Community Resources

• ADA (American’s with Disabilities Act) Information
• Childcare and Respite
• Community Services Directory
• Employment Assistance
• Social Security Disability
• Head Protective Gear/Helmet
• Health Insurance
• Find A Doctor
• Veteran’s Programs
• ID Bracelets
• Legal/Advocacy Services
• Medication Assistance Programs
• Parent Resources
• Loss and Grief
• NeuroPsychological Contacts
• Recreation
• Seizure Dog Information
• Bed Alarms
• Scholarship Information

ADA (American’s with Disabilities Act Information)

• DBTAC Northwest http://www.dbtacnorthwest.org
• Americans with Disabilities Act http://www.ada.gov

Childcare and Respite

• National Respite Locator Service (Nationwide): http://www.respitelocator.org
• Washington State Child Care Resource and Referral Networkhttp://www.childcarenet.org

Community Services Directory

• Call 211 from home.
• 211 Washington Information Network http://www.resourcehouse.info/win211
• Oregon Disability Resource Connection http://www.adrcoforegon.org
• Oregon 211 (Oregon) http://www.211info.org

Employment Assistance

• Washington Division of Vocational Rehabilitationhttp://www1.dshs.wa.gov/dvr/ Click on DVR offices for location near you.
• Seattle Neurological Vocational Services Centerhttp://nvsrehab.org
• Oregon Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Services http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/vr/ (Click on locations and contacts)

Social Security Disability

• Supplemental Security Income (Nationwide) http://www.ssa.gov

Head Protective Gear/Helmet

• Abilitations http://www.abilitations.com
• Plum Enterprises http://www.plument.com

Health Insurance

• Washington State Basic Health  http://www.basichealth.hca.wa.gov
• Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner http://www.insurance.wa.gov
• Oregon Health Plan http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/healthplan/
• Oregon Medical Insurance Pool http://www.omip.state.or.us/
• Oregon State Children’s Health Insurance Program http://www.dhs.state.or.us/healthplan/app_benefits/schip.html
• Oregon Family Health Insurance Assistance Program http://www.oregon.gov/OPHP/FHIAP/index.shtml

Find A Doctor

• American Epilepsy Society Find A Doctor http://www.aesnet.org/go/find-a-dr/find-a-doctor

Veteran’s Programs

• Seattle Veteran’s Administration Epilepsy Center of Excellence http://www.pugetsound.va.gov/services/epilepsy.asp
• Portland Veteran’s Administration Epilepsy Center of Excellence http://www.epilepsy.va.gov/northwest/portland/index.asp>

ID Bracelets

• MedicAlert Person HealthKey

http://www.medicalert.org/E-Health/ or call 1-800-432-5378

Legal/Advocacy Services

• Jeanne A. Carpenter Epilepsy Legal Defense Fund (Nationwide) http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/epilepsylegal/
• Alliance of People with disAbilities http://www.disabilitypride.org
• Washington Protection and Advocacy System http://www.wpas-rights.org
• Northwest Justice Project http://www.nwjustice.org
• Oregon Advocacy Center http://www.oradvocacy.org or phone 800-556-5361

Medication Assistance Programs

• Rx Help for Washington http://www.rxhelpforwa.org or phone 877-923-6779
• Washington Prescription Drug Program http://www.rx.wa.gov
• Oregon Partnership for Prescription Assistance http://www.pparxor.org or 888-477-2669

Parent Resources

• The Arc of Oregonhttp://www.arcoregon.org/ or 877-581-2726
• La Epilepsia en Washington http://www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/mch/Epilepsy/Default.htm
• The Arc of Washington State – Parent to Parent http://www.arcwa.org
• Family Voices of Washington http://www.familyvoices.org
• Seattle Developmental Web–Special Education/Developmenthttp://www.developmentalweb.com
• Epilepsy and My Child http://www.epilepsyandmychild.org
• Alaska Stone Soup Group – www.stonesoupgroup.org
• Alaska Parent’s Resource Guide – www.akepilepsy.org

Loss and Grief

• Eastside Compassionate Friends http://www.eastsidetcf.org
• National Compassionate Friends http://www.compassionatefriends.org

NeuroPsychological Contacts

• Pacific Northwest NeuroPsychological Society http://www.pnns.org

Recreation

• Summer Camps and Programs for Children with Special Needs (Northwest) http://www.cshcn.org
• Camp Discovery: A Summer Camp for Children with EpilepsyVisit our Camp Discovery Page
• VSA Arts of Washington http://www.vsarts.org

Seizure Dog Information

• Canine Assistants – (Georgia) http://www.canineassistants.org
• Brigadoon Youth & Service Dog Programs – (Bellingham, WA) http://www.brigadoondogs.org
• Prison Pet Partnership Program – (Gig Harbor, WA) http://www.prisonpetpartnership.org
• Paws with a Cause – (Michigan) http://www.pawswithacause.org
• Delta Society – (Bellevue, WA) http://www.deltasociety.org
• Summit Assistance Dogs – (Anacortes, WA) http://www.summitdogs.org
• Joys of Living Assistance Dogs – (Keizer, OR) http://www.joydogs.org
• Dogs for the Deaf – (Central Point, OR) http://www.dogsforthedeaf.org
• Assistance Dogs International – (California) http://www.assistancedogsinternational.org
• Internaional Association of Assistance Dog Partners – (Michigan) http://www.iaadp.org
• Psychiatric Service Dog Society – (Virginia) http://www.psychdog.org

Bed Alarms

• BedSeizureAlarm.com http://www.bedseizurealarm.com

Scholarship Information

• Keppra Family Epilepsy Scholarship http://www.keppra.com/pc/helpful_resources/scholarship_program.asp