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• Advocating Change Together Advocating Change Together (ACT) started in 1979 in response to the growing concern that individuals with developmental disabilities were being isolated and excluded from decisions regarding their lives. ACT is a grassroots, member-controlled organization, run by and for persons with developmental and other disabilities.
  
• Council for Disability Rights On national, state, and local levels, the Council for Disability Rights advances the rights of people with disabilities. The Council promotes public policy and legislation, public awareness through education, and provides information and referral services.
  
• EASI Equal Access to Software and Information A resource to the education community that provides information and guidance in the area of access-to-information technologies by individuals with disabilities.
  
• ARC, The The ARC (formerly Association for Retarded Citizens of the United States) is a voluntary organization committed to the welfare of all children and adults with mental retardation and their families.
  
• American Music Therapy Association Founded in 1998, AMTA's purpose is the progressive development of the therapeutic use of music in rehabilitation, special education, and community settings. Predecessors to the American Music Therapy Association included the National Association for Music Therapy founded in 1950 and the American Association for Music Therapy founded in 1971. AMTA is committed to the advancement of education, training, professional standards, credentials, and research in support of the music therapy profession.
  
• National Fathers Network The National Fathers Network (NFN) advocates for and provides resources and support to all men who have children with special needs through: Development of national and statewide databases of fathers from diverse ethnic, racial, and geographic backgrounds; Development of father support and mentoring programs; Development of curriculum (monographs and videos) designed to enhance the involvement of fathers in the home and service provision (i.e., health care settings, schools);
  
• ParentPals Parent Pals is sponsored by Ameri-Corp Speech and Hearing. Our goal is to provide special education and gifted information, continuing education, support, weekly tips, games, book resources, and news and views for parents and professionals. Therapists, audiologists, teachers, nurses and physicians contribute information on the following subjects: ADHD, autism, deaf and hard of hearing, emotionally disturbed, homeschooling, gifted, learning disabilities, mental retardation, orthopedically impaired, otherwise health impaired, severe and/or multiple disabilities, speech and language impairment, stuttering, traumatic brain injury and, visually impaired.
  
• American Academy of Pediatrics The mission of the American Academy of Pediatrics is to attain optimal physical, mental and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents and young adults.
  
• Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Association The NLDA promotes education, support, and advocacy for people with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities, and for professionals and family members.
  
• Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation Supports and encourages medical research, educates the public, and disseminates information to patients, their families, and medical professionals
  
• American Anorexia Bulimia Association, Inc. The American Anorexia Bulimia Association is a national, non-profit organization of concerned members of the public and healthcare industry dedicated to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. Through education, advocacy and research, AABA serves as a national authority on eating disorders and related concerns. AABA promotes social attitudes that enhance healthy body image and works to overcome the idealization of thinness that contributes to disordered eating.
  
• Adolescent Health Transition Project The Adolescent Health Transition Project is designed to help smooth the transition from pediatric to adult health care for adolescents with special health care needs. This site is a resource for information, materials, and links to other people with an interest in health transition issues.
  
• Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) encourages and supports research to develop effective treatments and a cure for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury and other central nervous system disorders. The Foundation evaluates and selects these research programs using councils of internationally renowned neuroscientists and clinicians. The Foundation also allocates a portion of its resources to grants that improve the quality of life for people with disabilities.
  
• Adolescence Directory On-Line Adolescence Directory On-Line (ADOL) is an electronic guide to information on adolescent issues. It is a service of the Center for Adolescent Studies at Indiana University. Educators, counselors, parents, researchers, health practitioners, and teens can use ADOL to find Web resources for these topics:
  
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill The mission of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill is "to eradicate mental illness and improve the quality of life of those affected by these diseases." NAMI has affiliate organizations in every state.
  
• Schwab Foundation Dedicated to raising awareness about learning differences and to providing parents and teachers with the information, resources and support they need to improve the lives of kids with learning differences.
  
