Office for Students with Disabilities

Community Resources

The following are links to sites which are very helpful.

Academic Studies

• Study Skills -- taking notes from lecturers, study environment, effective reading, concentration, etc.
• Strategies for Test Taking -- different kinds of tests require different kinds of test-taking
• Time Scheduling Suggestions
• Quick Relaxation Techniques
• Suggestions on Influencing Teachers
• Writing Skills

Advocacy

• The Arc of Illinois
• Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
• The Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities in Illinois (CCDI)
• The DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center
• The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) of Lake County
• People First of Illinois
• The Spina Bifida Association of Illinois® (SBA of IL)

Assistive Technology

• Freedom Scientific
• Illinois Assistive Technology Program
• Kurzweil Educational Systems
• Northern Illinois Center for Adaptive Technology

Educational

• The College Internship Program
• The College Living Experience
• The Family Resource Center on Disabilities (FRCD)

Government Services

• Equip for Equality
• Family Benefit Solutions
• Illinois Department of Human Services
• Life's Plan, Inc.
• Office of Civil Rights

Health & Medical

• ADD/ADHD Information
• The Arc of Illinois Family to Family Health Information and Education Center
• Center on Deafness
• Health and Disability Advocates
• Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center
• LD Online
• Mental Health and Deafness Resources, Inc.
• NICASA

Independent Living

• Chicago Lighthouse Industries
• Lake County Center for Independent Living
• Resources for Community Living

Transportation

• Pace Suburban Bus Service

Vocational

• ADA Information
• Anixter Center
• Avenues to Independence
• Countryside Association for People with Disabilities
• Jewish Vocational Service (JVS)
• Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES)
• U.S. Department of Labor
• SER/Jobs for Progress, Inc of Lake County
• SHORE Community Services, Inc.
• Threshold Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center
• United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Chicago

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