Gladys L. Benerd School of Education

Special Education Websites

Special Education
Disability Definitions and Related Links: Please note the University of the Pacific does not endorse any products advertised on the following internet sites. Also, the content of these internet links is subject to change, and thus their appropriateness as a resource may also change.

Autism
A developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction. The term shall have the meaning given it in federal law at 34 CFR 300.7.
Federal Definition:
(i) Autism means a developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction, generally evident before age 3, that adversely affects a child's educational performance. Other characteristics often associated with autism are engagement in repetitive activities and stereotyped movements, resistance to environmental change or change in daily routines, and unusual responses to sensory experiences. The term does not apply if a child's educational performance is adversely affected primarily because the child has an emotional disturbance, as defined in paragraph (b)(4) of this section.
(ii) A child who manifests the characteristics of "autism" after age 3 could be diagnosed as having "autism" if the criteria in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this section are satisfied.
National Organizations/Resources:
Asperger's Association of New England (AANE)
The Asperger's Association of New England (AANE) is made up of individuals with Asperger's Syndrome (AS), their families, friends and professionals. They are dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with AS and related conditions.
Autism Network International
Autism Network International is an autistic-run self-help and advocacy organization for autistic people.
Autism Research Institute
The Autism Research Institute (ARI) is primarily devoted to conducting research, and to disseminating the results of research, on the causes of autism and on methods of preventing, diagnosing and treating autism and other severe behavioral disorders of childhood.
Division TEACCH (Training and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped Children)
TEACCH is a research-based program that describes a system of structuring learning environments and providing instruction to meet the needs of individuals with autism.
Flutie Foundation
The Foundation's mission is to aid financially disadvantaged families who need assistance in caring for their children with autism; to fund education and research into the causes and consequences of childhood autism; and to serve as a clearinghouse and communications center for new programs and services developed for individuals with autism.
Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC)
The National Institute of Mental Health sponsors this committee whose primary mission is to facilitate the efficient and effective exchange of information on autism activities among the member agencies, and to coordinate autism-related programs and initiatives.
National Autism Center (NAC)
The goal of the National Autism Center is to serve children and adults with autism by responding to the rising demand for reliable information and by providing comprehensive, evidence-based resources for families and communities.
Professional Development in Autism (PDA), University of Washington
The Professional Development in Autism Center (PDA) provides training and support for school districts, families and communities to ensure that students with ASD have access to high quality, evidence-based educational services in his or her local school district.
RESEARCH:
Autism Research Center of Excellence - Boston University
The central purpose of this Center is to develop an integrated interdisciplinary program of research, which addresses the underlying causes, developmental course, and treatment of the social and affective deficits that define the syndrome of autism.
Autism Treatment Network (ATN)
ATN's mission is to create a "gold standard" of medical treatment that will be made broadly available to physicians, researchers, parents, policy makers and others dedicated to enhancing the care of individuals with autism.
Collaborative Programs of Excellence in Autism (CPEA)
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) started a five-year, $45 million, international Network on the Neurobiology and Genetics of Autism. The Network included 10 Collaborative Programs of Excellence in Autism (CPEAs) that would conduct research to learn about the possible causes of autism, including genetic, immunological, and environmental factors.
Family-School Autism Project - University of Massachusetts Boston
The Family-School Autism Project is a major longitudinal study of parental involvement in educational programs for young children with autism.
Studies to Advance Autism Research and Treatment (STAART)
The STAART Network is comprised of eight centers across the country. Each center contributes to the autism research base in the areas of causes, diagnosis, early detection, prevention, and treatment.
VISION IMPAIRMENT, BLIND AND DEAFBLIND SENSORY IMPAIRMENT
The term shall include the following:
Vision - The capacity to see, after correction, is limited, impaired, or absent and results in one or more of the following: reduced performance in visual acuity tasks; difficulty with written communication; and/or difficulty with understanding information presented visually in the education environment. The term includes students who are blind and students with limited vision.
Deaf-Blind - Concomitant hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes severe communication and other developmental and educational needs.
