DSSW Links and Resources
For links to helpful information and organizations, select from these links:
State Resources (DADS, CLASS & DBMD glossaries, TMHP, DARS)
Community Resources (a selection of state and local organizations that you might find helpful)
For news, information and association Web sites, select from these links:
Developmental Disabilities (Autism, Spina Bifida, Cerebral Palsy)
Traumatic Injury (Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, National Spinal Cord Injury Association)
Elder Care (a selection of associations, resources, and organizations)
For a DSSW office in your area – click here
State Resources
NavigateLifeTexas.org – This website is especially for families and parents of children with disabilities or special health care needs and is designed to offer support, inspiration, resources, and links to services available.
AvancemosJuntosTexas.org – Este sitio web es especialmente para las familias y los padres de niños con discapacidades o con cuidados de salud especiales necesidades y está diseñado para ofrecer apoyo, inspiración, recursos y enlaces a servicios disponibles.
The Texas Council on Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders has launched its newly redesigned website with enhanced resource information, news and information. Click here to visit the Autism website.
Department of Aging and Disability Services
http://www.dads.state.tx.us
DADS
Licensing Standards for Home and Community Support Services Agencies Handbook
http://www.dads.state.tx.us/handbooks/lshcssa/
Community Living Assistance and Support Services Glossary
http://www.dads.state.tx.us/handbooks/CLASSPM/glossary/index.htm
CLASS Provider Manual
http://www.dads.state.tx.us/handbooks/classpm/forms/index.asp
Deaf-Blind with Multiple Disabilities Medicaid Waiver Glossary
http://www.dads.state.tx.us/handbooks/dbmd/glossary/index.htm
Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
http://www.dars.state.tx.us
Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership
http://www.tmhp.com
Texas Department of State Health Services
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/services.shtm
For a DSSW office in your area – click here
National Community Resources
Goodwill Industries International
http://www.goodwill.org
Easter Seals Disability Services
http://www.easterseals.com
National Organization on Disability
http://www.nod.org
National Transition and Health Resources
http://depts.washington.edu/healthtr/resources.htm#national
ADA Advocacy
http://www.arts.state.tx.us/ada/links.asp?pi=129
For a DSSW office in your area, click here.
Imagine Enterprises
“Imagine is a collective of people with disabilities, parents, family members, advocates and professionals who desire an organization that steps out of the box of typical human services and reaches for the new and innovative. “
http://www.imagineenterprises.com/index.html
Kids Health – KidsHealth is the #1 most-visited website for children’s health and development.
http://www.kidshealth.org
Variety of Texas: the Children’s Charity of Texas
https://www.varietytexas.org/stories/
Local Community Resources
Austin
Thoughtful House Center for Children
http://www.thoughtfulhouse.org
Central Texas Autism Center
http://www.ctac1.com
Austin Child Guidance Center
http://www.austinchildguidance.org
Austin Travis County Mental Helath Mental Retardation Center
http://www.atcmhmr.com
Little Tesoros Therapy Services
http://www.littletesoros.com
Austin Community Care Services
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/communitycare/
Texas Parent to Parent
http://www.txp2p.org/contact.htm
People’s Community Clinic
http://www.pcclinic.org/about/
For a DSSW office in your area – click here
Dallas
The Arc of Dallas
http://www.arcdallas.org
Resource Centers on Independent Living
http://www.reachcils.org
El Paso
I.D.E.A.S.
http://www.katrinadisability.info/texas.html
Parent Support Groups
http://www.tsbvi.edu/Outreach/seehear/summer97/parent.html
VSA Arts of Texas
http://www.vsatx.org/index.html
Volar Center for Independent Living
http://www.volarcil.org/index.html
Higher Education for People with Disabilities
http://www.txddc.state.tx.us/resources/publications/collegehtml.asp
For a DSSW office in your area – click here
Longview
East Texas Food Bank
http://www.easttexasfoodbank.org
American Red Cross
http://www.smithcounty.redcross.org
ARC in Texas
(Advocacy services and links to other services)
http://www.thearc.org
AMBUCS
http://www.longviewambucs.com/amain.html
PATH
(Emergency service to people in need including food, shelter, medicine, utilities, etc)
http://www.tylerpath.org
ALERT
http://www.alertacademy.com
For a DSSW office in your area – click here
Lufkin/Henderson
Nacogdoches Community Services Guide
http://npl.sfasu.edu/communityservices
Nacogdoches-Palestine Resource Center
(provides resources to assist the community and persons with disabilities)
http://npl.sfasu.edu/communityservices/org/Nacogdoches-Palestine_Resource_Center.htm
Henderson County Help Center
http://www.thehelpcenter.org
For a DSSW office in your area – click here
Midland/Odessa
Midland Children’s Rehabilitation Center
http://www.mcrc1.org
Odessa Service Directory
http://www.odessalinks.org
San Antonio
Project Mend in San Antonio (medical equipment exchange network)
http://www.projectmend.org
Sunshine Cottage (school for deaf children)
http://www.sunshinecottage.org
Lions Club of San Antonio
https://www.saflc.org
Lions Club of San Antonio Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/SanAntonioFounderLionsClub
For a DSSW office in your area – click here
Waco/Temple/Kileen
The Children’s Special Needs Network
http://www.special-children.org
Academy for Speech and Language
http://www.wacospeech.com
Friends for Life
http://www.volunteermatch.org/orgs/org38274.html
Waco Resources for People with Disabilities
http://WWW.WACODIVERSITY.COM/library.asp?pagemode=4&cid=83
For a DSSW office in your area – click here
Developmental Disabilities
For developmental disability news, information and association Web sites, select from these links:
Autism Society of America
www.autism-society.org
Spina Bifida Association of America
www.sbaa.org
United Cerebral Palsy
www.ucp.org
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
www.curesma.org
Books on Autism
http://booksonhealth.com/autism/news/resources.html
Autism Speaks
http://www.autismspeaks.org/navigating/cdd.php
Cerebral Palsy Resources
http://www.cerebralpalsy.org/cerebral-palsy-assistance/texas/
For a DSSW office in your area – click here
Traumatic Injury
For traumatic injury news, information and association Web sites, select from these links:
Brain Injury Association of America
www.biausa.org
Brain Injury Association of Texas
www.biatx.org
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
http://spinalcord.org
For a DSSW office in your area – click here
Elder Care
For elder care news, information and association Web sites, select from these links:
Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services
www.dads.state.tx.us
Alzheimer’s Association
www.alz.org
The National Alliance for Caregiving
http://caregiving.org
For a DSSW office in your area – click here