Related Resources
General Health
Disability-Specific
Legal
Local/Pennsylvania
Special Education
Associations and Organizations
General Health
MedlinePlus for Authoritative Consumer Health Information www.medlineplus.gov
Complementary and Alternative Medicine http://nccam.nih.gov/
Consumer's Glossary of Health Insurance Terms Health Insurance Resource Center
Internet Drug Index http://www.rxlist.com/script/main/hp.asp
KidsHealth http://kidshealth.org/kid/word/
NORD National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc. http://www.rarediseases.org/
Quackwatch: Your Guide to Quackery, Health Fraud and Intelligent Decisions http://quackwatch.org/
Disability-Specific
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 http://www.ada.gov/pubs/ada.htm
CDC Families with Special Needs http://www.cdc.gov/family/specialneeds/
DisabilityInfo.gov http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=500
The Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy (CSADP) http://www.disabilitypolicycenter.org/
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities http://nichcy.org/
Sensory Integration International www.sensoryint.com
The Sensory Processing Disorder Network (SPD Network) www.sinetwork.org
VitalStimTM Treatment - www.vitalstim.com
WheelchairNet Virtual Community and Resources http://www.wheelchairnet.org
Legal
Legal and Advocacy Links http://www.makoa.org/legal.htm
Legislative Information from Library of Congress http://thomas.loc.gov/
Wrightslaw Special Education Law, Education Law, and Advocacy for Children with Disabilities http://www.wrightslaw.com/
Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law http://www.bazelon.org/
Local/Pennsylvania
Allegheny County- The Disability Connection http://www.alleghenycounty.us/dhs/disabilityconnection.aspx
CHIP: Pennsylvania's Children's Health Insurance Program http://chipcoverspakids.com/
PA Dept of Health Women, Infants and Children http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?a=179&Q=236988
PA State Health Facts http://www.statehealthfacts.org/profileglance.jsp?rgn=40
Rx Council of Western Pennsylvania http://www.rxcouncil.org/
Special Education
Early Learning Software for Autism, Speech/Language Difficulties, PDD http://aba-materials.com/
Family Village Disability-Related Resources http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/
Brookes Publishing http://www.brookespublishing.com/cgi-bin/dictionary.pl
CEC SmartBrief Special Education News http://www.smartbrief.com/cec/
The Regional Resource and Federal Centers (RRFC) Network http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/
Associations and Organizations
American Occupational Therapy Association - www.aota.org
ABOARD – Advisory Board on Autism and Related Disorders http://www.aboard.org
Autism Speaks - www.autismspeaks.org
The Arc: Organization for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities http://www.thearc.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?&pid=183&srcid=-2
Arthritis Foundation http://www.arthritis.org
Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania - www.biapa.org
National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions - www.nachri.org
Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) http://pwsausa.org/index.html
Sensory Integration International www.sensoryint.com
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) http://www.ucpa.org/
