Helpful Web Sites

Monadnock Developmental Services
is the designated Area Agency providing supports and services to people with developmental and related disabilities in the southwestern corner of New Hampshire.

Spare Hands
is a company providing in home and community help/supports for individuals who need an extra hand with daily living chores or things they just can't do all by them selves.

The New Hampshire Challenge
is a quarterly newspaper for families who have members with disabilities, addressing disability issues through a family perspective.

Monadnock Family Services
is a non-profit agency that works to serve the mentally ill. MFS fosters mental and emotional health, promotes recovery from mental illness and inspires hope for personal success.

NH Department of Health and Human Services
Information on benefits programs

Social Security
Information on Supplemental Security Income (SSI), disability and related benefits

Autism Society of NH
Statewide organization provides information, advocacy and support to individuals with Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD), and their families.

United Cerebral Palsy
is the leading source of information on cerebral palsy

National Assoc. for Down Syndrome
The mission of the National Down Syndrome Society is to be the national advocate for the value, acceptance and inclusion of people with Down syndrome.

Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire
Statewide organization provides resource facilitation and peer support to survivors of brain injury and their families.

Department of Education Bureau of Special Education
Responsible for ensuring that school districts provide a free and appropriate education to all educationally handicapped students

Disabilities Rights Center, Inc.
Provides legal services and other advocacy assistance to persons with disabilities; information/referral

New Hampshire Governor’s Commission on Disability
Information and referral.  Provides information about the many services, laws, and regulations that affect citizens with disabilities. Implements and operates the federally funded Client Assistant Program designed to work out problems that may arise between persons with disabilities and the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

Special Olympics NH
Provides sports opportunities for athletes with developmental disabilities.