CARF The Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission - Non-profit organization give accreditation to behavioral health, rehabilitation and community service programs. Offers professional training.

ADD Features the program specific resources for the highlighted organization, Administration of Developmental Disabilities.

NADDC National Association of Developmental Disabilities Councils provides support resources for people with developmental problems.

Family Support Program Serves families who have someone living at home with a developmental disability. Contains contact information.

Leave a Legacy You can make a difference in the lives that follow.

The Developmental Assistance and Bill of Rights

National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities We are pleased to announce that the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) was officially established at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on April 12, 2001.

NICHD Publications Online

Cognitive and Developmental Disabilities Resources

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

History of Disabilities by a parent of a Down Syndrome Child To paraphrase Eliza Doolittle, "it is not so much what a person is called but how s/he is treated which is important."

Montana Advocacy Program MAP is a non-profit corporation that administers five Protection and Advocacy programs that advocate the rights of Montanans with disabilities. All programs are established under federal law. MAP's staff includes professional advocates and attorneys.

Rural Institute - University of Montana The Montana University Affiliated Rural Institute on Disabilities is guided by values of independence, productivity, integration, and inclusion of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.

Direct Support Professionals This site contains practical information of use to individuals who provide residential, educational, and vocational services to persons with disabilities. Direct support professionals are known by a variety of job titles: residential counselor, personal care attendant, job coach, para-educator, program manager, direct care provider, and many others. Through their work they directly impact the quality of services and life available to persons with disabilities.