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Disabilities:

Anxiety Disorder:

National Institute of Mental Health:  Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
Answers to Questions About Panic Disorder
Psych Central: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms
Anxiety Disorders, National Mental Health Information Center
Mental Health America: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

 

Asperger Syndrome:

Asperger Syndrome: What Is It?

Asperger Disorder Home Page

Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, and the Autism Spectrum

Center for the Study of Autism

MedlinePlus: Asperger's Syndrome

Asperger Syndrome

Asperger Syndrome Fact Sheet: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Treat Aspergers Syndrome Social Skills Deficits

Families of Adults Affected by Asperger's Syndrome (FAAAS, Inc)

NICHCY Web Resource Page: NICHCY Connections...to Asperger Syndrome

The National Autistic Society - What is Asperger Syndrome?

Kids' Health - Topics - Asperger Syndrome

 

Attention Deficit Disorder:

Articles on Attention Deficit Disorders, ADD ADHD, ADD/ADHD

ADD/ADHD Online Support Group

ADHD Information and Support from Eli Lilly and Company

ADHD Home

ADHD

CHADD Live

Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder Information Page: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

The ADHD Owner's Manual

AAP Children's Health Topics: ADHD

ADHD: What Parents Should Know -- familydoctor.org

ADD ADHD Child Treatment Behavior and Medication Help

Treatments for ADHD: Homeopathic Remedies for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder - Hyperactivity - ADHD - Holistic Medicine

 

Auditory Processing Disorder:

Auditory Processing Disorder in Children

Central Auditory Processing Disorder

National Coalition on Auditory Processing Disorders

AboutOurKids.org | Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)

Central Auditory Processing Disorders

Help for Central Auditory Processing Disorders (CAPD)

CAPD Parents' Page

Auditory Processing Disorder in Children - SchwabLearning.org

LD OnLine :: Living and Working with a Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)

Autism Information Library: Central Auditory Processing Disorder

CAPD - Central Auditory Processing Disorders and ADHD

Preparing the School for Your Child with Central Auditory Processing Disorder

Central Auditory Processing Disorders

Autism Spectrum Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorder:

Autism/PDD Information and Support to help your child

Information About Pervasive Developmental Disorders

Autism - Signs, Symptoms, Treatments, Resources, Support for Autism

ABA Resources for Recovery from Autism/PDD/Hyperlexia

AutismWeb: The Parent's Guide to Autism and PDD

Disability Info: Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Fact Sheet (FS1)

Childbrain.com - PDD/Autism - Diagnosis

Autism Society of America: What Is Autism: PDD

Research on Diet and Autism/PDD/Asperger's

AutismWeb - Wheat-free, milk-free diet for autism and PDD

Best Practices for Autism and PDD

Natural Treatment for Autism - Herbal Anger Treatment in Autism PDD

About Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, and Related Disorders by Maap Services, Inc.

 

Behavior Disorders:

MedlinePlus: Child Behavior Disorders

Children and Adolescents with Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders, National Mental Health Information Center

Disruptive Behavior Disorders

Teen Behavior Problems and Behavioral Disorders

Behavior contracts, behavior modification strategies

Behavioral Disorders: Focus on Change

Cerebral Palsy:

Cerebral Palsy Information Page: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Cerebral Palsy: a Guide for Care

Cerebral Palsy and Special Needs Children's Organization. Help, Support and Information about Cerebral Palsy - 4MyChild

MedlinePlus: Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy Source

 

Communication Disorders:

Children with Communication Disorders

Children with Communication Disorders
(Link is not the same as above)

Diagnosis of Speech-Language Disorders in Children

MedlinePlus: Speech and Communication Disorders

Young People with Communication Disorders

Communication Disorders and Emotional/Behavioral Disorders in Children and Adolescents -- Prizant et al. 55 (2): 179 -- Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders

Programs for Speech Development

 

Down Syndrome:

National Down Syndrome Society

Down Syndrome

National Association for Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome Sites on the Internet

Down Syndrome: Health Issues - Medical Essays and Information

Down Syndrome: What is it?

Dyscalculia:

Dyscalculia.org

National Center for Learning Disabilities -Dyscalculia

Dyscalculia - Learning Disabilities Association of America

Free!  E-book "What is dyscalculia?" - B Adler - Mathematics Screening - 2004

Dyscalculia Symptoms, Causes, Students with the Disability and Resources - K12 Academics

LD OnLine :: Math

 

Dysgraphia:

Dysgraphia

National Center for Learning Disabilities - Dysgraphia

Dysgraphia Information Page: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Dysgraphia - Learning Disabilities Association of America

Dysgraphia: Causes and Treatment

LD OnLine :: Writing & Spelling

 

Dyslexia:

Dyslexia the Gift. Information and Resources for Dyslexia

Symptoms and Diagnosis of Dyslexia

Dyslexia Information Page: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Dyslexia Parents Resource - Information about Dyslexia

What is Dyslexia?

National Center for Learning Disabilities - Dyslexia

Understanding Dyslexia

Dyspraxia:

National Center for Learning Disabilities -Dyspraxia

Dyspraxia: Can We Talk?

Dyspraxia

Developmental Dyspraxia Information Page: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

 

Fine Motor Impairment:

Howstuffworks "The Newborn's Physical Development: Fine Motor Skills"

Fine Motor Skills: Information from Answers.com

Fine Motor Delays

 

Gross Motor Impairment:

Gross Motor Skills: Information from Answers.com

Howstuffworks "The Newborn's Physical Development: Gross Motor Skills"

Gross Motor Development Article

 

Hearing Impairment:

American Sign Language - National Association of the Deaf

Hearing Impairment

What's Hearing Loss?

