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Pima County Special Education Resources

Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP)
A statewide system of supports and services for families of children, birth to three, with disabilities or developmental delays.
Arizona Deafblind Project
A federally funded free resource for Arizonans, including professionals working with, families of, and for individuals with deafblindness. The purpose is to identify children with combined vision and hearing losses. Also provides training, technical assistance, and resources to families and service providers of individuals with deafblindness.
Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind
Committed to education of all children and youth with hearing or vision loss.
Parent Information Network
Provides parents with information so they can actively participate in their child's special education.
Tucson Scottish Rite Child Language Center
Benefits children with speech and language disorders through specialized early intervention programs, research to improve language learning, and professional training that links research to clinical practice.

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Assistive Technology

Arizona Loans for Assistive Technology (AzLAT)
A statewide alternative financing program offering affordable loans to persons with disabilities for the purchase of assistive technology devices. AzLAT is targeted to persons with low and middle incomes, creating a dignified alternative to traditional lending programs.
Technology Access Center of Tucson (TACT)
Provides timely, inexpensive, objective, state-of-the-art information about assistive technology.

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Arizona Center for Disability Law
Advocates for the legal rights of persons with disabilities to be free from abuse, neglect and discrimination, to have access to education, health care, housing and jobs, and other services in order to maximize independence and achieve equality.
Wrightslaw
Information about special education law and advocacy for children with disabilities. Includes thousands of articles, cases, and free resources on dozens of special education topics.

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National Organizations

United States Office of Special Education Programs
Dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts.
Association on Higher Education and Disability
AHEAD is the premiere professional association committed to full participation of persons with disabilities in postsecondary education.

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