Special Education

Disabilities

• Attention Deficit /Hyperactivity Disorder Fact Sheet (NICHCY)
• Autism/PDD Fact Sheet (NICHCY)
• Bipolar Disorder (National Institute of Mental Health)
• Cerebral Palsy Fact Sheet (NICHCY)
• Deafness/Hearing Loss Fact Sheet (NICHCY)
• Depression in Children and Adolescents (National Institute of Mental Health)
• Emotional Disturbance Fact Sheet (NICHCY)
• Epilepsy Fact Sheet (NICHCY)
• Intellectual Disabilities Fact Sheet (NICHCY)
• Pervasive Developmental Disorders  (NICHCY)
• Severe/Multiple Disabilities Fact Sheet (NICHCY)
• Speech & Language Impairments Fact Sheet (NICHCY)
• Spina Bifida Fact Sheet (NICHCY)
• Traumatic Brain Injury Fact Sheet (NICHCY)
• Visual Impairments Fact Sheet (NICHCY)

Government and Legislation

• Americans with Disabilities Act (U.S. Department of Justice)
• Pennsylvania Department of Education
• Pennsylvania Department of Education:  Special Education
• IDEA 2004
• No Child Left Behind (U.S. Department of Education)
• Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (U.S. Department of Education)
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (U.S. Department of Education)
• United States Department of Education Home Page
• United States Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
• United States Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)

Organizations

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• The ARC of the United States
• Autism Society of America
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Learning Disabilities Association of America
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
• National Association of School Psychologists
• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
• Special Olympics
• Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc