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A Child's Guide to Epilepsy From Epilepsy Canada, an international non-profit organization devoted to promote and support research into all aspects of epilepsy, and to create awareness and understanding about epilepsy through educational programs. This website, geared towards children, teaches about why and how seizures happen, how seizure medicines work, and seizure "first aid". On the top of the web page, go to Kidz Korner and click on "a child's guide to epilepsy"

ACCESS North Carolina: A Guide to Travel Site Accessibility The 2012 edition of this travel guide was produced by ACCESS North Carolina, a program of the NC Department of Health and Human Services. Distribution is coordinated by the NC Department of Commerce through its Division of Travel and Tourism. Sites in this book are also found in the North Carolina Travel Guide produced by the Division of Travel and Tourism. Travel attractions were reviewed by the editor or volunteers as to their physical accessibility. The information in this edition reflects the impressions of site reviewers. Disclaimer

Able Generation Able Generation designs products specifically for children with special needs, with a focus on children in the preschool age range (1-5, depending on size) with mild to moderate involvement. This website includes descriptions of each product, a price list, and order forms.

After the Injury A website designed to help severely injured children cope with emotional issues that can linger long after their accident. The Web site includes tip sheets, videos and planning guides to help families and victims. From the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology This website provides information about asthma and allergies, pollen counts, news releases, a coloring book for children, and much more.

Autism Society of North Carolina Bookstore The Autism Society of North Carolina Bookstore was foundd in 1988 in response to parent requsts for information on autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Over the past 17 years the bookstore has grown to become the largest non-profit ASD-specific bookstore in the United States, with nearly 500 titles in stock.

AutismBuddy.com AutismBuddy aims to provide a FREE user-friendly website that provides high quality pintables and resources for teachers and parents for use with children with Special Educational Needs. You will find easy to download resources in many categories including booklets, puzzles and games, flashcards, worksheets, visual timetabling, activities, visual aids, emotions, teaching aids, matching and sorting, classroom display, clip-art, E-books and social skills and many more.

Band-aides and Blackboards Goal is to help people understand what it's like to grow up with medical problems, from the perspective of the children and teens who are doing just that. Areas for parents, teens, and children.

Bounce Back Kids Bounce Back Kids in a non-profit organization that enriches the lives of children with serious medical conditions and their families through free year-round social, athletic, and recreational activities that are offered in a caring and supportive environment that is medically safe. Bounce Back Kids offers individual and group sports training, recreational and social activities and other support services such as a buddy program and college planning.

Carolina Hyperbarics Oxygen Therapy Oxygen plays an important role in healing broken bones, soft tissue injuries and wounds, and in reducing the risk of infection. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is a proven, medical treatment that can benefit patients with a variety of conditions and help speed healing. The treatment encourages the body to build new capillaries and reduce inflammation from injury, surgery or chronic illness. All of the expert services are provided in a luxurious, private setting by certified, experienced medical staff, in the worlds largest, most advanced, single person acrylic hyperbaric chambers.

Center for Early Communication and Learning J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center The C-ECI is one of the seven Assistive Technology Resource Centers (ATRC) for children birth to five in the state, serving 12 counties (Alexander, Allegany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, McDowell, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes and Yancey). The C-ECL provides technical assistance and consultation, equipment loan, and training in the area of AT. The C-ECL also provides technical assistance and consultation in AT for individuals over the age of five.

Children with Disabilities Website This Web site is part of a joint effort by several Federal agencies to promote a national agenda for children and foster positive youth development. The site provides information of interest to children with disabilities, their families, and service providers on learning disabilities, debilitating conditions, and physical disabilities and includes information on advocacy, education, employment, health, recreation, training, and housing.

Children's Cancer Web A Guide to Internet Resources for Childhood Cancer

Cleveland Clinic Foundation Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation- Games Computer games for children including, checkers, tic tac toe, save kid city, and flip the chips.

Creativity in Motion The website of Jennifer Pegram, an educational consultant and dancer who offers both private and semi-private dance classes as well as tutoring sessions in the areas of reading, writing, and math for students with special needs in grades Pre-K to 8 in Cary, NC.

Deaflinx Deaf Linx is designed to be a one-stop shop for legal deaf cultural resources, American Sign Language (ASL) resources, deaf education, and deaf services. Health care, government assistance, real estate access, insurance, and travel also may create issues that uniquely affect deaf people and their families. There are many resources available here to help you find the information and programs that can greatly improve the deaf community, as well to help deaf individuals and their friends and family navigate all of the concerns that may arise in these areas. Whether you were born deaf, suffer from degenerative hearing, or are the parent or loved one of a deaf child, Deaf Linx has valuable information to help you find the information you are looking for.

Enabling Devices-Toys for Special Children Enabling Devices, a division of Toys for Special Children, Inc., is a New York based company dedicated to developing affordable play, learning, and assistive devices to help people with disabling conditions. This site allows you to learn about and purchase their many toys and assistive technology products.

Exceptional Children's Assistance Center This website provides professional development opportunities and resources for those in the Early Intervention community.

Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy This non-profit organization of families of children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) focuses on supporting each other and raising funds for research designed to find a cure for this condition. This website has information about SMA, lists local chapters (including the NC chapter headquartered in Cary), provides updates on research activities, has a section of SMA-related links, and lists pen-pals for children with SMA.

Family Village A wonderful program for anyone with a disability, this website integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the internet for persons with disabilities, for their families, and for those that provide them services and support. Includes informational resources on specific diagnoses, communication connections, adaptive products and technology,adaptive recreational activities, education, worship, health issues, disability-related media and literature.

