Toys "R" Us offers a terrific resource for parents of children with disabilities. Go to the mega store website at Toys R Us to use the free "Toy Guide For Differently Abled Kids". In the guide you will find toys with just the right mix of skill building and play values, as well as helpful tips on how to choose the right toy for that special child in your life. The guide sorts toys by the type of skills that they promote including language or cognitive skills and fine or gross motor skills. The National Lekotek Center which offers a toy resource helpline, call toll free at 800-366-PLAY, and special needs toy lending libraries at its sites in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia and the United Parents Syndicate on Disabilities.
Children love to read their favorite books over and over again, and blind kids are no exception. With this in mind, the American Action Fund for Blind Children And Adults offer blind children a free braille book every month to keep. Featured titles are current and appropriate for the readers age. The program is available to blind children, blind parents, schools and libraries serving the blind. Download and print out an application at Action Fund or call the library to receive a free information packet at 818-343-2022.
Children with disabilities in California can receive grants and camperships through the Native Daughters of the Golden West Children's Foundation, which serves families of average income who are not eligible for other aid. Grants have covered braces, wheelchairs, speech theraphy, hospitilization, theraphy, medication, and more. Jewell McSweeney Memorial Camperships and Hazel B. Hansen Memorial Grants help send children to special camps for the blind and deaf. Get an application at Native Daughters of the Golden West Foundation The Kenneth Jennigan library in Tarzana, California is a free lending library containing thousands of braille books. This unique library is run by Jean Dyon Norris, inventor of Twin Vision Books, and is staffed mostly by volunteers. To apply for the program parents just need to fill out a simple form. Books are sent by mail and no postage is required to return them.
Qualified children of vietnam vetrans who suffer from spina bifida are eligible for monthly financial assistance and vocational training and rehabilitation from the Department Of Veterans Affairs. Children must be natural and not adopted. Request a application form 21-0304 and send it to VA Regional Office, Veterans Service Center(339/21), Box 25126, Denver, Colorado 80225.
www.disabilityresources.org: Disability resources on the internet
www.disability.gov: Information and opportunities for people with disabilities.
www.ds-health.com: Down syndrome resources.
www.rarediseases.org: National Organization for Rare Disorders.
www.tash.org: TASH- Association for Persons with Severe Handicap
www.aspergersyndrome.org: OASIS-Aspergers Synbdrome information
http://listeningandspokenlanguage.org: Alexander Grahm Bell Association for the Deaf.
http://www.nad.org: National Association Of The Deaf
www.ndss.org: National Down Syndrome Society.
www.nfadb.org: National Family Association For Deaf Blind
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