Useful Websites
Access Press: Minnesota’s Disability Community
Bringing News and Information to People with Disabilities since 1990
- Newspaper : www.accesspress.org
- Access Press Directory: www.accesspress.org/directory
Adaptive Recreation Learning Exchange (ARLE)
www.ci.bloomington.mn.us/cityhall/dept/commserv/parkrec/programs/arle/arle.htm
Specialized recreation programs and services specifically designed for people with disabilities, offered by a consortium of the cities and school districts of Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Edina and Richfield.
Adaptive Recreation with Eden Prairie Parks & Recreation
www.edenprairie.org/vCurrent/live/article.asp?r=2113
Eden Prairie’s Adaptive Recreation Program offers recreational and educational activities specifically designed for people with disabilities.
Arc Greater Twin Cities
The mission of Arc Greater Twin Cities is to secure for all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families the opportunity to realize their goals of where and how they live, learn, work and play.
The Arc of Minnesota
The mission of The Arc of Minnesota is to promote and protect the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively support their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.
Arts for Academic Achievement
The mission of Arts for Academic Achievement is to increase student academic achievement and improve teacher practice by providing arts-based and arts-integrated learning through meaningful collaborations.
Arts Unbound
The mission of Arts Unbound is to provide arts education, skills building and a variety of vocational opportunities in the visual arts to youth and adults with mental, developmental and physical disabilities.
Autism Society of Minnesota
The Autism Society of Minnesota exists to enhance the lives of individuals with autism spectrum disorders. AuSM seeks to realize its mission through education support, collaboration, and advocacy.
Center for Supported Independence
The mission of the Center for Supported Independence is to support adults with Asperger’s and related disorders achieve supported independence. They offer Life Skills Coaching and hands-on, interactive Workshops.
The Courage Center
The mission of Courage Center is to empower people with physical disabilities to reach for their full potential in every aspect of life. We are guided by the vision that one day, all people will live, work, learn and play in a community based on abilities, not disabilities
Empowering Jews With Disabilities
www.empoweringjewswithdisabilities.org
The mission of Empowering Jews with Disabilities is to further promote the interests of disabled people in the Jewish community.
The Families & Advocates Partnership for Education
The Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE) project is a partnership that aims to improve the educational outcomes for children with disabilities. It links families, advocates, and self-advocates to information about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Highland Friendship Club
www.highlandfriendshipclub.org
The Highland Friendship Club was organized in 2002 to give teens and young adults with disabilities the chance to connect with friends – with and without disabilities – and create a typical social life. The Highland Friendship Club is about personal development and choice. It’s about doing what you want to do – not what someone else has decided you should do.
Institute on Community Integration
Through collaborative research, training, and information sharing, the Institute on Community Integration (ICI) improves policies and practices to ensure that all children, youth, and adults with disabilities are valued by, and contribute to, their communities of choice. Rather than providing direct services itself, the Institute works with community service providers, school districts, advocacy and self-advocacy organizations, policymakers, and researchers around the world to provide state-of-the-art information and practices that support the community integration of individuals with disabilities.
Interact Center for the Performing & Visual Arts
Interact is a recognized center for both the performing and visual arts that offers professional-level,multi-disciplinary training, performances, and exhibitions for artists with disabilities.
Jewish Community Inclusion Program for People with Disabilities
www.jfcsmpls.org/inclusionresources.html
The Jewish Community Inclusion Program for People with Disabilities is the clearinghouse for information and resources to support Jews with disabilities and their families.
Lifeworks
Lifeworks provides enrichment and employment services for people with disabilities that help them to live full and meaningful lives.
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council
Serves audiences in Minnesota’s seven-county metropolitan region through grants, services, and technical assistance to the arts communities of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington counties.
