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Our Special Needs links:
Ability On-Line Support Network
www.ablelink.org
Connects
young people with special needs to peers and mentors with and without
disabilities. Encourages humor, respect, and understanding.
Arc Family Trust of Southeastern PA www.arcfamilytrust.org
The ARC Family Trust of
Southeastern PA exists to counsel families on disability-based futures
planning. Dedicated to establishing equal opportunity for individuals with
disabilities to achieve rich full lives in their local communities.
Dr. Tony Attwood http://www.tonyattwood.com
Psychologist and author Tony Attwood presents this web site for parents,
professionals, people with Asperger's Syndrome, and their partners.
AutismAsperger.net www.autismasperger.net/ Web home of Stephen Shore, author of Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences with Autism and Asperger Syndrome. Serves to build greater awareness of the autism spectrum and in particular, Asperger Syndrome. It joins other websites with this same focus and will work together with them toward strengthening our community of people on the autism spectrum. Autism/Pervasive Developmental Disorders www.autism.about.com A comprehensive guide to living with Autism/PDD for parents, teachers and caregivers. About.com guide, Lisa Rudy, is a freelance writer and the mother of a child on the autism spectrum.
Autism Awareness Centre
www.autismawarenesscentre.org. Autism-PDD Resource Network www.autism_pdd.net
Consolidates
innumerable web resources. Includes frank discussion, medical
information, and practical advice.
Autism Resources www.autism_resources.com
An amazing
index of autism related resources. Collected information about hundreds of
autism-related books. Includes recommendations of parents and other readers,
books for children, for parents, for teachers, for professionals, accounts of
autistic people, and fiction.
Beach Center www.lsi.ukans.edu/BEACH
The Beach
Center's primary purpose is to conduct research to enhance the quality of life
of families who have a child with a disability. Addresses many of the
questions that families commonly have.
Brave Kids www.bravekids.orgBrave Kids, a non-profit organization that helps children with chronic, life threatening illnesses and disabilities. The web site is the online community and web resource center for kids with special needs, their families and healthcare professionals. Breaking Autism's Barriers http://www.breaking-autisms-barriers.com The site contains information about Bill Davis, his books, reviews, emergency responder training courses, speaking engagements, poetry, links, artwork by Chris Davis and photos. Cerebral Palsy www.aacpdm.org
The American
Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine is a multi-disciplinary
scientific society that provides information devoted to the treatment of
cerebral palsy and to improving the quality of life
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry www.aacap.org
The American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry assists parents in understanding
developmental, behavioral, emotional, and mental disorders affecting children.
Fact sheets on issues such as sleep, depression, bed-wetting, etc.
Children's Disabilities Information www.childrensdisabilities.info Support and information for parents of children with special needs.Computers for the Handicapped www.wolfe.net/~dr_bill/
Information
about software and hardware for people with quadrapeligia, as well as visual,
hearing, mobility, speech, and language impairments, impairments.
Developmental Delay Resources www.devdelay.org
Dedicated to
meeting the needs children who have developmental delays in sensory motor,
language, social, and emotional areas. Also publicizes research into
determining identifiable factors that would put a child at risk and maintains
a registry, tracking possible trends.
Different Abilities www.differentabilities.com Started by a mom with four children with varying degrees of cerebral palsy. DifferentAbilities.com is a laid back, fun loving, and most appreciative of the smallest accomplishments our children strive to achieve. Disability Resources www.disabilityresources.org
Encyclopedia Britannica Internet Guide calls this site "wonderfully
well-organized site ... for cutting through the morass of disability-related
material on the Web."
Down's Heart Group www.dhg.org.uk A UK charity offering support and information relating to heart conditions associated with Down’s Syndrome. The Group aims to provide unbiased, up to date facts, thus enabling individuals to make informed choices. Ideal Lives http:ideallives.com
Ideas &
resources for those who care about someone with special needs. Founder
Lisa Simmons is the author of The Internet Resource Guide for Parents &
Disability Professionals. The goal is to bring parents, educators, &
disability professionals together with the information they need. Lisa is
a parent has professional experience as an educator and advocate.
