Latino Disability Resources

• Latino Health Institute
  Community-based public health organization in New England, annually serving over 30,000 Latin American families and individuals through more than 60 direct care programs, and an additional 5,000 healthcare professionals, para-professionals, and institutions through education, technical assistance, fiscal sponsorship, program oversight, and consulting.
• Navigating the Untamed Waters of Autism
  The Office on Minority Health
• Spina bifida in Latino/Hispanic Community
  From the Centers for Disease Control
• Midwest Latino Health, Research, Training, and Policy Center
  Seeks to improve the health status and quality of health care to Hispanics/Latinos living in Chicago and throughout the Midwest.
• National Center for Latinos with Disabilities
  NCLD serves three primary constituencies 1) individuals with disabilities, 2) their families, and 3) professionals who work with these individuals and their families.
• National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations
  A national voice for the health concerns of Hispanics.
• National Hispanic Medical Association
  The mission of the organization is to improve the health of Hispanics and other underserved populations.
  
• Pacer Center's Multicultural Project
  Multicultural staff persons meet with and provide individual information, assistance and advocacy to parents and family members who have children with disabilities. In addition, staff regularly meet with leaders in their own communities to discuss how to increase and improve services to families.
  
• Proyecto Visión
  A bilingual web site for Latinos with disabilities.

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