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Smoking & Tobacco Use Education.

• ADA.org: Students & Teachers - Teachers look here for class room ideas and students check out our science project ideas.
• BAM - Body and Mind!
• Children With Diabetes - The on-line community for kids, families and adults with diabetes.
• AllRefer Health - Health resource provides reliable and comprehensive information and news.
• Healthopedia - Consumer Health information resource contains comprehensive and reliable database of health articles and reference materials from trusted sources.
• KidsHealth - KidsHealth has doctor-approved articles, animations, games, and resources to help kids learn more about their bodies and stay healthy.
• Mercy Bear's Big Adventures -Virtual "tours" with Mercy Bear as your guide to visits to Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics.
• Seeing Disabilities From a Different Perspective - Our web site tells about disabilities that affect many people and the abilities that they have. Autism, deafness, blindness, and cerebral palsy are our main focus.

ADD - ADHD

• ADD Plus - The Next Level of Training & Resources for Attention Deficit Disorder and Related Conditions.

Adoption

• Adoption.com - International Adoptions, Special Needs Adoption, Independent Adoptions, Open Adoption, and Private Adoptions.
• Adopting.org - Your destination for everything adoption. Find waiting children or an adoption agency.
• National Adoption Information Clearinghouse - A comprehensive resource on all aspects of adoption.
• National Council for Adoption
• The National Adoption Center - Offers a wealth of information that will help you learn more about adoption.

Allergies

• Celiac Disease - CDF provides support, information and assistance to people affected by Celiac Disease/Dermatitis Herpetiformis (CD/DH).
• FAAN - A nonprofit organization providing education about food allergy.
• Food-Allergy.org - You will learn that there IS help for people with food allergies, even if they have IBD.
• How stuff works - Allergies - If you've got allergies, you know the drill - sneezing, wheezing, itching. Do you know why you get these symptoms? You may be surprised at the answer.
• Lactose.co.uk - Lactose Intolorance, Milk Allergies, IBS and Food Colors.
• Medlineplus - Food Allergies.
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Allergy Publications.
• NIAID - Supports biomedical research to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, Asthma and allergies.
• USDA - Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition - Information about Food Allergens.
• USDA - Food Allergies: When Food Becomes the Enemy.

Asthma

• AAAAI - American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology.
• American Lung Association - Asthma.
• Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics - a nonprofit patient education and advocacy organization providing consumer-friendly information about asthma and allergies.
• National Asthma Campaign - Learn about Asthma.
• National | CDC APRHB

Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities

• Ability Hub - This web site will direct you to adaptive equipment and alternative methods available for accessing computers.  
• Abledata - The Premier Source for Information on Assistive Technology!
  
• Access Unlimited - Assistive vehicles.
• Apple - Special Needs.
  
• The Idaho Assistive Technology Project - Asists people with disabilities.

Autism

• Applied behavior analysis resources - Children with autism or a PDD may learn much faster than you expect...What schools and specialists don't tell you.
• Aspergers - A mild form of Autism.
• Autism - Unlocking Autism.
• Autism Society of America - ...to promote lifelong access and opportunities for persons within the autism spectrum and their families...
• Autism Society of Wisconsin - Information on Autism, Wisconsin ASA chapters.
• Autism Speaks
• Center for the Study of Autism - A non-profit organization, was established in 1967.
• Families for Early Autism Treatment
• Autism Treatment Center of America™ - The worldwide teaching center for The Son-Rise Program®.
• Yale Child Study Center - Autism Group.

• Balmoral Residential Program - Comprehensive resources for professionals and parents working with children with severe behavioral problems.
• Medlineplus - Child Behavior Disorders.
• Tufts University - Practical information on dealing with behavior problems in children for teachers and parents.
• UMHS - Your Child Behavior Problems.
• Vanderbilt Childrens Hospitial - Developmental and Behavioral Problems.
• Wrightslaw - Discipline & Behavior Problems - FAQs, Articles, Law, Cases, Free Publications & Resources.

Birth Defects

• How Folate Can Help Prevent Birth Defects - FDA.
• International Birth Defects Information Systems - Mission: Amelioration and Prevention of Birth Defects and Genetic Disorders.
  
• MEDLINEplus: Birth Defects
• NCBDDD - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities.
• Obstetric Ultrasound - Comprehensive guide to Obstetric/ prenatal ultrasound. Covers all aspects of sonography in pregnancy and the fetus.
• The March of Dimes - Works to save babies with research to prevent premature birth, birth defects and genetic diseases...
• U. S. Food and Drug Administration - Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

Books, Catalogs & Products

• Electronic Booklet - Benefits For Children With Disabilities
  SSA Publication No. 05-10026, August 2001 (Recycle prior editions), ICN 455360
• Equal Opportunity Publications - A career-guidance and recruitment magazine distributed free of charge to black, Hispanic, Native-American, and Asian-American college students and professionals.
• Different Roads to Learning - Educational toys for people who are learning challenged.
  
• Peytral Publications - An independent publishing company serving the needs of the Special Education professionals.
  
• RO-ED - Publisher of special education books, materials, and assessment tests.
  
• NCIP - National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education Through Technology, Media and Materials.
• NIMH Publications - This section offers information from NIMH about the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illnesses.

Brain Injuries

• Brain Injury Association of America's - Creating a better future through brain injury prevention, research, education and advocacy.
• Brain Injury Resource Center - Get information, build skills, join discussion groups. Link to resources, rehab, and research sites, as well as lay and professional journals.c
• Brain Injury Society
• Headway - Our aim is to promote understanding of all aspects of brain injury...
• MEDLINEplus - Head and Brain Injuries.
• Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Guide

Cerebral Palsy

• Cerebral Palsy Program - The Alfred I. Dupont Institute.
• Cerebral Palsy - Ask the Doctor - Do you have a child with cerebral palsy? Have you been searching for answers to your cerebral palsy questions?
• NINDS Cerebral Palsy - Information Page.
• The Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy - A non-profit charitable organization.
• UCP National (aka United Cerebral Palsy) - The leading source of information on cerebral palsy and is a pivotal advocate for the rights of persons with any disability.

Cleft lip and/or Palate

• Childrens Craniofacial Association - A national, nonprofit organization. Dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with facial differences and their families.
• CLAPA - One in every 600-700 children in the UK is born with a cleft lip and / or palate.
• Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate - March of Dimes.
• Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Ireland
• CLEFT LIP and/or PALATE : Contact a Family - for families with disabled children: information on rare syndromes and disorders.
• Cleft Palate Foundation - A facial birth defect doesn't get in the way of achievement. English & En espaol.

Cystic Fibrosis

• Ask NOAH About: Cystic Fibrosis.
• Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
• Cystic Fibrosis Research, Inc.’s Mission is to fund cystic fibrosis research and to offer educational and support programs in a safe and healthy environment.
• Cystic Fibrosis Mutation Database - This database is devoted to the collection of mutations in the CFTR gene and is currently maintained by the laboratory of Lap-Chee Tsui.
• MEDLINEplus: Cystic Fibrosis.
• Nederlandse Cystic Fibrosis Stichting - Informatie over Cystic Fibrosis (CF), NCFS, vakanties, Golden Earring, Arnold Vanderlyde, andere websites op het gebied van Cystic Fibrosis enz.
• The Cystic Fibrosis Center at Stanford - A guide to living with CF.