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.
Children’s Autism Program
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/services/disability/childrens-autism-program
Health and Human Services Commission
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/
Community Living Assistance and Support Services Glossary
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/handbooks/community-living-assistance-support-services-class-provider-manual/class-glossary
CLASS Provider Manual
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/laws-regulations/handbooks/classpm/community-living-assistance-support-services-provider-manual
Deaf-Blind with Multiple Disabilities Medicaid Waiver Glossary
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/handbooks/deaf-blind-multiple-disabilities-dbmd-program-manual
Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership
https://www.tmhp.com
Texas Department of State Health Services
https://www.dshs.texas.gov/services
For a DSSW office in your area – click here
Community Resources (National)
Goodwill Industries International
https://www.goodwill.org
Easter Seals Disability Services
https://www.easterseals.com
National Organization on Disability
https://www.nod.org
National Transition and Health Resources
https://depts.washington.edu/healthtr/resources.htm#national
ADA Advocacy
https://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. “
https://www.imagineenterprises.com/index.html
Kids Health – KidsHealth is the #1 most-visited website for children’s health and development.
https://www.kidshealth.org
Variety of Texas: the Children’s Charity of Texas
https://www.varietytexas.org/stories/
Community Resources (Local)
Austin
he Johnson Center for Child Health and Development
https://www.johnson-center.org/
Central Texas Autism Center
https://www.ctac1.com
Austin Child Guidance Center
https://www.austinchildguidance.org
Integral Care (Mental Health)
https://integralcare.org
Little Tesoros Therapy Services
https://littletesoros.com
Austin Community Care Services
https://www.ci.austin.tx.us/communitycare/
Texas Parent to Parent
https://www.txp2p.org/contact.htm
People’s Community Clinic
https://www.pcclinic.org/about/
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Dallas / Fort Worth
The Arc of Dallas
https://www.arcdallas.org
Resource Centers on Independent Living
https://www.reachcils.org
For a DSSW office in your area – click here
El Paso
I.D.E.A.S.
https://www.katrinadisability.info/texas.html
Parent Support Groups
https://www.tsbvi.edu/Outreach/seehear/summer97/parent.html
VSA Arts of Texas
https://www.vsatx.org/index.html
Volar Center for Independent Living
https://www.volarcil.org/index.html
Higher Education for People with Disabilities
https://www.txddc.state.tx.us/resources/publications/collegehtml.asp
For a DSSW office in your area – click here
Henderson
Nacogdoches Community Services Guide
https://npl.sfasu.edu/communityservices
Nacogdoches-Palestine Resource Center
(provides resources to assist the community and persons with disabilities)
https://npl.sfasu.edu/communityservices/org/Nacogdoches-Palestine_Resource_Center.htm
Henderson County Help Center
https://www.thehelpcenter.org
For a DSSW office in your area – click here
Longview
Longview Area Resources
East Texas Food Bank
https://www.easttexasfoodbank.org
American Red Cross
https://www.smithcounty.redcross.org
ARC in Texas
(Advocacy services and links to other services)
https://www.thearc.org
AMBUCS
https://www.longviewambucs.com/amain.html
PATH
(Emergency service to people in need including food, shelter, medicine, utilities, etc)
https://www.tylerpath.org
ALERT
https://www.alertacademy.com
For a DSSW office in your area – click here
Midland / Odessa
Midland Children’s Rehabilitation Center
https://www.mcrc1.org
Odessa Service Directory
https://www.odessalinks.org
For a DSSW office in your area – click here
San Antonio
Project Mend in San Antonio (medical equipment exchange network)
https://www.projectmend.org
Sunshine Cottage (school for deaf children)
https://www.sunshinecottage.org
Lions Club of San Antonio
https://www.saflc.org
Lions Club of San Antonio Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/SanAntonioFounderLionsClub
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Waco
The Children’s Special Needs Network
https://www.special-children.org
Academy for Speech and Language
https://www.wacospeech.com
Friends for Life
https://www.volunteermatch.org/orgs/org38274.html
Waco Resources for People with Disabilities
https://WWW.WACODIVERSITY.COM/library.asp?pagemode=4&cid=83
For a DSSW office in your area – click here
Developmental Disability Links
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
https://booksonhealth.com/autism/news/resources.html
Autism Speaks
https://www.autismspeaks.org/navigating/cdd.php
Cerebral Palsy Resources
https://www.cerebralpalsy.org/cerebral-palsy-assistance/texas/
For a DSSW office in your area – click here
Traumatic Injury Links
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 Links
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
https://caregiving.org
For a DSSW office in your area – click here