Featured Resource
The Georgia Coalition of Family Advocates has created it’s own Family Advocacy Training Course for families of people with developmental disabilities to learn more about advocacy. This is a free two-hour, online, self-paced training. You can start and stop at any time, and the course will save your progress. This course is edited and updated every year.
National & Global Resources
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American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disability
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF)
Down Syndrome Resource Foundation
National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)
National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS)
National Down Syndrome Congress (NDSC)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institutes of Health INCLUDE Project
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
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A portion of profits are donated to organizations that support individuals with Down syndrome and their families, including those that provide medical care and support for heart defects.
A franchise coffee shop with more than 20+ locations nationally that employees people of all abilities.
BU aims to promote self-care, wellness, and sustainability by creating eco-friendly products for you and your home made by an entrepreneur with Down syndrome.
Co-owned by an entrepreneur with Down syndrome. 5% of proceeds given to special olympics. More than half of employees have differing abilities.
Indian inspired lip balms, handmade with love by an extraordinary young female entrepreneur with Down syndrome.
Handcrafted soap made by Simon, created by an entrepreneur with Down syndrome his sister.
Granola available in a variety of flavors, owned and operated by an entrepreneur with Down syndrome. Proceeds benefit the Down Syndrome Resource Foundation.
Unique photographic greeting cards by an entrepreneur with Down syndrome. Proceeds benefit the Down Syndrome Resource Foundation.
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State Resources
Colorado
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Highlight a business that directly and consistently benefits people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through inclusive employment or profits pledged to related causes. Entrepreneurs with disabilities are encouraged to submit their information.
We do not list organizations that provide services to people with disabilities if they do not employ individuals with disabilities or have a committed pledge to donate profits to a related non-profit organization.
Georgia
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Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta (DSAA)
Georgia Collaborative Administrative Services Organization (ASO)
Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD)
Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD)
Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE)
Georgia Down Syndrome Consortium
Georgia Parent Mentor Partnership
Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency (GVRA)
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We do not list organizations that provide services to people with disabilities if they do not employ individuals with disabilities or have a committed pledge to donate profits to a related non-profit organization.
New York
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Maryland
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Highlight a business that directly and consistently benefits people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through inclusive employment or profits pledged to related causes. Entrepreneurs with disabilities are encouraged to submit their information.
We do not list organizations that provide services to people with disabilities if they do not employ individuals with disabilities or have a committed pledge to donate profits to a related non-profit organization.
Virginia
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Cameron’s Coffee & Chocolates (ships nationally)
Provides employment to adults living with intellectual disabilities in a supported group environment.
Artisanal small batch ice cream made by staff inclusive of differently abled adults. We rejoice in their pride in this community.
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Highlight a business that directly and consistently benefits people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through inclusive employment or profits pledged to related causes. Entrepreneurs with disabilities are encouraged to submit their information.
We do not list organizations that provide services to people with disabilities if they do not employ individuals with disabilities or have a committed pledge to donate profits to a related non-profit organization.
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