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.
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AccessCAREERS
www.washington.edu/doit/programs/accesscollege/employment-office/overview
AccessCollege
www.washington.edu/doit/programs/accesscollege
Adolescent Health Transition Project
Alliance for Technology Access
American Association of People with Disabilities
ADA & IT Technical Assistance Centers
The Arc
Be a Mentor
CAST: Center for Applied Special Technology
Center for Self-Determination
Child Safety on the Information Highway National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
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
e-Volunteerism
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
Institute on Community Integration
International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet
Internet Safety: A Note to Parents, Guardians and Teachers World Kids Network
www.worldkids.net/school/safety/internet/guidance.html
JAN: Job Accommodation Network
KASA: Kids as Self-Advocates
Kids Together, Inc.: Information and Resources for Children & Adults with Disabilities
Kidz Privacy: Adults Only Federal Trade Commission
LD Online: Kid Zone
The Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace for Parents & Kids American Library Association
Mapping Your Future
mapping-your-future.org
MENTOR
MentorNet: The E-Mentoring Network for Diversity in Engineering and Science
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)
National Council on Disability (NCD)
National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
National Mentoring Center
National Organization on Disability (N.O.D.)
National Youth Development Information Center
NICHCY: National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
NYLN: National Youth Leadership Network
OHSU Center on Self-Determination (SD)
www.ohsu.edu/oidd/CSD
PACER Center (Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights)
A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety Federal Bureau of Investigation
www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguide.htm
People First of Oregon
Self-Advocacy and Self-Determination Synthesis Projects
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)
Think College U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration
What a Mentor Can Do for You
www.esight.org/index.cfm?x=1198
Winners On Wheels!
World Friends, Resources, and Disabilities
www.seattleschools.org/schools/hale/friends/wf_home.htm
World Institute on Disability
Yes I Can! Foundation for Exceptional Children
yesican.sped.org