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- Directory of disability resources and information specialists.

- Offers programs and services to blind and partially sighted individuals including: VISION Community Services Braille Program, books-on-tape recording studio, community volunteering, peer empowerment, elder rehab project, store of aids and appliances and
- Provides services to developmentally disabled individuals through assistance in job placement, transportation, residential services, or intense levels of treatment, monitoring and care.
- Works in partnership with legally blind individuals to reach their goals of independence and participation in their communities.
- Develops resources and supports for people with disabilities and their families, fostering independence, productivity, and inclusion in school and community settings.
- Provides information and support by and for families of children with special needs.
- Offers residential, support, and vocational services to promote the independence of disabled adults.
- Researches and develops assistive technology solutions for disabled individuals.
- Provides free legal assistance and information to people with disabilities throughout Massachusetts.
- Informs families, professionals, community members and people with disabilities about educational opportunities related to mental retardation in the Metro Region area of the Department of Mental Retardation (DMR).
- Serves people with developmental disabilities through family support, day and vocational programs, community residential programs, respite care and special events. Serves the Needham, Newton, and West suburban area.
- Provides information and resources relating to visually impaired children.
- Offers advocacy, residential and home care, supportive living options, transportation, respite services, therapeutic and social recreation programs, and associated services. Located in Worcester Massachusetts.
- Provides a directory of resources for people dealing with learning disabilities.
- Serves individuals dealing with developmental disabilities through life skills training, employment services, family support, recreation, and inclusive summer camp programs. Serves the Eastern Middlesex County area.
- A grassroots coalition of families with children and adults who have disabilities and/or chronic illness with the conviction that family and individual support can be comprehensive and flexible.
- Our mission is to enhance the quality of life for individuals with specific developmental disabilities.
- Provides information, support, and resources for the Concord special education community.
- Provides disability resources, fact sheets about disability issues, event calendars for various disability organizations, disability books and an on-line discussion group.
- Provides information, support, and assistance to parents of children with disabilities, their professional partners, and their communities.
- Provides information and support to parents or professionals dealing with autism, pervasive developmental disorder(pdd), or Asperger's disorder. Support is provided through a lending library, flexible funding, home visits, training, consultation, support
- CMARC, based in Woburn, provides service to disabled citizens in Middlesex County and Greater Boston.
- Provides information, referral and support for people dealing with Tourette Sydrome.
- Sponsors clinics and therapeutic recreational programs for the benefit of children born with birth defects, genetic diseases and mental retardation.
- Provides rehabilitation services, develops community based employment and other programs for individuals with disabilities. Located in Quincy Massachusetts.
- Information about transportation services, including "The Ride," accessible stations, and passes.
- Provides services to encourage care giver collaboration, enhance community-based care, and educate care givers about stress management.
- Provides education and support for the families of children with special health care needs.
- Provides information and resources to assist families, individuals, schools, and agencies throughout Western Massachusetts concerned with the welfare of children with autism.
- A group of parents of special needs students and other interested parties that meet for the purpose of planning, development, and evaluation of special education programs.
- Provides neuro-psycological assessments, tutoring and an on-line case management service.
- Administers programs and provides supports to assist people with severe disabilities to obtain and retain meaningful community based employment.
- A non-profit agency in Brewster providing residential care for young people requiring special assistance. Includes descriptions of various programs.
- Provides a directory of disability resources.
- Provides help to other families facing childhood autism through support and education.
- A grass-roots parent support organization for parents of children with special needs served in residential settings.
- Provides vocational rehabilitation, independent living and disability determination services. Program information and resources for locating transportation, independent living resources, special education, job placement, and other aid statewide.
- Information and support for the special education community of Newton.
- Provides a directory of Special Education Chapter 766 approved private schools in Massachusetts.
- Provides a wide range of training and technical assistance services for people with disabilities, their family members and professional support personnel.
- Assists people with disabilities by providing vocational evaluation and training, employment, social development, and residential services to support full integration into the community.
- Teaches living skills, social skills and vocational skills to assist developmentally disabled adults to integrate with the community. Located in Norwood, Westwood and West Roxbury Massachusetts.
- TV captioning and video descriptions for people who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, blind, or visually impaired
- Provides outdoor recreation opportunities in Massachusetts state parks for visitors of all disabilities.
- Provides education, advocacy and support for individuals with dementia, family members and professionals.
- Provides inclusive outdoor adventure opportunities for people with or without disabilities.
- A grass roots organization for Special Education Parent Advisory Councils which promotes advocacy for their children who have special needs and learning disabilities. Also provides an internet discussion forum for the parents of special needs children.
- Provides sports training and athletic competition for individuals with mental retardation or developmental disabilities.
- A radio-reading network for visually impaired citizens of the commonwealth. This network reads newspapers, magazines and books to blind people seven days per week, 24 hours per day.
- Provides information to advance access by visually impaired and blind persons to the world of computer applications.
- Provides information and referral to parents or guardians of disabled children seeking child care.
- Co-educational boarding and day school that uses the auditory/oral approach to prepare hearing-impaired students for eventual transition into public and private schools with their hearing peers
- Provides access to assistive technology through information, referral, training, technical assistance, advocacy.
- This site has a schedule of events that are accessible to people with disabilities
- Promotes accessibility through education programs, technical assistance, training, consultation, publications and design advocacy.
- Provides a directory of resources related to literacy and learning disabilites.
- Provides parental input into the planning and programs in the special education department of the town school district.
- Serves individuals dealing with developmental disabilities through educational advocacy, family support, corporate guardianship, after school programs and recreation programs. Serves the greater Boston area.
- Provides information about disability resources and offers fact sheets relating to all types of disability issues including how to maximize state resources.
- Assists parents to better understand the educational process, and to provide students with support and continued opportunities for social and academic growth.
- Provide information and resources to parents, professionals, self-advocates and all people who wish to gain a further understanding of Down syndrome.
- Advisory Council (SSEPAC) works towards the understanding of, respect for, support, and appropriate education for all children with special needs in our community.
- Promotes the inclusion of disabled individuals into the community through job placement, supported employment, and supported living. Located in Western Massachusetts.
- Offering a range of community-based programs, providing quality services to individuals with disabilities.
- Serves developmentally disabled individuals and their families through employment services, day support programs, recreation programs and family support. Serves the Middlessex area.
- Provides job training and placement, on site production work, day habilitation and other services to assist developmentally disabled adults to integrate with the community.
- Provides support to the families of behaviorally challenged children through an internet discussion forum.
- Providing braille transcription services and produces and sells books and magazines in braille, in large print and on computer disk.
- Provides custom vehicle adaptations to meet the specific needs of the disabled user. Located in Brimfield Massachusetts.
- Helps children and adults with disabilities expand their independence.
- Enhances independence, productivity, integration and inclusion of people with developmental disabilities by promoting self-advocacy, and the development and maintenance of strong coalitions.
- Provides advocacy, support and services to developmentally disabled individuals and their families.

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