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Loss of Our Kids
LOOK is a list for parents who have lost a child with special needs or disability.
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National Family Caregivers Association
The National Family Caregivers Association educates, supports, empowers and speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for loved ones with a chronic illness or disability or the frailties of old age.
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National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)
National Rehabilitation Information Center is a gateway to an abundance of disability- and rehabilitation-oriented information organized in a variety of formats designed to make it easy for users to find and use. This website includes more than 70,000 documents and journal articles. Access resources for employment, advocacy, benefits, financial assistance, education, technology, and more.
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NIH Senior Health
NIH Senior Health delivers up-to-date health information in easily accessible formats for seniors or persons with disabilities. Topics include:
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Arthritis
• Balance Problems
• Breast Cancer
• Caring for Someone with Alzheimer's
• Cataract
• Colorectal Cancer
• COPD
• Diabetes
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Dry Mouth
• Exercise for Older Adults
• Falls and Older Adults
• Glaucoma
• Hearing Loss
• Heart Attack
• Heart Failure
• High Blood Pressure
• Low Vision
• Lung Cancer
• Macular Degeneration
• Osteoporosis
• Paget's Disease of Bone
• Problems with Smell
• Problems with Taste
• Prostate Cancer
• Shingles
• Sleep and Aging
• Stroke
• Taking Medicines

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NINDS Parkinson's Disease Information Page
NINDS Parkinson's Disease Information Page
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NINDS Trigeminal Neuralgia Information Page
NINDS Trigeminal Neuralgia Information Page
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NINDS Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome Information Page
NINDS Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome Information Page
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Nonverbal Learning Disorders Association
Nonverbal Learning Disorder (NLD) is a neurological disorder which originates in the right hemisphere of the brain. Reception of nonverbal or performance-based information governed by this hemisphere is impaired in varying degrees, causing problems with visual-spatial, intuitive, organizational, evaluative, and holistic processing functions.
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Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) is committed to improving results and outcomes for people with disabilities of all ages. In supporting President Bush's No Child Left Behind agenda and the New Freedom Initiative, OSERS provides a wide array of supports to parents and individuals, school districts and states in three main areas: special education, vocational rehabilitation and research.
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Office of Special Education Programs
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) authorizes formula grants to states, and discretionary grants to institutions of higher education and other non-profit organizations to support research, demonstrations, technical assistance and dissemination, technology and personnel development and parent-training and information centers.
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Patient Travel
PatientTravel.org and its related telephone HELPLINE (1-800-296-1217) serves to make referrals and provide "how to get there" assistance for any patient needing to travel to a distant specialized medical facility for evaluation, diagnosis, or treatment. Patients served are people for whom the cost of long-distance travel for medical care is difficult financially.
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Pediatric Development and Behavior
An interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers and other professionals. Features a helpful FAQ on learning and developmental disabilities, a special section for teachers, an active online community in their bulletin boards section, a section highlighting personal stories and essays, an updated calendar, a place for kids, and an Ask the Doctor section where Web site visitors can have their questions answered by Dr. Silver. A helpful, easy-to-use site that is a good first stop for learning disabilities information and community support online.
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Rehabilitation Services Administration
The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) oversees formula and discretionary grant programs that help individuals with physical or mental disabilities to obtain employment and live more independently through the provision of such supports as counseling, medical and psychological services, job training and other individualized services.
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Social Security Disability Index Blue Book ^{Top Rated}
This edition of Disability Evaluation Under Social Security, (also known as the Blue Book), has been specially prepared to provide physicians and other health professionals with an understanding of the disability programs administered by the Social Security Administration. It explains how each program works, and the kinds of information a health professional can furnish to help ensure sound and prompt decisions on disability claims.
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Special Families Guide
Children with special needs can be endearing, lovable, and extremely challenging. Psychologist, author, and parent Robert Naseef, Ph.D. shares his insights and experiences on family life for parents, siblings, and children with special needs. The site covers autism, developmental disabilities, cerebral palsy, learning disorders, special healthcare needs, and many other conditions -- with a focus on the special needs of families and emphasizing the role of fathers.
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SSA Benefits for people with disabilities
The Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability programs are the largest of several Federal programs that provide assistance to people with disabilities. While these two programs are different in many ways, both are administered by the Social Security Administration and only individuals who have a disability and meet medical criteria may qualify for benefits under either program.
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Survivors Art Foundation
Survivors Art Foundation (SAF) is a non-profit organization committed to empowering trauma survivors with effective expressive outlets via internet art gallery, outreach programs, national exhibitions, publications and development of employment skills.

SAF has participants from 20 countries and 48 states, crossing all cultures, genders, ages and religions. They represent traditional and exploratory disciplines of the visual, literary and performing arts arenas. They are survivors, working through their personal journeys which span physical and domestic violence, rape, war-related trauma, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, AIDS, cancer, MS, mental illness, and other disabilities.
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Telephone & Online Therapy ^{Top Rated}
Is Telephone and Online psychotherapy a viable alternative for traditional in-office therapy for people living in remote areas, disabled patients or people hesitating to speak to a psychotherapist about their problems (such as sexual ones) face to face?
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The Invisible Disability Page
Welcome to the Invisible Disabilities Page! This page is aimed to those of us who have diseases, disorders and disabilities that aren't visible to most people and are misunderstood, or even met by hostility by society at large. As a hearing-impaired, vision-impaired person with ADD, I have had plenty of experience (too much) from this perspective. While there are many good disability pages, some of which I've included here, none have spoken from this view. This page is for all people with disabilities who want to understand each other a bit better without falling for the stereotypes so often held against them by others within the disabled community, and society at large. A site that explores the social and political problems of people who don't have visible disabilities, for all those told, "You're not really disabled!"
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WE MOVE: Worldwide Education and Awareness for Movement Disorders
WE MOVE is a comprehensive web site providing resources on movement disorders (Ataxia, Bradykinesia, Choreathetosis, Corticobasal Degeneration, Dyskinesias (Paroxysmal), Dystonia, Essential Tremor, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, Huntington's Disease, Multiple System Atrophy, Myoclonus, Parkinson's Disease, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Restless Legs Syndrome, Rett Syndrome, Spasticity, Sydenham's Chorea, Tardive Dyskinesia, Tics, Tourette's Syndrome, Tremor, and Wilson Disease). Chatrooms and support forums are available.
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Well Spouse
The Well Spouse Association is the only national organization focusing exclusively on the needs of spouses caring for a chronically ill and/or disabled husband, wife, or partner. Let others who have "been there and done that" help you face the challenges of long-term caregiving.
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Women With Disabilities Australia
Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) is run by women with disabilities, for women with disabilities.
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Working on the Dream: ^{Top Rated}
A Guide to Career Planning and Job Success
by Don Lavin and Andrea Everett
Edited and Produced by Beth DePoint

This is a hands-on career planning manual which was written to educate people with serious mental illness and the employment professionals who work with them. The book encourages people to take charge in choosing a career path, developing job goals and taking responsibility for planning their job-search strategies. I found it is well-written and down-to-earth, offering many worksheets, career planning profiles, tips, and sample letters and resumes to help the job searcher. It is probably for the beginner job applicant more so than for people with less serious mental illnesses. It also includes an entire chapter devoted to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), etc. It is 137 pages long, in a workbook format, and was published in 1995.
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