ABLE National Resource Center
Providing families with resources from disability organizations nationwide. Bringing together the investment, support and resources of the country’s largest and most influential national disability organizations.
Website: ABLE National Resource Center
Link: Delaware ABLE
AutismNow Transition Planning For Students
Facilitating the successful movement of high school-aged youth with disabilities from school to adult life.
Link: AutismNow Transition Planning
Becoming An Adult – A Nemours YouTube Video Series
Legal and Financial Planning – Addressing health care Power of Attorney, health surrogacy laws and legal guardianship as well as estate and long-term planning and special needs trusts and letters of intent.
What Can I Do After High School? – Offering vocational guidance to help young adults get the most out of high school and are aware of options, including post-secondary education, job training programs, jobs and day programs.
Deciding Where To Live – Discussing the variety of residential programming available to people with disabilities in the adult world as well as information on how to make sure young adults are registered with the right services.
Taking Responsibility for Your Medical Care – Describing ways for young people to be more involved in their health care, what skills they will need to be successful and how being a patient in the adult health care world will be different from their pediatric experience.
Center for Disabilities Studies TEEM Unit
Transition, Education and Employment Model (TEEM) provides those with disabilities comprehensive services, supports, and opportunities that will enable them to develop the skills needed to increase independence, lead productive lives, and participate in the community as adults.
Address: University of Delaware, 461 Wyoming Road, Newark, DE 19716
Website: TEEM
Center on Technology and Disability
Providing assistive and instructional technology. Supporting learners with disabilities.
Website: Center on Technology and Disability
Christina School District Special Education
Providing comprehensive services for students with disabilities, including Transition Services.
Website: Christina School District – Special Education – Student Services
Link: The Roadmap: Setting Direction for Our Children into Adult Life
Deaf Blindness – Sordo Ceguera
A guide from the Parent Center helping families of children and youth with deaf blindness in the evaluation, IEP, and transition to adult life process.
Link: Parent Center Guide to DeafBlindness
Link: Recursos in Espanol – Recursos para educación y transición a la vida adulta para las familias con niños afectados por sordo ceguera
Delaware Disability Hub
Providing resources for youth and young adults with special needs and disabilities during the transition years to help them reach their full potential.
Website: Delaware Disability Hub
Delaware Division of Developmental Disabilities Services
Information for state-wide transition services.
Website: Division of Developmental Disabilities Services
Link: Essential Lifestyle Planning Forms
Delaware Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
The DVR Transition Services provides programs and services for high school students with disabilities who are transitioning from high school to adult life.
Website: DVR’s Transition Services
Delaware Department of Special Education – Transition Services
Providing transition services for students with disabilities as they transition from school to young adults.
Address: 401 Federal Street, Suite 2, Townsend Building, Dover, DE 19903
Link: Transistions After High School
DisAbled Person Employment Site
A premier Job Board for People with Disabilities. Jobs posted by companies who are looking to hire people with disabilities.
Website: DisAbledPerson.com
Guide to Special Needs Guardianship
Article: When Your Child Turns 18: A Guide To Special Needs Guardianship
Got Transition
Improving the transition from pediatric to adult health care through the use of new and innovative strategies for health professionals and youth and families.
Website: Got Transition
Link: Transition QuickGuide – Take Charge of Planning & Managing Your Own Health & Career Goals
Going To College
Information about college life with a disability. Designed for high school students and provides video clips, activities and additional resources to help those with disabilities plan for college.
Website: Going to College
Guardianship: Delaware State Courts
Helping to navigate the necessary steps to be a Guardian. A Guardian is a person appointed by the Court to make medical and/or financial decisions for a disabled person.
Website: Delaware State Courts – Guardianship
Health Coverage Options For Children With Special Health Care Needs
What happens when children with special health care needs age out of children’s plans? A guide to health insurance options for young adults with special needs.
Article: Health Coverage Options for Children With Special Health Care Needs
Integrated Employment Toolkit – ODEP
Resources, reports, papers, policies, fact sheets, case studies, and discussion guides to accommodate the full range of users and increase capacity and understanding about the value and potential of integrated employment.
Website: Integrated Employment Toolkit
National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability For Youth
Making the connection between youth with disabilities and employment. Find helpful information about employment and youth with disabilities.
Website: NCWD for Youth
State of Delaware Disability Determination Services
A state administered federal program that serves Delawareans who are unable to work because of a disability. The DDS develops, adjudicates, and processes disability claims of residents for Social Security disability benefits.
Website: Disability Determination Services
Sordo-Ceguera
Link: Recursos in Espanol – Recursos para educación y transición a la vida adulta para las familias con niños afectados por sordo ceguera
Transition To Adulthood
What you need to know as an individual with disabilities in Delaware. Find helpful information on a wide variety of subjects including Employment Rights Vocational Rights, Middle and High School Rights, Voting Rights, Transportation Rights, Housing Rights, and more.
Website: Transition To Adulthood
Transition Tool Kit for Youth with Disabilities
Tools to help families plan and be better prepared for the transition from home and high school to living and working in the community.
Link: Transition Tool Kit for Youth with Disabilities
Magee Rehabilitation – A Day in The Life Series
A four part video series depicting people with spinal cord injuries and who are in wheelchairs. The videos discuss how they adapt to their physical limitations and become self-sufficient.
Video – Kitchen Mobility
Link: Day In The Life Video Series
Other videos in the Series include:
– Home Mobility
– Working Out Part 1
– Working Out Part 2
– Community Mobility Part 1
– Community Mobility Part 2
Recommended Reading
Monica & David – A a documentary that explores the marriage of two adults with Down syndrome and the family who strives to support their needs.