Additional Resources

We hope that "Disability Basics" will help you better understand the person with a disability that you serve and/or work within your organization. If you would like more comprehensive or detailed information about various disabilities, you may find the following sources helpful.

American Council of the Blind - www.acb.org

Autism Society of America - www.autism-society.org

Brain Injury Association - www.biausa.org

National Down Syndrome Society - www.ndss.org

Epilepsy Foundation - www.efa.org

Learning Disabilities On-Line - www.ldonline.org

Learning Disability Association of America - www.ldanatl.org

National Multiple Sclerosis Society - www.nmss.org

National Alliance on Mental Illness – www.nami.org

Muscular Dystrophy Association - www.mdausa.org

National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - www.ncptsd.org

The Schizophrenia Home Page - www.schizophrenia.com

National Spinal Cord Injury Association - www.spinalcord.org

Nervous System Disabilities - University of Maryland Medicine - www.umm.edu

U.S. Department of Labor Job Accommodation Network - www.jan.wvu.edu