Parents, help is available to you. As the parent or guardian of a child with a disability, you may have many questions about support and assistance available to you. The following resources will help you discover financial assistance and services available in the local area.
1. Be An Angel
Be An Angel benefits parents with children with multiple disabilities and profound
deafness. This organization provides contact information of government programs and nonprofit organizations that can financially assist parents with caring for their children in the Houston , Texas
2. Great Schools
http://www.greatschools.org/special-education/support/help-parents-kids-with-ld-ad-hd.gs?content=694
This link is mostly for children with Learning Disabilities that aren't covered by traditional health insurances and financial aid is available for college. This website lists options to consider such as health insurance coverage, supplemental security income (SSI) which benefits families with a low income. They also offer a Flexible Spending Plan (FSP) benefit that helps pay for diagnostic or treatment services; and there is also a second type of flexible spending plan for dependent care. There is a lot of beneficial information that helps parents know how they can pay for their child's services.
3. Disabled Children's Relief Fund
http://www.dcrf.com/ordereze/default.aspx
The Disabled Children's Relief Fund is a non-profit organization that provides children who are disabled with assisantace to purchase the equipment that they need. They focus their attention on helping children thoughout the United States that do not have adequate health care services, especially those who are physically challenged. Applications may be submitted by parents, individual child or by a non profit organization for a small group of children. This website is a great resource for parents who do not have the insurance necessary to purchase the equipment necessary for their children.
3. Disabled Children's Relief Fund
http://www.dcrf.com/ordereze/default.aspx
The Disabled Children's Relief Fund is a non-profit organization that provides children who are disabled with assisantace to purchase the equipment that they need. They focus their attention on helping children thoughout the United States that do not have adequate health care services, especially those who are physically challenged. Applications may be submitted by parents, individual child or by a non profit organization for a small group of children. This website is a great resource for parents who do not have the insurance necessary to purchase the equipment necessary for their children.
Visionaries, I really appreciated the fact that you addressed resources that parents can use in this blog. When discussing transition, we put the majority of our focus on student involvement, but the fact of the matter is a lot of our students have strong support from their families. I think it's important that we continue to encourage heavy participation from family members as well; strength in numbers if you will. Great job!
ReplyDeleteGreat Job Visionaries! Your three resources were well documented and explained, this would be very useful for transition students, teachers or any person with a disability. My favorite of your resources is the Disabled Childrens Relief Fund. It is fantastic that they reach out to the entire United States, and that they specifically provide funds for equipment needed since there are so many who are uninsured and can not afford it.
ReplyDeleteI feel that we are very lucky to have this blog that showcases many helpful websites. I am really impressed with the different websites chose by the visionaries. I am glad to see that there is finacial help out there for most people with disabilities that do not have insurance. For me personally I wish I knew about great schools a few years ago. I could have used it but thank goodness for the educational aide exemption.
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