National Organizations/Resources:
Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP)
A national professional organization which administers testing and awards national certification to Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists, Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapists and Certified Low Vision Therapists.
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is a national nonprofit that expands possibilities for people with vision loss.
The National Braille Press (NBP)
The National Braille Press is a nonprofit braille printing and publishing house. NBP has an extensive catalog of books and a children's book club.
National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education Through Technology, Media and Materials (NCIP)
This website provides: Technology for Students Who are Visually Impaired Collection: Table of Contents. General information, practices, products, organizations and publications that support users who are visually impaired may be accessed through this website.
The National Federation of the Blind
NFB is the largest organization of the blind in America.
National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS)
The Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) is the main federal program authorizing state and local aid for special education and related services for children with disabilities. One significant improvement in the 2004 legislation was the addition of sections defining the provision of textbooks and instructional materials in accessible formats for students who are blind or print disabled. NIMAS will guide the production and electronic distribution of curricular materials in accessible, student-ready versions, including braille and digital talking books.
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children (NOPBC)
The National Organization of Parents of Blind Children (NOPBC) is a national membership organization of parents and friends of blind children reaching out to each other to give vital support, encouragement, and information.

COMMUNICATION IMPAIRMENT:
The capacity to use expressive and/or receptive language is significantly limited, impaired, or delayed and is exhibited by difficulties in one or more of the following areas: speech, such as articulation and/or voice; conveying, understanding, or using spoken, written, or symbolic language. The term may include a student with impaired articulation, stuttering, language impairment, or voice impairment if such impairment adversely affects the student's educational performance.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
ASHA is an organization working to promote a better quality of life for children and adults with communication disorders. ASHA strives to advance knowledge about the causes and treatment of hearing, speech, and language problems.
Aphasia Fact Sheet
Provided by the National Aphasia Association, this fact sheet describes what aphasia is, different types of aphasia and answers frequently asked questions about aphasia.
Apraxia-KIDS
The Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association is a non-profit publicly funded organization whose mission is to strengthen the support systems in the lives of children with apraxia so that each child is afforded their best opportunity to develop speech. The website provides electronic and print information to families, professionals, policy-makers and other members of the public.
Breaking the Barriers
Breaking the Barriers is a national effort supported by TASH that is focused on ensuring the right to communicate for people with disabilities. The vision of Breaking the Barriers is that all people with disability labels, who do not communicate through speech, have means of communication which allows their fullest participation in the world; that people can communicate using their chosen method; and that their communication is respected by others.
Developmental Speech and Language Disorders - LD OnLine
LD OnLine is a national educational service of public television station WETA in Washington, D.C. LD OnLine offers online services and produces video programs dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with speech and language disorders. This is an interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and children.
Division for Communicative Disabilities and Deafness (DCDD)
The primary mission DCDD, a division of the Council for Exceptional Children, is to promote the welfare, development and education of infants, toddlers, children and youth with communicative disabilities or who are deaf and hard of hearing. Furthermore, DCDD seeks to promote growth in professionals and families as a means to better understand the development of communicative abilities and the prevention of communicative disabilities.
National Aphasia Association (NAA)
The National Aphasia Association, NAA, is a nonprofit organization that promotes public education, research, rehabilitation and support services to assist people with aphasia and their families.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
NIDCD is one of the Institutes that comprise the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIDCD is mandated to conduct and support biomedical and behavioral research and research training in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language.
Speech and Language Impairments (NICHCY)
The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) provides information and resources about speech and language impairments.
DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING
SENSORY IMPAIRMENT
The term shall include the following:
Hearing - The capacity to hear, with amplification, is limited, impaired, or absent and results in one or more of the following: reduced performance in hearing acuity tasks; difficulty with oral communication; and/or difficulty in understanding auditorally-presented information in the education environment. The term includes students who are deaf and students who are hard-of -hearing.
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND RESOURCES:
* The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AGBell)
AGBell is a membership organization and information center focusing specifically on childhood hearing loss, with an emphasis on the auditory approach. Informational materials address questions that parents typically raise, basic information on pediatric hearing loss, and general information on how to best service students with hearing loss in the classroom.
