Washington Community Resources

• ADA (Americancs with Disabilities Act) Information
• Childcare and Respite
• Community Services Directory
• Employment Assistance
• Financial Help
• Head Protective Gear/Helmet
• Health Insurance
• ID Bracelets
• Legal/Advocacy Services
• Medication Assistance Programs
• Parent Resources
• Recreation
• Seizure Dog Information
• Scholarship Information

ADA (American’s with Disabilities Act Information

• DBTAC Northwest http://www.dbtacnorthwest.org

Childcare and Respite

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

Community Services Directory

• Call 211 from home.
• 211 Washington Information Network http://www.resourcehouse.info/win211

Employment Assistance

• Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (Washington) http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/dvr/ Click on DVR offices for location near you.
• Neurological Vocational Services Center (Seattle) http://nvsrehab.org

Financial Help

• Supplemental Security Income (Nationwide) http://www.ssa.gov
• Department of Social and Health Services http://www.dshs.wa.gov/basicneeds/

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
• Office of the Insurance Commissioner http://www.insurance.wa.gov

ID Bracelets

• Low cost ID bracelets with room for epilepsy info- http://www.idtags4all.com
• 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

Medication Assistance Programs

• Rx Help for Washington http://www.rxhelpforwa.org or phone 877-923-6779
• Prescription Drug Program http://www.rx.wa.gov

Parent Resources

• La Epilepsia en Washington http://www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/mch/Epilepsy/Default.htm
• The Arc of Washington State http://www.arcwa.org
• Parent Coalitions http://www.arcwa.org/parent_coalition.htm
• Parent to Parent Support Programs http://www.arcwa.org/parent_to_parent.htm
• Family Voices of Washington http://www.familyvoices.org
• Developmental Web–Special education and developmental resources (Seattle) http://www.developmentalweb.com

Recreation

• Summer Camps and Programs for Children with Special Needs http://www.cshcn.org
• Camp Discovery: A Summer Camp for Children with Epilepsy and Their Siblings Visit our Camp Discovery Page
• VSA Arts of Washington http://www.vsarts.org

Seizure Dog Information

• Canine Assistants http://www.canineassistants.org
• Prison Pet Partnership Program http://www.prisonpetpartnership.org
• Paws with a Cause http://www.pawswithacause.org
• Delta Society http://www.deltasociety.org
• Epilepsy Foundation – Questions and Answers about seizure dogs http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/epilepsyusa/seizuredogs.cfm

Scholarship Information

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