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National Organizations
EarlyInterventionSupport.com has found links to national
organizations useful to parents and parents of children with
special needs.
See our National Organizations
page.
For Pennsylvania Residents
EarlyInterventionSupport.com, located in western
Pennsylvania, has many clients and
supporters in the Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania
Region. We've collected links specific to
Pennsylvania.
If you have links specific to your area that you would
like us to post, please email
Resources@EarlyInterventionSupport.com.
Service Organization Resources
Catholic Charities
USA: Once that you click your state, it provides the
organization names for your state.
Knights of
Columbus: The Knights were formed to render financial aid to members and
their families. Mutual aid and assistance are offered to sick, disabled and
needy members and their families. Social and intellectual fellowship is
promoted among members and their families through educational, charitable,
religious, social welfare, war relief and public relief works.
Elk's Club: To inculcate the principles
of Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love and Fidelity; to recognize a belief in
God; to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its Members; to
quicken the spirit of American patriotism; to cultivate good fellowship; to
perpetuate itself as a fraternal organization, and to provide for its
government, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States
of America will serve the people and communities through benevolent
programs, demonstrating that Elks Care and Elks Share.
Kiwanis International: Kiwanis,
through guidance and example, works to develop future generations of
leaders. Every day, Kiwanians are revitalizing neighborhoods, organizing
youth-sports programs, tutoring, building playgrounds, and performing
countles s other projects to help children and communities.
The American Legion: The American
Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, war-time veterans
organization, devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is a not-for-profit
community-service organization which now numbers nearly 3 million members,
men and women, in nearly 15,000 American Legion posts worldwide.
The ARC: Provides a map which you could click your state. Once you do,
it provides information of people who could help.
Easter Seals: Easter Seals provides exceptional services, education,
outreach, and advocacy so that people living with autism and other
disabilities can live, learn, work and play in our communities.
Modest Needs Mission:
To prevent otherwise financially self-sufficient individuals and families
from entering poverty, To restore the financial self-sufficiency of
individuals who are willing to work but are unable to do so because they do
not have the means to remit payment for a work-related expense; To empower
permanently disadvantaged individuals To strengthen small non-profit
organizations by providing a forum whereby such organizations can apply
directly to the general public for the help they need to complete the
relatively inexpensive projects that will allow them to better serve their
clients and the communities they exist.
Charity
Vault: It provides you a listing of states which you click to get
information. You have to click through a series of links that narrows the
search to your specific area. There will be several local links shown that
help.
Brave Kids Resource Directory:
Find medical information and resources for children with special needs,
chronic illness and disabilities such as: autism, cancer, cerebral palsy,
ADHD, ADD and more here at Brave Kids. Brave Kids provides parents and
children with information on health services, financial assistance, support
groups, child care, dental assistance, camps, transportation and physical
therapy to name a few.
Resources for Caregivers:
It takes you to listing of numerous links of resourses that may help.
Catalog for
Special Needs: Adrian's Closet is a new and exciting company offering
quality adaptive apparel and accessories for kids and young adults with
special physical needs. Adrian's Closet offers bright, colorful, fun clothes
that make dressing not only hassle free-but fun! A trendy back-opening
jacket and colorful Winter Weather Wheelchair Poncho are just two of among
many products offered. Order these or other stylish products from Adrian's
Closet's color brochure.
Kid Source Online: This web site
is in depth & timely education & healthcare information that will make a
difference in lives of parents and children.
Special Needs Alliance:
The Special Needs Alliance (SNA) is a national, not for profit organization
of attorneys dedicated to the practice of disability and public benefits
law. Individuals with disabilities, their families and their advisors rely
on the SNA to connect them with nearby attorneys who focus their practices
in the disability law arena.
Wish Granting Organizations: This web site different links to different
web sites of wish granting capabilities.
Resource Guide: Collects
informative links from round the world providing a current and comprehensive
directory of resources for the Disabled community.
Rehabilitative Equipment
Exchange: This national network is a FREE service to facilitate the
exchange and transfer of used rehabilitation equipment (used rehab
equipment). Individuals can use the web site to buy, sell, or donate used
rehab items of many types, including wheelchairs, pediatric equipment,
mobility aids, ADL aids, communication devices, assistive technology, and
exercise equipment.
Equipment Catalogs: Find therapy equipment to help children with
disabilities in these online catalogs and shops.
Simple Abilities: Provides
help with equipment to help disabled people at job.
Disability Resources: A
monthly resource for disability needs such as equipment, recreational
events.
Disability Resource Library: This web site takes you to a search engine.
You just type what you would like to learn about and it takes you to
information on the subject.
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