Advocacy and Disability Awareness
http://www.kypa.net/drupal/node The site for Kentucky Protection and Advocacy, whose mission is to protect and promote the rights of Kentuckians with disabilities through legally based individual and systemic advocacy, and education.
http://www.councilonmr.org/ The Kentucky Council on Mental Retardation site provides information about local services, programs, and advocacy.
http://www.thearc.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?&pid=1386&srcid=183 The site for The Arc, the world's largest community based organization of and for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
http://www.wrightslaw.com/ Parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.
http://www.nichcy.org/ NICHCY stands for the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities. We serve the nation as a central source of information on disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth; IDEA, which is the law authorizing special education; No Child Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities); and research-based information on effective educational practices.
http://www.cec.sped.org/ The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.