KASA Kids As Self-Advocates (KASA) is a national, grassroots network of youth with special needs and their friends who work to spread helpful, positive information among their peers to increase knowledge about living with special health care needs, health care transition issues, education, employment, and other topics. A program of Family Voices, a national non-profit organization of families and friends speaking on behalf of children with special health care needs.

Kids on Wheels Magazine This website provides more information about this magazine for children and adults who are wheelchair users, an online advice column, message boards, and much more

Lekotek The National Lekotek Center aims to contribute to the knowledge base about the link between play and early learning for children with special needs. This website provides information and resources for parents and professionals, including a listing of play and toy ideas developed for different conditions.

Magination Press Magination Press publishes children's books dealing with both normal psychological issues and the resolution of serious childhood problems. Most are written by PhD psychologists or other mental health professionals.Books are intended to not only delight, assist, or inform the child reader but also to be used as tools for parents and professionals. Subjects include, adoption, learning disabilities, medical issues, depression, disability, divorce, dying, schjool, self esteem and family matters.

National Deaf Education Network and Clearinghouse/Info To Go Info to Go, formerly the National Information Center on Deafness, is a centralized source of accurate, up-to-date, objective information on topics dealing with deafness and hearing loss in the age group of 0-21. Info to Go responds to a wide range of questions received from the general public, deaf and hard of hearing people, their families, and professionals who work with them. Info to Go collects, develops, and disseminates information on deafness, hearing loss, and services and programs related to children with hearing loss from birth to age 21.

North Carolina Infant Toddler Program This website includes information on the NC Infant Toddler program housed in the Early Intervention Branch, Women's and Children's Health Section, Division of Public Health: the Preschool Disabilities Program, housed in the Department of Public Instruction: and the NC Interagency Coordinating Council, housed at the Division of Child Development. Links to related sites are include.

Nutrition for Kids This site features books, teaching kits and other resources focusing on nutrition for Kids. Their book, How to Teach Nutrition to Kids, gives ideas that empower children to evaluate nutrition information, make smart food choices, and creatively prepare foods.Published by 24 Carrot Press, their mission is to provide books and materials that take a positive, fun approach to the more serious issues that affect children today, including obesity, eating disorders, poor eating habits and inactivity.

Right Under My Nose An online book that helps young children with spina bifida learn about and be comfortable with their bodies. With a fully interactive story, activities, tips, and a printable version of the whole book, this site is intended to be educational and fun.

STARBRIGHT Foundation STARBRIGHT is a unique program that is dedicated to empowering seriously ill children to fight the social and emotional challenges that they face every day. STARBRIGHT educates and encourages children through numerous creative projects. One particular project, Videos With Attitude, provides seriously ill teens and pre-teens with a video series geared to help them cope and learn to advocate for themselves. In the videos, teen survivors of illness share tips and solutions for coping with the challenges of serious medical conditions. Videos are free to children with a serious illness and their families. Be sure to check out all the current projects when browsing this website.

Sibling Support Project A national program, the Sibling Support Project strives to increase the availiability of peer support and educational programs for the brothers and sisters of people with special health care needs and developmental disabilities. Information is geared to both younger brothers and sisters as well as adult siblings.

Slyde the Playground Hound A website for children that teaches them about playground safety. Includes a playground safety quiz, comics, coloring pages, and more.

Someone Special Like Me The website of a non-profit organization working to open a recreational facility designed specifically for children with special needs in Wake and surrounding counties. This Fun Center will serve all special needs children from birth to 17 years of age. This website provides information about the organization and its fundraising events.

Stuttering Foundation of America Based in Memphis, Tennessee, the Stuttering Foundation of America, the first nonprofit, charitable association in the world to concern itself with the prevention and improved treatment of stuttering, distributes over a million publications to the public and professionals each year. This web site has information for those who stutter and their families as well as professionals.

Teasing, People Say the Craziest Things, BandAides and Blackboards Paragraph-length testimonials of children with disabilities and their parents relating their experience of being teased and/or misunderstood by schoolmates and people in their communities.

Tots 'n Tech Research Institute (TnT) This is the newest section of the Tots 'n Tech web iste that features AT ideas from early interventionists around the United States. It is being updated weekly with new categories and new ideas.

UC and Crohn's A web site for youth from the Crohns Colitis Foundation of America that focuses on Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn?s Disease that includes discussions about talking with physicians, dealing with day-to-day hassles associated with a chronic condition, was of taking charge, and issue of privacy. While some of the discussions are specific to these two conditions, most are relevant to any chronic health condition or disability.

UNC Hospital School UNC Hospitals is host to the state?s only accredited Pre-Kindergarten through 12th Grade (PK-12) Hospital School. The school helps children keep up with their classroom studies during their hospital stay and works with the local schools to provide a smooth transition back to school. There are two separate locations for the school within the UNC Hospitals complex. The pediatric component of the school is located on the seventh floor of the Children?s Hospital, and the psychiatric component is located on the second floor of the Neurosciences Hospital. At both locations, there are classrooms, offices and a media center or computer lab. Although there are classrooms and physical space designated as ?school? where students ?go to school?, school often goes to them. When needed, teachers work with students at bedside or on the patient?s units where they are being treated. To learn more about the Hospital School, click here: http://chccs.k12.nc.us/hospital

Virtual Pediatric Hospital Home Page The goal of the Virtual Pediatric Hospital digital library is to make the Internet a useful medical reference and health promotion tool for health care providers, patients, and families. Based at the Children's Hospital of Iowa, this site contains a digital library that delivers Continuing Education (CE) to health care providers, a wealth of information for families, and a kids' page of resources.

We Can Play An online manual of 20 activity ideas that can be used by children of all abilities. Also available in handout form and in Spanish. From the Alliance for Technology Access.

Winners on Wheels Empowers kids in wheelchairs by encouraging personal achievement through creative learning and expanded life experiences that lead to independent living skills.