At this web site you can find links to these ministries which reach out to people with different kinds of disabilities. Some of the organizations are secular. I tried to list the Christian organizations first.
http://www.greateropendoor.org/linking2.htm
Joni and Friends: http://www.joniandfriends.org/
Through the Roof: http://www.throughtheroof.org
Joni and Friends: http://www.joniandfriends.org/
http://www.RelateMagazine.org An online magazine for Christians with disabilities and those who care for us.
The Internet has given many disabled people the ability to reach the world from their computers: http://www.web-evangelism.com/web-disablity.html
Mark 2 Ministries (Christian)
8605 Allisonville Road. #135
Indianapolis IN 46250
Phone: 317-598-9147
Fax: (317) 842-7188
Crossroads Christian Fellowship With Disabled Persons In NSW, Inc.
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~crossrds/
(Ministry in Australia)
D'Heavenly Ministry (Christian)
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6380
...And He Will Give You Rest
A Newsletter for People Who Live with Chronic Illness or Chronic Pain
Email: rest@ixpres.com
P.O. Box 502886, W-198
San Diego, CA 92150
(Christian newsletter; $15 subscription)
The Peaceful Garden
http://ilovejesus.com/homepages/page204/index.html
Christian Creative Arts Disability Issues page
http://www.connect.ab.ca/~kwalden/disabled.htm
The Overcomer (Free Quarterly Newsletter)
Christian Overcomers, Inc.
PO Box 2007
Garfield, NJ 07026
973-253-2343
Jeanne Martin
ruby5907@optonline.net
(I copied this information from Christian Creative Arts' Disability Issues page)
PREACCH Newsletter (Parents Rearing Autistic Children in Christian
Homes)
http://www.bondingplace.com/preacch/
Email: PREACCH@bondingplace.com
NATHHAN: NATional cHallenged Homeschoolers Associated Network
"NATHHAN is a Christian, non-profit organization dedicated to providing
encouragement for families with special needs children."
Email: NATHHANEWS@aol.com
5383 Alpine Rd SE
Olalla, WA 98359
The Hughes Family Homepage
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5114/
Email: sherrih@cheerful.com
(This family has a child with Down Syndrome and they are a homeschooling
Christian family.)
LEAH: For Families of Children With Special Needs
http://www.leah.org/special.html
Special Family
"Special Family is a magazine published by christians to encourage
families with special members."
Address: PO Box 154512, Irving, TX 75015-4512
Third Floor Publishing
http://www.chfweb.com/smith/index.html
Email: workbook@toad.net
Post Office Box 827
Arnold, MD 21012 USA
Phone: (410) 974-1111
"Barbara & Douglas Smith, authors of Teach Me Lord That I May Teach,
live in Maryland and have been married 25 years. They have educated
their children at home for 11 years. Their son graduated from high
school at home and Hillsdale College; their daughter will be a senior in
high school at home. They write and publish books for disabled people
applying for Social Security Disability benefits, books sharing about
the lessons they have learned homeschooling and a local homeschool
newsletter." (Quoted from website)
Anita's Home Page
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/8730/
"A variety of items: Ministry for persons with physical disabilities,
Christian Artists (visual, writers, musicians), Freedom in Christ - for
Christians who are still walking in bondage to sin, Bible Studies,
Prayer Ministry & Fun Stuff" (Quoted from Goshen.net)
Bamsey Homestead
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/2596/
Email: kbamsey@yahoo.com
"My wife and I are blessed to be able to be used of the Lord to counsel,
and pray for others who are also afflicted with cancer, lupus,
myasthenia-gravis, M.S., silicone-induced auto-immune diseases. We offer
a listening ear, prayer, love, alternative medicine, and an
understanding that can come from fellow Christians who are experiencing
these diseases" (Quoted from Goshen.net)
Offical Learn At Home Web Site Resources: Homeschooling Your Special Needs Child
(Editor's Note: This web site has an abundance of information and lists of organizations regarding children with diverse special needs / disabilities. While the majority concern home schooling, there many non-homeschooling organizations listed.)
