Education & Research

According to the 2005 Census, one out of every five people in the United States have some type of disability; this would be 54.4 million Americans. According to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,  "The term ‘disability' means, with respect to an individual

• A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of such individual;
• A record of such an impairment; or
• Being regarded as having such an impairment"

For more information on specific disabilities, we have provided several links below to some resources in Pennsylvania.

Down Syndrome Association of Pittsburgh.
http://www.dsapgh.org/

Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania
http://www.biapa.org/

Spina Bifida Association of Western Pennsylvania
http://www.sbawp.org/

National Autism Association of Pennsylvania
http://www.naa-pa.org/

National Multiple Sclerosis Society Allegheny Chapter
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/PAX/index.aspx

National Chapter of United Cerebral Palsy
http://www.ucp.org