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Hydrocephalus & Spina Bifida

• ASbH - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Spina bifida und Hydrocephalus e.V.
• ASBH - Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.
• Hydrocephalus Association - Provides support, education, resources, and advocacy…
• Hyman-Newman Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• International Federation for Hydrocephalus & Spina Bifida
• MEDLINEplus: Hydrocephalus.
• MEDLINEplus: Spina Bifida.
• NINDS - Spina Bifida Information Page.
• Pediatric Neurosurgery - Hydrocephalus.
• Pediatric Neurosurgery - Spina Bifida.
• SBHAC - Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Canada.
• Spina Bifida Association of America.
• What is Hydrocephalus? - Hydrocephalus is a condition in which the primary characteristic is excessive accumulation of fluid in the brain.

Hydranencephaly

• Entrez-PubMed - National Library of Medicine.
• NINDS - Hydranencephaly Information Page.
• Rays of Sun - Shinehope and support for families of children with hydranencephaly, information for caregivers of children with special need.
• What is Hydranencephaly? - Hydranencephaly is a rare condition in which the brain's cerebral hemispheres are absent and replaced by sacs filled with cerebrospinal fluid.
  

Hyperlexia

• American Hyperlexia - Syndrome of Hyperlexia, Education, Information and support.

Learning Disabilities

• LD OnLine - The interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and children.
• Learning Disabilities - National Institute of Mental Health.
• NLDC - The National Center for Learning Disabilities assists with child learning disabilities and transition and special education.

Mental Health

• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law - Advocating for the Civil Rights
  and Human Dignity of People with Mental Disabilities.
• NIMH - National Institute of Mental Health.
• NIMH - For the Public.
• Online Dictionary of Mental Health - A global information resource and research tool covering all of the disciplines contributing to our understanding of mental health.
• SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center
• The Mental Health Foundation - The leading UK charity working in mental health and learning disabilities.
  

Muscular Dystrophy Association

• MEDLINEplus: Muscular Dystrophy
• Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) USA
• Muscular Dystrophy Canada | Dystrophy musculaire Canada
• Muscular Dystrophy Association

Myasthenia Gravis

• MEDLINEplus: Myasthenia Gravis
• Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America
• Myasthenia Gravis Association of UK and Ireland
• NINDS - Myasthenia Gravis Information Page.

Pediatrics

• American Academy of Pediatrics - Dedicated to the health and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.
• Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
• CDC/NCHS - United States Growth Charts.
• CISP: Childhood Immunization Support Program.
• GeneralPediatrics.com - Pediatrics: Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults.
• Medscape Pediatrics
• The American Board of Pediatrics - Certifying Physicians for Infants, Children, and Adolescents.
• The Merck Manual - Sec. 19, Pediatrics.
• Virtual Hospital - A digital library of health information.

Plagiocephaly

• Cranioysynostosis And Positional Plagiocephaly Support, Inc,
• Deformational Plagiocephaly - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.
• Plagiocephaly - Information on the assessment and correction of abnormal head shape.
• Positional Plagiocephaly - Cranial Technologies Inc. Information on the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of infant positional plagiocephaly with a cranial remodeling orthosis (DOC Band®).

Pregancy & Teen Pregancy

• America's Pregnancy Helpline
• American Academy of Pediatrics: - Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk.
• Ask NOAH About Pregnancy: Teenage Pregnancy.
• Breastfeeding.com - The place for help and information on breastfeeding.
• CDC - Unintended and Teen Pregnancy. Birth Defects.
• FitPregnancy.com - Maternity Advice Pregnant Newborns New Mothers Online Magazine.
• GotMom.org - Created by the American College of Nurse-Midwives to provide breastfeeding information and resources for mothers and families.
  
• March of Dimes - Official Site.
• March of Dimes - Facts You Should Know About Teenage Pregnancy.
• MEDLINEplus: Teenage Pregnancy
• National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
• Option Line - This site will also help you locate the pregnancy centers nearest you.
• Pregnancy & Childbirth Information - Childbirth.org
• Pregnancy Today: - Pregnancy and baby-related resources for parents, by parents.

PVL (Periventricular Leukomalacia)

• NINDS Periventricular Leukomalacia Information Page
• Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL) - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.
• Premature Baby - The Department of Pediatrics of the University of Wisconsin.

Rashes

• AllRefer Health - Rashes.
• Childhood Rashes - myDr Health
• Dermatology - Includes Rashes.
• Drug Rashes - The Merck Manual.
• Facial Rashes - Links to DermNet's pages about inflammatory skin conditions that favour the face.
  
• MEDLINEplus: Rashes
• Newborn Rashes and Birthmarks - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

Sickle Cell

• The American Sickle Cell Anemia Association
• Medical References March of Dimes: Sickle Cell Disease.
• MEDLINEplus: Sickle Cell Anemia
• Sickle Cell Disease Association of America - Education, advocacy, and patient care for Sickle Cell Disease...
• Sickle Cell Society - UK based charity which provides care and information on sickle cell anaemia (anemia) and other sickle cell disorders.
  

Sotos Syndrome

• NINDS Soto's Syndrome Information Page
• Sotos Syndrome Support Group of Canada

Special Education

• California Department of Education - Special Education Division.
• ERIC - Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education..
• Hoagies' Gifted Education Page   - Resources for parents and educators of gifted children, including articles and research, books, organizations, on-line support groups, academic programs, and more!
• National Institute of Mental Health
• Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
• Parentpals Special Education Guide - Offers special education support, special education teaching ideas and tips, special education continuing education , disability specific information and more.
• Schwab Foundation for Learning - 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.
• School Psychology Resources - A site for Psychologists,Parents and Educators to research topics related to the assessment,education and resources available for children with autism and other special needs.
• The Federal Resource Center for Special Education (FRC) - A coordinating center for special education technical assistance providers.
• Wrightslaw - Up-to-date information about effective advocacy for children with disabilities.

Tourette Syndrome

• Neuroscience for Kids - Tourette Syndrome
• NINDS Tourette Syndrome Information Page
• Tourette Syndrome - Comprehensive site with information on Tourette (Tourette's) Syndrome.
• Tourette Syndrome - A parent-friendly and teacher-friendly site on Tourette's Syndrome.
• Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc. - Official web site of the national Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.
• Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada

Vision

• Ai Squared - Developer of screen magnification and screen reading software for the low-vision community.
• American Council of the Blind - Provides general information about the Council, including recent issues of our monthly publication, The Braille Forum.
• American Foundation for the Blind - A U.S. nonprofit
  organization enabling blind or visually impaired people to achieve equality and access.
• Anatomy of the Eye - Interactive tutorial.
• Betsie - This site contains full information about
  Betsie as well as pointers to accessible sites and resources across the web.
• Blindness Resource Center - The Blindness Resource Center has thousands of links related to Braille, eye conditions, vendors and access technology for the blind and visually impaired.
• Books in Braille for Children - Seedlings Braille Books for Children is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to increasing the opportunity for literacy by providing high quality, low cost Braille books for children.
• Braille Institute of America - Our mission is to eliminate blindness and severe sight loss as a barrier to a fulfilling life through education and support services.
• Digital Journal of Ophthalmology - Introducing... a new section in Digital Journal of Ophthalmology.
  
• Guiding Eyes for the Blind - Guiding Eye for the Blind provides professionally trained guide dogs to people who are blind, people who are deaf and blind and for people who are blind and have other special needs.
• National Braille Press - A nonprofit Braille printing and publishing house.
• National Federation of the Blind - The real problem of blindness is not the lack of eyesight. The real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of information which exist.
• National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) - Library of Congress.