The Special Education Department is happy to post a number of informational websites and hopes that you will find them helpful.

Adaptive/Assistive Technology Center List

• Don Johnston (Disability Products for Adults and Children)
• Assistive Technology: Accessible Products for Communication & Education
  Provides with learning, communication and access difficulties lead more independent and productive lives. Find a wealth of information about their latest assistive technology products.

Assistive Technology

• National Library, Blind & Physically Handicapped
• Center for Applied Special Technology
• Equal Access to Software & information

Attention Deficit Disorder

• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD)
  ADD Warehouse (PUBLICATIONS)
  300 Northwest 70th Avenue
  Suite 102
  Plantation, Fl 33317
• National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
• Children and Adults with ADD (C.H.A.D.D.)

Autism/Aspergers

• Allergy Induced Autism
• Autism - PDD Resources Network
  There is a growing awareness of the nature of autism and the kinds of approaches to diagnosis, treatment that can be effective in meeting the needs of autistic individuals and their families. The purpose of this site is to guide you to the key issues associated with spectrum disorders.
• Autism Society of America (ASA)
• Yale Child Study Center Autism/PDD
• Autism/Aspergers
• Aspergers Disorder Homepage
• Online Aspergers Syndrome Information & Support (O.A.S.I.S)

Blindness

• American Council for The Blind
• American Foundation for The Blind
• Helen Keller Services for The Blind
• National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

Brain Injury

• Alternative Therapies for Children with Brain Injury & Development Disorders
  Conceived as a clearinghouse for use by those concerned with finding and evaluating methodologies and treatment for brain-injured children. It is based on the belief that the brain along with the body as a whole is an ever-changing, dynamic, active organ striving for adaptation and capable of healing.

Deafness

• National Association for the Deaf
• America Speech Language Hearin
• National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Down Syndrome

• National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS)
  NDSS was established in 1979 to ensure that all people with Down Syndrome have the opportunity to achieve their full potential in community life. Since that time, this not-for-profit organization has become the largest non-governmental supporter of Down Syndrome Research in the United States.
• National Down Syndrome Congress (NDSC)
• National Association for Down Syndrome (NADS)
• Association for the Children with Down Syndrome
• Down Syndrome: Health Issues
• Down Syndrome.org
• Down Syndrome for New Parents

Dyslexia

• Dyslexia Online
• Dyslexia: The Gift

Epilepsy

• Epilepsy Foundation of America

Family/Parent

• Waisman Center
• Families Education Network
• Parent to Parent of NY State
• Parents Helping Parents
• Exceptional Parent

Government Agencies

• NY State Education Dept
• National Council on Disabilities
• National Institute of Child Health and Human development
• Americans with Disabilities Act US Dept of Justice ADA Homepage
• YAI National Institute for People with Disabilities
  YAI is an award winning nationally acclaimed network of not-for-profit health and human services agencies dedicated to building brighter futures for people with disabilities of all ages and their families. YAI serves individual families and communities. Located in New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange and Sullivan Counties within New York State.
• National Information Center for Children and Youth with Handicaps (NICHCY)
  PO Box 1492
  Washington, DC 20013

Learning Disabilities

• National Center for Learning Disabilities
• Information on Learning Disabilities

Mental Health

• Medicare and Mental Health Services
• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• Mental Health Association of NY State
• Internet Mental Health

Mental Retardation

• The ARC of the United States

Muscular

• Muscular Dystrophy Association

Tourette Syndrome

• Tourette Syndrome Association
  TSA is a national non-profit voluntary health organization with 54 chapters in the USA and over 30 contacts in other countries. Members include people with TS, their relatives and other interested, concerned supporters. National TSA remains the primary source of accurate and up-to date information about TS, its treatment, and relevant scientific research and consumer services.

Reference

• ABA Center on Children and the Law
  Improving children's lives through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice and public policy.
• Center for Law and Education
  The Center for Law and Education (CLE) strives to make the right of all students to quality education a reality throughout the nation and to help enable communities to address their own public education problems effectively with an emphasis on assistance to low income students and communities.
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Different Roads to Learning
  Different Roads to Learning is an on-line catalog specializing in learning materials and playthings for children with development delays and challenges. This catalog puts together educational toys and materials that stimulate the skills leading to speech and language for challenged children ages 2-10.
• Disability Information and Resources
• Federation for Children with Special Needs
• IEP Process Online
• Information on Advocacy
• Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC)
  Dedicated to communicating information to the needs of children with disabilities on a global basis. Valuable information for parents, family members, caregivers, friends, educators and medical professionals.
• March of Dimes
• Roads to Learning the Public Libraries Learning Disabilities Initiative
• United Cerebral Palsy (UCP)

Spanish Sites

• Children and Adults with ADD (C.H.A.D.D.)
• Special Education News