• HotBraille.Com Not technically an organization, however, a valuable resource for anyone with, or with an interest in, a hearing impairment. HotBraille's mission statement can be summed up in two words: Enable communication. We do this by providing an accessible website that offers anyone the opportunity to send a Braille letter. We also enable Internet users to connect with each other using our community messaging services.
  
• Brain Injury Association The mission of the Brain Injury Association is to create a better future through brain injury prevention, research, education and advocacy. This site provides a vast amount of information and state resources.
  
• International Federation for Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida Its mission is to improve the quality of life of people with Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida throughout the world. To decrease the prevalence of Hydrocephalus and/or Spina Bifida by primary prevention.
  
• National Association of the Deaf The NAD safeguards the accessibility and civil rights of 28 million deaf and hard of hearing Americans in a variety of areas including education, employment, health care and social services, and telecommunications.
  
• Prevent Blindness America Founded in 1908, Prevent Blindness America® is the nation's leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight. Prevent Blindness America serves millions of people each year through public and professional education, community and patient services programs and research. Together with a network of affiliates, divisions and chapters, it's committed to eliminating preventable blindness in America.
  
• Center for the Study of Autism Provides resources for both professions and family members of individuals with autism. Includes interventions, family support, and stories of persons with autism.
  
• American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) The foundation's mission is to enable people who are blind or visually impaired to achieve equality of access and opportunity that will ensure freedom of choice in their lives.
  
• On A Roll Talk Radio This site offer a link to a radio talk show devoted to individuals with special needs. Other resources are available. You will need RealPlayer to listen to the broadcasts. You can download a free copy of RealPlayer from the On A Roll Talk Radio site.
  
• Center for Law and Education Educational Rights of Students with Disabilities Project CLE has worked since its inception to vindicate the right of all students with disabilities to full and equal opportunity in public education, with a particular emphasis on issues critical to low-income children and youth. CLE also publishes materials concerning the legal rights of students with disabilities.
  
• Assistive Media The mission of Assistive Media is to heighten the educational, cultural, and quality-of-living standard for people with disabilities and help achieve independence and become better integrated within the mainstream of society and community life in general. Assistive Media accomplishes this by providing free-of-charge, copyright-approved, high caliber audio literary works to the world-wide disability community via the Internet effectively, inexpensively and efficiently.
  
• Special Needs - Special Kids: Disability Awareness The objectives of this site include promoting the awareness of children with special needs of all kinds; promoting brighter futures for them and their families; and to provide support and education resources for their families, and those who support them.
  
• International Rett Syndrome Association The mission of the IRSA is: to support and encourage medical research to determine the cause and find a cure for Rett syndrome, to increase public awareness of Rett syndrome, and to provide informational and emotional support to families of children with Rett syndrome.
  
• American Printing House for the Blind APH produces books, magazines, and other materials in braille, large print, recorded, and digital formats; produces writing and recording equipment; produces tangible materials for teaching blind students; and produces special supplies used in education and by adults. APH is Unique APH is like no other company in the world. APH is the official source of educational materials for our country's 58,000 pre-college level legally blind students. APH produces 25 million pages of braille per year. APH produces 25 million pages of large print per year. APH produces 3 million cassettes per year. APH manufactures more than 300 unique products for people who have vision impairment. What a wonderful reason for being!
  
• Bandaides and Blackboards The intent of the site is to sensitize people to what it's like to grow up with a medical problem. Too often, youngsters so affected must cope with stigma as well as with their medical conditions. Teasing often accompanies this stigma, and adds a layer of pain to their experience of childhood. Unnecessary pain. Pain that isolates. Pain that affects not only the children who look or act or even just feel different, but all of the children in the classroom.
  
• Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation Early intervention and treatment offers the best chance for children with bipolar disorder to achieve stability, gain the best possible level of wellness, and grow up to enjoy their gifts and build upon their strengths. Proper treatment can minimize the adverse effects of the illness on their lives and the lives of those who love them
  
• Family and Advocates Partnership in Education The Family & Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE) Web site is a new project which aims to inform and educate families and advocates about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 and promising practices.
  
