Helpful Resources
Learning Disorders, Reading Disorder/Dyslexia, Mathematics Disorder/Dyscalculia
Learning Disabilities Association of America: www.ldanatl.org
LD Online: www.ldonline.org
National Center for Learning Disabilities: www.ld.org
International Dyslexia Association: www.interdys.org
British Dyslexia Association: www.bdadyslexia.org.uk
Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity: www.dyslexia.yale.edu
Yale Child Study Center: www.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/
Center for the Study of Learning, Georgetown University: www.csl.georgetown.edu/dyslexia
National Institute for Child Health and Development Research Program in Reading Development, Reading Disorders, and Reading Instruction Initiated in 1965:
Mathematics and Science Cognition and Learning: Development and Disorders (MSCL) Program; Mathematical Learning Disabilities: www.nichd.nih.gov/about/org/crmc/cdb/prog_mscld/index.cfm
Dyscalculia Forum: www.dyscalculia.forum.com
What Works Clearing House U.S. Department of Education (Scientifically Based Curriculum for Children with Disabilities)
International Multisensory Structured Language Education Counsel (IMSLEC) (Trains Teachers in Multisensory Reading Curriculums for Dyslexics)
LinguiSystems (Publisher): http://www.linguisystems.com/
Educational Consultants of the Midwest: www.edconsultmidwest.com
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders Children (and Adults) with Attention Deficit Disorders (CHADD): www.chadd.org
National Resource Center on ADHD (A Program of CHADD): www.help4adhd.org
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA): www.add.org
MTA Cooperative Group: National Institute of Mental Health Multimodal Treatment Study of ADHD: www.nimh.nih.gov/trials/practical/mta/the-multimodal-treatment-of-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-study-mta-questions-and-answers.shtml
ADDWAREHOUSE: www.addwarehouse.com
Linguistic Coding Difference (Difficulty Learning Foreign Languages)
Linguistic Coding Differences in Foreign Language Learners (Journal Article): http://www.springerlink.com/content/7mm3kv464g00l747/
Linguistc Coding Difference Diagnosis (Journal Ariticle): http://www.ldx.sagepub.com/content/24/9/530.short
Autism Spectrum Disorders/Nonverbal Learning Disorders/Asperger’s Disorder
NLD on the Web: www.nldontheweb.org
Byron Rourke’s Website: www.nld-bprourke.ca
Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Association (NLDA): www.nlda@nlda.org
MAAP Services for Autism and Asperger’s Disorder: www.maapservices.org
Oasis at the MAAP website on Asperger’s Disorder: www.aspergersyndrome.org/
Autism Research Institute: www.autism.com
UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute: www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/MINDInstitute
Yale Child Study Center: www.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/autism/aspergers.html
Autism Research Centre (Great Britton, Simon Baron-Cohen): www.autismresearchcentre.com
Tony Attwood (Austrailian Asperger’s Disorder expert): www.tonyattwood.com.au/
Temple Grandin, Ph.D. (Famous autistic professor and animal behavior expert): www.templegrandin.com/
Autism Society: www.autism-society.org
Autism Speaks: www.autismspeaks.org
National Autism Association: www.nationalautism.org
National Autism Center: www.nationalautismcenter.org
Organization for Autism Research: www.autismresearch.org
U.S. Autism and Asperger Association: www.usautism.org
Future Horizons (Publisher): http://www.fhautism.com/
Service and Therapy Dogs with Autism
4 Paws For Ability: http://www.4pawsforability.org/autismdogs.html
Autism Service Dogs of America: http://www.autismservicedogsofamerica.com/
William’s Syndrome
William’s Syndrome Association: www.william-syndrome.org
William’s Syndrome Foundation: http://www.wsf.org/
William’s Syndrome National Institutes of Health: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/williams/williams.htm
Turner Syndrome
Turner Syndrome Society of the United States
http://www.turnersyndrome.org/
Turner Syndrome Foundation
www.turnersyndromefoundation.org/
Hyperlexia
Canadian Hyperlexia Association
Reading Epilepsy
Article
http://www.jkscience.org/archive/volume102/Research%20Letter/reading%20epilepsy.pdf
Article Abstract
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10213537
Prader Willi Association
Fragile X Foundation
American Association for Klinefelters Syndrome Information and Support
