Chapter 7: Information Sources

Section 3: Specific Disabilities – Information Sources

Subsection ZK: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Mental Retardation)

Arc of the United States

1010 Wayne Ave., Ste. 650
Silver Spring, MD 20910

800-433-5255 Toll Free
301-565-3842 Voice
301-565-3843 Fax

info@thearc.org
www.TheArc.org

The Arc is devoted to promoting and improving supports and services for all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Edmond Association for Retarded Citizens (EARC)

P.O. Box 268
Edmond, OK 73083

405-341-7132 Voice

Edmond Association for Retarded Citizens (EARC) provides services to developmentally disabled individuals. Their services include Sheltered Workshop, Community Integrated Employment Assistance, Group Home and In Home Support Waiver Services.

Oklahoma Benedictine Institute on Mental Retardation

National Institute on Developmental Delays
1900 W. MacArthur
Shawnee, OK 74801

405-878-5289 Voice
405-878-5114 Fax

pop@nidd.org
www.nidd.org

The National Institute on Developmental Delays is a national resource center with a global outlook that strives to help children with developmental delays and their families.

TARC

16 E. 16th St., Ste. 405
Tulsa, OK 74119-4447

800-688-8272 Toll Free
918-582-8272 Voice
918-582-3628 Fax

tarc@ddadvocacy.net
www.ddadvocacy.net

TARC is committed to ensuring a high quality of life for Oklahomans with developmental disabilities and their families through education, empowerment, support and advocacy. TARC programs include: ARCCorps recruits and trains volunteer guardians and advocates willing to assist people with developmental disabilities when they are making important decisions that affect their health, safety, and personal development.

ddadvocacy.net is the TARC online presence and is a comprehensive source for Oklahomans seeking information or resources for themselves or others with a disability or wanting to connect with others in similar situations.

Family Support delivers services in both English and Spanish including parent education and training, educational advocacy, assistance in using community resources, and fostering connectedness among families that have members with developmental disabilities.

Oklahoma Advocates Involved in Monitoring (OK-AIM) trains more than 700 volunteers statewide to visit state-funded residences to monitor the quality of the everyday lives of people who have developmental disabilities.

Outreach/Service Management expedites access to the full range of services needed by people with developmental disabilities and their families at critical times in their lives such as the birth of a child with a disability; the diagnosis of a disability in a young child; the entry of a child with a disability into the public school system; transition from the education to the adult service system; and the death of the person primarily responsible for caring for an individual with a disability.

Self-Advocacy promotes the development of social and decision-making skills that enable people with developmental disabilities to live fulfilling, self-directed lives in the community; be contributing members of society; and have the support of a peer group.

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07/09/2008