Local Resources

The mission of AAHD is to advance health promotion and wellness initiatives for children and adults with disabilities. AAHD accomplishes its mission through advocacy, education, public awareness, and research efforts at the federal, state, and community levels.

ASAN has prepared a comprehensive toolkit to empower people with disabilities, their families, and other disability advocates to help combat disability-based discrimination in organ transplantation.

The “Know Your Rights” guide provides people with disabilities and their families with information on existing laws and policies that may protect them from discrimination, and information on who to contact if they experience discrimination.

The Guide for Advocates provides information on ways that advocates can help fight organ transplantation discrimination on a wider basis, such as through legislative advocacy and outreach to the medical community.

The Model Legislation on organ transplant discrimination provides an example of effective anti-discrimination legislation that advocates can propose to their state legislatures.

The Guide for Clinicians and Checklist of available supports and services gives doctors and other health professionals concrete advice on how to serve people with disabilities who may need an organ transplant.

Cerebral Palsy Guide provides free educational materials, financial options and support to help those across the country affected by this disorder.

Community Connections core purpose is to improve the lives of women, men and children in the District of Columbia by providing comprehensive mental health services.

• Helps participants identify anxiety triggers and crisis warning signs
• Helps participants identify appropriate wellness resources
• Helps participants develop a daily wellness maintenance, crisis, and recovery plan
• Provides facilitator training, technical assistance, workshops, consultations, smartphone apps and other tools to support wellness and recovery

This webpage provides information about general, reading, writing, and math learning disabilities. It also contains links to articles on symptom recognition, accommodations, and prevention.

Individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing experience the same mental health concerns as their hearing peers and, as such, seek out the same services to address these concerns. However, unlike hearing individuals, those who are deaf or hard of hearing do not always find equitable access to mental health services. This pepnet2 factsheet helps explain why.

This report has four goals:

• To initiate a conversation about the problem of unhealthy weight among special needs children.
• To inform families about the extent of the obesity problem, its causes, and the risks it poses to children’s health and well-being.
• To empower parents and caregivers with tools, resources, and solutions so they can help their children be fit and healthy.
• To inform policy makers, school administrators and medical professionals about the importance of including children with special needs in their efforts to combat obesity.

healthfinder.gov helps consumers and their loved ones stay healthy with:

• Evidence-based, original content on prevention and wellness topics
• Health resources from approximately 1,400 government and non-profit organizations
• Digital tools for supporting and promoting health

healthfinder.gov’s preventive services recommendations come from U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the Bright Futures Guidelines, and other guidelines supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration. The Affordable Care Act requires most insurance plans to cover these services without cost-sharing.

Visit healthfinder.gov to learn about:

• Health Topics A to Z: Award-winning plain language prevention and wellness information on more than 100 topics
• myhealthfinder: A tool for consumers to get personalized recommendations for clinical preventive services based on age, sex, and pregnancy status
• Stay Connected: Digital tools including health widgets, e-cards, a monthly email newsletter, and links to healthfinder’s social media
• National Health Observances: Toolkits for public health professionals, consumer groups, and others to educate the public about health issues

Hillcrest Children and Family Center (Hillcrest Center) is a behavioral health care and social services agency that provides behavioral health treatment and prevention as well as community and family support services.

The International Bipolar Foundation provides individuals with bipolar disorder and their families access to:

• Educational brochures and videos
• Research news
• Support groups
• Events and webinars
• Volunteer, advocacy, and story-sharing opportunities

MDRC is committed to finding solutions to some of the most difficult problems facing the nation — from reducing poverty and bolstering economic self-sufficiency to improving public education and college graduation rates. We design promising new interventions, evaluate existing programs using the highest research standards, and provide technical assistance to build better programs and deliver effective interventions at scale. We work as an intermediary, bringing together public and private funders to test new policy-relevant ideas, and communicate what we learn to policymakers and practitioners — all with the goal of improving the lives of low-income individuals, families, and children.

No one gets left behind. To that end, we strive to provide veterans diagnosed with any asbestos illness the best information, advice and assistance we possibly can. From filing for VA Disability Compensation, to helping veterans find the best medical treatment, we never stop fighting.