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Respite Care
- ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center - Supports service providers and families through training, technical assistance, evaluation, and research. Fact sheet, training tools, funding information, and respite locator.
- The Arc's Q&A on Respite Care - Information and references.
- Best Practices in Respite Care For Children - Assists families in discerning the quality of available respite options service providers and policy makers in the development of quality services.
- Respite Care - Information and resources.
- Respite Care: A Gift of Time - [NICHCY News Digest 12] Discusses types of respite care available and gives tips and advice to parents seeking such care.
- Respite Care Checklist - Client information form for respite caregivers.
Disability Resources
- Alabama State Resources - Contact information for state agencies and state-level organizations, from the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities.
- Alabama Resource Directory - Links from the Disability Resource Magazine.
- Disability Sites - Links sorted by topic, type of disability, and region, from Google Open Directory.
- United Cerebral Palsy - Contact information for the Alabama affiliates and the national office.
Children
- Ability OnLine - An email system that connects young people with disabilities or chronic illness to disabled and non-disabled peers and mentors. Links to many related sites.
- The Bearable Times Kids and Teens Club - The Children's Hospital Network for children in the hospital or who have disabilities.
- Children with Disabilities - Collection of resources compiled by nine federal agencies and offices designed to "provide children with disabilities and their parents access to federal, state, local, and national resources." Includes links to grant and funding resources, message board for children to share experiences, and sources for research and statistical information.
- Children's Literature and Disability - Bibliography to help parents and professionals identify books that are written about or include characters who have a disability.
- Disabled Children's Relief Fund - A non-profit organization that offers modest awards for assistive devices, rehabilitative services, arts and humanities projects, or for efforts to bolster compliance with existing laws for the benefit of children with disabilities.
- Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC) - Reviewed and categorized links to resources.
- Kids Together, Inc. - Information and resources to enhance the quality of life for children and adults with disabilities, and communities as a whole.
- NICHCY - National information center that provides information on disabilities and disability related issues. Children and youth, birth to age 22, are the focus.
- Official Sports for Kids Foundation Web Site - Dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for physically and emotionally challenged children throughout the United States and Canada.
- Personal Ponies - A unique non-profit organization dedicated to providing children with special needs with a Miniature Shetland Pony to love and care for completely without charge.
- Shane's Inspiration - Building Boundless Playgrounds for children of all abilities on the West Coast of the United States. Lists existing playgrounds and those in development, services and resources for children and their families.
- Special Needs Kids - Support for children and parents with disabilities.
- Winners On Wheels - Empowers kids in wheelchairs by encouraging personal achievement through creative learning and expanded life experiences that lead to independent living skills.
Parenting
- About Parenting Special Needs - The starting place for exploring parenting special needs, from About.com.
- About Potty Training Children with Special Needs - Learn about potty training children with special needs, such as autism and down syndrome, including signs of readiness and how to avoid resistance..
- Educating Parents of Exceptional Children (EPEC) - Resource of information for parents with special needs children. Forum, newsletter, and links.
- Exceptional Parent - Magazine for parents of children or young adults with disabilities. Includes reports, forum, products links, books.
- Ideal Lives - Practical tips & web resources for special needs parents. We specialize in free resources and personlized "real life" solutions for families and the teachers & professionals who support them.
- The Learning Disabled Child and the Home - Discusses various issues such as fathers, siblings, discipline.
- Mothers From Hell 2 - Facing disability issues with combustable humor & advocating for disability rights! MFH2 is a national group offering more support than a 44DD underwire and more empowerment than a tanker full of caffeine, chocolate & Viagra!
- Mothers with Attitude - Humor and help for adoptive moms, special-needs moms, any old moms at all.
- Our Kids - Information and support for parents and caregivers of children with special needs. Links to resources and affiliated web sites.
- Parent Pals.com - Special education website focusing on parent and professional support for special needs children. Directory of articles and links contributed by parents and professionals.
- Parent Training and Information Centers by State - Programs funded by the Office of Special Education Programs in the US Department of Education to help provide training and information to meet the needs of parents of children with disabilities living in the area served by the center.
- Parents Helping Parents - Helping children with special needs receive the love, hope, respect and services they need to achieve their full potential by strengthening their families and the professionals who serve them.
- Parents of a Child with Special Needs - Links to resources and information for caregivers and parents of children with special needs.
- Parents With Disabilities - Site for people with disabilities, who are thinking about becoming pregnant or adopting, and for parents with disabilities with children of all ages -- confronting issues in health care, schools, recreation and worship.
- Parents with Disabilities Online - Information, support and products for parents who have disabilities.
- Play for All - A mother describes her efforts to encourage play between her disabled child and the siblings.
- Special Child - Provides educational resources and emotional support to parents and care-givers of children, adolescents, and young adults with disabilities.
- Special Families Guide - Articles and answers to questions from Robert Naseef, Ph.D. on parenting a child with a disability.
- Special Mommy Chronicles - "Special Mommy Chronicles" is a weekly column by a Special Needs mom to Special Needs parents.
Siblings
- CaF Factsheet: Siblings - Factsheet about brothers and sisters of children who have a severe disability or chronic illness.
- Children with Disabilities: Understanding Sibling Issues - Comprehensive group of articles from the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities.
- Living with Impairment - The effects on children of having a sibling with autism.
- The Sibling Support Project - A national program dedicated to the interests of brothers and sisters of people with special health and developmental needs.
- Siblings - An article discussing brothers and sisters of people who have mental retardation, from the ARC.
- Siblings with Disabilities - Discusses the challenges and characteristics of adult siblings of adults with disabilities.
- Soda Pop Online - Christian site for siblings of disabled kids. Includes links, information, chat, message boards, articles, and organizations.
- Support for Siblings of People with Autism and Asperger Syndrome - Personal experiences, ideas, support, and reading list.
Future Planning
- Estate Planning: NICHCY News Digest 18 - An overview of the process by which families can create specialized wills and trusts to provide for their children in the future. This issue is tailored for those planning for the needs of adult sons and daughters with disabilities.
- Future Planning Resources - Links, publications, and advice on special needs planning from The ARC.
- A guide to putting together a special needs plan - How to begin a plan that includes preparing a Letter of Intent, will and Special Needs Trust; establishing financial need; and addressing guardianship and government benefit issues.
- Institute for Special Needs Planning - Project of the National Heritage Foundation regarding planning for the care of adult handicapped individuals; announcements, newsletter, and legal and financial news provided.
- MedSupport FSF Internation: Disability and Estate Planning - Discussion of the process of estate planning for a family member with a disability.
- MJ Designs for Life, A Place to find a Helping Hand - Ohio-based life planning and recreation therapy consultation for persons with disabilities, as well as guides and other products.
- Planning for Your Child with Special Needs - An overview of future planning for legal, financial, medical and educational needs.
- The Special Needs Network - To educate and inform families of individuals with disabilities about special needs planning. Online newsletter, workbooks, and links to disability resources and organizations provided.
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