relating to service provision and support for children and young people with disabilities and special educational needs. http://www.ncb.org.uk/cdc/ | United Kingdom, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| NGO NGO Bridge of Hope targets the children/youth with disabilities as an individual and as part of society and therefore deals with all aspects of life. However, some key areas have been identified which need special attention based on the perceived needs and priorities of persons with disabilities in Armenia. These include the access to education for all; accessible social services, raising awareness to educate and change public attitudes towards disabled people; lobbying for legislative changes, institutional development of BoH NGO http://www.bridgeofhope.am/ | Armenia, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| P.N.R.Society for Relief & Rehabilitation for the Disabled To rehabilitate persons with hearing handicpped, visually handicapped, mentally challenged and locomotor handicapped http://www.pnrsociety.org/ | India, Hindi language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Pierce County Parent Coalition for Developmental Disabilities A parent driven organization based in Tacoma, WA., US, that provides information, education, and opportunities for families to learn and grow together. http://pc2online.org/ | United States, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Setu Developmental Intervention Centre Mission Statement: “To work with parents as "equal partners" to bring about positive changes in the lives of persons with disabilities and their families by providing innovative, high quality and cost- effective services, which fill existing gaps in the field of rehabilitation” Activities: Setu presently works in the state of Gujarat in the western part of India. The specific programme details are as: Direct Therapeutic Services: 1. For age group 0 to 5 years • Developmental Assessments: Children are assessed on the attainment of skills and behaviors appropriate to their age groups through observation and examination of developmental milestones in all non-medical areas of development. • Developmental Intervention Services: Inputs are provided in the areas of occupational therapy, speech therapy, special education, behaviour modification, sensory integration, social skills, daily life skills and computer training under one roof. Active mother participation is mandatory in the developmental intervention unit. 2. For age group 6 to 12 years studying in mainstream schools • Functional Educational Assessments: Children are assessed on achievement of educational skills as well as for their therapeutic needs. Based on the needs determined at the time of assessment, management plans for curricular and therapeutic activities are planned. • Remedial Education Services: These services are meant for children with special needs attending mainstream schools. In order to ease the process of integration and to prolong their stay in the school, they are provided with curricular, co-curricular and therapeutic services in a group setting which imitates a classroom situation. 3. For children with Autism age group 6 to 12 years This is for children with moderate to severe degree of autism, to cater to their very distinct needs. The focal areas of intervention include social skills, communication, sensory integration, behaviour modification and occupational therapy. Training: Setu actively trains mothers in the developmental intervention unit to cater to their children’s needs at home. Apart from the intense training during therapeutic sessions, the team of professionals with Setu trains students as faculty for professional courses dealing with rehabilitation and child development. Setu also offers internships and project placements to students from reputed management, design and teacher training institutes as well as international volunteers. Outreach Programmes: Through these programmes, Setu tries to reach out to children in remote areas where screening and assessment services are not available. Apart from the assessments, we train the local staff to implement the intervention programmes. These inputs are provided through assessment camps, talks, participation in awareness campaigns, training organizational staff, etc. Awareness Building: Setu provides information about various Instruments of the Government and information on disabilities on its website. There is also a Yahoo! Group for parents to interact with each other. Setu also has a set of posters of persons with disabilities who have achieved great success in professional world as inspirational stories to advocate for the abilities of its target group. Advocacy: Setu has undertaken the task of establishing bi-directional links between disabilities and MDGs through a research paper to be presented to the UN to ensure that disability is viewed as an indicator of the MDGs and gets its due acknowledgement in the dialogue between states parties and global development agencies. The organization has also been a part of the country level meetings on the proposed UN Convention on Disabilities in India in year 2004. Research: Setu is, at present, conducting a cross sectional study on the Impact of Early intervention keeping in mind parental perspective in order to engage the local and national agencies in a meaningful dialogue and to provide better facilities and services for the group of children it is working for. http://www.setuindia.org/ | India, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| Social Assistance and Rehabilitation for the Physically Vulenrable(SARPV) Mission of the organization is to capacity development of the of community and NGOs to influence disability policy and practice in Bangladesh to ensure the equal rights and opportunities of he disable people. http://www.sarpv.org/ | Bangladesh, Bengali language, Link checked 2008-08 |
| The AIKYA Recreation Centre The centre was setup to integrate Special Children with the normal Children. There is a regular Day Care Centre (Special School). Parents of babies from 3 months age are trained at AIKYA and programmes are charted out for them to carry out on their own at home. http://www.aikya.org/ | India, English language, Link checked 2008-08 |
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