Organizations (Children – Disabilities) « Children – Disabilities

Organizations & Services
for Children with Special Needs

• Arizona Burn Foundation
  To improve the quality of life of burn survivors and their families while promoting burn prevention education in Arizona.
• Bonnell Foundation – Roadmap to CF
  Mission is to build relationships between parents of children with cystic fibrosis, especially with parents who have children newly diagnosed. To help find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis so that one day no CF parent will experience the pain and loss of losing a child to this disease.
  Patti's Comment: I am on the Board of this fine, non-profit foundation.
• Care House.Org (The home of the Child Abuse and Neglect Council of Oakland County)
  A leading resource in the prevention of child abuse and neglect, and the protection of children through advocacy, education, intervention, research, and treatment, in collaboration with the community.
• Child Care Law Center – Children with Disabilities Archives
• Kids Together, Inc.
  A great resource to support and improve the quality of life for people with disabilities, both children and adults. Their mission is: "To promote inclusive communities where all people belong."
• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
  A central source of information on disabilities in youth, related laws and information.
• QuickRamps for Kids (United Cerebral Palsy of Metropolitan Detroit)
  This program provides portable wheelchair ramps to families of children with Cerebral Palsy and other paralysis-causing conditions. Click here for application.
• Selective Mutism Anxiety Research & Treatment Center
  A comprehensive treatment and research center focused exclusively on the anxiety disorder, Selective Mutism in young children and teenagers.
• Selective Mutism.Org (SMG)
  A resource for SM information, providing a network of families and treating professionals across the world who uniquely understand the struggles of SM. 
• Special Needs Transportation
  All children deserve to be protected as occupants in motor vehicles in restraint systems appropriate for their size and development. However, some children who have certain medical conditions or procedures require special consideration when selecting restraints.
• Summer Camp '08 (Family Center on Technology and Disability)
  Patti's Comment: I know nothing about this camp, so this in not an endorsement of any kind. If any of you have had good or bad experiences with this camp or others you would like to post, please feel free to do so. There are valuable resources at the back of the newsletter re: how to choose the best camp for your child.
• The First Tee
  Provides young people of all backgrounds an opportunity to develop life-enhancing values such as confidence, perseverance and judgment through golf and character education.
• The National Center for the Safe Transportation of Children with Special Health Care Needs
  The National Center for the Safe Transportation of Children with Special Health Care Needs serves as a resource for families, health care professionals, transportation providers, and child passenger safety advocates.
• Variety (The Children's Charity of Greater Philadelphia)
  Variety's goal is to empower its children to live life as a participant, not as a spectator.