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Disability Resources

American Foundation for the Blind

This site has a search to find organizations that provide services to the visually impaired as well as offering information about living with vision loss.

Website: afb.org

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Americans with Disabilities Act Site

This site offers comprehensive information about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), including links to other agencies empowered with the authority to enforce parts of the ADA, and a guide to the rights contained in the law for people with disabilities.

Website: ada.gov

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College Guide for Disabled Students

University Resource Guide for Students with Disabilities, developed by BestColleges.com. This informative guide explains the legal rights of students with disabilities (physical and learning), and provides a list of helpful websites, apps, and software resources.

Website: bestcolleges.com/resources/students-with-disabilities

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Department of Labor's Disability Resources

Information and links to a wide variety of information including employment training opportunities for the disabled and grant programs.

Website: dol.gov

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Federal Programs for People with Disabilities

The federal government's website to help locate services and programs that are available to people with disabilities.

Website: hhs.gov/programs/social-services/programs-for-people-with-disabilities

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Disabled American Veterans

This non-profit organization helps disabled veterans with an assortment of programs.

Website: dav.org

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Social Security Administration

The government's site for social security.

Website: ssa.gov

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Usa.gov/benefits

This government site will assist you in finding out if you are eligible for government benefits.

Website: usa.gov/benefits

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Hearing Loss Association of America

The site offers both educational and support services to those with hearing loss.

Website: hearingloss.org

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National Association of Social Workers

This website offers helpful articles in categories such as family, health, and senior citizen issues. Topics include marital problems, divorce, adoption, addiction, mental illness, HIV/AIDS, cancer, grief, death, living with an illness, pain, Alzheimer's disease/dementia, medical care, and much more. This website also provides an application that helps you find a social worker.

Website: HelpStartsHere.org

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Paralyzed Veterans of America

Although this site is for war veterans, it also offers general information that is useful even to those who are not war veterans but suffer from spinal cord injuries and illnesses, as well as some legal rights.

Website: pva.org

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Special Needs Children Information

This site has articles and information for parents and family members on a wide variety of special needs topics as well as a directory to other support sites.

Website: childrensdisabilities.info

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