Special Needs
- A Day's Work -
Designing, constructing, and providing: adaptive clamping system and attachments
for holding simple musical instruments and other items to wheel chair trays and
table tops; and music instruments, storage aids, and assistive devices for music
education. Also, inviting suggestions for ways to meet unmet needs in the
elementary music education and therapeutic environment.
- ABA Resources for Recovery
from Autism/PDD/Hyperlexia - Information on behavioral intervention (ABA)
for autism (and related disorders), a one-on-one teaching approach backed by
over thirty years of research. "How-to" information, instructional resources,
support groups, professional listings, and legal and special education
information. By a parent.
- About Cerebral Palsy -
About-Cerebral-Palsy.org provides useful information on Cerebral Palsy,
Diagnosis, Causes of CP, and classification of Cerebral Palsy. Also, allows
users to contact doctors with their questions, and offers free evaluation for
lifetime benefits.
- Autism Today - everything you need
to know about autism
- CanLearn - CAN LEARN empowers
parents with the knowledge, techniques, and expertise that enable them to assume
primary responsibility for their child's maximum growth and development and
provides families with individualized home programs that serve as
homeschool programs for children
- Down Syndrome: Teaching Reading
and Language
- Dyslexia My Life - The
information and advice on this site is provided by a dyslexic, giving inside
knowledge on the various ways of coping with dyslexia and Learning Disability.
- Homeschooling Kids
With Disabilities
- ISER - ISER a unique and comprehensive
internet site pertaining to the needs of families with special children and
their requirements.
- Homeschooling
Children Who "Aut" to Be Home - the autistic child
- Homeschooling
Extraordinary Kids - Thinking Outside The Box - An international e-mail
discussion forum for parents of homeschoolers who are Gifted with a Learning
Disability. Discuss how to find/use/tweak curriculum to meet your children's
needs. Maintains a database with topics relating to all areas of homeschooling
including Gifted - LD - Gifted/LD resources. Companion site to list, buy and
sell *specialized* curriculum is accesible through homepage.
- Learning Abled Kids -
Learning Abled Kids provides information and tools to help parents homeschooling
bright children with Specific Learning Disabilities.
- NATHAN - NATional cHallenged
Homeschoolers Associated Network - international organization for homeschoolers
for people dealing with disabilities
- The National Academy for Child Development
- designs very specific home educational and therapeutic programs for
infants, children and adults given the labels including; Learning Disabled,
Dyslexic, Distractible, ADD, ADHD, Hyperactive, Down Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome, Williams Syndrome, Tourettes Syndrome, Rhetts Syndrome, Fragile X,
Developmentally Delayed, PDD, Autistic, Cerebral Palsy, Brain Injured, Comatose,
Retarded, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Normal, Accelerated, and Gifted.
- Oppositional
Defiant Disorder- ODD Help - Parenting Help and Advice for Parents of
ODD/ADHD Children
- A School
Zone - this page has a lot
of helpful links as well as links to help understanding of different
disabilities, help parents, students and educators with links to resources,
research and special education issues as well.
- Speech Language Pathology Open Website
Directory Project - he SLP/AUD Open Directory Project Is a link directory
that is managed by Speech Language Pathologists (you can participate). It's goal
is to create a source for all possible links relating to Speech Language
Pathology and Audiology. The site can be found at www.slpwebsites.com and www.audwebsites.com, an alternate URL for
the same site.
- Special Needs Message
Board - hosted by Kaleidoscapes, you can post questions or read what other
people have to say
