- Special thanks to the Tennessee Disability Coalition for helping us update this page.
- General
- See also Developmental Disabilities, Multi-Service Agencies
- John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development – Finding Disability Services
- Tennessee Commission on Aging & Disability
- Tennessee Department of Human Services
- Tennessee Disability Coalition
- Tennessee Family Pathfinder
- Advocacy & Legal Rights
- People First of Tennessee
- Southeast Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center
- Tennessee ADA Leadership Network
- Tennessee ADAPT
- Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (TALS)
- Tennessee Association for Disability Rights
- Tennesse Justice Center
- Tennessee Protection and Advocacy (TP&A)
- National Resources
- Aging
- AARP in Tennessee
- Aging Commission of the Mid-South
- ElderWeb Tennessee
- First Tennessee Area Agency on Aging
- Tennessee Commission on Aging & Disability
- U.S. Administration on Aging – Tennessee State and Area Agencies on Aging
- National Resources
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Alzheimer’s Association – Chapters in Tennessee
- National Resources
- Arts
- Tennessee Arts Commission – Artists with Disabilities
- VSA arts Tennessee
- National Resources
- Assistive Technology
- LRE for LIFE (technical assistance for schools)
- Tennessee Technology Access Project (TTAP)
National ResourcesAutism
Autism Society of America
Families for Early Autism Treatment – F.E.A.T. of Chattanooga
Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD)
National ResourcesBlindness and Visual Impairments
Clovernook Center for the Blind
Radio Reading Service of the Memphis/Shelby County Public Library and Information Center
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, Tennessee Unit
Tennessee Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Tennessee School for the Blind
National ResourcesBrain Injury
Brain Injury Association of Tennessee
National ResourcesCancerNational ResourcesCerebral Palsy
United Cerebral Palsy
National ResourcesChildren
See also Developmental Disabilities, Education
Center for Early Childhood Learning and Development (Tennessee State University)
Support and Training for Exceptional Parents (STEP)
Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital
Communication Disorders
See also Deaf-Blindness, Deafness and Hearing Impairments
Tennessee Association of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists (TAASLP)
National ResourcesCystic Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation – Tennessee Chapter
National ResourcesDeaf-Blindness
See also Communication Disorders
TREDS: The Tennessee Outreach Project for Children and Youth Experiencing Dual Sensory Impairments
National ResourcesDeafness and Hearing Impairments
See also Communication Disorders
Bill Rice Ranch (religious summer program for deaf teens)
Knoxville Area Community Center for the Deaf (KACCD)
Tennessee Infant Parent Service Program (TIPS)
National ResourcesDevelopmental Disabilities
See also Children, General, Multi-Service Agencies
- Davidson County
- Hamilton County
- Mid-South
- Putnam County (Advocacy & Resources Corporation)
- Washington County
Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities (University of Tennessee Health Science Center)
John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development
Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Tennessee Developmental Disabilities Council
National ResourcesDiabetes
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation – East Tennessee Chapter
National ResourcesDown Syndrome
Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tennessee
National ResourcesEducation
See also Children
Disability Coalition on Education
SPAN-TN (Special Education Action Network of Tennessee)
Tennessee Division of Special Education
West Tennessee RISE (Restructuring for Inclusive School Environments)
National ResourcesEmploymentSee Vocational RehabilitationEpilepsy
Epilepsy Foundation of America
Financial Information
TennCare (state-sponsored managed care)
Tennessee Division of Workers’ Compensation
National ResourcesFragile X SyndromeNational ResourcesHead InjurySee Brain InjuryHealth
HIT: Health Information Tennessee
Tennessee Department of Health
Tennessee Health Care Campaign
National ResourcesHeart Disorders
American Heart Association – Tennessee Chapters
National ResourcesHousing
National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification – Tennessee
Tennessee Housing Development Agency
National ResourcesIndependent Living
Center for Independent Living of Middle Tennessee
Disability Resource Center (Knoxville)
Jackson Center for Independent Living
Memphis Center for Independent Living
Tri-State Resource Advocacy Corporation (TRAC)
National ResourcesLearning Disabilities
Learning Disability Association of Greater Memphis
Tennessee State Resources (LD OnLine)
Tennessee State Resources for Literacy and Learning Disabilities (NALLD)
National ResourcesLeukemia & LymphomaLeukemia & Lymphoma Society – Tennessee ChapterMental Illness
Mental Health Association
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Tennessee (NAMI Tennessee)
Regional Intervention Program (for children)
Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Tennessee State Mental Health Resources (KEN)
National ResourcesMental RetardationSee Developmental DisabilitiesMulti-Service Agencies
See also Children, Developmental Disabilities, General
Shelby Residential & Vocational Services (SRVS)Multiple Sclerosis
National Multiple Sclerosis Society – Tennessee Chapters
National ResourcesOccupational TherapyNational ResourcesPrader-Willi SyndromeNational ResourcesRecreationSee Sports and RecreationRehabilitation
National ResourcesRespiratory DisordersNational ResourcesRespite Services
National Respite Locator Service – South Dakota and Tennessee Respite Programs
National ResourcesSpeech Disorders
National ResourcesSpina Bifida
Spina Bifida Association of Tennessee
National ResourcesSports and Recreation
Easter Seals Tennessee – A B L E (Athletes Building Life Experiences)
National ResourcesStrokeNational ResourcesTourette SyndromeNational ResourcesTransportation
Project ACTION Accessible Traveler’s Database – Tennessee Cities
National ResourcesTurners SyndromeNational ResourcesVeterans
Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs
National ResourcesVocational Rehabilitation
Tennessee Department of Human Services (see Rehabilitation Services Division)
Center on Disability and Employment
(c) 1997-2013 Disability Resources, inc.