• American Association on Mental Retardation  Includes policy positions, career opportunities, abstracts of current publications, and links to related sites.
• Down's Syndrome Health Issues  Designed by a pediatrician, this site includes brief explanations of common problems.
• Down's Syndrome WWW Page
• Down's Syndrome Online Magazine
• Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities
• Mental Retardation Home Page
• National Association for Down's Syndrome
• National Down's Syndrome Society

• Waisman Center on Mental Retardation

  Language, Speech and Hearing Disabilities

• Boystown National Research Hospital  Specializing in speech and hearing disorders.
• Deaf Linx  Guide to resources about deafness, deaf culture, deaf education, sign language, and more.
• National Center for Stuttering

• Stuttering Home Page  FAQ files, research, therapy, news, and more.

  Psychological and Behavioral Disorders

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Autism Resources
• Autism Society of America  ASA publications list, a fax-on-demand service, links, advice on starting your own branch of the organization and more.
• Center for the Study of Autism
• National Attention Deficit Disorder Association  Excellent information on research, treatment, legal issues, family issues and more.

• School Psychology Resources Online  Guide to info on counseling, behavior disorders, learning disabilities, etc.

  Organizations and Institutes

• Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC)
• Career Connections   From the Council for exceptional children.  The only job bank on the Internet devoted exclusively to special education professionals.
• Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law  From the American Bar Association.
• Council on Exceptional Children

• National Center To Improve Practice  To enhance educational outcomes for students with disabilities through technology.

  Resources for Special Educators and Parents

• The Advocate  Special education law and advocacy, with information about law, rights, responsibilities for parents, attorneys, advocates, educators, helping professionals.
• Barrier-Free Education  Resources, tools, curriculum modifications to make courses more accessible.
• CEC Career Connections  Job bank for special ed professionals, provided by the Council for Exceptional Children.
• Disabilities Accommodation in Science Education  While specific to science education, the teaching strategies listed for specific impairments will work for teachers of any discipline.
• Disability Information for Students  Students studying to become professionals assisting people with disabilities. Links include job listings.
• Disability Access Information and Support  Research in the area of postsecondary education and disability.
• Education of Students with Disabilities  Statistics from the Department of Education's Condition of Education, 1997 report.
• Family Village  Services and information for families with disabled children.
• Guide to Children's Literature and Disability  Guide to elementary reading level books about children with disabilities.
• Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Tourette's Syndrome
• Internet Resources for Special Children  Links for specific disabilities and conditions.
• PACER Center  Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights. Has over 250 documents, articles, FAQs on the law, employment strategies for people with disabilities, etc. for parents of children with disabilities.
• School Psychology Resources on the Web
• School-To-Work Outreach Program for Students with Disabilities  Overview, fact sheet, profiles of various programs, links to related sites.
• Schwab Foundation for Learning  "Offers a wide range of services for parents and educators to provide information, support and resources to improve the lives of students with learning differences."
• SERI  Special Education Resources on the Internet: an outstandingly well organized set of links on the disorders themselves, parents' and teachers' guides, and more.
• Special Needs Education Network  Index to files on autism, ADD, dyslexia, fragile X, fetal alcohol syndrome, and more.
• Virtual Assistive Technology Center  Includes downloadable free software for people with disabilities.

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