Resources for Ministry with Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities
"The same Jesus who heard the cry for recognition from the people with disabilities of Judea and Samaria 2,000 years ago calls us, His followers, to embrace our responsibility to our own disabled brothers and sisters in the United States." (Pastoral Statement of the U.S. Catholic Bishops on People with Disabilities, USCCB, 1978.)
Statements
and Resources from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Statements from the Vatican
National
Catholic Ministries with Persons with Disabilities
Diocesan
Ministries with Persons with Disabilities
Ecumenical Organizations
and Resources
National
Organizations for Persons with Disabilities
National Agencies and Resources
Ohio Agencies,
Organizations and Resources
Local Agencies,
Organizations, and Resources
To suggest a link, please e-mail mbutler@cdeducation.org.
Statements and Resources from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Pastoral Statement of the U.S. Catholic Bishops on People with Disabilities
Guidelines for the Celebration of the Sacraments with Persons with Disabilities
Welcome and Justice for Persons with Disabilities
USCCB Information on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Jubilee of the Disabled (Sunday, December 3, 2000):
Conclusions of a Vatican Conference on the Family and Integration of the Disabled
Address of the Holy Father to the Congress on Integration of Disabled Children
Address of Pope John Paul II to the Members of the Christian Office for the Disabled
Address of Pope John Paul II to the Faith and Light Movement
National Catholic Ministries with Persons with Disabilities
National Catholic Partnership on Disability
National Catholic Office for the Deaf
National Apostolate for Inclusion Ministry
Network of Inclusive Catholic Educators
Silver Burdett Ginn Religion: Special Education Resources
Diocesan Ministries with Persons with Disabilities
Archdiocese of Boston - Deaf Catholic Community
Archdiocese of Chicago - SPRED (Special Religious Development)
Diocese of Pittsburgh -
Department for Persons with Disabilities
Diocese of San Antonio - Deaf
Ministry
Archdiocese of Washington -
Center for Deaf Ministries
Ecumenical Organizations and Resources
National Council of Churches Committee on Disabilities
National Organizations for Persons with Disabilities
** The following links are provided for informational purposes only. Although sincere efforts have been made to offer addresses only to websites whose content is faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church, the Columbus Diocesan Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry is not responsible for the content of the websites accessible by link from this website. **
American Association
of the Deaf-Blind
American Association on Mental Retardation
American Autoimmune Related
Diseases Association (AARDA)
American Disability Association
American Foundation for the Blind, Inc
American Heart Association National
Center
American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association
Children and Adults with Attention Deficilt Disorder (CHADD)
Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults
Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.
Mental Health & Religion Resources: Pathways to Promise
Muscular Dystrophy Association
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
National Association For
Down Syndrome (NADS)
National Association of the Deaf
National Down Syndrome Society
National Information Center for Children and
Youth with Disabilities
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
National Organization for Albinism & Hypopigmnetation (NOAH)
National Parent Network on Disabilities
Spina Bifida Association of America
National Agencies and Resources
** The following links are provided for informational purposes only. Although sincere efforts have been made to offer addresses only to websites whose content is faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church, the Columbus Diocesan Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry is not responsible for the content of the websites accessible by link from this website. **
Administration on
Developmental Disabilities
Disability Grapevine Newspaper
Disability Resources on the Internet
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
National Institute
of Mental Health
National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institute
on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Social Security Administration
Special Education Intervention Techniques
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of
Education: Office of Special Education Programs
U.S. Department of Education:
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
U.S. Department of
Education: Rehabilitation Services Administration
U.S. Department of Justice
ADA Home Page
Ohio Agencies,
Organizations, and Resources
** The following links are provided for informational purposes only. Although sincere efforts have been made to offer addresses only to websites whose content is faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church, the Columbus Diocesan Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry is not responsible for the content of the websites accessible by link from this website. **
American Council of the Blind of Ohio
AXIS Center for Public Awareness of
People with Disabilities
Cerebral
Palsy Association of Ohio
Governor's Council on People with
Disabilities
Great Lakes Area Regional Center for Deafblind Education
Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging
Ohio Association of County Boards of Mental
Retardation and Developmental Disability
Ohio Department of
Education - Office for Exceptional Children
Ohio Department of
Education - Office of Special Education Programs
Ohio Department of
Human Services: Office of Medicaid
Ohio Department of Mental Health
Ohio Department of Mental Retardation
and Developmental Disabilities
Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council
Ohio Disability Resources on the Internet
Ohio Federation Council for Exceptional
Children
Ohio Industries for the Handicapped
Ohio Provider Resource Association
Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission
Ohio
Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Ohio State School for the Blind
Ohio State School for the Deaf
Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury
Prevention & Rehabilitation
Ohio Women with Disabilities
Network
Tourette Syndrome Association of Ohio
Local Agencies, Organizations, and Resources
Central Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center (COSERRC)
East Central Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center
Pilasco-Ross Special Education Regional Resource Center
North Central Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center
Franklin County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Marion County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Union County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Fairfield County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Autism Society of Central Ohio