Offers help to low-income consumers, the elderly, and persons with disabilities in obtaining Medicaid services.
Enforces state laws that prohibit discrimination.
Information and referral and advocacy for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and their employers, relatives, friends, etc.
A children's advocacy organization
Provides Special Education training for parents, educators, and administrators. Provides technical assistance and training for sensory impaired persons and their families.
Information, referral and support for burn survivors and their families and health care providers.
The Poison Control Center (PCC) at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is a non-profit regional poison control services provider offering a 24-hour-a-day emergency hotline for poisoning incidents and poison information. Information and treatment advice is available to the public and healthcare professionals at no charge.
An organization of families and professionals working together to promote and fund research, provide education, and offer support to enhance the quality of life of those impacted by Prader-Willi syndrome.
Offers homecare, palliative and hospice services.
A group of parents and professionals working together to ensure the right to education for persons receiving special education services in the Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry and Northern York counties.
Non-profit organization dedicated to providing information, resources and support to those impacted by someone with Selective Mutism. The website provides online forums and an online library.
Offers a 24-hour hotline. Office is at the Carlisle YWCA, satellite office in Camp Hill. Also offers preschool programs: individualized classes for children ages 2 and 3, and kindergarten readiness for 4 and 5 year olds.
National effort dedicated to the life-long concerns of the siblings of people who have special health, developmental, or mental health concerns. Trains local service providers on how to create community-based peer support programs for young siblings; hosting workshops, listservs, and websites for young and adult siblings; and increasing parents' and providers' awareness of siblings' unique, lifelong, and ever-changing concerns through workshops, websites, and written materials.
Non-profit organization provides information on learning disabilities and ADHD through a national newsletter, website, and regional outreach programs.
Helps children and youth with special health care needs and disabilities obtain services and support.
Provides a variety of services to promote the prevention of spina bifida and enhance the lives of those affected.
Support group for those with spinal cord injuries, their families and support people.
Offers a variety of services to support youth and families through the fostering, adoption, and post-adoption process with specific programs for at-risk youth and those with mental health needs.
Provides resources, services and support to those who stutter and their families; works toward the prevention and improved treatment of stuttering; supports research in the cause of stuttering.
PA's TDDP provides free telephone equipment to eligible PA residents.