Voices (examiners, blogs, communities, groups, and otherwise human networking)
- Welcome to Holland (a metaphor for special needs parenting)
- Parents of Special Needs Kids Meet-Ups (networking)
- Disaboom.com — Live Forward (a disability network aimed at parents)
- The Family Village — A Global Commuity of Disability-Related Resources
- Interactive Family Resources (special needs children counseling and parent coaching support services)
- WrongPlanet.net (a web community for individuals & parents of those with ASD, Asperger’s, PDDs, ADHD…)
- YoungLife.org (a group for special needs teens through early 20′s)
- SpecialTeams (a special needs parenting NING network)
- 5 Minutes for Special Needs — Support, Insight, Inspiration
- Circle of Moms – Mothers of Special Needs Children
- List of LiveJournal Communities related to special needs
- List of LiveJournal Communities related to disability
- Patrice Athanasidy — (Another) NY Special Needs Kids Examiner
- Julie Fletcher — NY Autism & Parenting Examiner
- Robin Hausman Morris — Autism & Parenting Examiner
- Fredrica Brister — Special Needs Parenting Examiner
- Special Needs Moms Like Me — Experiencing the joys and sorrows of special needs mothering with God (a blog)
- This Way of Life (the resource and perspective blog of an autistic adult)
- Carly’s Voice (the blog of an autistic young woman who can only speak by typing)
The Tool Box (government aid, programs, local resources, schools, etc.)
- National Resource Directory — Organizations That Have Resources For Children With Special Needs
- Early Intervention (NY state’s website)
- Qualify & Apply for Disability / Social Security (gov’t aid page)
- Binder & Binder — America’s Most Successful Social Security Disability Advocates
- Disability Solutions (the free publication of The Enoch-Gelbard Foundation)
- Woodbine House (special-needs book publisher)
- Speech Language Pathologists specializing in A/AC (scholastic resource page)
Shopping for Schtuff
- Southpaw Enterprises (SID/SPD and neurodevelopmental products)
- Abilitations (special needs products)
- SpecialNeedsToys.com (autism and sensory products)
- The Special Needs Store (a variety of products for children with special needs & developmental delays)
- BeyondPlay (early intervention products
- BabyBumblebee (language aid DVDs)
- GummyLump.com — Special Needs Intra-Catalog Directory
- Achievement Products for Special Needs
- DragonFlyToys (special needs & universal access resource)
- The Power Pumper (a physical therapy mobility toy)
- MaxiAids.com (vision/hearing/mobility/medical/household/computer products for independent living)
- Different Roads To Learning (autism teaching tools — ABA & VB resource)
- The Nth Degree (humor, advocacy, awareness and diversity shirts, etc.)
- Dreft Gentle Clean Multi Surface Cleaner
- “The Courtney Bed” — a remarkably safe bed for special needs kids
Resource Lists for Specific Disorders (concise list format — in progress)
- Attention Deficit Disorder / Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD)
- Sensory Processing Disorder / Sensory Integration Dysfunction (SPD/SID)
Down Syndrome
- National Down Syndrome Society
- National Association for Down Syndrome
- DownSyndrome.com
- Down Syndrome Health Issues: News & Information for Parents and Professionals
- Down Syndrome @ KidsHealth.org
- National Down Syndrome Congress
- Wiki article on Down Syndrome
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation
- NIMH – Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, OCD
- OCD @ MentalHealth.com (articles and self-test)
- Wiki article on OCD
Autism Spectrum
- Autism Society of America
- Autism Speaks
- Autism Fact Sheet (care of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke — NINDS)
- Autism Research Institute
- Autism Collaberation
- NIMH – Autism Spectrum Disorders
- QSAC, Inc. — Quality Services for the Autistic Community (serving NYC and Long Island)
- Wiki article on Autism
- Asperger’s Disorder Homepage
- Autism/PDD-NOS/Asperger’s Checklist
