RESOURCES
We’d love to share these community agencies that are actively providing social, physical, and cognitive resources to those with disabilities.
Disability Network Michigan: Disability Network Michigan (DNM) serves as advocates for inclusion and accessibility throughout Michigan. They are dedicated to helping persons with disabilities achieve full participation in their community and life and remain self-sufficient.
Association for Children’s Mental Health: Provides information, support, resources, referral and advocacy for children and youth with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders and their families.
Brain Injury Association of Michigan (BIAMI): Works to improve the lives of those affected by brain injury and reduce the incidence and impact of brain injury through advocacy, education, and support.
DeafBlind Central: Provides free services, year-round, for both families and professionals who support students who have combined vision and hearing loss from ages birth to 26.
Charitable funding organizations: Organizations who are able to provide financial assistance for certain types of equipment for children with disabilities. This is not an all-inclusive list.
The Family Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (Family Center): Offers emotional support, information, and connections to community-based resources to families of children and youth with special health care needs.
Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS): Support eligible individuals with disabilities to prepare for, secure, retain, advance in, or regain employment.
Michigan Vendor Listing for Access & Mobility Devices/Services
Michigan Disability Programs and Services
Special Education Mediation Services: Provides mediation, facilitation and training services for working through disagreements so that children with disabilities promptly receive the services they need to develop and succeed in school.
Statewide Autism Resources and Training (START): Housed in Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Autism Education Center, works with schools, community partners, and families to support Autistic students to become active, engaged members of their schools and local communities, and successfully move into adulthood as independent individuals with many choices and opportunities.
Michigan Alliance for Families: Provides information, support, and education for families who have children and young adults (birth to 26 years of age) who receive (or may be eligible to receive) special education services.
Resources from the LCMS:
LCMS Disability Task Force Resources
Quotes for people with disabilities
Reading suggestions for people with disabilities
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