disability resources

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• - An auditory / oral school for hearing impaired children based in Marrero that teaches deaf children to talk. Services include diagnostics, therapy, remediation, academic programs and professional training.
  
• - Facilitates the self-advocacy of students with disabilities in order to experience full participation in all activities, programs and services of the University.
  
• - Department of Social Services site that provides extensive consumer resources and information on training, telecommunicatiion devices, certified sign language interpreters, telephone relay service and legislation.
  
• - Bancroft operates two Louisiana facilities that offer special pediatric and adult programs for persons with neurological disabilities including autism and brain injury. Other services include community living programs and vocational programs.
  
• - Easter Seals Louisiana is a non-profit, community-based health agency whose mission is to help children and adults with disabilities achieve independence through a variety of programs and services.
  
• - PrimeCare has 8 locations in Louisiana serving the needs of persons who seek certain types of orthotic and prosthetic appliances.
  
• - - Polio/PPS Information for Polio Survivors.
  
• - Federally funded planning and advocacy body regarding disabilities.
  
• - Offers curatorship service for the elderly, the disabled and children under interdiction or who need guardianship or care management services.
  
• - A listing of numerous respite care facilities statewide that provide services for persons with developmental disabilities within any age group. Links to national web site.
  
• - Service to the Blind and Physically Handicapped is a free library service given to anyone in the state of Louisiana who is unable to read standard print due to a permanent or temporary visual or physical disability.
  
• - A division of the Louisiana Dept. of Social Services, this section of their web site provides a wealth of information relevant for persons with disabilities who seek assistance in returning to work.
  
• - Louisiana section of national website. Provides contact information for statewide resources for parent training, developmental disabilities planning, protection / advocacy, education and rehabilitation.
  
• - Based in Northeast Louisiana, this non-profit organization provides sign language interpreting services for individuals, organizations, and businesses. Sign language classes taught for all levels of proficiency.
  
• - Site with informative articles on special programs for infants through adults, scholarship programs, newspapers, training for parents of blind children, orientation and mobility training. Links to blindness related sites.