Rehabilitation-related web links

• American Counseling Association: information on resources, conferences, and divisions of ACA.

• American Rehabilitation Counseling Association: ARCA is an organization of rehabilitation counseling practitioners, educators, and students who are concerned with improving the lives of people with disabilities.

• Alliance for Technology Access: helpful information regarding assistive technology.

• CRCC: Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification.

• Disability Statistics Center: the purpose of the Disability Statistics Center is to produce and disseminate statistical information on disability and the status of people with disabilities in American Society and to establish and monitor indicators of how conditions are changing over time to meet their health, housing, economic and social needs.

• Independent Living Centers: independent Living Centers are typically non-residential, private, non-profit, consumer-controlled, community-based organizations providing services and advocacy by and for persons with all types of disabilities. Their goal is to assist individuals with disabilities to achieve their maximum potential within their families and communities.

• National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials: rehabilitation resources and special items of interest.

• National Council on Disability: the NCD is an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on issues affecting 54 million Americans with disabilities.

• National Rehabilitation Association: official NRA website with updates and information.

• National Rehabilitation Counseling Association:a professional association and division of the National Rehabilitation Association. NRCA represents professionals in the field of rehabilitation counseling in a wide variety of work settings.

• The National Rehabilitation Information Center: instant disability information center; browse by subject.

• Pennsylvania Counseling Association: information about the PCA, its mission, values, vision, ethical standards, and bylaws.

• Pennsylvania Licensure Information: information about state licensing in Pennsylvania.

• Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation: your guide to the full program of services provided by the POVR.

• Pennsylvania Rehabilitation Council: a statewide citizens group created to advise the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) about how well its programs and services match the needs of people with disabilities.

• President's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities: mission is to communicate, coordinate and promote public and private efforts to enhance the employment of people with disabilities.
• Project Opportunity and Access: research and demonstration project funded by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services Department designed to increase faculty and staff awareness to improve postsecondary outcomes for students with disabilities.
• Rehabilitation Engineering &alignAssistive Technology Society of North America: RESNA is an interdisciplinary association for the advancement of rehabilitation and assistive technologies (AT).
• Rehabilitation Services Administration: office of special education and rehabilitative service, United States Department of Education.
• Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration:the Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.
• The Karolinska Institutet: an alphabetical list of specific diseases/disorders.
• The Merck Manual: web version of The Merck Manual--Home Edition.