• American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) Promotes global development and dissemination of progressive policies, sound research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual disabilities.
  
• National Mental Health Services Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN) KEN provides a wealth of information regarding mental health. It has an extensive section dedicated to services and resources for children and adolescents. Hundreds of publications are available along with links to other sites dealing mental health issues.
  
• National Center on Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice NCEDJJ is a collaborative research, training, technical assistance and dissemination program designed to develop more effective responses to the needs of youth with disabilities in the juvenile justice system or those at-risk for involvement with the Juvenile Justice System.
  
• National Down Syndrome Society The National Down Syndrome Society is a not-for-profit organization that has become the largest non-governmental supporter of Down syndrome research in the United States. Today, NDSS continues to increase public awareness about Down syndrome and discover its underlying causes through research, education and advocacy.
  
• Parents Advocacy for Special Education Works to ensure that children with special needs receive the best education possible.
  
• PUSH America PUSH America is the national outreach project of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. Because of our commitment to brotherhood, we provide leadership opportunities, services and education to promote a greater understanding of persons who have developmental disabilities.
  
• C.H.A.D.D -Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders A national non-profit organization representing children and adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD). CHADD works to improve the lives of people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder through education, advocacy and support.
  
• National Organization on Disabilities The National Organization on Disability promotes the full and equal participation of America's 54 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life. N.O.D. was founded in 1982 at the conclusion of the United Nations International Year of Disabled Persons. N.O.D. is the only national disability network organization concerned with all disabilities, all age groups and all disability issues.
  
• CHERAB (Apraxis) CHERAB Foundation is a Non-Profit Organization, a partnership of families and professionals working together to provide support and information for those who care for children that are late talkers, or for those diagnosed with apraxia. Our goal to is raise awareness about the importance of Early Diagnosis and Early Intervention. We also wish to raise awareness about the world's number one disability, communication disorders, and when, how and where to go for help.
  
• American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association is dedicated to the eradication of autoimmune diseases and the alleviation of suffering and the socioeconomic impact of autoimmunity through fostering and facilitating collaboration in the areas of education, research, and patient services in an effective, ethical and efficient manner.
  
• Obsessive Compulsive Foundation The Obsessive Compulsive Foundation providing vital support to educate the public and professional communities about OCD and related disorders; to provide assistance to individuals with OCD and related disorders, their family and friends; and to fund research into the causes and effective treatments of OCD and related disorders.
  
• Best Buddies Best Buddies is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with mental retardation by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment. Best Buddies has grown from one chapter on one college campus to a vibrant, international organization involving participants annually on more than 500 middle school, high school and college campuses in the United States, Canada, Egypt, and Greece. In our 11 years of existence,
  
• iCanOnline iCanOnline brings together content, community and resources in one place that is easy to navigate and welcomes your input. This site is for individuals of all ages; however, it includes many resources relating to child and youth.
  
• Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is one of the world's largest membership organizations and information centers on hearing loss and the auditory approach. AG Bell focuses specifically on children with hearing loss, providing ongoing support and advocacy for parents, professionals and other interested parties.
  
• Disability Rights Activist, The A lot is happening at the federal level with legislation and regulations that affects the lives of disabled people. Unfortunately we are seeing a backlash against the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). There is more and more information available for people to take action in support of the rights of people with disabilities but it is, for the most part, scattered across the Web. THE DISABILITY RIGHTS ACTIVIST brings together much of the information needed to enable anyone interested in the rights of disabled people to work for those rights.
  
• Eating Disorders Education Organization EDEO is involved in providing information on eating disorders and offering support to families and friends of individuals with eating disorders.
  
• Internet Special Education Resources ISER is a nationwide directory of professionals who serve the learning disabilities and special education communities. We help parents and caregivers find local special education professionals to help with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder assessment, therapy, advocacy, and other special needs.
  
