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  • ** California Telephone Access Program (CTAP) provides free assistive telephone devices to persons that live in California, have phone service at their residence and are certified as blind or low vision, deaf or hard of hearing, or physically disabled.
  • **Center for Parent Information and Resources is the on-line resource library for previous NICHCY resources. Site provides locations of local Parent Training and Information Centers.
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  • DDS Safety Net Services provides a range of services and supports to individuals with co-occurring behavioral, mental health, and medical needs.
  • DDS Wellness Toolkit provides information and tools related to health and safety.  New topics, tools, and information will be added on an ongoing basis.  Each topic  has been translated into Spanish, Tagalog, Traditional Chinese and Vietnamese.
  • Disability Scoop is a reader service providing the latest national news on topics relevant to autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and intellectual disability.  
  • Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center – GARD is a program of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) to provide access to current, reliable, and easy-to-understand information about rare or genetic
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  • Genetic Testing FAQs from the National Institutes of Health
  • Long COVID under Section 504 and the IDEA: A Resource to Support Children, Students, Educators, Schools, Service Providers, and Families.  Topics covered include 1) What Is Long COVID 2) What Is Its Impact on Children and Students, 3) Protections and Services under IDEA and Section 504 for Children and Students with Long COVID and 4) What to Do If a Child or Student Is Experiencing Long COVID
  • **National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disibilities is part of the Center for Disease Control, studying and addresses the cases of birth defects and improve the health of people living with disabilities.
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