* American Society of Deaf Children (ASDC)
ASDC is a national organization of families and professionals committed to education, empowering, and supporting parents and families to create opportunities for their children who are deaf and hard of hearing in gaining meaningful and full communication access, particularly through the competent use of sign language, in their homes, schools, and communities.
* The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
ASHA provides information and resources about communication disorders for students, parents, professionals and others.
* The Captioned Media Program (CMP)
The CMP acts as a captioning information and training center. The CMP is a FREE video lending library funded by the U. S. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and administered by the National Association of the Deaf.
* The Center for the Study of Communication and the Deaf (CSCD)
CSCD is devoted to both applied and theoretical research to benefit the deaf and their families.
* Clerc Educational Center at Gallaudet University
The Clerc Educational Center has been mandated by congress to develop, evaluate and disseminate innovative curricula, instructional techniques and strategies, and materials. The aim of the Center is to improve the quality of education for deaf and hard of hearing children and youth from birth through age 21.
* Cochlear Implant Club International (CICI)
CICI is a non-profit organization for cochlear implant recipients, their families, professionals and other individuals interested in cochlear implants. CICI provides support and information to anyone who has a cochlear implant, has a child with an implant, or is interested in information about implants. CICI also advocates for rights and services for people with a hearing loss.
* Council for Exceptional Children, Division for Communicative Disabilities and Deafness (DCDD)
DCDD is dedicated to improving the education of children with communicative disabilities or who are deaf or hard of hearing.
* The Deaf Resource Library
The Deaf Resource Library is an online collection of reference material and links intended to educate and inform people about Deaf culture.
* National Center on Low-Incidence Disabilities (NCLID)
The goal of NCLID is to increase the nation's capacity to provide educational and support services to infants, children and youths with deafness, blindness, and severe disabilities by developing a comprehensive, integrated, online system that prepares teachers, supports families and assists schools.
* The Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. (RID)
RID provides international, national, regional, state and local forums and an organizational structure for the continued growth and development of the professions of interpretation and transliteration of American Sign Language and English.
* Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH)
The mission of SHHH is to make the mainstream society more accessible to people who are hard of hearing. SHHH also works to improve the quality of life for people who are hard of hearing through advocacy, education and self-help.

DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY:
The learning capacity of a young child (3-9 years old) is significantly limited, impaired, or delayed and is exhibited by difficulties in one or more of the following areas: receptive and/or expressive language; cognitive abilities; physical functioning; social, emotional, or adaptive functioning; and/or self-help skills.
Developmental Delay Resources (DDR)
DDR is a nonprofit organization dedicated to meeting the needs of those working with children who have developmental delays in sensory motor, language, social, and emotional areas.
The Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children (DEC)
DEC is a nonprofit organization advocating for individuals who work with or on behalf of children with special needs, birth through age eight, and their families. The DEC is dedicated to promoting policies and practices that support families and enhance the optimal development of children. Children with special needs include those who have disabilities, developmental delays, are gifted/talented, and are at risk of future developmental problems.
The National Institute on Developmental Delays (NIDD)
NIDD is a national resource center with a global outlook that strives to help children with developmental delays and their families. Their services extend to children, not only in the USA, but also across geographical boundaries, in keeping with their watchword 'Service for All Children'.
EMOTIONAL IMPAIRMENT:
As defined under federal law at 34 CFR §300.7, the student exhibits one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects educational performance: an inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors; an inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers; inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances; a general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression; or a tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems. The determination of disability shall not be made solely because the student's behavior violates the school's discipline code, because the student is involved with a state court or social service agency, or because the student is socially maladjusted, unless the Team determines that the student has a serious emotional disturbance.
National Organizations/Resources:
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
The AACAP provides information in an effort to promote an understanding of mental illness and remove the stigma associated with them, to advance efforts in prevention of mental illness, and to assure proper treatment and access to services for children and adolescents.
