Child Care

 

The following websites contain general information that may be useful to child care providers and parents.

• Family Village: A global community of disability-related resources
• Project Exceptional: Caring for children with special needs
• ADA
• The DRM Regional Resource Directory-Minnesota
• Maternal and Child Health Library

The following web sites contain information regarding a specific need or disability.

Asthma

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
• American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
• AANMA
• Allergy and Asthma Foundation of America

Autism

• Autism Society of America
• Autism Society of Minnesota
• Autism Teaching Tools
• Asperger's Disorder

ADD/ADHD

• National Institute of Mental Health
• LD Online

Bipolar Disorder

• Child and Adolescent Bi-polar Foundation
• National Alliance on Mental Illness

Blindness

• National Library Services for the Blind
• Vision Impairment Among Children

Cancer

• National Cancer Institute
• American Cancer Society

Cerebral Palsy

• United Cerebral Palsy
• Cerebral Palsy a Guide for Care
• Cerebral Palsy Resources

Communication Disorder

• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
• Medline-Speach and Communication Disorders

Cystic Fibrosis

• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
• Cystic Fibrosis Community (Medrise)

Deafness

• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
• Deafness Research Foundation
• Sign Language from Handspeak
• American Sign Language Browser

 

Diabetes

• American Diabetes Association
• National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, & Kidney Disorders
• National Diabetes Clearing House
• Children with Diabetes
• Diabetes Public Health Resource

Down Syndrome

• National Down Syndrome Society
• Down Syndrome Health Issues
  

Dyslexia

• The International Dyslexia Association

Fragile X

• Fragile X Society
• Fragile X Syndrome

 
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

• Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Arium - A charitable organization dedicated to the prevention of FAS

Gifted Children

• National Association for Gifted Children

 
Grief & Loss

• Children's Grief
• Grief and Bereavement

 
Learning Disabilities

• National Center for Learning Disabilities
• LD Online  
• Misunderstood Minds

 
Spina Bifida

• Spina Bifida Association of America
• NINDS Spina Bifida

Tourette Syndrome

• National Tourette Syndrome Association
• Tourette Syndrome Plus