SERI Hearing Impairment Resources

ScienceDaily: Hearing Loss News

A Basic Guide to ASL

 

 Intellectual Impairment:

Disability Info: Mental Retardation Fact Sheet (FS8)

Mental Retardation, DD, NCBDDD, CDC

Mental Retardation

Children Who Are Mentally Retarded | American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

What is Intellectual Impairment?

Intellectual Impairment

Support Strategies - Intellectual Impairment

 

Muscular Dystrophy:

Muscular Dystrophy Association

Muscular Dystrophy Information Page: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Muscular Dystrophy

MedlinePlus: Muscular Dystrophy

 

Non-Verbal Learning Disability:

NLD on the Web!

NLDline

NLDA - Nonverbal Learning Disorders Association

LD OnLine :: Nonverbal LD

Nonverbal Learning Disabilities - SchwabLearning.org

Non-Verbal Learning Disorders - Learning Disabilities Association of America

Nonverbal Learning Disability: How To Recognize It and Minimize Its Effects. ERIC Digest

NLD Connection

Nonverbal Learning Disorder

Learning Disabilities

LD Resources » » Coming to Terms with a Non-Verbal Learning Disability

 Neurological Disability:

Learning in preschool children with neurological disability
(This is an article that you must be registered with their website to read)

Disability Resource Network

 

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder:

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

National Institute of Mental Health: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

MedlinePlus: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Causes, Symptoms, Treatment and Diagnosis on MedicineNet.com

 

Pragmatic Language Disorder:

What is Semantic-pragmatic Disorder?

Semantic and Pragmatic Difficulties and SPLD / Caroline Bowen

Social Pragmatic Language Disorders

 

 Sensory Integration Dysfunction:

Sensory Integration Dysfunction

Sensory Processing Disorder

Sensory Integrative Dysfunction in Young Children

Sensory Integration Dysfunction Signs, Symptoms and Background Information

Sensory Integration

Sensory Integration Dysfunction: Information from Answers.com

Preparing the School for Your Child with Sensory Integration Dysfunction

SchoolBehavior.com: Sensory Integration Dysfunction

Emotional Disturbance:

Disability Info: Emotional Disturbance (FS5)

How to Identify Emotional Disabilities | eHow.com

The Ross Center for Disability Services: Documentation Guidelines: Psychiatric/Emotional

Emotional Disability

 

Specific Learning Disabilities:

Disability Info: Learning Disabilities (FS7)

National Research Center on Learning Disabilities

Learning Disabilities: types, causes, symptoms, and diagnosis

Specific Learning Disabilities, Discrepancy and Response to Intervention Models & IDEA 2004

Learning Disabilities

Learning Disabilities — An Overview - SchwabLearning.org

LD OnLine :: Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities

Working Together: Computers and People with Learning Disabilities

Learning Disability Institute: Successful approaches for best practices in academic teaching and the prevention and remediation of Learning Disabilities.

Tourette Syndrome:

Tourette Syndrome Association

Tourette Syndrome Plus

Tourette Syndrome Fact Sheet: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Tourette Syndrome

Tourette Syndrome

Neuroscience for Kids - Tourette Syndrome

 

Visual Impairment:

Visual Impairment

Blindness

Disability Info: Visual Impairments Fact Sheet (FS13)

V. I. Guide Home Page, for parents and teachers of blind and visually impaired children

National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (NAPVI)

Braille Bug

Braille: Deciphering the Code

 

 

 

Other Resources:

Assistive Technology:

Enablemart - Assistive Technology

National Organization Caring for Kids

Assistive Technology, Inc. - Accessible Products for Communication and Education

Computer Assistive Technology from AbilityHub

Assistive Technology Products from Microsoft

Family Guide to Assistive Technology

RehabTool.com - Assistive Technology Definition and Categories

 

National Resources:

Diann Jones, MetDESK Specialist

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

Abledata

disABILITY Information and Resources

Information Centers, Disability and Health - NCBDDD, CDC

The Arc of the United States

The International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet

Disability Travel and Recreation Resources

ADA & IT Technical Assistance Centers

Disability Related Organizations

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

U.S. Department of Education

Office for Civil Rights

 

Special Education Laws:

Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy

Wrightslaw Store - Books, DVDs, CDs, Training from Wrightslaw

IDEA 2004 News, Information and Resources

Special Education Law & Advocacy Strategies

Special Education and the Law - FamilyEducation.com

The Legal Center - Publications

Center for Learning Differences

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001)

Section 504 - Civil Rights Law, Protects from Discrimination - Wrightslaw

Section 504 Resources

Information and Technical Assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act

 

Massachusetts Disability Resources:

Massachusetts Disability Resources / Family Village

ASSETS, Inc. - Assistive School Systems Educational Technology Services

Easter Seals Massachusetts: Disability Resource Information

Massachusetts Disability Resources - Tufts University OEO

Disability Law Center of Massachusetts

Health Care for All - Resources for the Disabled

Massachusetts Disability Lawyers.com

Resource Lists: Children's Literature & Disability (BIB5)

Tutor In Your Home
DSS, DMR, DMH

 

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