Tennessee Links

General

John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development - Finding Disability Services
Tennessee Commission on Aging & Disability
Tennessee Department of Human Services
Tennessee Disability Coalition
Tennessee Family Pathfinder

Advocacy & Legal Rights

People First of Tennessee
Southeast Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center
Tennessee ADA Leadership Network
Tennessee ADAPT
Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (TALS)
Tennessee Association for Disability Rights
Tennesse Justice Center
Tennessee Protection and Advocacy (TP&A)

Aging

AARP in Tennessee
Aging Commission of the Mid-South
ElderWeb Tennessee
First Tennessee Area Agency on Aging
Tennessee Commission on Aging & Disability
U.S. Administration on Aging - Tennessee State and Area Agencies on Aging

Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's Association - Chapters in Tennessee

Arts

Tennessee Arts Commission - Artists with Disabilities
VSA arts Tennessee

Assistive Technology

LRE for LIFE (technical assistance for schools)
Tennessee Technology Access Project (TTAP)
East Tennessee Technology Access Center
Mid-South Access Center for Technology (ACT)
Technology Access Center of Middle Tennessee
West Tennessee Special Technology Access Resource (STAR) Center

Autism

Middle Tennessee
Families for Early Autism Treatment - F.E.A.T. of Chattanooga
Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD)

Blindness and Visual Impairments

Clovernook Center for the Blind
Prevent Blindness Tennessee
Radio Reading Service of the Memphis/Shelby County Public Library and Information Center
Tennessee Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Tennessee School for the Blind
Volunteer Blind Industries

Brain Injury

Brain Injury Association of Tennessee
Project BRAIN

Cerebral Palsy

Middle Tennessee
Mid-South

Children

Center for Early Childhood Learning and Development (Tennessee State University)
Family Voices of Tennessee
NICHCY State Contact Sheet
Support and Training for Exceptional Parents (STEP)
Tennessee Voices for Children
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital

Communication Disorders

Tennessee Association of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists (TAASLP)

Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Tennessee Chapter

Deaf-Blindness

TREDS: The Tennessee Outreach Project for Children and Youth Experiencing Dual Sensory Impairments

Deafness and Hearing Impairments

Bill Rice Ranch (religious summer program for deaf teens)
Knoxville Area Community Center for the Deaf (KACCD)
Tennessee Infant Parent Service Program (TIPS)
Tennessee School for the Deaf

Developmental Disabilities

Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities (University of Tennessee Health Science Center)
Independent Opportunities
John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development
Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Tennessee Developmental Disabilities Council

Diabetes

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - East Tennessee Chapter
Healthy Living with Diabetes: A Self-Care Program for Persons with Diabetes and Their Caregivers (Univ. of Tennessee)

Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tennessee

Education

Disability Coalition on Education
SPAN-TN (Special Education Action Network of Tennessee)
Tennessee Division of Special Education
Rights of Children With Disabilities and Parent Responsibilities
Step By Step: A Guide For Parents
West Tennessee RISE (Restructuring for Inclusive School Environments)

Epilepsy

East Tennessee
Middle Tennessee

Financial Information

TennCare (state-sponsored managed care)
Tennessee Division of Workers' Compensation

Health

HIT: Health Information Tennessee
Tennessee Department of Health
Tennessee Health Care Campaign

Heart Disorders

American Heart Association - Tennessee Chapters

Housing

National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification - Tennessee
Tennessee Housing Development Agency

Independent Living

Center for Independent Living of Middle Tennessee
Disability Resource Center (Knoxville)
Jackson Center for Independent Living
Memphis Center for Independent Living
Tri-State Resource Advocacy Corporation (TRAC)

Learning Disabilities

Learning Disability Association of Greater Memphis
Tennessee State Resources (LD OnLine)
Tennessee State Resources for Literacy and Learning Disabilities (NALLD)

Leukemia & Lymphoma

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Tennessee Chapter

Mental Illness

Helen Ross McNabb Center
Mental Health Association
       Greater Knoxville
       Middle Tennessee
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Tennessee (NAMI Tennessee)
Regional Intervention Program (for children)
Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Tennessee State Mental Health Resources (KEN)

Multiple Sclerosis

National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Tennessee Chapters
Mid-Atlantic Chapter

Respite Services

National Respite Locator Service - South Dakota and Tennessee Respite Programs

Spina Bifida

Spina Bifida Association of Tennessee

Sports and Recreation

Camp Koinonia

Transportation

Project ACTION Accessible Traveler's Database - Tennessee Cities

Veterans

Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs

Vocational Rehabilitation

Tennessee Department of Human Services (see Rehabilitation Services Division)
Center on Disability and Employment