Disability For Providers

WV Resources

• Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs – resources for providers to assist individuals with special health care needs.
• WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities
  provides a variety of services and supports to individuals with disabilities in WV, their families and professionals who work with them.
• WVU Medicine Neurodevelopmental Center
  provides treatment for children with neurodevelopmental delays including occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech-language therapy and applied behavior analysis.
• Disability Rights of West Virginia – Protects and advocates for the human and legal rights of persons with disabilities.
• WV Developmental Disabilities Council – Works to assure that West Virginians with developmental disabilities receive the services, supports, and other forms of assistance they need to exercise self-determination and achieve independence, productivity, integration and inclusion in the community.

National Resources

• Out and About: Laws That Protect People with Disabilities
  These fact sheets provide information about U.S. laws that protect the rights of people with disabilities. RTC researchers and staff created them as resources for participants in our “Out and About” intervention, which is part of the Research and Training Center on Promoting Interventions for Community Living (RTC/PICL).
• Adminstration for Community Living
  Administration on Disabilities that works with states, communities, and partners in the disability networks to increase the independence, productivity, and community integration of individuals with disabilities.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  the nation’s health protection agency that has data, statistics, and informational materials on various diseases, conditions and healthy living.
• Disability.gov
  the only non-regulatory federal agency that promotes policies and coordinates with employers and all levels of government to increase workplace success for people with disabilities.