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Disabilities
Information on a variety of disabilities and conditions is available from the links below:
Grolier Online
Gale Junior Reference Collection
Specific disease and condition web sites:
Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center
Alzheimer's Disease (American Health Assistance Foundation)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Description of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
CHADD: Information on Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Autism
Autism Fact Sheet (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Blindness
American Foundation for the Blind
Visual Impairments (Center for Children with Disabilities)
Cerebral Palsy
Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Palsy: Hope Through Research (Nat'l Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke)
Cleft Lip/Palate
Cleft Lip and Palate Fact Sheet (British Health Care Provider-BUPA)
Clubfoot
Orthoseek--Pediatric Orthopedics Fact Sheet
Crohn's Disease
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/crohns/index.htmhttp://www.personalhealthzone.com/disease/crohns_disease/causes_symptoms.htmlDyslexia
http://www.jwor.com/dyslexia.htm
Down Syndrome
http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/genetic/down_syndrome.html
Dyslexia
http://www.ncld.org/LDInfoZone/InfoZone_FactSheet_Dyslexia.cfm
Epilepsy
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/epilepsy.html
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Fact Sheet on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Hearing, Ear Infections, and Deafness
Facts from the National Institute on Deafness
Multiple Sclerosis
http://www.msif.org/en/ms_the_disease/what_is_ms.html
Muscular Dystrophy
http://www.noah-health.org/english/illness/neuro/musdys.html
Parkinson's Disease
http://www.pdf.org/AboutPD/
Scoliosis
http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00194
Spina Bifida
http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs12txt.htm
Spinal Cord Injury/Paralysis
http://science-education.nih.gov/nihHTML/ose/snapshots/multimedia/ritn/spinal/happens.html
Tourette's Syndrome
Overview of Tourette’s Syndrome
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