Shepherd Center - A Catastrophic Care Hospital

 Look online and you'll find a multitude of web sites related to disability issues. Here are a few organizations and web sites recommended by Shepherd Center.

GENERAL INFORMATION

-Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs), http://www.adrc-tae.org

-DisabilityInfo, www.disability.gov

ADVOCACY (Americans with Disabilities Act, etc.

-AAPD, http://www.aapd.com

-ADAPT, http://www.adapt.org

-Concrete Change, http://www.concretechange.org

-DBTACs, http://www.adata.org

-National Disability Leadership Alliance, http://www.ndla.us

BRAIN INJURY

-Brain Injury Association of America, www.biausa.org

CANINE ASSISTANCE

-Canine Assistants

3160 Francis Road

Alpharetta, GA 30004

770-664-7178

www.canineassistants.org

CAREGIVING

-Alliance for Caregiving, http://www.caregiving.org/

-Family Caregiver Alliance, www.caregiver.org

FARMING

-The Agribility Project, www.farmagain.com

FUNDING ASSISTANCE

-Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund

2 Peachtree Street NW

Suite 8-212

Atlanta, GA 30303

404-651-5112

www.bsitf.state.ga.us

-Christopher & Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center, www.paralysis.org

-Darrell Gwynn Foundation, www.darrellgwynnfoundation.org

-Mike Utley Foundation, www.mikeutley.org

-NTAF, http://www.ntafund.org

HUD

-HUD, http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUDIN

INDEPENDENT LIVING RESOURCES

-Centers, http://ilru.org/html/publications/directory/index.html

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY/RECREATION

-The National Center onPhysical Activity and Disability, www.ncpad.org

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY

-P&As, http://www.protectionandadvocacy.com/en/when-to-contact-your-state-paa-cap.html

SPINAL CORD INJURY

-American Spinal Injury Association, www.asia-spinalinjury.org

-National Spinal Cord Injury Association, www.spinalcord.org

-Spinal Cord Injury Information Network, www.spinalcord.uab.edu

-United Spinal, http://www.unitedspinal.org/

- FacingDisability For Families Facing Spinal Cord Injuries (Facing Disability is a web resource with more than 1,000 videos drawn from interviews of people with spinal cord injuries, their families, caregivers and experts.)

STROKE

-National Stroke Association, www.stroke.org

REUSE (Recycled Assistive Technology)

-Pass it On, http://www.passitoncenter.org/ 

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION

-State Offices http://www.rehabnetwork.org/directors_contact.htm