Angelman Syndrome
Apraxia and Dyspraxia
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Canavan Disease
Cerebral Palsy
Cri du Chat
Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Including 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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General Information/Medical Research
Jewish Genetic Diseases
KidNeeds.com Wide variety of information including professional opinions on selected topics. http://www.kidneeds.com
National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR) http://www.ncddr.org
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this agency
seeks to promote optimal fetal, infant, and child development,; prevent
birth defects and childhood developmental disabilities; and enhance
the quality of life and prevent secondary conditions among children, adolescents
and adults living with a disability.
http://www.nih.gov/
National Center on Low Incidence Disabilities
http://www.NCLID.unco.edu
National Institutes of Health
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
"The nation's leading supporter of biomedical research on disorders of the
brain and nervous system."
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/index.htm
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
NICHCY is the national information center that provides information on
disabilities and disability-related issues. NICHCY focuses on children and
youth (birth to age 22). The site contains information on specific
disabilities, special education, parent information, resources by topic.
http://www.nichcy.org/index.html
NORD National Organization
for Rare Disorders
http://www.rarediseases.org
Online Medical Dictionary
British site with medical information.
http://www.graylab.ac.uk/omd
PubMed
PubMed on the National Institutes of Health website gives access to articles in medical journals.UBMED.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed
US National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov
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