American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry (ASAP)
Focusing on teen, adolescence, and young adult issues, ASAP acts both as a professional network for its members and a specialized community dedicated to education development and advocacy of adolescents and the adolescent psychiatry field.
Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (CCBD)
The Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (CCBD) is the official division of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) committed to promoting and facilitating the education and general welfare of children and youth with emotional or behavioral disorders.
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health (FFCMH)
The Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health is a national family-run organization dedicated to helping children with mental health needs and their families achieve a better quality of life. They work to help policy-makers, agencies, and providers become more effective in delivering services and supports that foster healthy emotional development for all children.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
NAMI is a support and advocacy organization for individuals involved with sever mental illness. NAMI works to achieve equitable services and treatment for more than 15 million Americans living with sever mental illness and their families. They provide education and support, combat stigma, support increased funding for research and advocate for adequate health insurance, rehabilitation and jobs for people with mental illness and their families.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
The NIMH is the lead Federal agency for research on mental and behavioral disorders. Their mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain and behavior.
National Mental Health Information Center
The Center for Mental Health Services at the National Mental Health Information Center has a "Child, Adolescent & Family" division which focuses on using systems of care to meet the mental health needs of this population within their home, school and community environments. The Center is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health
The goal of the Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health (Technical Assistance Partnership) is to support the "Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and their Families Program." This grant initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Mental Health Services funds communities in their efforts to successfully develop and implement local systems of care.

HEALTH IMPAIRMENT:
A chronic or acute health problem such that the physiological capacity to function is significantly limited or impaired and results in one or more of the following: limited strength, vitality or alertness including a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli resulting in limited alertness with respect to the educational environment. The term shall include health impairments due to asthma, attention deficit disorder or attention deficit with hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, epilepsy, a heart condition, hemophilia, lead poisoning, leukemia, nephritis, rheumatic fever, sickle cell anemia, and Tourette syndrome, if such health impairment adversely affects a student's educational performance.
General Resources
Diabetes
Lead Poisoning
Attention Deficit Disorder
/with Hyperactivity (AD/HD)
Epilepsy
Sickle Cell Anemia
Asthma
Hemophilia
Tourette Syndrome
General Resources
Band-Aids and Blackboards

This is a site about growing up with medical problems. Its goal is to help people understand what it's like, from the perspective of the children and teens who are doing just that. These kids have become experts at coping with problems that most of you have never heard of.
ASTHMA:
Asthma - National Center for Environmental Health
The National Center for Environmental Health, NCEH, works to prevent illness, disability, and death from interactions between people and the environment. This website provides information and resources for people with asthma.
The New England Asthma Regional Council
ARC is a governmental policy organization. ARC promotes sharing of information and resources across the New England region to address the many ways that the environmental impacts asthma. It's mission is to reduce the impact of asthma across New England, through collaborations of health, housing, education, and environmental organizations with particular focus on the contribution of schools, homes, and communities to the disease and with attention to its disproportionate impact on populations at greatest risk.
CDC - Asthma in Schools
Asthma and Schools consolidates information about asthma-related resources for school personnel working with grades K-12. The simple, searchable database links to educational materials, medical information, websites, and other resources useful for anyone who works in a school serving children and youth.
ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER/WITH HYPERACTIVITY (ADD/ADHD)
Attention Deficit Disorders Resources (ADD Resources)
Attention Deficit Disorder Resources (ADD Resources) is a nonprofit organization run mostly by adult volunteers with ADHD. ADD Resources is dedicated to supporting, educating and serving as a resource for people with ADHD.
CDC - Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services. This site presents information and resources on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
CHADD is the national non-profit organization working to improve the lives of people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder through education, advocacy and support.
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
Attention Deficit Disorder Association, ADDA, provides information, resources and networking opportunities to help adults and children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) lead better lives.
DIABETES:
The American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. The mission of the Association is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC)
The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC) is an information dissemination service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). NDIC was established to increase knowledge and understanding about diabetes among patients, health care professionals, and the general public.