• President's Committee on Mental Retardation Acts in an advisory capacity to the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on matters relating to programs and services for people with mental retardation.
  
• National Family Caregivers Our "Share the Caring" theme is an acknowledgement that caregiving is more than a one-person job. It's a request for assistance. It's a call to action to help America's family caregivers.
  
• National PTA National PTA is the largest volunteer child advocacy organization in the United States. A not-for-profit association of parents, educators, students, and other citizens active in their schools and communities, PTA is a leader in reminding our nation of its obligations to children. Good resources on disabilities.
  
• National Transition Alliance for Youth with Disabilities The National Transition Alliance for Youth with Disabilities (NTA) was jointly funded in October 1995 by the United States Department of Education and United States Department of Labor to promote the transition of youth with disabilities toward desired postschool experiences, including gainful employment, postsecondary education and training, and independent living.
  
• Tyler For Life Foundation, The The Tyler For Life Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit voluntary organization whose mission is to improve the lives of babies by preventing mental retardation and death resulting from disorders detectable through newborn screening.
  
• Learn CPR This web site is to be used as a free guide and an informational resource, but it cannot replace real CPR or first aid training. Please try to attend a CPR training course in your community and help save a life. The information in this web site is based, in part, on guidelines contained in American Heart Association, Guidelines 2000 for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.
  
• National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped A free national library program of braille and recorded materials for blind and physically handicapped persons is administered by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Library of Congress. Under a special provision of the U.S. copyright law and with the permission of authors and publishers of works not covered by the provision, NLS selects and produces full-length books and magazines in braille and recorded formats.
  
• Disabilities Statistics Center The center's purpose is to produce and disseminate statistical information on disability and the status of people with disabilities in American society and to establish and monitor indicators of how conditions are changing over time.
  
• National Center for Learning Disabilities NCLD's Mission is to promote public awareness and understanding of children and adults with learning disabilities, and to provide national leadership on their behalf, so they may achieve their potential and enjoy full participation in our society.
  
• KIDS' PAGE KIDS' PAGE contains Web sites that provide information, materials, and really cool sites for students and classrooms. Many of these sites have related information about birth defects, child development, and disability and health
  
• MAX Foundation The MAX Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of special education awareness and to support deserving schools, research centers and organizations providing for children with special needs.
  
• ClercCenter at Gallaudet University The national mission is to develop, collect, disseminate, conduct research into and evaluate the most effective literacy strategies, family education methods, and school- to-work transition practices with deaf and hard of hearing students.
  
• Children With Disabilities The Children With Disabilities Web site offers families, service providers, and other interested individuals information about advocacy, education, employment, health, housing, recreation, technical assistance, and transportation covering a broad array of developmental, physical, and emotional disabilities.
  
• American Society for Deaf Children An national, independent non-profit organization whose purpose is providing support, encouragement, and information to families raising children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
  
• National Spinal Cord Injury Association The NSCIA has many chapters throughout the United States. Members work with local and national officials and agencies to develop better programs and services and act as community advocates for improved access, housing, transportation, employment, and leisure time activities for disabled people. Peer support and other services are also provided. These are fundamental aspects of living that 500,000 people with spinal cord injuries or diseases must cope with after they have been rehabilitated and have returned to community life.
  
• Smile Train, The The Smile Train is a non-profit organization that is committed to eradicating the problem of cleft lips and palates.
  
• Disability Information Systems in Higher Education A clearing house for information technology for accessibility and disability in higher education.
  
• Angelman Syndrome Foundation ASF's Mission is to advance the awareness and treatment of Angelman Syndrome through education, information exchange and research.
  
• Council for Exceptional Children Largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities. Primarily for professionals in the field of special education.
  
• National Arts and Disability Center The National Arts and Disability Center (NADC) is the national information dissemination, technical assistance and referral center specializing in the field of arts and disability. The NADC is dedicated to promoting the full inclusion of children and adults with disabilities into the visual-, performing-, media, and literary-arts communities. Its resource directories, annotated bibliographies, related links and conferences serve to advance artists with disabilities and accessibility to the arts.
  
• National Center for the Dissemination of Research Research Outcomes of disability research should offer great utility to people with disabilities and their families, practitioners engaged in various types of disability service delivery, scientists and researchers, policymakers, journalists, healthcare providers, employers, and many others.
  
• Epilepsy Foundation The Epilepsy Foundation is a national, charitable organization, founded in 1968 as the Epilepsy Foundation of America. The only such organization wholly dedicated to the welfare of people with epilepsy, our mission is simple: to work for children and adults affected by seizures through research, education, advocacy and service.
  
• All Kinds Of Minds Undertakes applied research, product development, program design, and professional training to foster the understanding and optimal care of children with differences in learning.
  
• Special Friends Foundation The primary mission of the Special Friends Foundation is to enable families to understand quickly what Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome (RTS) is all about and what resources are available.
  
• SpecialEdLaw SpecialEdLaw.net is a project of Stinson Law Associates, P.C. & Center for Education Rights. SpecialEdLaw.net is a comprehensive site dealing with all aspects of laws relating to individuals with disabilitites
  
• United Cerebral Palsy This site serves as the gateway to all state and local United Cerebral Palsy chapters.
  
• Turner Syndrome Society of the United States Mission is to increase public awareness and understanding of Turner Syndrome; increase understanding of those affected by Turner Syndrome about the condition and its associated problems; provide a forum where those affected by Turner Syndrome can become acquainted with others in similar situations; and work together with medical and health-care professionals to better understand the condition through research and communication of ideas.
  
• AVKO: Dyslexia Research Foundation The AVKO Dyslexia Research Foundation has been founded to help determine: What dyslexia is, why traditional methods of teaching reading and writing fail to help most dyslexics learn to read and write. What techniques seem to the best to teach dyslexics, what concepts are necessary for a dyslexic to learn, and what materials work best with dyslexics. What is needed to be done to raise the level of literacy to the point where the words, illiteracy, phonemic awareness, learning disabilities, dysgraphia, family literacy, adult literacy, and illegible handwriting will no longer have relevance.
  
• Our Kids The Our-Kids list consist of over 800 people representing children of varying diagnosis; everything from indefinite developmental delays and sensory integration problems, to cerebral palsy, to rare genetic disorders. Over 35 countries are represented on the list now.
  
• Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic RFB&D is the nation's educational library for people with print disabilities. We provide educational materials in recorded and computerized formats from kindergarten through postgraduate level. Materials are for all people who cannot effectively read standard print because of a visual, perceptual or other physical disability.
  
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). We are part of the U.S. Government, under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Provides comprehensive information on all areas of deafness and other communication disorders.
  
• Center for Applied Special Technology We believe that the most effective strategy for expanding educational opportunities for individuals with disabilities is through Universal Design for Learning. Our work now focuses the development of learning models, approaches, and tools that are usable by a wide range of learners and CAST's impact is seen locally, nationally, and internationally.
  
• HalfThePlanet HalfthePlanet was created to be the authoritative online source of reliable tools for independent living for the disability community. We are dedicated to the belief that only when the barriers to accessibility are removed and practical solutions to everyday life are provided can all people live independent and fulfilling lives.
  
• National Alliance of the DisABLED The National Alliance OF The DisAbled, Inc. (NAOTD) is an online informational and advocacy organization dedicated to working towards gaining equal rights for the disAbled in all areas of life. NAOTD believes that organizations which exist to serve persons with disAbilities, or make policies that affect them, should be governed and guided by persons with disAbilities.
  
• National Parent Network on Disabilities NPND is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering parents. NPND has the unique capability to provide it's members with the most up-to-date information on the activities of all three branches of government that impact individuals with disabilities and their families.
  
• Prader-Willi Syndrome Association Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) is dedicated to serving individuals affected by Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS), their families, and interested professionals. To provide information, education, and support services to its members.
  
