Resources

Home Procedures Resources Assessment

All Disabilities

bullet NICHCY offers 14 fact sheets and 3 briefing papers on specific disabilities
bullet Family Village library where you can look up any disability

Learning Disabilities (LD)

bullet LD Pride Information about hidden disabilities
bullet Healthtouch LD information
bullet NICHY L D fact sheet
bullet LD Online questions and answers about learning disabilities

Emotional Behavioral Disabilities (EBD)

bullet SAMHSA Children's and Adolescents Mental Health Facts

Cognitive Disabilities (CD)... sometimes referred to as MR

bullet Smiling with Hope Foundation Introduction to Mental Retardation
bullet CDC About Intellectual Disability
bullet Family Village CD resources

Speech & Language (SL)

bullet Healthtouch  speech and language
bullet Healthtouch voice problems
bullet Healthtouch types of speech language disorders
bullet Healthtouch stuttering

Other Health Impairment (OHI)

bullet WI DPI OHI eligibility checklist
bullet Oregon DPE OHI eligibility
bullet Youth with Special Needs types of OHI

Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) 

bullet LD Pride ADD explained
bullet Neuroscience for Kids
bullet Family Village attention deficit disorder page
bullet ADDed Reality ADD & ADHD resources

Autism

bullet Disabilities from a Different Perspective This web site was the ThinkQuest 1999 silver award winner.
bullet KidsHealth autism page
bullet Autism Society of Collin County Texas
bullet ADDed Reality autism resources
bullet Family Village autism information

Unique Facts and Famous People

bullet Partners Resource Network
bullet Easter Seals myths and facts about people with disabilities
bullet Resource Center for Independent Living facts and statistics regarding disabilities
bullet Disabled World well known people with disabilities
bullet Family Village famous folks with disabilities
bullet Schwab Learning's page about people who did not let their differences get in the way
bullet Family Village cool/useful information about living with all kinds of disabilities

How To Get Help/What Others Can Do To Help

bullet National Center for Learning Disabilties
bullet LD Association of Texas
bullet Child Development Institute

How Will This Affect Your Future

bullet Learning Disabilities and Vocational Rehabilitation a web site with practical information published by the state of New York

**Also, use the basic knowledge you already have to answer this part!

 

 

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