Interdisciplinary Council (ICDL) www.icdl.com
The
Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders supports
families by providing resource information and opportunities for communication
using the Developmental Individual-Difference Relationship-Based (DIR) model
(floor-time techniques).
Merrill Lynch http://www.plan.ml.com/specialneeds
Families of
Children With Disabilities Website: valuable information on financial
planning for families as well as a regular column by Robert Naseef, Ph.D.
National Fathers Network www.fathersnetwork.org
A national
program dedicated to fathers of children with special needs. Articles by dads,
photos, bulletin boards, publications, etc. Connected to scores of local
groups. Also in Spanish.
National Information Center for www.nichcy.org
Children
and Youth with Disabilities
A federally
funded information and referral clearinghouse for families, professionals, and
educators. Many fact sheets and state by state resource lists.
New Learning Center www.newlearningcenter.com
Provides
clinical services and social skills training for children with ADHD, PDD,
Asberger's Syndrome in Westport, CT
Parents of Autistic Children Together www.solvingthepuzzle.org A New Jersey support group for parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders including Autism, Pervasive Development Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PPD/NOS), Asperger's Syndrome, Rett's Syndrome, Laundau Kleffner Syndrome, and Fragile X Syndrome.
Parents
Exchange http://ParentsExchange.web.com
An advocacy
site. Links arranged by topics and disabilities, legislative updates, reading
lists, mailing lists and inspirational pieces.
Parents Helping Parents www.php.com
A parent
directed family resource center that serves families and the professionals who
serve them. Information on this site can help other parent to parent programs
get started.
Parenting Special Needs www.specialchildren.about.com/
Includes
articles, links, chats, and “Parenting From the Heart,” a weekly newsletter
that keeps you up to date on parenting children with special needs..
Parent to Parent of New Hampshire www.parenttoparentnh.org Learning that your child has a disability or special needs can be a traumatic experience. Questions and concerns about your child's needs and your feeling are dealt with on this site by parents who have been there. Pediatric Dentistry www.aapd.org
The American
Academy of Pediatric Dentistry provides information about improving and
maintaining the oral health of infants, children, adolescents
with special health care needs.
Pediatric Services www.pediatricservices.com
An award
winning web site by a provider from central California. Information about
child development and various pediatric therapies. Bi-lingual services.
Prematurity www.prematurity.org Preemie Child Support Group and hundreds of article on the special needs of preemies. A unique site. Psych Central www.psychcentral.com
One-stop
index for psychology, support, and mental health issues, resources, and people
on the
Internet, since 1995. As seen in The Wall Street Journal, L.A. Times,
Newsweek, etc.
Respite Care www.chtop.com/locator.htm
National
Respite Locator Service maintains a database of respite services for those
looking for childcare for children with special needs.
Sibling Support Project www.seattlechildrens.org/sibsupp/
A national
program dedicated to the interests of brothers and sisters of people with
special health and developmental needs. Based at Seattle Children’s
Hospital.
SPECARE www.specare.com
A Pediatric
Center for Children with Special Needs. Provides a medical home with case
mangement for children with complex medical needs. A multidisciplinary
approach.
Special Child Magazine www.specialchild.com
An electronic
publication for families. Bulletinboards, articles, information on
diagnosis, etc. Includes a column by Robert A. Naseef, Ph.D.
Toys and Play www.lekotek.org
A central
source on toys and play for children with special needs. The National Lekotek
Center is driven by the philosophy that children learn best when play is a
family_centered activity. Access a wealth of resources on opening up the
world of play to children with special needs.
University Affiliated Programs www.aauap.org
University
Affiliated programs engage in activities to support the independence,
productivity, integration and inclusion into the community of individuals with
developmental disabilities and their families.
Vision Therapy www.covd.org
If you are
wondering about how vision therapy can help with visual processing and
learning disabilities, this site from the College of Optometrists in Vision
Development will inform you. There is a large selection of links and a list
of qualified professionals.
ZERO TO THREE
www.zerotothree.org
A national
resource on the first three years of life which aims to strengthen and support
families, practitioners and communities to promote the healthy development of
babies and toddlers.
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