The following resources provide a good place to start as you continue your exploration of ways to encourage college-bound young people to reach their highest potential in school, in careers, and in other life experiences.

ABLEDATA [Seems to now be defunct]

AccessCAREERS
www.washington.edu/doit/programs/accesscollege/employment-office/overview

AccessCollege
www.washington.edu/doit/programs/accesscollege

Adolescent Health Transition Project
depts.washington.edu/healthtr

Alliance for Technology Access
http://www.icdri.org/community/ata.htm

American Association of People with Disabilities
www.aapd.com

ADA & IT Technical Assistance Centers
adata.org/

The Arc
www.thearc.org

Be a Mentor
www.beamentor.org/wp

CAST: Center for Applied Special Technology
www.cast.org/

Center for Self-Determination
www.self-determination.com

Child Safety on the Information Highway National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm

College Preparation Resources for Students
www.washington.edu/doit/programs/accesscollege/student-lounge/college

DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities,Internetworking, and Technology)
www.washington.edu/doit

DisABILITY Information and Resources
www.makoa.org

e-Volunteerism
www.evolunteerism.com

Family Village: A Global Community of Disability-Related Resources
www.familyvillage.wisc.edu

Got a Good Mentor? Hold Up Your End of the Bargain
www.esight.org/index.cfm?x=1319

HEATH Resource Directory
www.heath.gwu.edu/HEATH_DIR/index.php

Institute on Community Integration
ici.umn.edu

International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet
www.icdri.org

Internet Safety: A Note to Parents, Guardians and Teachers World Kids Network
www.worldkids.net/school/safety/internet/guidance.html

JAN: Job Accommodation Network
askjan.org/

KASA: Kids as Self-Advocates
www.fvkasa.org

Kids Together, Inc.: Information and Resources for Children & Adults with Disabilities
kidstogether.org/

Kidz Privacy: Adults Only Federal Trade Commission
www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/kidzprivacy/adults.htm

LD Online: Kid Zone
www.ldonline.org/kidzone/kidzone.html

The Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace for Parents & Kids American Library Association
archive.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/guide.html

Mapping Your Future
mapping-your-future.org

MENTOR
www.mentoring.org

MentorNet: The E-Mentoring Network for Diversity in Engineering and Science
greatmindsinstem.org/mentornet/

National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)
www.ncset.org

National Council on Disability (NCD)
ncd.gov/

National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
ncil.org/

National Mentoring Center
www.nwrel.org/mentoring

National Organization on Disability (N.O.D.)
www.nod.org

National Youth Development Information Center
www.nationalyouthdevelopment.org

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

NYLN: National Youth Leadership Network
nyln.org/

OHSU Center on Self-Determination (SD)
www.ohsu.edu/oidd/CSD

PACER Center (Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights)
www.pacer.org

A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety Federal Bureau of Investigation
www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguide.htm

People First of Oregon
www.peoplefirst.org

Self-Advocacy and Self-Determination Synthesis Projects
www.uncc.edu/sdsp

ServiceLeader.org: Virtual Volunteering
www.serviceleader.org/new/virtual

Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities
U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/transition.html

Think College U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov/thinkcollege

U.S. Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration
www.doleta.gov/

What a Mentor Can Do for You
www.esight.org/index.cfm?x=1198

Winners On Wheels!
www.wowusa.com

World Friends, Resources, and Disabilities
www.seattleschools.org/schools/hale/friends/wf_home.htm

World Institute on Disability
wid.org/

Yes I Can! Foundation for Exceptional Children
yesican.sped.org

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