EPILEPSY:
CDC - Epilepsy
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services. This site presents information and resources on epilepsy.
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE)
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to finding a cure for epilepsy by raising funds for research and by increasing awareness of the prevalence disease.
Eplilepsy.com
Epilepsy.com is an online resource provided by the Epilepsy Therapy Development Project. The mission of the site is to inform and empower two groups of patients and their families: those facing newly diagnosed epilepsy, and those struggling with epilepsy that has resisted treatment.
The Epilepsy Foundation
The Epilepsy Foundation will ensure that people with seizures are able to participate in all life experiences; and will prevent, control and cure epilepsy through research, education, advocacy and services.
The Epilepsy Institute
The Epilepsy Institute, a non-profit social service organization, is dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with epilepsy and their families.
HEMOPHILIA:
Hemophilia - MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. This website provides information and resources for people with hemophilia.
National Hemophilia Foundation
The National Hemophilia Foundation is dedicated to finding better treatments and cures for bleeding and clotting disorders and to preventing the complications of these disorders through education, advocacy and research.
LEAD POISONING:
Lead Poisoning - MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. This website provides information and resources for people with lead poisoning.
Lead Poisoning - National Safety Council
The National Safety Council is a nonprofit, nongovernmental, international public service organization dedicated to protecting life and promoting health. This website provides information and resources for people with lead poisoning.
SICKLE CELL ANEMIA:
American Sickle Cell Anemia Association (ASCAA)
The American Sickle Cell Anemia Association (ASCAA) is an organization that provides quality and comprehensive services through diagnostic testing, evaluation, counseling and supportive services to individuals and families at-risk for Sickle Cell Disease.
Sickle Cell Anemia - MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. This website provides information and resources for people with sickle cell anemia
Sickle Cell Anemia - TeensHealth
Created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, TeensHealth and KidsHealth provide teens and families with accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information they can use. This website provides information and resources for people with sickle cell anemia
TOURETTE SYNDROME:
Tourette Syndrome- MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. This website provides information and resources for people with Tourette syndrome.
Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA)
The mission of the Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA) is to identify the cause of, find the cure for and control the effects of Tourette Syndrome. This website offers resources and referrals to help people and their families cope with the problems that occur with TS.
Tourette Syndrome- Now What
The purpose of this website is to help families with a new diagnosis better understand and interpret literature about Tourette Syndrome and realize that the prognosis for children with tics is optimistic.

INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT:
The permanent capacity for performing cognitive tasks, functions, or problem solving is significantly limited or impaired and is exhibited by more than one of the following: a slower rate of learning; disorganized patterns of learning; difficulty with adaptive behavior; and/or difficulty understanding abstract concepts. Such term shall include students with mental retardation.
The ARC
The Arc of the United States advocates for the rights and full participation of all children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
CDC - Mental Retardation
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services. This site presents information and resources on mental retardation.
Department of Mental Retardation (DMR) - Massachusetts
DMR provides assistance in job placement, transportation, housing, or intense levels of treatment, monitoring and care. DMR provides these services through state-operated programs and with 265 provider agencies across the state.
Division on Developmental Disabilities (DDD)
A Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, the Division on Developmental Disabilities' mission includes enhancing the competence of persons who work with individuals with cognitive disabilities/mental retardation, autism, and related disabilities and advocating on behalf of individuals with developmental disabilities.
Mental Retardation Developmental Disabilities Research Center (MRDDRC) MRRDDRC at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) conducts an extensive program of research on the causes, treatment, and prevention of mental retardation and developmental disabilities.
Mental Retardation - KidsHealth
KidsHealth is the largest and most visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. KidsHealth has separate areas for kids, teens, and parents - each with its own design, age-appropriate content, and tone. There are literally thousands of in-depth features, articles, animations, games, and resources - all original and all developed by experts in the health of children and teens.
Mental Retardation -- National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities serves the nation as a central source of information on: disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth, IDEA, which is the law authorizing special education, No Child Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities), and research-based information on effective educational practices.
