Facing Autism Challenges
Together
Information and Support
Web: http://HopkinsFACT.home.comcast.net
Last updated: 3/30/2008
Get connected!
This is a list of basic and important Internet links for local non-profit
and government organizations serving those with autistic spectrum disorders. You will want to check these sites
frequently, sign up for mailing lists and newsletters (see text below), and
join as many as you can afford. They
contain a wealth of information and training/education opportunities. Click on the links below to go to the
corresponding website.
ARC - Greater Twin Cities
www.arcgreatertwincities.org
For nearly 60 years, ARC has been helping people with mental
retardation and related developmental disabilities and their families overcome
challenges and thrive in community life.
One in ten families has a family member with a disability. Arc’s services range from advocacy and
one-to-one assistance to parent and sibling support groups to educational
workshops (ArcShops) and What’s the Big IDEA? training on special education
law. Arc also works hard on public
policy issues at the local, state and national levels. You should definitely sign up to be on
ARC-GTC’s free mailing list by sending your e-mail
address to e-newsletter@arcgreaterwincities.org. You will receive program and workshop
information, notice of upcoming special events, special
Autism Resource Network - Hopkins www.autismshop.com
Autism
Society of Minnesota www.ausm.org
Fraser is a
Hennepin
County Developmental Disabilities Program impossible.web.address
This is a front door to information about disability
services in
Life Pages http://www.lifepages.org/index.asp
Life Pages is an
on-line yellow pages designed to help you find information about recreation and leisure
activities, services, advocacy, and other useful things about life in
Minnesota. Life Pages offers information
for Minnesotans of all ages and abilities who want to enrich their leisure
lifestyle as well as their connections to the greater community. You can view all the information anonymously,
but, if you create a user profile, you can sign up to receive the LifePages
eNewsletter and email alerts on activities in any category you choose. To create a profile, from the home page,
click on the My Life Pages tab.
Then click Click here to create a Profile and follow the
instructions. To get email
notifications, once you have the profile created, click on the My Life Pages
tab, sign in, and then click on Sign Up for Email Alerts and check the
alerts and newsletters you want to receive.
There are many options in a variety of categories.
Minnesotans now have a single source
on the Internet - www.mndisability.gov - for quick and easy access to state
government-agency programs, products and services dedicated to disability
issues. Site users can locate resources
in any of four ways: by topic - such as education, employment, housing or
transportation; by state agency; through an A-Z index; or by a search. The site
currently has more than 220 links, each with a brief description of a program,
product or service offered by various state agencies. The site will be updated
on a regular basis and is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act as
well as generally accepted accessibility standards. Mndisability.gov is a collaborative effort
of numerous state agencies, including the Governor's Council on Developmental
Disabilities, Commission Serving Deaf and Hard of Hearing People, Minnesota
State Council on Disability, Ombudsman Office for Mental Health and
Developmental Disabilities, State Services for the Blind, Deaf and Hard of
Hearing Division, STAR and Rehabilitation Services. The Minnesota Office of
Enterprise Technology designed and built the site.
Parent
Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER) www.pacer.org
The mission of the
Reach for Resources www.reachforresources.org
Reach For Resources offers a wide
range of services for people with developmental disabilities and their families
including: counseling and mental health services, educational
classes, one-to-one training in community living skills, support and
empowerment groups, recreation and leisure programs, family holiday respite,
Information and referral, and transportation.
Reach distributes its information only in print form, not
electronically. To get on its mailing
list, call Jennifer McGinnis at 952-988-4177 or send
an email with the subject “mailing list” to jmcginnis@reachforresources.org.
St. David’s Child Development and Family
Services www.stdavids.net
Founded in 1961,
·
Early Childhood Education and Special
Services
·
Services for children with special needs
and their families
·
Prevention and early intervention
services for families experiencing multiple life challenges and stresses
·
Individual and family mental health
services
·
Outreach, training, consultation, and
collaboration
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