Washington State Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD)
Website: www1.dshs.wa.gov/ddd/index.shtml
The Washington State Division of Developmental Disabilities will direct you to the information and support services that can assist individuals with developmental disabilities and their families living in Washington State. Services include Case Management, Medicaid Personal Care, Employment, Community Access, Foster Care Placement, Community Support, Residential Service etc.

King County Developmental Disabilities Division (KCDDD)
Website: www.metrokc.gov/dchs/ddd
The King County Developmental Disabilities Division assists people with developmental disabilities and their families with child development, family resource coordination, employment services, community access opportunities, and community support programs within King County area.

Arc of King County
Website: www.arcofkingcounty.org
The Arc of King County provides services and support to people with developmental disabilities and their families living in Seattle and King County. The Arc of King County also provides resource guide of other local and national service providers who serve people with developmental disabilities.


Health Care Links:

National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Pacific Northwest Region
Website: nnlm.gov/pnr/
The mission of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) is to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by: 1) providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information; and, 2) improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The program is coordinated by the National Library of Medicine and carried out through a nationwide network of h health science libraries and information centers.

Medline Plus
Website: www.medlineplus.gov
Medline Plus will direct you to information to help answer health related questions. Medline Plus brings together, by health topic, authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other governments, non profits and other health- related organizations. Pre-formulated Medline searches are included on Medline plus and give easy access to the medical research literature. It also provides you with a database of full-text drug information and an illustrated medical encyclopedia.

Ethno Med
Website: www.ethnomed.org
The Ethno Med site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertaining to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle as many of whom are refugees fleeing war torn parts of the world.

National Organization for Rare Disorders
Website: www.rarediseases.org/info/about.html
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) is a unique federation of voluntary healthier organizations dedicated to helping people with rare “orphan” diseases and assisting the organizations that serve the people with rare diseases. NORD is committed to the identification, treatment, and cure of rare disorders through programs of education, advocacy, research and service