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Down Syndrome on the Internet

FRAXA Research Foundation Home Page
- email: info@fraza.org

About NPR
- email: info@nprinc.com

NCCAN Clearinghouse Home Page
- email:  nccanch@calib.com.

National Institute on Life Planning Home Page
Richard W. Fee, schools - transition education
- email: rfee@mac.edu

Together We Can_ Contents
- email: lry2@columbia.edu
Key Contacts

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder

- links: http://www.chadd.org/other.htm

- email: webmaster@chadd.org Our Kids
- email: randy@opid.littondsd.com

INCLUSION, IT'S ELEMENTARY - Dispatch 3_96
Media Resources

- email (comments/info) GLAAD@glaad.org

OnWEAC - editor: Bill Hurley, email: HurleyB@weac.org
 - president: Terry Craney, email: craneyt@weac.org
 - communications manager: Dick Vander Woude, 
    email: vanderwouded@weac.org
 - article (June 1996):  Special Education Inclusion

The Arc: a national organization on mental retardation
Inclusion
- email: thearc@metronet.com

Article - Update on Education Report Card  

International Journal of Inclusive Education
Editor: Roger Slee
 -  inclused@ecel.uwa.edu.au 

Advocateís Association for Disability Independence (AADI).

American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT).

National Resources & WWW Links - Provided by the Parent Advocacy Coalition for Education Rights (PACER), this page provides addresses and Web pages for parent training, national agencies, organizations, and information.

The National Association of School Psychologists.

American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR).
education: James R. Thompson, Ph.D., email: jrthomp@ilstu.edu

National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems (NAPAS). An association which represents federally mandated programs that protect the rights of persons with disabilities.

The National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC), offers free access to REHABDATA, its database of literature on rehabilitation, disability and assistive technology.

National Institute on Life Planning for Persons With Disabilities -This organization comprised of teachers, lawyers, social workers, and other professionals has created a Web site to help families obtain the latest information on transition, life, and person-centered planning, government benefits, housing, and supported employment.

US Department of Education Publications -The US Department of Education publishes a wealth of information for teachers, administrators, policymakers, researchers, parents, students, and others with a stake in education. Many of these publications can be found on this Web site.

Epilepsy Foundation of America.

Through the Looking Glass, an international leader on disability and family issues, is sponsoring an international conference on parents with disabilities and their families.

National Easter Seals Society (NESS). 

The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)

TASH -An international association of people with disabilities, their families, other advocates, and professionals fighting for a society in which inclusion of all people in all aspects of society is the norm.

The National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP), promotes the effective use of technology for students with sensory, cognitive and social/emotional disabilities.

Down Syndrome WWW Page
- email: trace@nas.com

Inclusion and Education Related Resources

Local/State Organizations | Top

The Arc, state/local sites:
Chicago - http://www.chgo.org
Illinois - http://www.thearcofil.org

Leon School District Media Center Resources
- email,  general: bigal@dmc.leon.k12.fl.us
video: leed@dmc.leon.k12.fl.us
media/graphics: mccaskill@dmc.leon.k12.fl.us

Keystone Central
Faculty, Parents Make Inclusion a Success
- email, web administrator: admin@oak.kcsd.k12.pa.us

http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/comm/illinois.html

The Inclusion Network
- email: include@one.net

California Department of Education
- email: writecde@cde.ca.gov

PACER Home Page
Minnesota Disability Organizations And Agencies
WWW Links related to the PACER Center
- email: webster@pacer.org

Indiana Resource Center for Autism
The California State University Center on Disabilities.

Illinois Assistive Technology Project (IATP)
-directed by and for people with disabilities and their families. 

Utah's Project for Inclusion
 Loydene Hubbard Berg, Program Specialist and Web Home Page Developer   - email:  lhberg@usoe.k12.ut.us

Etta Israel Center - email: Etta613@aol.com AVID - Active Voices in Disabilities
- email: dzack@acun.com The Consortium on Inclusive Schooling Practices
mcnutt@pgh.auhs.edu

College/University - Based Sites | Top

Center for Community Inclusion Mainpage
- Director: Lucille Zeph,  email: lu_zeph@voyager.umeres.maine.edu
- Kelly McClymer, email: kelly_mcclymer@umit.maine.edu

 The Center on Human Policy
- email: thechp@sued.syr.edu

British Universities Film and Video Council
Murray Weston, Director - email: murray@bufvc.ac.uk
General inquiries - email: ask@bufvc.ac.uk

Family Village
Family Village Book Store
- email: familyvillage@waisman.wisc.edu
The Family Village University
- email:  rowley@waisman.wisc.edu
Cognitive and Developmental Disabilities Resources

Department of Special Education - College of Education - UNI

Innovative Teacher Preparation Programs Focus on Inclusion
- Department Head: Dr. Sandra Alper,  email: Alper@uni.edu

THE EARLY CHILDHOOD INCLUSION NETWORK
- Dianne Apter: Director, Early Childhood Direction Center
djapter@mailbox.syr.edu

ECRII -Early Childhood Research Institute on Inclusion
 - contact:  kuczynsk@email.unc.edu

SNOW - Special Needs Opportunity Windows
 - email: snow.general@utoronto.ca
 click here to join mailing list

National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators at the University of Oregon.

