| Official State Web Site |
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| Connect with your state's official website to find all manner of state agencies and information, including how to contact your governor and/or your representatives in the Senate and House: |
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| www.state.tx.us/ |
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| State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind) |
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| NCLB Program Coordination
Texas Education Agency
1701 N. Congress Avenue |
| Austin TX 78701 |
| (512) 463-9414 |
| www.tea.state.tx.us/nclb |
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| Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 3 |
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| Department of Assistive & Rehabilitative Services
Division for Early Childhood Intervention Services
4900 N. Lamar Boulevard |
| Austin TX 78751-2399 |
| (512) 424-6754 |
| (800) 628-5115 (Information & Referral) |
| careline@dars.state.tx.us |
| www.dars.state.tx.us/ |
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| Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5 |
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| Division of IDEA Coordination
Texas Education Agency
1701 N. Congress Avenue |
| Austin TX 78701-1494 |
| (512) 463-9414 |
| (800) 252-9668 (Parent Information Line) |
| www.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed |
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| State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency |
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| Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
4800 N. Lamar |
| Austin TX 78751 |
| (800) 628-5115 |
| http://www.dars.state.tx.us/ |
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| Career and Technology Education |
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| Division of Curriculum
Texas Education Agency
1701 N. Congress Avenue, Room 3-121 |
| Austin TX 78701 |
| (512) 463-9581 |
| www.tea.state.tx.us/Cate |
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| Department of State Health Services |
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| Department of State Health Services
1100 W. 49th Street |
| Austin TX 78756 |
| (512) 458-7375 |
| www.dshs.state.tx.us/ |
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| State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth |
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| Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)
Services Program
Purchased Health Services Unit
Department of State Health Services
1100 W. 49th Street |
| Austin TX 78756-3179 |
| (800) 252-8023 (Program Hotline) |
| (888) 963-7111 |
| cshcn@dshs.state.tx.us |
| www.dshs.state.tx.us/cshcn/ |
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| Client Assistance Program |
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| Contact Protection and Advocacy Agency. |
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| Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs |
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| Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Services Program
Purchased Health Services Unit
Department of State Health Services
1100 W. 49th Street, MC 1938 |
| Austin TX 78714-9347 |
| (512) 458-7355 |
| (800) 252-8023 |
| cshcn@dshs.state.tx.uss |
| www.dshs.state.tx.us/cshcn/ |
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| Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired |
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| Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
4900 N. Lamar |
| Austin TX 78756 |
| (800) 628-5115 |
| www.dars.state.tx.us/ |
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| Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired or Deaf-Blind |
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| Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1100 W. 45th Street |
| Austin TX 78756 |
| (512) 454-8631 |
| (800) 872-5273 (to leave a message) |
| (512) 206-9451 (TTY) |
| daughertyb@tsbvi.edu |
| www.tsbvi.edu/ |
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| Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing |
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| Texas School for the Deaf
1102 S. Congress Avenue |
| Austin TX 78704-1728 |
| (512) 462-5300 (V/TTY) |
| http://www.tsd.state.tx.us/ |
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| Education Resource Center on Deafness (ERCOD)
Statewide Resources, Information, and Referral
1102 S. Congress Avenue |
| Austin TX 78704-1728 |
| (512) 462-5329 |
| (800) 332-3873 (V/TTY) |
| ercod@tsd.state.tx.us |
| www.tsd.state.tx.us/ |
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| Telecommunications Relay Services |
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| (800) 735-2988 (V) |
| (800) 735-2989 (TTY),711 (TTY) |
| (800) 735-2991 (ASCII) |
| (877) 826-6607(Speech to Speech) |
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| State Education Agency Rural Representative |
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| Special Programs, Monitoring, and Interventions
Texas Education Agency
Division of Special Education
1701 N. Congress Avenue |
| Austin TX 78701-1494 |
| (512) 463-9414 |
| sped@tea.state.tx.us |
