Angelman Syndrome
Apraxia and Dyspraxia
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Canavan Disease
Cerebral Palsy
Cri du Chat
Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Including American Sign Language)
Deafblind
Down Syndrome
11th Chromosomal Abnormailites
Epilepsy
Familial Dysautonomia
Fragile X
General Information/Medical Research
Hydrocephalus
Klinefelter Syndrome and Related Disorder
Learning Disabilities
Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD)
Mental Illness
Neurotransmitter Disease
Prader-Will
Rett Syndrome
Sensory Integration Dysfunction
Special Health Care Needs
Tay-Sachs Disease
Tourette Syndrome
Tuberous Schelerosis
Visual Impairment and Blindness
Williams Syndrome
For information about a disability not listed below, go to NORD http://www.raredisease.org (if it is a rare condition) or NIH http://www.nih.gov/ . NICHCY http://www.nichcy.org also has brief information sheets about many of the disabilities/conditions listed below.
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Deaf and
Hard of Hearing (Including American Sign Language)
Deaf Community News
Extensive web links
http://www.msad.org
HandSpeak: A Sign Language Dictionary Online sign language dictionary. Parts of this site are accessible only to
paid subscribers.
http://www.handspeak.com/
Jewish Deaf Community Center
http://www.jdcc.org
Jewish Signers of MA
Online discussion group for signers in Massachusetts.s
Email: JewishSignersofMA@yahoogroups.com
Laurent
Clerc National Deaf Education Center Information on Deafness
Links and resources. (This was formerly the National Information
Center on Deafness.)
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/index.html
Signing Jewish Families of Massachusetts
Online discussion group.
Email: SNYDERTPSA@aol.com
Survival Signs for Jewish vocabulary
List of basic sign language signs to be used in Jewish settings.
http://www.hometown.aol.com/bartzur/rlgn/vocab/srvivlsins.html
Thank you to Sandy
Slavet (Email: sslavet@jfcboston.org ),
Disability Resource Network at Jewish Family & Children's
Service, for providing this information.
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