TECH-NJ -An official publication of the School of Education, Department of Special Education, The College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State College). It is written by students and faculty and is designed to support professionals, parents, and others.

ListServs | Top

Children with physical and/or mental disabilities and delays
- email: listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu

Downs Syndrome listserv
email: listserv@vm1.nodak.edu  
(to subscribe put "subscribe down-syn" in body of email) 

UPsndowns listserv
-email: upsndowns_manager@downsyndrome.com  
(to subscribe put "join upsndowns" in body of email) dslistserv -Information on how to access the Down Syndrome Listserv.

Lists of Links and other Online Resources | Top

Teachers' Resources 
comments: webmaster@studyweb.com

Inclusion Press Resource Page
- email: inclusion@bctf.bc.ca

Welcome to AskERIC - askeric@askeric.org

School Psychology Resources Online 
- Sandra Steingart,Ph.D.
- email: spro_mail@yahoo.com

Special Education Home Page
www.special-educations.com

WAPD Resources

Dogpile Search Results
{Least Restrictive Environment + Physical Education}

Empowerment Zone. A collection of electronic resources on the subject of political action.

Resources on Inclusive Education -Internet links for information on inclusion.

Web site and list serve on inclusive-education. A research colloquium in the field of inclusive education, integration/mainstreaming and special educational needs. Topics range from classroom modifications to national policy developments.

SERI - Special Education Resources on the Internet
Inclusion Resources: http://www.hood.edu/seri/inclu.htm

Online Library/ Publishing Links | Top

Booklist Home Page

IPL The Internet Public Library

PubList.com Home Page

Library Journal Digital

Bookwire

Inclusion Press Home Page
 - email: includer@idirect.com 

Inclusion: School as a Caring Community
Are you seeking success with inclusion? Here you'll find help and inspiration-- an entire book composed for Cyberspace with links in each chapter for elementary and secondary levels. This is an Industry Canada initiative, in partnership with SchoolNet.

Other Resources | Top

Making Inclusion Happen
- JALMC home page: www.jalmc.org
 email: jslmc@netsynco.net

Discovery Channel: School
- email: school@discovery.com

Axis Disability Rights Website
- email: normemma@normemma.com

Dr. GROHOL's Mental Health Page 
 email: grohol@cmhc.com 

What's Up With Down Syndrome_ Dan's Life
- email: KarenL2888@aol.com

Accessible Landscapes:Designing for Inclusion

Inclusive Community and Democracy
Michael Peterson:  j_m_peterson@wayne.edu
Rich Gibson:  rgibson@pipeline.com
Sharon Murphy:  smurphy@coe.wayne.edu

ADCO Learning Products. Information about Hypersign software, a program which displays a video of the sign for over 2,000 words or phrases.

Assistive Technology Center lists software in various formats for a variety of applications.

Trace Research and Development Center  - Trace Centerís mission is: "To advance the ability of people with disabilities to achieve their life objectives through the use of communication, computer and information technologies."

IDEA '97, The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997.

The Assistive Technology Funding and Systems Change Project provides up-to-date information on the latest laws, regulations, and policy developments related to funding assistive technology.

The Center for Disability Information & Referral

Institute for Disabilities Research and Training, Inc.

Labor Source, a division of the Developmental Disabilities Center.  

"Counseling Kids: A Guide to School Psychology -http://www.clinicalpsychology.net/resources/counseling-kids-a-guide-to-school-psychology/

AbilityHub - Assistive Technology for computers and disability.

 

Kids/Family | Top

Learning Disabilities Online
A colorful interactive guide for parents, teachers and children.  This is the official website of Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities and the National Joint Commission on Learning Disabilities. 

The Council for Exceptional Children.

Including Your Child -Information offered by the US Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement.

Family Education Network -Dedicated to helping parents take an active role in the education of their children.

Kids Together

Parent Pals, a parent's guide to special Education developed by Ameri-Corp Speech and Hearing. 

Institute for Community Integration, their mission is to improve community services and social support for persons with disabilities and their families.  This site has a lot of information on autism.

The Education Webpage, features Free Special Education resources.

Special Needs Education - Inclusion and Integration

National Early Childhood Technical Assistance lists resources and gives information about federal programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.