Useful Links

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