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» Family Voices of Tennessee    Unit of the Tennessee Disability Coalition that supports and advocates for family-centered care for children with disabilities. Program details, contact information, and resources for parents.    http://www.tndisability.org/familyvoices/

» Friends of Tennessee Infant Parent Services    Non-profit working to enhance the potential of infants and young children with disabilities by offering support to their families and to early intervention professionals.    http://friendsoftips.com/

» Independent Opportunities, Incorporated    Provides community-based residential supports for people with developmental disabilities throughout the states of Oklahoma and Tennessee.    http://www.ioi-tulsa.com

» People First of Tennessee    Nonprofit organization supporting the rights of the disabled. Based in Murfreesboro.    http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/Opry/3843/

» Project TREDS: Tennessee Deafblind Project    Information about Vanderbilt University Kennedy Center program that provides technical assistance to children and youth with combined vision and hearing losses.    http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy/treds/

» Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic - Tennessee Unit    Information about services, volunteering, and donating.    http://www.rfbd.org/UNITS_TN_home.htm

» Tennessee Association For Disability Rights    Resources for Tennesseans with disabilities    http://www.tadr.org/

» Tennessee Disability Coalition    Provides advocacy, training, and other assistance to help people with mental retardation or other disabilities in all aspects of their lives. Information about programs, legal rights, and current issues.    http://www.tndisability.org/

» Tennessee Disability Mega Conference    Annual meeting (in June) uniting people with disabilities, their families, and their allies.    http://www.tndisabilitymegaconference.org/

» Tennessee Disability Pathfinder    Provides information for persons seeking disability resources. [English and Spanish]    http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/tnpathfinder/

» Tennessee Family Pathfinder    Portal for state-specific information on disability services and resources, maintained by Vanderbilt University.    http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy/pathfinder/index.html

» Tennessee Infant Parent Services School    Statewide, home-based program providing training and other assistance for families of young children with developmental delays and/or hearing or vision loss.    http://tipsschool.memphis.edu

» Tennessee Statewide Independent Living Council    Organization supporting non-residential consumer-controlled independent living services for a cross-disability population. Information about rights and benefits and services currently available.    http://www.tnsilc.org/

» Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development    Conducts research and education aimed at improving the quality of life of persons with disorders of thinking, learning, perception, communication, mood and emotion caused by disruption of typical development.    http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy/