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• Person-Centered Planning Toolkit

  Toolkit from The Medicaid Reference Desk helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities think about their life, plans, needs and happiness. Answer questions in these areas of your life: community, health, home, work and self, which will help you identify places to go for support and next steps you can take to make your life the way you want it. This link opens a PDF document.

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• StrengthofUs Online Resource for Young Adults

  An online social community for teens and young adults to learn about mental health conditions, services and supports and handling the unique challenges and opportunities in transition-age years.  Begin your trek into adulthood by checking out information about employment, housing, college life, money matters and much more.

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• Tips for Teens: Use Your IEP Meetings to Learn How to Advocate for Yourself

  Information for teens on how to begin to express their needs and wants by participating in their Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings. At these meetings, teens can learn ways to talk about their disability to others, set goals, build teamwork skills, ask for accommodation and practice other self-advocacy skills. This link opens a PDF document.

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• AmeriCorps

  Program of the Corporation for National and Community Service helps people of all ages and backgrounds pay for higher education in exchange for a year of service.

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• The Disability Rights Movement

  The ongoing struggle by people with disabilities to gain full access to American society is an important part of our heritage. This online exhibit from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History looks at the efforts of people with disabilities to secure the civil rights guaranteed to all Americans.

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• Disability History Museum

  Virtual museum that promotes understanding about the historical experience of people with disabilities by recovering, chronicling and interpreting their stories.

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• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

  Professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for exceptional individuals, students with disabilities and/or the gifted students.

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• Preventing Abuse of Children with Cognitive, Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

  Provides information to help program staff, parents and service providers stop the abuse of children with cognitive, intellectual and developmental disabilities. If you need assistance with reporting or have questions about reporting abuse, contact ChildHelp USA's 24-hour hotline at 1-800-422-4453.

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• Speaking Up at the Doctor's Office

  Guide from Healthy Transitions NY with information for families and professionals to help youth who have developmental disabilities speak up for themselves and learn to handle visits at the doctor's office. This link opens a PDF document.

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• Video on Staying Healthy for Youth in Transition

  This video explains to young people with medical conditions or disabilities the importance of taking care of their health as they transition into adulthood and take responsibility for themselves. Includes information on taking medicines, talking with doctors, carrying an emergency health information card, keeping a health care notebook, paying for health care, going to college and planning for accommodations, eating the right foods, exercising and more.

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