Loren W Gratz, Ph.D.

Links

http://www.specialednet.com/Resources.htm Extensive listing of special education websites, one of the most thorough set of internet links available. You may want to check this site before any of the others listed.

http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu One of the best sites available for a variety of special education areas.

http://www.wrightslaw.com/ An extensive national special education advocacy law site. This link can be helpful for someone interested in learning about issues at the national level and about special education statutes and rules in other states

http://www.skerrlaw.com Sonya Kerr is an attorney now practicing in the state of Alaska. This is an example of a website with a parent advocacy emphasis.

http://www.pilotparents.org A parent advocacy organization serving Southern Arizona and based in Tucson. The site provides links to a variety of other special education resources and events in the Tucson area.

http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/general/FAMOUS.html An interesting website with links to a variety of additional sites containing information about famous people with disabilities. (Note: Some of the links may be broken.)

http://www.thearc.org/ The national home page for a major special education advocacy group – The Arc. Primarily focused on issues related to cognitive/intellectual disabilities, this organization has chapters in most states. You can gain state access via the national site.

http://www.ldonline.org/ Excellent site for parents and teachers interested in specific learning disabilities.

http://www.nami.org/ National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/ CDC links to information about autism

http://www.asha.org/ American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

http://www.rfbd.org/ Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic

http://www.chadd.org/ A national advocacy agency for children and adults with attentional disorders. CHADD has an affiliate group in Tucson which meets monthly at the University Medical Center. This site is available in Spanish.

http://www.tash.org/index.html TASH website

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tbi/tbi.htm Traumatic Brain Injury Information and Resource Guide

http://www.cec.sped.org/ The Association for the Gifted (TAG)

http://www.ade.state.az.us/ess Home page for the Arizona Department of Education’s special education section (Exceptional Student Services). The Home Page contains lists of helpful links regarding things of interest in special education. Toward the bottom of the page are links to special education forms used by Arizona schools and agencies.