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Adult Family/Foster Care
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic State and Federal Services
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Advocacy & Self Advocacy
American Foundation for the Blind
Disability Visual Impairments
American Society for Deaf Children
Disability Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Angelman Syndrome Foundation
Disability Angelman Syndrome
Asperger/Autism Network (AANE)
Disability Autism
Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE)
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Jobs
Autism Commission Transition Guides
Age Range School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic Transition
Autism Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Program
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic State and Federal Services
Autism Now! – The Arc of the United States
Age Range School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic Transition
Autism Society of America
Disability Autism
Autism Speaks
Disability Autism
Autism Speaks Transition Guide – (.pdf)
Age Range School Age (4-22)
Topic Transition
Autism Support Centers
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic State and Federal Services
Benefits for Children with Disabilities (.pdf)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic State and Federal Services
Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA)
Disability Brain Injury
Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts
Disability Brain Injury
Brain Trauma Foundation
Disability Brain Injury
CdLS Foundation
Disability Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
Center for Public Representation (CPR)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Civil Rights
Cerebral Palsy Foundation
Disability Cerebral Palsy
Charting The LifeCourse
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Family Support
Communicating with an Autistic Child: A Parent’s Guide
Disability Autism
Cronología para la Transición
Age Range Transition Age (14-26)
Topic Transition
D.E.A.F. Inc.
Disability Deaf and Hard of Hearing
DDS DESE Program
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic State and Federal Services
DDS Eligibility Fact Sheet (.pdf)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic State and Federal Services
DDS Family Support
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic State and Federal Services
DDS Family Support Services Information
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Family Support, State and Federal Services
Department of Developmental Services (DDS)
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Jobs
Department of Mental Health (DMH): Services for Adults Over 19
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic State and Federal Services
Department of Mental Health (DMH): Services for Children Under 19
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic State and Federal Services
Department of Public Health (DPH): Division for Children & Youth with Special Health Needs
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic State and Federal Services
Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic State and Federal Services
Disabilities and Faith
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+)
Topic Family Support
Disability Law Center (DLC)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Civil Rights
Disability Law Center’s “Planning for Life After Special Education”: A Transition Services Online Manual (.pdf)
Age Range School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic Transition
Disabled Persons Protection Commission (DPPC)
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Civil Rights
Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism
Disability Autism
Down Syndrome Support & Play Groups
Disability Down Syndrome
Easter Seals Project ACTION (Accessible Community Transportation In Our Nation)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Transportation
Epilepsy Foundation
Disability Epilepsy
Epilepsy Foundation New England
Disability Epilepsy
Family TIES of Massachusetts
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic Family Support
Family Ties Resource Guide
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic Family Support
Finding Transportation in Massachusetts
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Transportation
First Signsg
Disability Autism
Fragile X Research Foundation
Disability Fragile X
HMEA’s Autism Advantage @ Work
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Jobs
Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI)
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Jobs
Intensive Flexible Family Support Programs
Age Range Transition Age (14-26)
Topic State and Federal Services
International League Against Epilepsy
Disability Epilepsy
Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Jobs
Learning Disabilities Association of America
Disability Learning Disabilities
Living & Working with a Disability: Tax Benefits & Credits (.pdf)
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Jobs
Local: P-W Syndrome Association of New England
Disability Prader-Willi Syndrome
Mass Advocates: Transition tools
Age Range School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic Transition
Mass Commission for the Blind
Disability Visual Impairments
Mass. Bay Transit Authority (MBTA)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Transportation
Massachusetts Advocates for Children (MAC)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic Civil Rights
Massachusetts Advocates Standing Strong (MASS)
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Advocacy & Self Advocacy
Massachusetts Association for Mental Health
Disability Mental Illness
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Civil Rights
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic State and Federal Services
Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Disability Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic State and Federal Services
Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council (MDDC)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Advocacy & Self Advocacy
Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council (MDDC) Consumer Empowerment Funds
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Family Support
Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress
Disability Down Syndrome
Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress (MDSC)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Family Support
Massachusetts Families Organizing for Change (MFOFC)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Advocacy & Self Advocacy, Transition
Massachusetts Office on Disability (MOD)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Civil Rights
MassAbility
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic State and Federal Services
Massachusetts Sibling Support Network (MSSN)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Family Support
MassHealth (Massachusetts’ Medicaid Program)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Healthcare, State and Federal Services
MassOptions
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+)
Topic Family Support
MBTA Travel Training
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Transportation
Medically Complex Programs
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic State and Federal Services
Medicare
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic State and Federal Services
NAMI Mass
Disability Mental Illness
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Disability Mental Illness
National Association for Down Syndrome
Disability Down Syndrome
National Center for Learning Disabilities
Disability Learning Disabilities
National Down Syndrome Congress
Disability Down Syndrome
National Down syndrome Society
Disability Down Syndrome
National Federation for the Blind
Disability Visual Impairments
National Federation for the Blind Mass
Disability Visual Impairments
National Fragile X Foundation
Disability Fragile X
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
Disability Rare Disorders
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC)
Age Range School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic Transition
New England ADA & Accessible IT Center
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Civil Rights
Office of Special Education Planning & Policy Development (SEPP) Secondary Transition
Age Range School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic Transition
One-Stop Career Centers
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Jobs
PACER Center
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic Family Support
Parent to Parent
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Family Support
Partners for Youth with Disabilities (PYD)
Age Range School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic Transition
Perkins School for the Blind
Disability Visual Impairments
Personal Care Attendant (PCA) Program (.pdf)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Home Health & Personal Care
Prader-Willi Syndrome Association
Disability Prader-Willi Syndrome
Q&A on Job Applicants and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Work
Rett Syndrome Association of Massachusetts
Disability Rett Syndrome
RettSyndrome.org
Disability Rett Syndrome
Rewarding Work
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Family Support
Riding the T – Accessible Services
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Transportation
Self-Determination-Making Your Choices Count
Age Range School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic Transition
Sesame Street and Autism: See Amazing in All Children
Disability Autism
Specialized Driver’s Education Programs
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Transportation
SPED Child and Teen
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic Family Support
Spina Bifida Association
Disability Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida Association of Greater New England
Disability Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida Resource Center
Disability Spina Bifida
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability (SSDI)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Benefits
The ADA & Your Employment Rights as an Individual with a Disability
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Jobs
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Advocacy
The Arc of Massachusetts Legislative Advocacy Training
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Advocacy & Self Advocacy
The Arc of the United States on Spirituality
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+)
Topic Family Support
The Arc of the United States: Civil Rights Issues
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Advocacy
The Arc@Work
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Work
The Beach Center on Disability
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Family Support
The Carroll Center For the Blind
Disability Visual Impairments
The International 22q11.2 Foundation
Disability 22q Deletion Syndrome
Disability 22q Deletion Syndrome
Disability 22q Deletion Syndrome
The National Autism Resource and Information Center – A collaboration hosted by The Arc
Disability Autism
The National Research Center for Parents with Disabilities
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Family Support
The Road Forward Transition Guide
Age Range School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic Transition
The Sibling Leadership Network
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Family Support
The Sibling Support Project
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Family Support
The Smith-Magenis Foundation
Disability Smith-Magenis Syndrome
Tips on Preparing for 22
Age Range School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic Transition
Transition Coalition
Age Range School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26)
Topic Transition
Transition from School to Adult Life – Time Lines
Age Range Transition Age (14-26)
Topic Transition
United Arc Positive Parenting Resource Center
Age Range Early Childhood (0-5), School Age (4-22), Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Family Support
United Cerebral Palsy
Disability Cerebral Palsy
Unsure of Diagnosis
Disability Disabilities
Williams Syndrome Association
Disability Williams Syndrome
World Federation of CdLS Support Groups
Disability Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
Youth Employment Solutions (YES) Center
Age Range Transition Age (14-26), Adulthood (18+), Aging (50+)
Topic Jobs
