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Disability Resources

Internet Resource for Special Children

The IRSC website provides information relating to the needs of children with disabilities on a global basis in order to provide valuable information for parents, family members, caregivers, friends, educators, and medical professionals who interact with children who have disabilities. This page has an extensive set of links to information on different disabilities, health issues, legal issues, and general information. www.irsc.org/disability.htm

National Network for Child Care

Written by a developmental psychologist, this website provides information about children with disabilities and offers tips on how to care for children with disabilities. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/human/pubs/nc07.html

Special Child

This site is written for parents and caregivers of children with special needs, and contains real life stories and legal cases regarding children with special needs. There is also a bulletin board available for people to engage in conversation about children with disabilities. www.specialchild.com

Domestic Violence

The Minnesota Center Against Violence & Abuse (MINCAVA)

MINCAVA operates an electronic clearinghouse that provides scholarly papers on battered spouses and their children, a searchable database on the link between child maltreatment and woman battering, and links to additional resources. www.mincava.umn.edu

Violence Against Women Resources

This site includes documents that address provisions of the Violence Against Women Act; issues related to child custody and protection; the overlap between child maltreatment and abuse of women; and child witnesses of domestic violence. www.vaw.umn.edu

Medical/Psychological

http://emotional.health.ivillage.com/emotionalhealthbasics/abuseinchildren.cfm

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry works to assist parents and families in understanding developmental, behavioral, emotional, and mental disorders affecting children and adolescents. The website includes journal information, facts, resources, and information on legislation. www.aacap.org

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

AAP offers materials for professionals working in the field of child abuse, including policy statements, a program on the visual diagnosis of child physical abuse, and resources for prevention, recognition, and treatment. www.aap.org

The Arc

This organization is devoted to advocacy for all people with disabilities, originally focused on mental retardation. The site includes topics such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, managed care, fetal alcohol syndrome, and the human genome project. www.thearc.org

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)

This site provides information on fetal alcohol syndrome, fetal alcohol effects, and alcohol-related birth defects, as well as information on prevention methods and teaching students with these problems. http://fasalaska.com

I Am Your Child

The “I Am Your Child” campaign has involved the nation’s leading experts in early childhood and neurodevelopment in an ongoing effort to educate families, professionals, and policymakers about the crucial role of early childhood in creating healthy children. This site has a wealth of information about early childhood and brain development. www.iamyourchild.org

Internet Mental Health

This site contains links for common disorders, organizations, search engines, and medical sites. www.mentalhealth.com

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

This organization provides resources to improve the lives of people with mental illnesses and their families. Legal issues, medical information, and many other fact sheets are included in the website. www.nami.org

Trauma Information Pages

Dr. David Baldwin’s Trauma Pages focus primarily on emotional trauma and traumatic stress, including post-traumatic stress disorder, whether following individual traumatic experience(s) or a large-scale disaster. The site includes information on trauma resources, bookstore, articles, and links. www.trauma-pages.com

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