• Spina Bifida Association of American The Mission of the Spina Bifida Association of America is to promote the prevention of spina bifida and to enhance the lives of all affected. The Association was founded in 1973 to address the specific needs of the spina bifida community and serves as the national representative of over 70 chapters. SBAA's efforts benefit thousands of infants, children, adults, parents and professionals each year.
  
• National Sports Center for the Disabled The National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD), is an innovative non-profit organization that provides recreation for children and adults with disabilities. What began in 1970 as a one-time ski lesson for 23 amputee children has evolved into the largest and most successful program of its kind in the world
  
• Mobility International As a US-based national non-profit organization, the mission of Mobility International USA (MIUSA) is to empower people with disabilities around the world through international exchange, information, technical assistance and training, and to ensure the inclusion of people with disabilities in international exchange and development programs
  
• Tourette Syndrome Association Develops and disseminates educational materials; stimulates support for research; apprises members of rights, services, and benefits provided by government and other organizations
  
• Protection and Advocacy: The Nation's Disability Network The Protection and Advocacy (P&A) System and Client Assistance Program (CAP) comprise the nationwide network of congressionally mandated, legally-based disability rights agencies. P&A agencies have the authority to provide legal representation and other advocacy services, under all federal and state laws, to all people with disabilities (based on a system of priorities for services).
  
• Asthma and Allergy Foundations of America The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) is the premier patient organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with asthma and allergies through education, advocacy and research. Kids and Teens section.
  
• Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE) CADRE supports parents, educators and administrators to benefit from the full continuum of dispute resolution options that can prevent and resolve conflict and ultimately lead to informed partnerships that focus on results for children and youth.
  
• Very Special Arts VSA arts is an International organization that creates learning opportunities through the arts for people with disabilities. The organization offers arts-based programs in creative writing, dance, drama, music and the visual arts implemented primarily through our vast affiliate network in 41 states and the District of Columbia and 86 international affiliates in 83 countries. VSA arts' programs now serve 4.3 million Americans and 1.3 million people in other parts of the world.
  
• Wrightslaw Parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, up-to-date information about effective advocacy for children with disabilities. You'll find hundreds of articles, cases, newsletters, and other information about special education law and advocacy in the Wrightslaw Advocacy and Law Libraries.
  
• Little People of America Little People of America, Inc. (LPA), will assist dwarfs with their physical and developmental concerns resulting from short stature. By providing medical, environmental, educational, vocational, and parental guidance, short-statured individuals and their families may enhance their lives and lifestyles with minimal limitations. Through peer support and personal example, our members will be supportive of all those who reach out to LPA. Lastly, by networking with national and international growth-related and genetic-support groups, LPA will enhance knowledge and support of short-statured individuals.
  
• Closing The Gap Focuses on computer technology for people with special needs through its bi-monthly newspaper, annual international conference and extensive web site.
  
• Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE) CADRE supports parents, educators and administrators to benefit from the full continuum of dispute resolution options that can prevent and resolve conflict and ultimately lead to informed partnerships that focus on results for children and youth.
  
• American Council of the Blind Strives to improve the well-being of all blind and visually impaired people by serving as a representative national organization of blind people; elevating the social, economic and cultural levels of blind people; and improving educational and rehabilitation facilities and opportunities.
  
• World Association of Persons with Disabilities WAPD advances the interests of persons with disAbilities at national, state, local and home levels. We believe that all are entitled to high quality of life. Over ten years of "grassroots" planning and growth have catapulted the association to a world leadership position, advancing the soundness and empowerment of the so called "disAbled" everywhere.
  
• National Institute of Mental Health The public section offers information from NIMH about the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illnesses. Included are brochures and information sheets, reports, press releases, fact sheets, and other educational materials.
  
• Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities Six nonprofit leaders in the field of learning disabilities form the core of the Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities (CCLD): Organizations include: Council for Learning Disabilities, Division for Learning Disabilities, International Dyslexia Association, National Center for Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities Association, and the Schwab Learning Center. These organizations work together to make people aware of learning disabilities, share information with parents and promote the need for early detection and intervention.
  
• American Diabetes Association The mission of the organization is to prevent and cure diabetes, and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. To fulfill this mission, the American Diabetes Association funds research, publishes scientific findings, provides information and other services to people with diabetes, their families, health care professionals and the public and advocates for scientific research and for the rights of people with diabetes.
  
• National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education The National Center to Improve Practice was federally funded project to improve educational outcomes for students with disabilities by promoting the effective use of assistive and instructional technologies among educators and related personnel serving these students.
  
• Family Village A global community that integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their families, and for those that provide them services and support.
  
• Muscular Dystrophy Association The Muscular Dystrophy Association is a voluntary health agency -- a dedicated partnership between scientists and concerned citizens aimed at conquering neuromuscular diseases that affect more than a million Americans.
  
• American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology Study and treatment of allergic diseases through education, research and cooperation. Physician referral directory. Kids only section.
  
• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is the lead federal agency for injury prevention, NCIPC works closely with other federal agencies; national, state, and local organizations; state and local health departments; and research institutions.
  
• Autism Society of America The society's mission is to promote lifelong access and opportunities for persons within the autism spectrum and their families.
  
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders Conducts, fosters, coordinates, and guides research on the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of neurological disorders and stroke, and supports basic research in related scientific areas.
  
• disAbility.gov A comprehensive site of Federal programs for families dealing with disabilities. Includes a section specifically related to children.
  
• Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation AAMDS's mission is to serve as a resource directory for patient assistance and emotional support; provide educational materials and updated medical information; and financially support research to find effective treatments for aplastic anemia and myelodysplastic syndromes.
  
• National Association for the Education of Young Children The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the nation's largest organization of early childhood professionals and others dedicated to improving the quality of early childhood education programs for children birth through age eight.
  
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization based in Washington D.C. Our name honors the federal appeals court judge whose landmark decisions pioneered the field of mental health law, and our advocacy is based on the principle that every individual is entitled to choice and dignity.
  
• International Dyslexia Organization The International Dyslexia Association is an international, non-profit organization dedicated to the study and treatment of the learning disability, dyslexia. The IDA was established to continue the pioneering work of Dr. Samuel T. Orton, a neurologist who was one of the first to begin to identify dyslexia and develop effective teaching approaches.
  
• Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (TASH) TASH is an international association of people with disabilities, their family members, other advocates, and professionals fighting for a society in which inclusion of all people in all aspects of society is the norm.
  
• Sidran: Tramautic Stress Foundation Sidran is a nonprofit charitable organization devoted to education, advocacy, and research to benefit people who are suffering from injuries of traumatic stress. Whether caused by family violence, crime, disasters, war, or any other overwhelming experience, the disabling effects of trauma can be overcome with understanding, support, and appropriate treatment.
  
• Scoliosis Association, The The Scoliosis Association, Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer non-medical organization. Since 1974, we have been helping those with scoliosis by providing information and having support groups and information lines.
  
• SpEdEx Whether you are an educator, professional, parent, consumer, student, or just someone interested in special education, we hope that you find what you need here at SpEdEx. We have strived to provide resources such as links, online documents, listings of professionals, job listings, school and university listings, conference announcements, a discussion area, and "poster sessions" in easy-to-use formats.
  
• Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health To address the unique needs of children and youth with emotional, behavioral or mental disorders from birth through transition to adulthood. To ensure the rights of full citizenship, support and access to community-based services for all children and youth with emotional, behavioral or mental disorders and their families. To provide information and engage in advocacy regarding research, prevention, early intervention, family support, education, transition services and other services needed by these children, youth and their families
  
• National Mental Health Association The NMHA is an excellent resource for consumer, professionals, advocates or anyone interested in all aspects of mental health. Contains legislative alerts, media reviews, and a vast array of materials.