The big page
Laws & Legal Resources
Americans with Disabilities Act  ADA publications index
Americans with Disabilities Act  ADA reference library
Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center  with the assistance of the Job Accommodation Network, the Great Lakes Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center, and the ADA OHIO Steering Committee
Americans with Disabilities Act Information  United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division 
Center on Human Policy (CHP)
Cornucopia of Disability Information  (Gopher site) 
Disability Advocates For Individual Rights and Equality (DAFIRE)  their mission is to provide assistance to individuals with disabilities - helping them to realize their own rights as granted under the United States Constitution and now enforced by the ADA; to educate and inform the public regarding the ADA, and; to provide networking services available to individuals with disabilities 
Disability Rights Activist  brings together much of the information needed to enable anyone interested in the rights of disabled people to work for those rights 
Federation for Children with Special Needs 
IDEA Practices  this site answers your questions about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), keeps you informed about the IDEAs that work, and supports your efforts to help ALL children learn, progress, and realize their dreams
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)  this site will provide you with information about yours and your child's rights regarding Special Education under Federal Law
Laws Affecting Children with Special Needs
LawCrawler  legal web search engine
LawGuru.com  disability discrimination and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) question and answer page
Lawoffice.com  helps businesses, professionals and consumers navigate through legal issues that affect their professional and personal lives. An extensive database of materials covers more than 400 legal topics ranging from business issues, such as commercial, taxation, bankruptcy, real estate and intellectual property law, to consumer-related issues, such as estate planning, health, family and employment law. It also provides a searchable directory of more than one million lawyers and legal professionals, and tips on how to find and interview potential counsel, Lawoffice.com simplifies the prospect of hiring legal counsel.
National Organization on Disability (NOD) promotes full and equal participation of America's 49 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life
Neuro-trauma Law Center Homepage
Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER)  is a nonprofit that helps parents and families of children with disabilities. They offer law updates and legal information for individuals with disabilities. It's written in "layman's" terms-avoiding legal, educational, and clinical jargon whenever possible.
Social Security Department  provides help with understanding the history, the benefits, and financing of the Social Security program of today, so that you can make informed choices about the Social Security program of tomorrow. 
The Special Ed Advocate  provides articles, cases, newsletters, and other essential information about special education law and advocacy. The Special Ed Advocate has grown into an essential reference base for parents, attorneys, educators, and advocates. Parents, educators, experts, and attorneys come here for up-to-date information about effective advocacy for children with disabilities.
SpecialEdLaw.net a multidisciplinary internet resource of Special Education law materials for parents, attorneys, teachers, schools , kids & psychologists
Special Education Attorney's First Response To The Parent's Initial Frantic Telephone Call  by Peter W. D. Wright, Attorney at Law.
Substantive Law on the World Wide Web  provides the quickest and most comprehensive means of researching state and federal law
U.S. Department of Education provides you with information about the offices and programs of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), education initiatives of the President and the Secretary, the full text of ED reports and publications, links to organizations they support, and more
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Law  Material  is organized by organization type (i.e. U.S. Government Servers) and by legal topic (i.e. Contracts). There is also a list of search tools and other comprehensive sites for law.
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Added to website on 10/3/2002Research & Proofing by Marie Moran
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