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Community Resources

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  • SA Independent Living Services  
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    Since 1981, SAILS has worked to make San Antonio and the surrounding counties a better place to live, work and play for people with disABILITIES.
  • Texas Home of Your Own Coalition  
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    The Texas Home of Your Own Coalition (HOYO) is committed to making homeownership a reality for Texans with disabilities.
  • Directory of Independent Living Resources  
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    Directory of several Texas organizations dedicated to helping people with disabilities live independent lives.
  • Disability SA  
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    Resources for individuals with disabilities in San Antonio, Bexar County, and South Texas.
  • The Unicorn Center
    Unicorn Centers, Inc. is a vocational training and job placement agency for adults with intellectual developmental disabilities. Unicorn customers are empowered to achieve their maximum potential for independence and productivity in the workplace and in the community through specialized Unicorn programs.

    The Unicorn Center offers life enhancement through the combination of half-day contract work, life skills training, job placement, job coaching and long-term follow-up.
  • The Arc of San Antonio
    The Arc responds to the changing needs of the intellectual or developmental disability (I/DD) community by developing programs and partnerships that address the most critical issues facing people living with disabilities. Today, The Arc offers one of the largest continuum of services for children and adults with a broad range of developmental abilities.

    The Arc offers a variety of activities promoting social, motor and vocational skills in a caring environment.
  • Alamo Service Connection
    Alamo Service Connection is for the elderly and people with disabilities, as well as their caregivers and service providers.

    The mission of the Alamo Service Connection is to provide easy, friendly, helpful access to services for older adults, people with disabilities and their families in Bexar County.
  • Texas Adults with Autism and Intellectual Disabilites (TAAID)
    Texas Adults with Autism and Intellectual Disabilites (TAAID) is a 100% volunteered adult parent support group within San Antonio, Texas.

    Proactively responding to the needs of the parents’ of young adult’s with autism and intellectual disabilities requiring support, guidance, assistance, training, and personal advocacy, to promote long term services, health, and happiness for their special adult.

 

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Disability Resources @ Your Library

Welcome to the Disability Resources site at the San Antonio Public Library. Here you will find:

  • featured items for checkout from the library's collection
  • links to community resources for people with special needs
  • listings for library events
 

Featured Items

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Parenting an adult with disabilities or special needs : everything you need to know to plan for and protect your child's future - Peggy Lou Morgan
Call Number: 649.151 MORGAN
Every parent of a child with disabilities knows just how overwhelming and frustrating it can be. When these children enter adulthood, the difficulties can become even greater. As the mother of an adult child with disabilities, Peggy Lou Morgan has years of experience dealing with the challenges these adults face every day. She believes that the most loving thing parents can do for their children is to prepare them to leave home in a way that works best for them. In Parenting an Adult with Disabilities or Special Needs, she gives parents invaluable advice on: teaching their adult child to be a self-advocate - helping their child cope with relationships - helping their child find a good vocational program - finding an apartment and a roommate - understanding government programs that can help their children while they become more independent.

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People with disabilities - Dawn Laney, ed.
Call Number: JUVENILE 362.4097 PEOPLE
Collection of research and writings that presents an unbiased summary of contraversial issues involving people with disabilities.

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Winning the disability challenge : a practical guide to successful living - John F. Tholen
Call Number: 362.4 THOLEN
In his inspiring book, Winning The Disability Challenge: A Practical Guide to Successful Living, renowned psychologist John F. Tholen, Ph.D. provides a fresh, positive outlook on living life as a disabled individual through: Tips on how fulfilling life experiences can be achieved after becoming permanently disabled. Essential guidelines to help the disabled navigate and negotiate the complex worlds of private insurance companies, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, VA Benefits, Federal and State Disability along with its subsequent maze of bureaucratic red tape. 100 affirmations that can be a source of comfort and help in getting back on track, even at times of great discouragement. Simpe, manageable methods for improving health, managing pain, curing insomnia and coping with various depressive, distressing symptoms.

 
 

disAbilitySA.Org featuring Johanna

Learn about individuals with disabilities in the San Antonio community. Take time to Embrace, Empower, and Educate...visit www.DisAbilitySA.org. Johanna is not defined by her disability. She is a former Miss Deaf Texas and a licensed interpreter for Deaf Interpreting Services.

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Audiobooks, mathematics
 

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Unicorn Center Art Exhibition at Forest Hills Library

Inspired by the National Library Week theme, "You Belong @Your Library", artists from The Unicorn Center have created art about public libraries and the people they serve.

The show runs from May 9 to June 30, at Forest Hills Library, located at 5245 Ingram Rd.

A reception for the public, friends and family of the artists will be held May 16 at 6:00 pm.

Everyone is invited to view the exhibition and to attend the reception.

Unicorn Centers, Inc. is a vocational training and job placement agency for adults with intellectual developmental disabilities located in San Antonio, Texas. Unicorn customers are empowered to achieve their maximum potential for independence and productivity in the workplace and in the community through specialized Unicorn programs.

 

News

NEW AIR FORCE PROGRAM

A new program has been launched by Air Force officials for parents with special-needs children. The program allows parents to receive 8-20 hours of respite care per month at no charge as long as they meet eligibility requirements. The child must be enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program. To apply for the respite care program, contact Child Care Aware at 800-424-2246.  Visit the National Resource Directory for more resources for parents of children with disabilities as well as organizations that offer respite care for caregivers.

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