The President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities
The Committee acts in an advisory capacity to the President and the Secretary of The Department of Health and Human Services on matters relating to programs and services for persons with intellectual disabilities.
PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT:
The physical capacity to move, coordinate actions, or perform physical activities is significantly limited, impaired, or delayed and is exhibited by difficulties in one or more of the following areas: physical and motor tasks; independent movement; performing basic life functions. The term shall include severe orthopedic impairments or impairments caused by congenital anomaly, cerebral palsy, amputations, and fractures if such impairment adversely affects a student's educational performance.
Cerebral Palsy - KidsHealth
KidsHealth is the largest and most visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. This site explains cerebral palsy including types of CP, what doctors do and treatments.
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR)
The National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) was established within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The mission of NCMRR is to foster development of scientific knowledge needed to enhance the health, productivity, independence, and quality of life of persons with disabilities.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
The mission of NINDS is to reduce the burden of neurological disease - a burden borne by every age group, by every segment of society, by people all over the world.
Alternating Hemiplegia www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/alternatinghemiplegia/alternatinghemiplegia.htm
Cerebral Palsy www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/cerebral_palsy/cerebral_palsy.htm
Congenital Myopathy www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/myopathy_congenital/myopathy_congenital.htm
Infantile Hypotonia www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/hypotonia/hypotonia.htm
Muscular Dystrophy www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/md/md.htm
Spinal Cord Injury www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/sci/sci.htm
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP)
The UCP national organization and its nationwide network of affiliates strive to ensure the inclusion of persons with disabilities in every facet of society-from the Web to the workplace, from the classroom to the community. UCP's mission is to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with disabilities through an affiliate network.
Specific Learning Disability
The term shall have the meaning given in federal law at 34 C.F.R. §§300.7 and 300.541.
Federal Definition:
Specific learning disability is defined as follows:
(i) General. The term means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations, including conditions such as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia.
(ii) Disorders not included. The term does not include learning problems that are primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor disabilities, of mental retardation, of emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage.
Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD)
CLD is an international organization that promotes effective teaching and research. CLD is composed of professionals who represent diverse disciplines and who are committed to enhance the education and lifespan development of individuals with learning disabilities. CLD establishes standards of excellence and promotes innovative strategies for research and practice through interdisciplinary collegiality, collaboration, and advocacy.
The International Dyslexia Association (IDA)
IDA is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals with dyslexia, their families and the communities that support them. The goal of IDA has been to provide the most comprehensive forum for parents, educators, and researchers to share their experiences, methods, and knowledge.
Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
The Learning Disabilities Association of America is a national, non-profit organization working to advance the education and general welfare of children and adults of normal or potentially normal intelligence who manifest disabilities of a perceptual, conceptual, or coordinative nature.
Learning Disabilities Worldwide (LDW)
LDW works to enhance the lives of individuals with learning disabilities, with a special emphasis on the underserved. LDW is a non-profit, volunteer organization including individuals with learning disabilities, their families, and professionals.
LD OnLine
LD OnLine is a national educational service of public television station WETA in Washington, D.C. LD OnLine offers online services and produces video programs dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with learning disabilities. This is an interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and children.
National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
NCLD works to ensure that the nation's 15 million children, adolescents and adults with learning disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school, work and life. NCLD provides essential information to parents, professionals and individuals with learning disabilities, promotes research and programs to foster effective learning, and advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opportunities.
Nonverbal Learning Disorders Association (NLDA)
The Nonverbal Learning Disorders Association (NLDA) is an international non-profit corporation committed to facilitating education, research and advocacy for children and adults who manifest disabilities associated with the syndrome of nonverbal learning disorders.
Project LITT
Literacy Instruction Through Technology (LITT) is a research project focusing on the use of technology to improve the reading skills of students with learning disabilities.
TeachingLD
TeachingLD is a service of the Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) of the Council for Exceptional Children. DLD is the largest international professional organization focused on learning disabilities. The purpose of TeachingLD is to provide trustworthy and up-to-date resources about teaching students with learning disabilities.