Information on Specific Disabilities

 

 

Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD)

http://www.help4adhd.org/en/about

 

Asperger Syndrome & Autism

http://www.autism-society.org

 

Interactive Autism Network

http://www.iancommunity.org/

 

Behavior Issues

http://www.nichcy.org/resources/behaviorexpertise.asp

  

Blindness/Visual Impairments

http://www.nfb.org

 

Cerebral Palsy

http://www.ucp.org

 

Childhood Disintegrative Disorder

http://www.nichcy.org/resources/disintegrative.asp

 

Deafness/Hearing Impairments

http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs3txt.htm

 

Developmental Delay

http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/yourchild/devdel.htm

 

Down Syndrome

http://www.ndsccenter.org/

 

http://www.imdsa.com/resources.html

 

Dual Sensory Impairments

http://www.unr.edu/educ/ndsip/factsheets/interact.pdf

 

Dyslexia
http://www.interdys.org/FactSheets.htm

 

Emotional Disturbance

http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs5.pdf

 

Epilepsy

http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs6txt.htm

 

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

http://www.well.com/user/woa/fsfas.htm

 

Hearing Impairments and Deafness

http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs3txt.htm

 

Learning Disabilities

http://www.nichcy.org/resources/LD1.asp

 

Mental Health

http://www.nichcy.org/enews/foundations/mentalhealth101.asp

 

Mental Retardation

http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs8txt.htm

 

Multiple Disabilities

http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs10txt.htm

 

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/ocdmenu.cfm

 

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/72.htm

 

Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD)

http://www.nichcy.org/resources/autism.asp

 

Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDDNOS)

http://www.nichcy.org/resources/pddnos.asp

 

Rare Syndromes and Disorders

www.rarediseases.org

http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/

 

Rhett Syndrome

http://www.nichcy.org/resources/rett.asp

 

Severe and/or Multiple Disabilities

http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs10txt.htm

 

Shaken Baby Syndrome

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/shakenbaby/shakenbaby.htm

 

Speech and Language Impairments

http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs11txt.htm

 

Specific Learning Disabilities

http://www.nichcy.org/resources/LD1.asp

 

Spina Bifida

http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs12txt.htm

 

Tourette Syndrome

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tourette/detail_tourette.htm

 

Traumatic Brain Injury

http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs18txt.htm

 

Visual Impairments

http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs13txt.htm

 

 

 

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