Resource Links
Coastal Bend Down Syndrome Advocates (CBDSA)
211 Texas
State of Texas Health and Human Services Commission – Texas information and
referral network (information about and referrals available for Health,Human and
Community Services).  To access their services, click he 211 logo or dial 211
and follow the prompts or click on the link in this paragraph.  This is a system
that is based on the zip code in which you live.
211 Texas Quick Reference Resource Sheet.  Contains a lot of good resource
contact numbers and addresses.  Click the button below to go the sheet.
Social Services Referral Hotline
Free listing of health and human service information in the 12 county Coastal
Bend region.  1-800-421-4636
Texas Parent to Parent
Support for families of children with disabilities, chronic
illness or other special needs. To access their
services, click the Texas parent 2 parent logo to the
left or click on the following link (
www.txp2p.org) or
phone 1-866-896-6001
ARD Advocates
Accessible Communities
1414 Martin Luther King Drive
Corpus Christi, Texas
Phone:  361-
Bishop ISD (Nueces County)
Dr. Norma Ramirez
361-584-3591 ext 237
About Learning Disabilities
A comprehensive disabilities website provided
by our friends in the UK.  
Resources in the United Kingdom
Down Syndrome Health Issues
Dr. Len Leshin's website.  Dr. Leshin is a renowned Down syndrome doctor who happens
to live and practice medicine right here in Corpus Christi
. Doctor Leshin has CBDSA listed
on his site  
here.
including Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg,
Starr, Webb, Willacy, and Zapata
counties as well as Charter Schools.