Kentucky Disability Resources Manual

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General

• Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute (University of Kentucky Affiliated Program)
• Kentucky Disabilities Coalition
• KY CARES: Kentucky's Guide to Services
• State Services for Kentuckians with Disabilities
• See also Multi-Service Agencies

Advocacy and Legal Rights

• Institute for ADA Mediation
• Kentucky Client Assistance Program (CAP)
• Kentucky Commission on Human Rights
• Kentucky Protection and Advocacy
• Southeast Disability and Business Techical Assistance Center

Aging

• Kentucky Office of Aging Services

Alzheimer's Disease

• Alzheimer's Association - Chapters in Kentucky
• Alzheimer's Association - Louisville Chapter

Arts

• Kentucky Center for the Arts - Accessibility Information
• Minds Wide Open Art Center
• VSA Arts of Kentucky

Assistive Technology

• enTECH (Enabling Technologies of Kentuckiana)
• Bluegrass Technology Center
• Kentucky Assistive Technology Loan Corporation
• Kentucky Assistive Technology Services Network (KATS)

Autism

• Autism Society of Kentuckiana (ASK)
• Autism Society of Western Kentucky
• Eastern Kentucky University Autism & Related Disorders Group
• Kentucky Autism Training Center Child Evaluation Center (KATC)

Blindness and Visual Impairments

• Audio Studio for the Reading Impaired
• Kentucky Department for the Blind
• Kentucky School for the Blind
• Kentucky Talking Book Library
• National Federation of the Blind of Kentucky
• Talking Book Library of Northern Kentucky

Brain Injury

• Brain Injury Association of Kentucky

Cerebral Palsy

• Kentucky Cerebral Palsy Network

Children

• First Steps: Kentucky's Early Intervention System (KEIS)
• Kentucky Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs
• Kentucky Special Parent Involvement Network (KY-SPIN)
• NICHCY State Contact Sheet
• University of Kentucky Children's Hospital
• WHAS Crusade for Children

Communication Disorders

• Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  See also Deafness and Hearing Impairments

Deaf-Blindness

• National Family Association for Deaf-Blind - Kentucky

Deafness and Hearing Impairments

• EKU Center for the Deaf
• Kentucky Association of the Deaf
• Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD)
• See also Communication Disorders

Developmental Disabilities

• Arc of the Bluegrass
• Cedar Lake
• Council on Mental Retardation (formerly Council for Retarded Citizens)
• Kentucky Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services
• Kentucky Developmental Disabilities Council

Down Syndrome

• Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati (DSAGC)

Education

• Kentucky Department of Education - Division of Exceptional Children Services
• Kentucky Education Rights Center

Employment

• Goodwill Industries of Kentucky
• Kentucky AgrAbility Project
• Kentucky Cabinet for Workforce Development
• See also Vocational Rehabilitation

Epilepsy

• Epilepsy Council of Greater Cincinnati

Hospices

• Kentucky Association of Hospices and Palliative Care

Housing

• National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification - Kentucky

Independent Living

• Center for Accessible Living

Learning Disabilities

• Kentucky State Resources (LD OnLine)
• Kentucky State Resources Literacy and Learning Disabilities (NALLD)
• Learning Disabilities Association of Kentucky

Mental Illness

• Kentucky Council for Children with Behavior Disorders (KyCCBD)
• Kentucky Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services
• Mental Health Association of Kentucky
• NAMI Kentucky
• R.E.A.C.H. of Louisville (for children)

Mental Retardation

• See Developmental Disabilities

Multi-Service Agencies

• Redwood Rehabilitation Center

Multiple Sclerosis

• National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Kentucky Chapters
• ...Kentucky-Southeast Indiana Chapter

Recreation

• See Sports and Recreation

Rehabilitation

• Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital
• See also Vocational Rehabilitation

Respite Services

• National Respite Locator Service - Kentucky Respite Programs

Speech Disorders

• See Communication Disorders

Spina Bifida

• Spina Bifida Association of Kentucky

Sports and Recreation

• Camp KYSOC
• HandiCAPABLE Guide Service
• Special Olympics Kentucky

Transportation

• Project ACTION Accessible Traveler's Database - Kentucky Cities

Vocational Rehabilitation

• Kentucky Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
• See also Employment