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Health and Medicine General, MedLine, Pediatrics, Dictionaries, Drug Indexes
Disability Resources General, Siblings, Law, Education, Organizations
Networking Bulletin Boards, Mail Lists, Newsgroups, Chats
Specific Diagnoses ADD/ADHD, Autism, CP, Down Syndrome, Epilepsy, Genetic Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Tourette Syndrome
Assistive Technology
Special Needs Assistance SSI, Medicaid, Respite, Estate Planning & Special Needs Trusts

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Health and Medicine

General
- WebMD.com
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Better Health Health information
- Healthfinder Search
- Healthtouch Drug and health information
- Healthy Way Canadian Health Resource
- Inteli-Health Johns Hopkins Health Information
- Medicinenet Diseases, dictionary, drugs
- Mental Health Net Mental health information
- Thriveonline.com Consumer Health Site
- Virtual Hospital University of Iowa, Medical information, Search
- The Institute for Family-Centered Care
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
- 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 Answers to commonly asked questions
Dictionaries
- Achoo Healthcare Dictionary
- Health A to Z Health and Medicine Search
Drug Indexes
- Safemedication.com
- PharmInfoNet Drug information
- RxList Drug Index
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Disability Resources

General
- disABILITY Information and Resources Links
- Disability Resources Book Store
- Disability Resources Monthly Disability Resources on the Internet
- Disability Social History Project
- 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
- 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 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
- Untangling the Web Disability-Related Resources
- WebABLE Directory for disability-related Internet resources
Siblings
- The Sibling Support Project Resources, Newsletter
The Law
- ADA Home Page U.S. Department of Justice, Americans with Disabilities Act
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
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Networking

Bulletin Boards
- Family Village Discussion Boards Message Boards and Chat Rooms
- Parenting Bulletin Boards At The ParentsPlace.com
Mailing Lists (Listservs)
- 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
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
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Specific Diagnoses

Family Village Specific Diagnoses Card Catalog
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
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
- Alliance of Genetic Support Groups
- NORD The National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc.
- Genetic Alliance
Learning Disabilities
- LD OnLine Guide to Learning Disabilities
- Learning Disabilities Association
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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Special Needs Assistance

SSI
What you need to know when you get SSI
Medicaid
Medicaid Waiver Programs
National Respite Locator Service
Beyond Wills and Trusts
Family Village Estate Planning & Special Needs Trusts

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