Resource Links
Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council
The ODDC is a planning and advocacy body committed to community inclusion for people with developmental disabilities.
Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities
ODDD is responsible for overseeing a statewide system of supports and services for people with disabilities and their families.
Ohio Self Determination Association
OSDA believes that individuals with disabilities should have the freedom to plan their own lives and to pursue the things that are important to them with the support of independent planning and support coordination.
Ohio Legal Rights Service
The mission of the OLRS is to protect and advocate, in partnership with people with disabilities, for their human, civil and legal rights.
Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)
The mission of SABE is to ensure that people with disabilities are treated as equals and that they are given the same decisions, choices, rights, responsibilities, and chance to speak up to empower themselves; opportunities to make new friends; and to learn from their mistakes.
Advocating Change Together (ACT)
We have 30 years of experience on how to build leaders by working on issues. We have 30 years of knowledge on how groups of ordinary people with developmental disabilities--and their allies--can make change happen.
The Arc of Ohio
The mission of The Arc of Ohio is to advocate for human rights, personal dignity and community participation of individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities, through legislative and social action, information and education, local chapter support and family involvement.
The Arc of US
This site contains position papers, background information, and links to other sites including the U.S. Department of Education.
Lucas County Board of Developmental Disabilities
Family information Network
A parent-to-parent network that provides support by offering information, referral, education, and mentoring services to families of children with disabilities and the professionals who serve them.
Maumee Valley Civitan
A website that discusses the activities of this chapter of the international service organization. The international focus of Civitan is supporting persons with developmental disabilities.
Center for Self Determination
This site contains discussions on how the principles of self-determination can help all persons create the lives they want, connected to and with their communities.
Autism Society of Northwest Ohio (ASNO)
This is the ASNO website for advocacy, support and education that promotes optimal life experiences as freely defined by individuals with autism and their families.
Ohio Center for Autism And Low Incidence
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities