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The following organizations offer mentoring and/or professional development.

Bender Consulting Services, Inc. - At Bender Consulting Services, Inc. our mission is to provide superior technology consulting services to our customers while creating employment and career opportunities, independence and freedom for people with disabilities.

Cerebral Palsy Magazine - Cerebral Palsy Magazine is currently the only one publication in the country fully dedicated to issues related to Cerebral Palsy. According to statistics population of people with CP in USA exceeded 700,000. Currently there is more than 160,000 children with cerebral palsy in our country, more than 10,000 new cases occur each year. Download free 2003 - 2005 issues of Cerebral Palsy Magazine.

Cerebral Palsy Network - The network is for people of all ages with CP, as well as their spouses, parents and friends. Parents are often looking for help with their children who have CP, and you and other adults with CP may be able to be helpful.

DateAble - DateAble is a social and dating organization for adults with and without disabilities. Robert Watson is the executive director of DateAble and he met his wife Lynn, who also has cerebral palsy, at a DateAble Event. The organization has members through out the United States and Canada, and in several other foreign countries.

Handicapped Friends Pen Pal Club - JEANNE POWERS, Director & Editor, had a vision of a pen pal club where anyone would be accepted; no matter their disability, age, race, religion, or station in life. That dream became a reality in June 1990, when HANDICAPPED FRIENDS was formed. In 2005 the name was changed to HANDICAPPED FRIENDS PEN PAL CLUB.

Le Te Dawg Dog Treats - Welcome to Regal Rewards, your source for all-natural exquisite dog, cat and horse treats. At Regal Rewards, we love our customers and their guardians. We give a personal touch to your special pet's treats. Page Porterfield, the owner of this pet bakery, has Cerebral Palsy.

Ms. Wheelchair Maryland - The mission of the Ms. Wheelchair Program. is to provide an opportunity for women of achievement who utilize wheelchairs to successfully educate and advocate for themselves as well as all individuals with disabilities.

New Mobility Magazine - New Mobility is not designed specifically for people with CP. But a major area of focus are issues confronted by people who use scooters and wheelchairs, and many people with CP will find this material enormously helpful. New Mobility does a excellent job covering political and social events affecting all people with disability, often with satire and humor. The web site has articles from the magazine as well as other features.

Pakkie - Homepage for the newly patented Pakkie Mobility Sling Rescue and Evacuation Device. We at Pakkie.com are determined to develop more efficient, and safer ways for people with disabilities to be transferred not only during an emergency, but during everyday life situations.

Scope - Scope is a disability organisation in England and Wales whose focus is people with cerebral palsy. Scope's aim is that disabled people achieve equality: a society in which they are as valued, and have the same human and civil rights, as everyone else.

Through the Looking Glass - a nationally recognized center that has pioneered research, training, and services for families in which a child, parent or grandparent has a disability or medical issue. Our mission is "To create, demonstrate and encourage non-pathological and empowering resources and model early intervention services for families with disability issues in parent or child which integrate expertise derived from personal disability experience and disability culture.

wheelchairjunkie.com - This website is run by Mark Smith. Mark is spastic, has slurred speech, uses a 300-pound wheelchair, and a weird sense of humor frequently found in people with CP. He runs a first class web site that provides very helpful information on scooters and wheelchairs. Mark has some very informative articles, as well as some very funny stuff. Check out the article that why his wife and others never found out that he has CP.

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