| www.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed |
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| Regional ADA & IT Technical Assistance Center |
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| DBTAC - Southwest ADA Center
Independent Living Research Utilization
2323 S. Shepard Boulevard, Suite 1000 |
| Houston TX 77019 |
| (713) 520-0232 (V/TTY) |
| (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY) |
| dlrp@ilru.org |
| www.dlrp.org |
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| University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities |
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| Center for Disability Studies
University of Texas at Austin
Pickle Research Campus
10100 Burnett Road, Building 137, Suite 1.154 |
| Austin TX 78759 |
| (512) 232-0740 |
| (800) 828-7839 |
| (512) 232-0762 (TTY) |
| txcds@uttcds.org |
| http://tcds.edb.utexas.edu/ |
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| Center on Disability and Development at Texas A&M University
Department of Educational Psychology
4225 Texas A&M University |
| College Station TX 77843-4225 |
| (979) 845-4612 |
| cdd@tamu.edu |
| http://cdd.tamu.edu/ |
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| Technology-Related Assistance |
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| Contact University Centers for Excellence in
Developmental Disabilities - Center for Disability
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| Disability-Specific Organizations |
| Attention Deficit Disorder |
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| To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 201 |
| Landover MD 20785 |
| (301) 306-7070 |
| (800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet) |
| www.chadd.org/ |
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| Autism |
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| To identify an autism group in your state, contact:
Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300 |
| Bethesda MD 20814 |
| (301) 657-0881 |
| (800) 3-AUTISM |
| www.autism-society.org/ |
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| Blind/Visual Impairments |
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| American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300 |
| New York NY 10001 |
| (212) 502-7600 |
| (800) 232-5463 |
| afbinfo@afb.net |
| www.afb.org/ |
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| Brain Injury |
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| Brain Injury Association of Texas
316 W. 12th Street, Suite 405 |
| Austin TX 78701 |
| (512) 326-1212 |
| (800) 392-0040 (in TX) |
| info@biatx.org |
| www.biatx.org/ |
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| Epilepsy |
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| Epilepsy Foundation of Texas - Houston/Dallas/
Ft. Worth |
| (888) 548-9716 |
| www.eftx.org/ |
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| Learning Disabilities |
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| Learning Disabilities Association of Texas
1011 W. 3lst Street |
| Austin TX 78705 |
| (512) 458-8234 |
| (800) 604-7500 (in TX) |
| contact@ldat.org |
| www.ldat.org/ |
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| NAMI Texas
Fountain Park Plaza III
2800 South IH 35, Suite 140 |
| Austin TX 78704 |
| (512) 693-2000 |
| (800) 633-3760 |
| www.namitexas.org/ |
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| Speech, Language and Hearing |
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| Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association
918 Congress Avenue, Suite 200 |
| Austin TX 78701 |
| (512) 494-1127 |
| (888) 729-8742 |
| www.txsha.org/ |
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| Organizations for Parents |
| Parent Training and Information Centers (PTI) |
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(Serving San Antonio, Houston, and the Lower Rio Grande Valley)
Team Project
Partners Resource Network, Inc.
3311 Richmond, Suite 334
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| Houston TX 77098 |
| (713) 524-2147 |
| (877) 832-8945 (in TX) |
| prnteam@sbcglobal.net |
| www.partnerstx.org/ |
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| (Serving Amarillo, Lubbock, Abilene, San Angelo, and El Paso)
PEN Project
1001 Main Street, Suite 804 |
| Lubbock TX 79401 |
| (806) 762-1434 |
| (877) 762-1435 (in TX) |
| wtxpen@sbcglobal.net |
| www.partnerstx.org/ |
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| Community Parent Resource Centers |
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| CDIC - Community Parent Resource Center
1101 E. Schuster |
| El Paso TX 79902 |
| (915) 217-2747 |
| gilda@elprc.org |
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| Parents Supporting Parents Network at The Arc in the Rio Grande Valley
601 N. Texas Boulevard |
| Weslaco TX 78596 |
| (956) 447-8408 |
| (888) 857-8668 |
| www.pspofrgv.org/ |
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| Other Disability Organizations |
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| Independent Living |
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| Texas State Independent Living Council (SILC)
5555 N. Lamar, Suite K103 |
| Austin TX 78766 |
| (512) 371-7353 |
| (877) 371-7353 |
| texsilc@texas.net |
| www.txsilc.org/ |
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