Resources and Links

American Association on Mental Retardation (www.aamr.org)

American Baptist Churches, USA (www.abc-usa.org)

Arc of Chester County, PA (www.arcofchestercounty.org)
Provides assistance for people with developmental disabilities

Arc of Pennsylvania (www.thearcpa.org)

Assemblies of God (www.ag.org)

Catholic Church (www.usccb.org)

Center on Hearing and Deafness, Inc. (www.chadinc.org)

Central Conference of American Rabbis (www.ccarnet.org)

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ – www.disciples.org)

Christian Reformed Church (www.crcna.net)

Church of England (www.cofe.anglican.org)

Church of the Brethren (www.brethren.org)

Cerebral Palsy Association of Chester County (www.ccdisability.org)

Chester County Intermediate Unit (www.cciu.org)
Educational services for delayed children

Eastern Pennsylvania Down Syndrome Center (www.epdsc.org)

Episcopal Church (www.episcopalarchives.org)

Evangelical Covenant Church (www.covchurch.org)

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (www.elca.org)

FIND (Faith Inclusion Network for Disability) (www.findofpa.org)
Nurtures the spirit of inclusion, educates and empowers individuals with disabilities, and supports faith communities in welcoming, including, and valuing the gifts of these individuals

Institute on Disabilities at Temple University (www.temple.edu/instituteondisabilities)

Learning Disabilities Association of Pennsylvania (pages.prodigy.com/PALDA)

Kesher Israel (www.kesher-israel.org)
Kesher Israel Congregation, located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, has always strived to be inclusive of all persons.  The building is wheelchair accessible and people of varying abilities take an active part in both services and activities.  Kesher Israel’s Religious School sponsors two classes for students who are not mainstreamed and this year conducted training for teachers with mainstreamed students with special needs

Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (www.lcms.org)

Mental Heath Association in Pennsylvania (www.mhapa.org)

Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (www.msassociation.org)

National Council of Churches (www.ncccusa.org)

National Organization on Disability (www.nod.org)
Expands the participation and contribution of America’s 54 million men, women, and children with disabilities in all aspects of life

Orthodox Union (www.ou.org)

Parent to Parent of Pennsylvania (www.parenttoparent.org

Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (www.dli.state.pa.us/landi/cwp/browse.asp?a=128&bc=0&c=27855)
Assists Pennsylvanians with disabilities to secure and maintain employment and independence

Pennsylvania’s Assistive Technology Lending Library (http://disabilities.temple.edu/programs/assistive/atlend/index.htm)
Public awareness, information and referral, advocacy, and training to enhance access to assistive technology for all Pennsylvanians with disabilities

Pennsylvania Association of Resources (www.par.net)

Pennsylvania Disability Resources (www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/comm/pennsylvania.html)

Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council (www.paddc.org)

Pennsylvania’s Initiative on Assistive Technology (http://disabilities.temple.edu/programs/assistive/piat)
Pennsylvania's Initiative on Assistive Technology (PIAT) strives to enhance the lives of all Pennsylvanians with disabilities, older Pennsylvanians, and their families, through access to and acquisition of assistive technology devices and services, which allow for choice, control and independence at home, work, school, play, and in their neighborhoods

Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council (www.paddc.org/index.php) The Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council is a group made up of people with disabilities, family members, advocates, and state department representatives who work to create favorable conditions for people with developmental disabilities and their families in the Commonwealth 

Pennsylvania State Resources (www.nichcy.org/stateshe/pa.htm)

Presbyterian Church USA (www.pcusa.org)

Reformed Church of America (www.rca.org)

Rejoicing Spirits (www.rejoicingspirits.org)
Rejoicing Spirits, a national outreach ministry dedicated to including individuals with developmental disabilities and their families/caregivers, was founded in October, 2003 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.  The response from the community to the Rejoicing Spirits inclusive, adapted worship and fellowship model has been extremely positive, affirming the need to advocate for spiritual inclusion of all people

Seventh-Day Adventist Church (www.adventist.org)

Southern Baptist Convention (www.sbc.net) Spina Bifida Association of America (www.spinabifidaassociation.org

The National Autism Association of Pennsylvania (www.naa-pa.org)

Union for Reform Judaism (www.uahc.org)

Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (www.uua.org)

United Church of Christ (www.ucc.org)

United Methodist Church (www.umc.org)

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (www.uscj.org)

World Council of Churches (www.wcc-coe.org)

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