http://www.learnathome.com/2266_136.htm
Mariposa
http://www.satcom.net/mariposa/
Canine Companions For Independence
http://www.caninecompanions.org/
National Headquarters
PO Box 446
Santa Rosa CA 95402-0446
Phone / TTY : 1800-572-2275
(Editor's Note: CCI has several regional offices & they train
specialized working dogs for the physically impaired as well as for the
Deaf)
Solutions@disability.com
http://www.disability.com/
Evan Kemp Associates
9151 Hampton Overlook
Capital Heights, MD 20743
Voice / TTY : 301-324-0118
Fax: 301-324-0121
"Solutions@disability.com - linking people with disabilities and chronic
health conditions to resources, products and services that promote
active, healthy independent living" (Quoted from the web site)
Annie's Chronic Illness/Pain Survivors Page
http://www.annieshomepage.com/chronic.html
Email: annies@gate.net
Seat-A-Robics: Exercise For the Disabled
http://www.seat-a-robics.com/
Email: seat-a-robics@seat-a-robics.com
Telephone: 910-454-4615
P.O. Box 1253
Jamestown, NC 27282 USA
Sapient Health Network (SHN)
http://www.shn.net
(Asthma, Breast Cancer, Depression, Diabetes, Fibromyalgia [FMS] and
CFIDS [Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome or CFS Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome], Heart Disease, Hepatitis C, Prostrate Cancer, Weight
Control and Women's Health Center are listed.)
Home-made Schooling
"Home-made Schooling is a magazine whose slogan is: 'The support group
that meets in your mailbox.' They are dedicated to providing
encouragement, humor and creativity to families teaching their children
at home under challenging conditions."
Address: 6291 Vegas Drive, San Jose, CA 95120
Homeschooling Kids With Disabilities Website
http://members.tripod.com/~Maaja/
United Cerebral Palsy's National Homepage
http://www.ucpa.org/
E-mail: ucpnatl@ucpa.org
United Cerebral Palsy Associations
1660 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-5602
Phone: (800) USA-5-UCP or (202)776-0406
TTY: (202) 973-7197
Fax: (202) 776-0414
ucp.org/
Lupus Foundation of America
http://www.social.com/health/nhic/data/hr0900/hr0903.html
4 Research Place
Suite 180
Rockville, , MD 20850-3226 USA
(800) 558-0121 (Voice)
(301) 670-9486 (Fax)
Children with Spina Bifida A Resource Page for Parents
http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/~rowley/sb_kids.htmlx
E-mail:rowley@waisman.wisc.edu
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society
http://www.nmss.org/
Email: info@nmss.org
733 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017 USA
Phone: 1-800-Fight-MS (1-800-344-4867)
The Special Gathering: A ministry within the mentally challenged community
http://www.nbbd.com/npr/specialgathering/index.html
Email: specialgathering@juno.com
P.O. Box 685
Cocoa, FL 32923 USA
Phone: (407) 632-0130
Fax: (407) 632-5540
The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
(NICHCY)
http://www.nichcy.org/
Email: nichcy@aed.org
P.O. Box 1492
Washington, DC 20013 USA
Phone: 1-800-695-0285 (Voice/TTY)
Phone: (202) 884-8200 (Voice/TTY)
Fax: (202) 884-8441
The New York Institute for Special Education - NYISE
http://www.nyise.org/
Email:ilumin@earthlink.net
The New York Institute for Special Education
attn: Michael Petel, Office of Development
999 Pelham Parkway
Bronx, New York 10469 USA
Phone: (718) 519-7000 Ext. 315
Fax: (718) 231-9314
"The New York Institute for Special Education(NYISE) is a private,
non-profit, non-sectarian educational facility with quality programs for
children who are blind or visually disabled, emotionally and learning
disabled and pre-schoolers who are developmentally delayed." (Quoted
from web site. To go straight to their Blindness Resource Center, click
on the following link.)
Blindness Resource Center (NYISE)
http://www.nyise.org/blind.htm
Email:ilumin@earthlink.net
(Includes Deaf-Blind, links to "Web Homepages of the Blind Community", &
many resources.
For more information, you can write to, phone or fax NYISE - see
preceding link.)
