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Resource Links You will, hopefully, find that one or more of the links below will provide you with assistance in your quest for additional information. Also, please not hesitate to pose a question by e‐mailing Ralph Courtney, Executive Director, [email protected], who will attempt to find information, a staff member, or another agency to assist you.

Aiken County Board of Disabilities: www.aikenboard.org

Aiken County Public Schools – Office of Special Education: 803‐641‐2624

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD): www.aamr.org

ANCOR: www.ancor.org Arc of South Carolina: www.arcsc.org

Association for Children with Down Syndrome: www.acds.org

Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (TASH): www.tash.org

Brain Injury Association of S.C.: www.biausa.org/SC

Center for Medicaid Services: www.cms.gov Council on Quality and Leadership: www.thecouncil.org

Coping with COVID Stress: www.apa.org/topics/covid-19/disability-tip-sheet

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC): www.cec.sped.org/am/template.cfm?section=Home

Creating a Sensory Friendly Home: www.bigrentz.com/blog/sensory-friendly-home-modifications-autism-sensory-processing-disorder

Family Connection of South Carolina: www.familyconnectionsc.org

Features of Accessible Apartments: www.apartmentguide.com/blog/disability-apartments-looks-features

First Steps: www.scfirststeps.org

Greenwood Genetics Center: www.ggc.org

Great Oak Aiken Therapeutic Riding Center: www.greatoakatrc.org

How to Find an Accessible Apartment: www.rent.com/blog/how-to-find-an-accessible-apartment

JustGive.org: www.justgive.org

Making Special Education Work for your Child During COVID: www.health.harvard.edu/blog/making-special-education-work-for-your-child-during-covid-19

National Disability Rights Network (NAPAS): www.napas.org

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities: www.nichcy.org

National Down Syndrome Society: www.ndss.org

National Fragile X Foundation: www.fragilex.org

National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: www.nofas.org

Parents Reaching Out to Parents (Pro‐Parents): www.proparents.org

Prader‐Willi Syndrome Association: www.pwausa.org

Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. (P&A): www.protectionandadvocacy‐sc.org

Qualified Provider Listings (QPLs): To find out the qualified service providers in your area, go to www.ddsn.sc.gov; click on Service Delivery System; click on List of All Qualified Service Providers; click Qualified Service Providers List, click yellow box.

Resources for Kids in Trauma: www.sesamestreetincommunities.org/topics/traumatic-experiences/

S.C. Access: www.scaccesshelp.org

S.C. Assistive Technology Project: www.sc.edu/scatp

S.C. Autism Society: www.scautism.org

S.C. Centers for Equal Justice: www.sclegalservicesprograms.org/sccej.html

S.C. Department of Disabilities and Special Needs: (DDSN)www.ddsn.sc.gov

S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC): www.scdhec.gov

S.C. Department of Social Services – Aiken County: www.dss.sc.gov/content/about/counties/counties.aspx?ID=2

S.C. Department of Vocational Rehabilitation: (VR) www.scvrd.net/

S.C. Depart. of Vocational Rehabilitation – Aiken Office: www.scvr.net_contact.php?id=Aiken&type+AO

S.C. Developmental Disabilities Council: www.scddc.state.sc.us

S.C. Disabilities Collaborative: www.uscm.med.sc.edu

S.C. Legislature: www.scstatehouse.gov/members/bios/1296590754.html

S.C. Spinal Cord Injury Association: http://www.scspinalcord.org

S.C. State Library Talking Book Services: www.state.library.sc.gov

Special Olympics: www.specialolympics.org

Special Needs Trusts: What Parents and Caregivers Need to Know: www.justgreatlawyers.com/legal-guides/speical-needs-trusts

The arc: www.thearc.org Trips, Inc. – Special Adventures: www.tripsinc.com

United Cerebral Palsy:  www.ucp.org

U.S. Department of Justice: www.justice.gov

U.S. Social Security Administration: www.ssa.gov

United Way of Aiken County: www.uwaiken.org

Your DNA Genetic Resources: https://yourdna.com/genetic-resources-pregnancy/

Your DNA Safe/Healthy/Pregnancy: https://yourdna.com/safe-healthy-pregnancy-resources/