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Health and Medicine General, MedLine, Pediatrics, Dictionaries, Drug Indexes
Disability Resources General, Siblings, Law, Education, Organizations, History
Networking Bulletin Boards, Mail Lists, Newsgroups, Chats
Specific Diagnoses ADD/ADHD, Autism, CP, Down Syndrome, Epilepsy, Genetic Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Technology Dependent, Tourette Syndrome
Assistive Technology
Creative Community Living Self-Determination, Home Ownership, Individualized Funding, Person Centered Planning, Community Living and Inclusion, Employment
Special Needs Assistance SSI, Medicaid, Respite, Estate Planning & Special Needs Trusts

Health and Medicine

General
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Healthfinder Search
- Healthtouch Drug and health information
- Healthy Way Canadian Health Resource
- Institute for Family-Centered Care
- Inteli-Health Johns Hopkins Health Information
- Medicinenet Diseases, dictionary, drugs
- Mental Health Net Mental health information
- NORD National Organization of Rare Disorders
- Thriveonline.com Consumer Health Site
- Virtual Hospital University of Iowa, Medical information, Search
- WebMD.com

Medline
- Healthgate Health information and Medline
- Medscape Free Registration, Medical Dictionary, Medline
- Medsite Medical info, Search, Medline
- PubMed U.S. National Library of Medicine
Pediatrics
- Family Voices
- KidsHealth.org Information tailored for parents, teens or kids
- Pedianet Pediatric Health and Information
- Pediatric Database (PEDBASE) Descriptions of childhood illnesses
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- PEDINFO An Index of the Pediatric Internet
- For Parents of Preemies University of Wisconsin and The Center For Perinatal Care at Meriter Hospital Madison, Wisconsin
Dictionaries
- Achoo Healthcare Dictionary
- Health A to Z Health and Medicine Search
Drug Indexes
- PDR Health Consumer Version of the Physicians' Desk Reference
- RxList Drug Index
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Disability Resources

General
- Beachcenter.org research on families, disability and policy
- Children With Disabilities
- disABILITY Information and Resources Links
- Disability is Natural!
- Disability Resources Book Store
- Disability Resources Monthly Disability Resources on the Internet
- Disabilities On Line Includes newsletter
- Dis-web Links to thousands of health and disability sites
- Exceptional Parent Magazine On-line
- Family Village Disability-related Resources
- Family Voices
- HandiLinks to Disabilities Links
- Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI), Boston, MA
- IRSC Internet Resources for Special Children, Links, news articles
- Kids Together, Inc Resources for kids and adults with disabilities
- National Father's Network
- NConSD National Coalition of Self-Determination
- National Organization on Disability
- NCD National Council on Disability
- NICHCY The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
- NPND The National Parent Network on Disabilities
- Parents Helping Parents Family Resource Center
- President's Committee on Mental Retardation
- Project ACTION Accessible Community Transportation in Our Nation
- Self-Determination Nation Program Office on self-determination
- Special Child
- Untangling the Web Disability-Related Resources
- WebABLE Directory for disability-related Internet resources
- Best Buddies International Mission, to enhance the lives of people with mental retardation by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment.
- WheelchairNet
Siblings
- The Sibling Support Project Resources, Newsletter
The Law
- ADA Home Page U.S. Department of Justice, Americans with Disabilities Act
- Beyond Wills & Trusts Special Needs Planning
Education
- SERC from the Connecticut State Department of Education
- Band-aids and Blackboards Chronic Illness or medical problem in school
- Federation for Children with Special Needs MA Special Education
- SERI Special Education Resources on the Internet
- The Council for Exceptional Children Education
- U.S. Department of Education
Organizations
- AAMR American Association on Mental Retardation
- CCD Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
- Easter Seals
- FatherNet Children, Youth and Family Consortium, University of Minnesota
- MUMS Mothers United for Moral Support, Parent to Parent matching
- NADDC National Association of Developmental Disabilities Councils
- NFN The National Fathers Network
- TASH The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps
- The Arc Home Page The Arc of the United States
- United Way of America
History
- The Disability Rights Movement The Smithsonian Institution
- Disability History Museum
- Disability Social History Project
- Significant Dates and Events in Disability History
- History of Independent Living
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Networking

Bulletin Boards
- MGH Neurology Message Board
- Family Village Discussion Boards Message Boards and Chat Rooms
- Parenting Bulletin Boards At The ParentsPlace.com
Mailing Lists (Listservs)
- Community-Gateway Listserv
- MaDisabilityChat listserv
- Down Syndrome Listserv
- Health and Disability-related Mailing Lists At the Family Village, List
- Our-Kids E-mail: majordomo@tbag.osc.edu Subscribe Our-Kids
- Children's Disability List of Lists
Newsgroups
- alt.education.disabled inclusive education
- bit.listserv.ada-law ADA
- misc.handicap any topics related to disability
Chat Rooms
- Family Village Message Boards and Chat Rooms
- MGH Neurology Chat Rooms
e-Buddies: creates e-mail friendships between people with and without the developmental disability of mental retardation.
Best Buddies Friendship programs

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Specific Diagnoses

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

ADD/ADHD
- CHADD Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
Autism
- Autism Society of America
Cerebral Palsy
- United Cerebral Palsy Association
- Cerebral Palsy Multimedia tutorial for Children and Parents
- Cerebral Palsy Resource Center
Down Syndrome
- Down Syndrome Understanding the gift of life
- NADS National Association for Down Syndrome
- National Down Syndrome Society
Epilepsy
- Epilepsy Foundation of America
Genetic Disorders
- NORD The National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc.
- Genetic Alliance
Learning Disabilities
- LD OnLine Guide to Learning Disabilities
- Learning Disabilities Association
Technology Dependent
- Aaron's Tracheostomy Page
- Vent User's Support Page
Tourette Syndrome
- Tourette-Syndrome.com

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Assistive Technology

RESNA Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America
ATA Alliance for Technology Access
Closing The Gap
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Creative Community Living

Self-Determination

National Center for Self-Determination
Oregon Center on Self-Determination
New Hampshire Center on Self-Determination, including a manual for young people with disabilities and their family members
National Coalition on Self-Determination
Self-Determination Synthesis Project
National Program Office on Self-Determination, including an extensive links page

Home Ownership

National Home of Your Own Alliance

Individualized Funding

Person Centered Planning

A Resource List on Person Centered Planning
Institute for Community Inclusion (U of Mass) 'research to practice' in person centered planning

Community Living and Inclusion

Syracuse University Center on Human Policy
TASH
Building a Circle of Support good ATA chapter on building a circle of support

Employment

The Red Book Reference about the employment-related provisions of Social Security Disability Insurance and the Supplemental Security Income Programs.

Publications and resources a great collection of written
resources covering all of the above.

Special Needs Assistance

Social Security
SSI
Medicaid Waiver Programs by State
National Respite Locator Service
Beyond Wills and Trusts
Family Village Estate Planning & Special Needs Trusts

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