The Oregon Family to Family Health Information Center provides information to families who are navigating the complex world of special health care needs. We are family members ourselves, who have firsthand experience raising a child or youth with a chronic health condition, developmental delay or disability, or emotional/behavioral challenges.
FACT is a family leadership organization for individuals and their families experiencing disabilities, working collaboratively to facilitate positive change in policies, systems, and attitudes, through family support, advocacy, and partnerships.
The mission of the Epilepsy Foundation is to lead the fight to overcome challenges of living with epilepsy and to accelerate therapies to stop seizures, find cures, and save lives.
DSNO is a faith-based support group that provides comfort and acceptance for families, friends and individuals with Down syndrome. It is our goal to use community outreach events to create a vision of hope and awareness to demonstrate that every life brings value to the world. The values that guide our mission are advocacy, inclusiveness, equality and respect for life, compassion, comfort, hope and faith.
DRO is a non-profit law office that provides advocacy and legal services to people with disabilities who have an issue related to their disability and that falls within their goals and priorities, which they set each year with help from the disability community.
Cognitopia develops life management applications for people who see the world a little differently. They create cognitively accessible web applications for self-management and executive functioning that help people with cognitive disabilities be more independent while helping caregivers provide better support.
CADRE provides dispute resolution for parents and schools. Their objective is to encourage the broadest possible access to the full range of conflict resolution options, and, to honor individuals and organizations that build schools and communities that are respectful of cultural, linguistic and class differences,
ASO aims to improve the lives of individuals and families living with Autism by providing resources, education, advocacy and support throughout Oregon.
Independent Living Centers are non-residential, private, non-profit, consumer-controlled, community-based organizations providing services and advocacy by and for persons with all types of disabilities. Each ILC offers independent living skills training, peer counseling, and information about services that can assist a person live as independently as possible in the community.
This organization assists individuals and families with issues such as future planning, the Oregon Special Needs Trust, guardianship, Think College Oregon, and participation in public policy.