Native American Disability Resources

• American Indian Disability Technical Assistance Center
  The American Indian Disability Technical Assistance Center or AIDTAC is an information and technical assistance center that works with American Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages to help their members with disabilities live healthy lives as part of the community.
• American Indian Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
  Conducts research and training to improve rehabilitation services for American Indians with disabilities.
• Association of American Indian Physicians
  Has a mission to pursue excellence in Native American healthcare by promoting education in the medical disciplines, honoring traditional healing principles and restoring the balance of mind, body, and spirit.
• Capacity Building For American Indians Project
  Assisting American Indians, Alaska Natives and minority entities to develop and maintain culturally appropriate vocational rehabilitation programs.
• Consortia of Administrators for Native American Rehabilitation (CANAR)
  The mission of CANAR is to serve as an avenue for collaboration and cooperation between Administrators of rehabilitation projects serving Native American persons with disabilities, to increase and enhance the quality of services, resulting in positive outcomes for Native American persons with disabilities
• Indian Health Service Home Page
  Has a mission to raise the physical, mental, social, and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level and to assure that comprehensive, culturally acceptable personal and public health services are available and accessible to American Indian and Alaska Native people.

• Indian Law Resource Center
  Legal advocacy for the protection of indigenous peoples’ human rights, cultures, and traditional lands so that Indian tribes and nations may flourish for generations to come 

• Intertribal Deaf Council
  Preserves and carries out traditions, languages and cultures of First Nations deaf, deaf-blind and hard of hearing people. Provides information exchange, traditional and education activities, and awareness activities for non-Native and/or non-deaf people.
• National Indian Child Welfare Association
  A comprehensive source of information on American Indian child welfare and works on behalf of Indian children and families. NICWA provides public policy, research, and advocacy; information and training relating to Indian child welfare; and community development services to a broad national audience including tribal governments and programs, state child welfare agencies, and other organizations, agencies, and professionals interested in the field of Indian child welfare.
• National Indian Health Board
  The National Indian Health Board will advocate on behalf of all Tribal Governments and American Indians/Alaska Natives in their efforts to provide quality health care.
• The National Indian Parent Information Center
  Nation-wide resource for Native American families, tribes, communities, parent centers.
• National Native American AIDS Prevention Center
  The National Native American AIDS Prevention Center's (NNAAPC) mission is to stop the spread of HIV and related diseases among American Indians, Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians, and to improve the quality of life for those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
• Native American Health Links
  Department of Health And Human Services
• NativeWeb News Digest
  Up-to-date Indian news on the web.
• The Native American Women's Health
  The Native American Woman's Health Education Resource Center has a Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) awareness program and a Child Development Program is designed for children in the community with special needs.
• Office of Minority Health
  Advises on public health issues affecting American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders, Blacks/African Americans, and Hispanics/Latinos.  
• Pathways to Improving Outreach to American Indians and Alaska Natives who are Deaf, Deaf-Blind, and Hard of Hearing
  Project to address key rehabilitation outreach needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind, and who are living in urban settings or are in transition from tribal lands.
• Technical Assistance on Native American Culture project (TANAC)
  Focuses on providing training and technical assistance to Community Work Incentive Coordinators (CWICs) who work with Native American SSA beneficiaries with disabilities. CWICs that have access to training and technical assistance concerning American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian cultural issues and customs will be better prepared to interact with Native Americans on the various issues related to SSA benefits available for individuals with disabilities.
• Three Feathers Associates
  Has a mission to promote the health, education and welfare of American Indian and Alaska Native people.

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