CT AHEAD maintains a list of helpful resources and links for students, parents, and professionals.
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Connecticut Resources
DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SERVICES (DORS) maximizes opportunities for people in Connecticut with disabilities to live, learn, and work independently.
Connecticut Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) program can help individuals with disabilities to prepare for, find, and keep a job. To be eligible for the VR program, an individual must have a significant physical or mental condition which poses a substantial barrier to employment.
The Bureau of Education and Services for the Blind serves persons with a legal blindness disability.
The Connecticut Tech Act Project (CTTAP) helps individuals with disabilities of all ages and all disabilities, as well as family members, employers, educators, and other professionals, have access to Assistive Technology devices and services.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services offers a counseling unit for Connecticut residents who are deaf, heard of hearing, KODA/CODA (hearing children or adults of deaf parents), and their family members. They also offer an interpreting unit with certified language interpreting services on a fee for service basis 24/7.
DISABILITY RIGHT CONNECTICUT (DRCT) is an advocacy organization dedicated to identifying and eliminating the barriers that people with disabilities face in exercising their civil, legal, and human rights.
OAK HILL provides a full range of services to people with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities, from newborns to seniors.
New England Assistive Technology (NEAT) Center has information about the latest technologies, products, equipment, and services that assist people with day-to-day activities that they have trouble doing themselves, either because of a disability or the effects of aging.
UCONN CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES engages in innovative disability related research, training, and technical assistance to bring about societal change and improvement in relation to people with disabilities.
Think College Initiative seeks to secure funding to bring a Think College Transition (TCT) Model to the state. TCT develops inclusive college-based transition services for students with intellectual disability and autism.
National Resources
THE ADA NATIONAL NETWORK consists of 10 regional ADA Centers and an ADA Knowledge Translation Center. The regional ADA Centers are distributed throughout the United States to provide local assistance and foster implementation of the ADA.
The New England ADA Center is one of the ten regional ADA Centers and provides information, guidance, and training on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), serving Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
CENTER FOR APPLIED SPECIAL TECHNOLOGY (CAST) is a nonprofit education research and development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals through Universal Design for Learning.
DISABILITY ACCESS INFORMATION AND SUPPORT (DAIS) offers professional development classes and technical assistance online to those who work with students with disabilities in higher education.
DISABILITIES, OPPORTUNITIES, INTERNETWORKING, AND TECHNOLOGY (DO-IT) is dedicated to empowering people with disabilities through technology and education by promoting awareness and accessibility.
FOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (FARE) works to improve the quality of life and the health of individuals with food allergies. The FARE website has a wealth of resources, including information for staff on making higher education institutions safer for students with food allergies.
NATIONAL DEAF CENTER (NDC) has guides, templates, overviews, publications, videos and more. The resources are developed by experts, covering a variety of topics to support evidence-based practices in postsecondary outcomes for deaf individuals.
US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION – Office for Civil Rights (OCR) ensures equal access to education and promotes educational excellence.
US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE provides information and technical assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
High School to College Transitional Resources
THE COLLEGE DIABETES NETWORK (CDN) publishes a guide for students, “Off to College with Diabetes”. This guide, along with many of their other resources, are provided free of charge to individuals with diabetes and their families.
FOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (FARE) works to improve the quality of life and the health of individuals with food allergies. The FARE website has a wealth of resources, including information for students with food allergies going to college.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (NCCSD) is a federally-funded project under the U.S. Department of Education. The NCCSD provide technical assistance and information about disability and higher education.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES PREPARING FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION is a resource provided by the Office for Civil Rights in the U. S. Department of Education, and explains the rights and responsibilities of students with disabilities who are preparing to attend postsecondary schools, as well as the obligations of a postsecondary school.
A Transition Guide to postsecondary education and employment for students and youth with disabilities, revised May 2017.
TRANSITIONING TO LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL is a resource provided by the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD).