Emotional Impairments

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry provides information to assist parents and families in their most important roles, contains news, facts, journal & publications and more.
• Internet Mental Health Disorders. Besides offering excellent links to other sites, it has detailed and extensive material about the diagnosis and, in particular, medical treatment. Contains professionally-oriented information.

Gifted

• Gifted Resources Home Page Links to all known online gifted resources, enrichment programs, talent searches, summer programs, and more.
• Prufrock Press The leading publisher for education of the gifted.

General Special Education Sites

• alt.education.disabled Read this newsgroup about education issues facing the disabled.
• Aligning IEP and CIM Information from Oregon on IEPs.
• Assistive Technology-Disabilities Designed to provide information on assistive technology.
• BC Special Education Lots of resources for teachers including classroom strategies for all grade levels.
• Closing the Gap Computer technology in special education and rehabilitation
• Disability-Related Sites on the WWW
• Disability Resources from Apple Education Includes assistive technology, software solutions, and more.
• Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC)
• The National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP) promotes the effective use of technology to enhance educational outcomes for students with sensory, cognitive, physical and social/emotional disabilities.
• National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities Includes publications, state resource sheets, and information about conferences.
• National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) NORD is the only organization of its kind--a unique federation of more than 140 not-for-profit voluntary health organizations serving people with rare disorders and disabilities.
• Office of Rare Diseases Research, information, and more.
• ParenthoodWeb Library. Although the information on ADHD is somewhat limited, parents will enjoy the broad range of advice offered about parenting.
• Peter J. McCarthy's Special Education Home Page A university professor's page.
• Special Education/Disability Sites
• Special Education Resources on the Internet Collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education.
• Special Needs Education Network Sponsored by Canada's Schoolnet. The Room 13 Project is a pilot project designed to explore how modern technology can be used to benefit students with special needs.
• UVa Special Education Web Site Includes special education information, Internet links, and much more.

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Hearing Impaired and Deaf Resources

• Alexander Bell Association for the Deaf
• American Sign Language and Deaf Culture
• Auditory-Verbal International
• Deaf Education, Council on the Education of the Deaf
• National Association of the Deaf
• National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders
• Oral Deaf Education
• A Practical Sign Language Dictionary

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Learning Disabilities/ADD/ADHD

• Attention Deficit Disorder: What You Should Know K-12 Questions and answers.
• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (C.H.A.D.D.) ADHD-related site. It is rich with accurate and diverse information, not only about ADHD, but also about other disorders (OCD, Tourettes, and autism).
• Language Based Learning Disabilities Info and research, references lists, and databases of helps.
• Learning Disabilities Association Find articles related to mainstreaming, ADD/ADHD, dyslexia, education standards, literacy, and more.
• LD Online The interactive guide to learning disabilities.
• LD Resources Essays, resources, software and more.
• The National Attention Deficit Disorder Association The home page for ADDA (the more adult-oriented ADHD support group). Good information and links.
• NIMH info page on ADHD Site with a lot of detailed information. The ADHD-related sites are also part of a much larger collection of materials about mental health disorders.

Mentally Impaired

• The Arc Home Page A national organization on mental retardation.
• National Association for Down Syndrome
• DownsNet Library, information, reserach and more.

Visually Impaired

• A Blind Net Home Page Useful and factual information about blindness.
• American Council of the Blind
• Blind and Visually Impaired Links on various topics.
• A Deafblindness Web Resource with terms, resources, and more.
• Royal National Institute for the Blind in the UK.

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