Survivor Resources

Resources provided within this menu include website links and newsgroups. Please also visit our listing of periodicals, books, and organizations. We also have a Survivors Webrings Page.

NOTE: The Survivors Art Foundation is not responsible for the content of these sites and resources, which may be triggering for some people.

Special Section: Coping with Traumatic Stress Post-9/11

The Recovery Village
“The Recovery Village is a network of rehabilitation facilities that offers comprehensive treatment for substance abuse disorders as well as co-occurring mental health conditions”
https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/mental-health/ptsd/

American Psychological Association
“Managing Traumatic Stress: Tips for Recovering From Disasters and Other Traumatic Events”
http://helping.apa.org/daily/traumaticstress.html

“Coping With Terrorism”
http://helping.apa.org/daily/terrorism.html

“Disaster Mental Health: Dealing with the Aftereffects of Terrorism”

National Center for PTSD
https://cbdforsure.com/cbd-for-ptsd/
PTSD Among Veterans: Causes, Symptoms, Treatments and CBD.

Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists
http://www.atss-hq.com/
Clearing house of online and offline resources, including toll-free numbers, for disaster and trauma survivors.

Mesothelioma Resource Directory
http://www.mesotheliomalegalreview.com
Law Mesothelioma Resource

Disaster Handouts & Links
http://www.trauma-pages.com/pg5.htm
Fourteen disaster handouts, categorized, with multi-lingual page translation available.

“Operation Teddy Care”
http://teddycare.coastside.net/
This organization collects new teddy bears from around the world, and makes them available free to qualified counselors, school personnel, medical professionals, rescue and law enforcement people to use when helping traumatized kids. Children of the rescue workers in NYC will also receive a “certificate of bravery,” and rescue dogs will also be receiving teddy-bear shaped dog toys.

Click on a category below:

Accidents and Disasters
Addictions
Alternative Therapy
Assault , Rape
Cancer Patients Resources
Disability
Dissociation
Eating Disorders
Health
Loss and Grief Support
Male Survivors
Mental Health
Physical/Domestic Violence
PTSD
Offender Recovery
Self-injury
Sexual Abuse
Suicide
Torture, Holocuast
Trauma, Abuse

Disability Resources

Contact your regional Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC), a federally funded information center about the ADA. They can provide free literature, advice, and local contacts. Phone 800/949-4232.

Center for Independence of Disabled in New York, a federally funded Center for Independent Living(CIL) that provides training and resources to encourage independence. Our records indicate their contact info is 841 Broadway, #205, NYC 10003; phone 212/674-2300.

National Theater Workshop of the Handicapped in NYC
354 Broome St, #5F, 212/941 9511
Email: [email protected], Honora Moore or Liz Panessa.

Council for Disability Rights
http://www.disabilityrights.org
205 W Randolph, Suite 1650
Chicago IL 60606 1814
Phone: 312/444-9484; TTY: 312/444-1967; Fax: 312/444-1977

Disability Rights and Education Defense Fund (DREDF)
http://www.dredf.org
2212 Sixth Street
Berkeley CA 94710
Title II and III issues
ADA Hotline at 800/466-4232

ADA legal questions — ADA Home Page
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

Protection and Advocacy
http://www.protectionandadvocacy.com/

ADA–Law
http://paml.net/

Half The Planet
“Comprehensive, reliable information, ideas, products and services for the entire adaptation community, including people with disabilities, families, friends, co-workers, employers, manufacturers, distributors, service providers, educators, legislators, regulators and advocates.”
http://www.halftheplanet.com

United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc. (Lead Agency)
http://www.disabilityact.com
354 Broad Street
Trenton, New Jersey 08608-2502
Phone: 609/392-4004 Ext. 539 Voice & Spanish
E-mail: [email protected]
Huntley Forrester, Project Director
Eric Laufenberg, Information Specialist
Pablo Viera, Minority Outreach Coordinator
Lisa Fedor, Program Assistant

Cornell University Training Division:
Program on Employment and Disability (PED)
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/PED
102 ILR Extension Building
Ithaca, NY 14853-3901
607/255-8348
607/255-0780

New York State Office of Advocate for Persons with Disabilities
(New York Affiliate)
1 Empire State Plaza, Suite 1001
Albany, NY 12223-1150
Phone: 518/474-5567 Voice & TTY
Fax: 518/473-6005
Within New York State: 800/949-4232 Voice, TTY & Spanish
Richard Vargas, ADA Technical Assistant Specialist
Email: [email protected]

Institute on Independent Living
http://www.independentliving.org
This comphrehensive website features “Personal Assistance Network” with a full-text internet-based library with documents about personal assistance for persons with extensive disabilities and related themes; “Disability Radio Worldwide,” with discussion of the full spectrum of issues related to advancing the human rights of people with disabilities around the world; personal assistant referral; worldwide networking among organizations and companies working in the disability field; as well as free publishing service for texts, manuals, reports, and articles on disability issues that promote self-determination and empowerment of people with disabilities.

Trauma and Abuse

RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network)
http://www.rainn.org
1-800-656-HOPE

Trauma Anonymous
http://www.bein.com/trauma/

Trauma Central
http://home.earthlink.net/~hopefull/

SASSY INC.
http://www.sassyinc.org
“sexual abuse survivors support year round inc” is a 9 year old charitable non profit (501c3) sexual /domestic violence support service program founded by survivor Vicki Bignell. Program includes Christian and spiritual services upon request, website with newsletter, chronic illness support (fibromyalgia and CFIDS), local support groups where program is located, referrals, resources, some AODA 12 step recovery resources and much more.

David Baldwin’s Trauma Information Page
http://www.trauma-pages.co m

The Sidran Foundation
http://www.sidran.org

ISTSS (International Society for Trauma Stress Studies)
http://www.istss.org

APSAC (American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children)
http://www.apsac.org

Child Abuse: Statistics, research and resources
http://www.jimhopper.com/abstats

AFF’s Information about Cults and Psychological Manipulation
http://www.csj.org/

alt.abuse.recovery
alt.abuse.transcendence
alt.support.abuse-partners

USENET newsgroups

PTSD

Vietnam Veterans Home Page
http://grunt.space.swri.edu/

Women Veterans Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Page
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/PTSD.html

alt.support.trauma-ptsd