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Bridges4Kids' Top 12 National Websites for Parents & Professionals Working With Children Who Have Disabilities
Jackie D. Igafo-Te’o, Bridges4Kids, October 19, 2005
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This is a list of our top 12 favorite websites that would relate to almost any disability, and has content related to disability, education and/or parenting those with disabilities. These are the places that we turn for information first. We consider these websites to be the most content-rich websites out there today.
 

1) Bridges4Kids

https://www.bridges4kids.org

The Bridges4Kids site provides a comprehensive source of information for parents and professionals looking for help for kids with disabilities, special needs, or who are at-risk. Over 21,000 hand-picked links are provided to other sites and are broken down by category throughout the site.

 
2) National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
http://www.nichcy.org/
A central source of information on disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth, IDEA, which is the law authorizing special education, No Child Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities), and research-based information on effective educational practices.

3) The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
http://www.eric.ed.gov/
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world’s premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. The ERIC online system provides the public with a centralized ERIC Web site for searching the ERIC bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966.
 

4) EdPubs Online Ordering System for the Department of Education Publications
http://www.edpubs.org/webstore/Content/search.asp
This system is intended to help you identify and order U.S. Department of Education products. All publications are provided at no cost to the general public by the U.S. Department of Education.

5) WrightsLaw
http://www.wrightslaw.com
Parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, up-to-date information about special education law and advocacy for children with disabilities. You will find articles, cases, newsletters, and resources about dozens of topics in the Advocacy Libraries and Law Libraries.

6) National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/

7) Medline Plus
http://medlineplus.gov/
MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.

8) The Council For Exceptional Children (CEC)
http://www.cec.sped.org/
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.

9) KidsHealth
http://www.kidshealth.org/
KidsHealth is the largest and most visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence.

11) Project Participate
http://www.projectparticipate.org/
Project Participate provides families, educators, administrators and therapists with simple strategies to increase the active participation of students with disabilities in school programs.

12) About.com: Example - About Autism Spectrum Disorders
http://autism.about.com/
About.com is your guide to just about any topic you can imagine. For example, here is their information page on Autism Spectrum Disorders, including the latest information and resources - all in one place on the web.

     

Honorable Mention: Learning Disabilities Association of America

www.ldaamerica.org

Since 1963, LDA has provided support to people with learning disabilities, their parents, teachers and other professionals. At the national, state and local levels, LDA provides cutting edge information on learning disabilities, practical solutions, and a comprehensive network of resources. These services make the Learning Disabilities Association of America the leading resource for information on learning disabilities.

 

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