Community Resources
Associations, Councils, Centers, and Societies
Council for Exceptional Children: The Council for Exceptional Children provides information and resources about Special Education.
Family Voices: Children and youth with special health care needs can benefit from Family Voices.
Federation for Children with Special Needs: The focus of the Federation for Children with Special Needs is on the parents and providing support for them, which in turn benefits the child with special needs.
Family Resource Center on Disabilities: Training, assistance, and information are given to parents of children with disabilities by the Family Resource Center on Disabilities.
National Association of Parents with Children in Special Education (NAPCSE): Parents of Special Education students can learn how to be their child’s best advocate.
National Council on Independent Living: NCIL promotes social change and strives to do away with disability driven discrimination.
National Center for Learning Disabilities: Children and adults with learning disabilities will benefit from the information and resources available from the National Center for Learning Disabilities.
National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability: NCWD for Youth provides strategies and development systems for youth with disabilities to join the workforce.
Pacer Center: The Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights utilizes the idea of parents helping parents and provides support and resources for children and youth with disabilities and their families.
Parent to Parent USA: Parent to Parent USA offers support to parents of children with special needs.
United Spinal Association: The United Spinal Association offers support, advice, and resources for those with spinal cord injuries.
National Alliance on Mental Illness: National Alliance on Mental Illness. The nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
Queens Parent Resource Center: Advocacy, support, groups.
NY Lawyers for the Public Interest of Advocates for Children: to advance equality and civil rights, with a focus on health justice, disability rights and environmental justice, through the power of community lawyering and partnerships with the private bar.
Sinergia: Sinergia works with people with disabilities and their families.
Safe Horizon: Safe Horizon is the largest non-profit victim services agency in the United States.
New York City Department of Education: schools.nyc.gov—all information regarding education in NYC.
