The National Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) offers brief, but detailed fact sheets (in English and Spanish) on characteristics of specific disabilities, and offers tips for parents and teachers.
A simple guide to disability etiquette.
An Asthma Treatment Plan for use in schools and afterschool programs created by The Pediatric/Adult Ashtma Coalition of New Jersey.
Provides resources for people with disabilities created by People with Disabilities related to self advocacy, goal setting and disability rights. Mainly for San Diego, CA area.
The Disability History Museum aims to provide all site visitors, people with and without disabilities, researchers, teachers and students, with a wide array of tools to help deepen their understanding of human variation and difference, and to expand appreciation of how vital to our common life the experiences of people with disabilities have always been.
Disability is Natural is operated by Kathie Snow a parent, author and speaker. The website has wonderful information including an extensive list of internet resources.
The Emerging Leaders Web site highlights internship and leadership development opportunities for students with disabilities.
The Center for Inclusive Child Care is run by Concordia University in Minnesota. CICC offers many free on line info modules and self study programs to support inclusion on a variety of topics. Continuing Education Credits are available at a nominal fee.
The mission of the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights is to promote the best interests of unaccompanied immigrant children (children on the move) with due regard to the child’s expressed wishes, according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This site offers free advice and resources on topics involving child immigration.
The Detention Watch Network works through the collective strength and diversity of its members to expose and challenge the injustices of the U.S. immigration detention and deportation system and advocate for profound change that promotes the rights and dignity of all persons.
Forced Migration Online (FMO) is home to a growing collection of free resources relating to refugees and forced migration. FMO is designed for use by students, academics, practitioners, policy makers, the media, forced migrants or anyone else interested in the field of forced migration. By bringing together these useful and timesaving resources, FMO aims to support research and policy making in the field.
The Immigration Advocates Network (IAN) is a collaborative effort of leading immigrants' rights organizations designed to increase access to justice for low-income immigrants and strengthen the capacity of organizations serving them. IAN promotes more effective and efficient communication, collaboration, and services among immigration advocates and organizations by providing free, easily accessible and comprehensive online resources and tools.
National Immigration Forum advocates for the value of immigrants and immigration to our nation. In service to this mission, the Forum promotes responsible immigration policies that honor our Founding Fathers’ ideals of America as a land of opportunity and also address today’s economic and national security needs.
The Campaign to Reform Immigration for America is a united national effort that brings together individuals and grassroots organizations with the mission to build support for workable comprehensive immigration reform.
The IOM Team works to assist governments to shape their immigration and border management policies and support their implementation by the concerned agencies. On this site you can find ways to help promote just policies and rights.
The National Council of La Raza (NCLR)—the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States—works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. To achieve its mission, NCLR conducts applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy, providing a Latino perspective in five key areas—assets/investments, civil rights/immigration, education, employment and economic status, and health.
The National Immigrant Youth Alliance is an undocumented youth-led network of grassroots organizations, campus-based student groups and individuals committed to achieving equality for all immigrant youth, regardless of their legal status.
The National Immigration Law Center is dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants and their family members. Over the past 30 years, NILC has earned a national reputation as a leading expert on immigration, public benefits and employment laws affecting immigrants and refugees.
The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights works to defend and expand the rights of all immigrants and refugees, regardless of immigration status. Since its founding in 1986, the organization has drawn membership from diverse immigrant communities and actively builds alliances with social and economic justice partners around the country.
The comprehensive website has a list of science and math links that will provide students with direct assistance and teachers with new, exciting homework helper ideas.