ADHD and ADD (Attention Deficit Hyper Disorder and Attention Deficit
Disorder)
http://members.tripod.com/~heavenly_2/adhd.html
Email: innfam@aol.com
(One of Heavenly Highway's web pages)
World Association of Persons With Disabilities
http://www.wapd.org/
Email: thehub@wapd.org
13031 Park Crossing, Suite 3101
Post Office Box 700625
San Antonio, Texas 78270-0625 USA
FAX (210) 656-0828
MARRTC (Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center)
fibromyalgia resources
http://www.hsc.missouri.edu/fibro/fibrotp.html
USA Fibromyalgia Association
http://www.w2.com/fibro1.html
Box 1483
Dublin, OH 43017 USA
Phone: 1-614-851-9177
Fax: 1-614-851-9277
Fibromama's Place
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Villa/1234/
Living with Fibromyalgia
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/2966/patty.htm
Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Network
http://www.fmnetnews.com/index.html
P.O. Box 31750
Tucson, AZ 85751 USA
Phone:(800) 853-2929
ABCNEWS.COM Health & Living
Fibromyalgia Patients Have Lower Blood Flow in Brain: Physical Proof of Chronic Pain
http://www.abcnews.com/sections/living/DailyNews/fibromyalgia980408.html
(Beside the above-named article, the site includes symptoms of FMS and readers' comments regarding the article & FMS)
Oregon Fibromyalgia Foundation (OFF)
A Fibromyalgia Information Network for Patients and Health Care
Professionals from Oregon Health Sciences University
http://www.myalgia.com/
(Articles for patients and physicians, books and stretching videos for patients)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Fibromyalgia
USA, British, Canadian, Dutch (Netherlands), Australian, Swedish and Japanese Resources
Articles & Discussion Groups for Patients and Physicians
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic encephalomyelitis
http://www.cais.com/cfs-news/
FIBROMYALGIA Information
http://www.cais.com/cfs-news/fibro.htm
Email: cfs-news-request@maelstrom.stjohns.edu
The American Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Email: debrap@u.washington.edu
c/o Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Avenue
Box 359780
Seattle, WA 98104 USA
Voice: 206-521-1932
Fax: 206-521-1930
Kealalaina's Fibromyalgia Page
http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/3466/fibro.html
Maxi Aids - Aids & Appliances for Independent Living
http://www.maxiaids.com/
Email: sales@maxiaids.com
42 Executive Blvd.
Farmingdale, N.Y. 11735 USA
TTY: 1-516-752-0738
Phone: 1-516-752-0521
Phone (TTY?) 1-800-522-6294
Fax: 1-516-752-0689
"Products Designed Especially For The Blind, Hard of Hearing, Deaf, Deaf-Blind, Arthritic, and the Physically Challenged" (Quoted from cover of their catalog.)
Down Syndrome: For New Parents
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/3272/index.html
Email: tompaul@geocities.com
(For parents and parents-to-be as well as relatives and friends of
children with Down Syndrome.)
Down Syndrome & Abortion
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7771/index2.html
Email: graceplace@geocities.com
Education Resources for Children with Down Syndrome
http://rainforest.parentsplace.com/dialog/get/homeschooling/4/2/3.html
Association for Children with Down Syndrome, Inc. (ACDS)
http://www.acds.org/
Email: info@acds.org
2616 Martin Avenue
Bellemore, NY 11710-3196 USA
Phone: 516-221-4700
Fax: 516-221-5867
The National Down Syndrome Society
http://www.ndss.org/
Email: info@ndss.org
666 Broadway, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10012-2317 USA
Voice: (212) 460-9330, Toll Free (800) 221-4602
Fax: (212) 979-2873
National Down Syndrome Congress
http://members.carol.net/~ndsc/
Email: NDSCcenter@aol.com
1605 Chantilly Dr. Suite 250
Atlanta GA 30324 USA
Phone: 800-232-NDSC (800-232-6372)
Phone: 404-633-1555
National Association For Down Syndrome (NADS)
http://www.nads.org/
P.O. Box 4542
Oak Brook, IL - 60522-4542 USA
Songs of Love
http://www.songsoflove.org/
Email: SongsLove@aol.com
Songs of Love Foundation
P.O.Box 750809
Forest Hills, NY 11375 USA
Phone / Fax: 800 960-SONG
"Songs Of Love is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating personalized songs for chronically and terminally ill children and young adults. These one-of-a-kind compositions are a wonderful source of joy and inspiration to the special people who receive them.
Song requests can only be taken from patient's parent, legal guardian or hospital staff. Others may sponsor a song for a sick child. Find out how in our donation page. Please request a profile sheet from our office, (contact information above). Return the completed profile to us with a brief description of the child's condition provided by a doctor. This profile is used to write a song containing the child's name, hobbies, favorite things, etc. There is no cost for this service. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for the completed song to be delivered to you. In case of special circumstances we can have the song ready as fast as needed." (Quoted from website except I changed "contact information below" to contact information above.)
