TASH (Once the American Association for the Education of the Severely/ Profoundly Handicapped [AAESPH], then The Association for the Severely Handicapped [TASH], and more recently The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, but continuing to use the acronym "TASH" because it is widely and well known)

President's Committee on Mental Retardation (PCMR), which "acts in an advisory capacity to the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on matters relating to programs and services for persons with mental retardation." See, especially, the publications.

The Mackenzie Sara Noca Charitable Trust

Elwyn - Serving people with Mental and Physical Disabilities

The Son-Rise Program

Parents Helping Parents

Best Buddies, inlcuding e-buddies, programs that promote communication and interaction between people with and without mental retardation.

Opportunity Village

The U S International Council on Mental Retardation and evelopmental Disabilities

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Steve Taylor's and Perri Harris' "Annotatated Bibliography: Disability Studies and Mental Retardation"

The justly famous case Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Pennyslvania, which is a signal event in the history of special education in the US.

The Family Empowerment Pages

List Serves List For All Disabilities

Brooke Pietrzak's "Marriage Laws and People with Mental Retardation: A Continuing History of Second Class Treatment", an article examining legal restrictions on people with mental retardation marrying.

Evan Kemp Providing Disability Resources on The Web

Luzerne-Wyoming Counties' (US Pennsylvania) "Myths of Mental Retardation"

X-Linked Mental Retardation

Mental Health in Mental Retardation

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

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Tidewater Down Syndrome Association

Association for Children with Down Syndrome

Gold Coast Down Syndrome Page

Elizabeth's Snow White Page-Child with Downs Syndrome

Welcome to UPSIDE! - Society for Down Syndrome

SF Bay Area Down Syndrome Page

Welcome to the Japan Down Syndrome Network

Information on Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome Organization Of Southern Nevada

The Triple Screen for Down Syndrome

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Special Olympics Of Santa Clara County

South Central Area Massachusetts Special Olympics

Special Olympics - Bay Area Chapters

Oregon Special Olympics

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Commonwealth of Virginia's

Waisman Center Home Page

Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation

Alabama Department of MH and MR Employment

Civitan International Research Center

JFK Center for Research on Education and Human Development

Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

NY State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Life Management Center for MH/MR Services

VA Dept of Mental Health & Mental Retardation

The UCLA Mental Retardation Research Center

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