Minneapolis Arts Commission
www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/dca/arts_home.asp
The mission of the Minneapolis Arts Commission is to strengthen the arts and enrich cultural life in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Minneapolis Interagency Early Intervention Committee
minneapolishelpmegrow.mpls.k12.mn.us
Building effective collaboration to serve young children (birth-age five) with special needs and their families. Because children cannot be viewed in isolation but within the context of family and community, services to children and families need to be interdisciplinary and interagency. Therefore, collaboration among parents and service agencies is essential for the long-term well-being of families and success of their children with special needs.
Minneapolis Public Schools
Minneapolis Public Schools offers a wide-range of Special Education programs and services.
Minnesota Council for Exceptional Children
The mission of the Minnesota Council for Exceptional Children is to improve the practices and resources of persons working on behalf of individuals with exceptionality in the State of Minnesota
Minnesota State Arts Board
The Minnesota State Arts Board is a state agency that stimulates and encourages the creation, performance, and appreciation of the arts in the state of Minnesota.
Minnesota Yellow Pages for Kids With Disabilities
www.yellowpagesforkids.com/help/mn.htm
The Minnesota Yellow Pages for Kids with disabilities will help you find educational consultants, psychologists, educational diagnosticians, health care providers, academic therapists, tutors, speech language therapists, occupational therapists, coaches, advocates, and attorneys. You will also find special education schools, learning centers, treatment programs, parent groups, respite care, community centers, grassroots organizations, and government programs for children with disabilities.
National Art Education Association
The goal of the NAEA is to promote art education through Professional Development, Service, Advancement of Knowledge, and Leadership.
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education.
National Center on Disability and Journalism
A great reference guide for speaking and writing about people with disabilities.
PACER
The mission of the PACER Center is to expand opportunities and enhance the quality of life of children and young adults with disabilities and their families, based on the concept of parents helping parents.
Phoenix Alternatives, Inc.
Phoenix Alternatives Inc. provides persons with disabilities the resources they need to achieve success and to build connections in their community. PAI is a leader in providing high quality day training and habilitation services to people with developmental disabilities. We are committed to our company values which guide us in our working relationships with the people we serve and those with whom we work.
River Valley Project Explore
www.district196.org/projectexplore
The mission of River Valley Project Explore is to empower adults with disabilities to make valuable contributions to their community as employees, volunteers, learners and citizens.
Sabes Jewish Community Center
As part of the mission to bring people together in an inclusive Jewish environment, the Sabes JCC provides opportunities and welcomes people of all ages and all abilities in all JCC programs.
St Paul Jewish Community Center
The St. Paul JCC strives to provide opportunities to people of all ages and abilities for inclusion in all programs. A primary service goal of the St. Paul JCC is to provide an environment that supports individuals and their families to participate in any and all available programming. In addition, the St. Paul JCC leads and supports the greater community by providing advocacy for inclusive services, educatoin to other service providers, and training in strategies in community settings.
United Cerebral Palsy of Minnesota
The focus of UCP of Minnesota is public policy, information and referral, providing augmentative and alternative communication devices and education for people with cerebral palsy and their families.
VSA Minnesota
VSA Minnesota’s mission is to create a community where people with disabilities can learn through, participate in and access the arts.
We Connect Now
We Connect Now is dedicated to uniting people interested in rights and issues affecting people with disabilities, with particular emphasis on college students and access to higher education and employment issues.
Wilderness Inquiry
Providing outdoor adventure experiences that inspire personal growth, community integration, and enhanced awareness of the environment. Wilderness Inquiry adventures encourage people to open themselves to new possibilities and opportunities.
Young Dance
Since 1988, Young Dance has encouraged youth in our community to build body and spirit through the creative art of dance. The Dance Company and school collaborates with professional artists, forges meaningful community partnerships and pushes the boundaries of the art and practice of dance. Young Dance is committed to making dance accessible to interested and motivated students. No child will be discriminated against because of race, gender, national origin, religion, or disability.
Youth Frontiers
At Youth Frontiers, our vision is to change the way young people treat each other in every hallway, lunch line and classroom of every school in Americ so that today’s young people can make tomorrow’s world better.