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
Genetics Home Reference: Your Guide to Understanding Genetic Conditions (National Institute of Health)
Speech and Hearing, Central Auditory Processing Disorder, and Hyperacusis
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders: http://www.nidcdinfo@nidcd.nih.gov
American Speech-Language Hearing Association: www.professional.asha.org
American Academy of Audiology: www.audiology.org
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS): www.entnet.org
National Coalition for Auditory Processing Disorders: http://www.nacpd.org
The Hyperacusis Network: http://www.dmalcore@mail.wisc.net
“Faceblindness”, Developmental Prosopagnosia
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/prosopagnosia/Prosopagnosia.htm
Propagnosia Research Centers at Harvard and University College London: www.faceblind.org
Face Blind!: www.choiser.com/faceblind/
Synesthesia (“Sensory Mixing”)
American Synesthesia Association: http://synesthesia.info/index.html
UK Synaesthesia Association: www.uksynaesthesia.com/
Synesthesia Down Under (Austrailian Synesthesia Association): http//synesthesia.com.au/wp/
Belgian Synesthesia Association: http://www.enotes.com/topic/Belgian_Synesthesia_Association
Mxied Signals (Synesthesia On-Line): http://http://www.mixsig.net/
Synesthesia Resource Center: www.bluecatsandchartreusekittens.com/Blue_Cats_and_Chartreuse_Kittens_Rel.html
Shyness, Social Anxiety, Social Phobia
Phillip Zimbardo’s Clinic at Stanford:
Anxiety Disorder Association of America: www.adaa.org
Beck Institute: http://www.beckinstitute.org/
Helpful Places for People with Disabilities in Schools and the Workplace
Association for Persons in Supported Employment (APSE) (Onsite Job Coaches): www.apse.org
Job Accommodations Network: www.askjan.org
National Disability Rights Network (How to find Disability Law Centers in Your State): www.ndrn.org
The International Campbell Collaboration
–“…Registry of systematic reviews of evidence on the effects of interventions in the social, behavioral, and educational arenas.”
The Promising Practices Network
Highlights programs and practices that scientific research indicates works with children, adolescents and families.
Outstanding Mathematics Tutoring From Basic Arithmetic Through Calculus as well as Other Subjects
Khan Academy
Places for Recorded Books for the Print Disabled
Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic: http://www.rfd.org
Bookshare: http://www.bookshare.org/
Learning Ally: http://www.learningally.org/
Places to Check Out Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Techniques
National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (National Institutes of Health): www.nccam.nih.gov
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition: Dietary Supplements:
www.fda.gov/food/dietarysupplements/default.htm
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS):
FDA Food and Drug Scams Website:
FDA Consumer Updates:
www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/default.htm
FDA Site to Report Side Effects: www.fda.gov/medwatch
FDA Place to Learn If Suppliment Has Undeclared Prescription Medications,or Steroids: http://www.taintedproducts@fda.hhs.gov
Medication/Suppliment Interactions (100+ Commonly Used Supplements. “Natutal Health section” on Consumer Reports website: www.consumerreports.org/health/
Cochrane Collaboration: www.cochrane.org
Quackwatch: www.quackwatch.com
Pharmacopeia: “USP Verified” Certifying Organization That Establishes standards of quality, purity and potency for vitimins, suppliments and botanicals: www.uspverified.org
Information on Chimpanzees and Bonobos
Goodall Institute (Chimpanzes): http://http://www.janegoodall.org/chimp-central-home
Great Ape Trust (Bonobos-Teco the Autistic Bonobo): http://www.greatapetrust.org/
Helpful Professionals
American Psychiatric Association: www.apa@psych.org
American Psychological Association: www.apa.org
Amerian Association of Marriage and Family Therapists: www.aamft.org
National Board of Certified Counselors: www.nbcc@nbcc.org
National Association of Social Workers: www.naswdc.org
Behavioral Neurologist/Neuropsychiatrists and/or Neuro-Ophthamologist:
Speech Language Pathologist-American Speech-Language Hearing Association: www.professional.asha.org
AD/HD Coaches: www.addbrain.com
Professional Organizers: www.napo.net
American Occupational Therapy Association: www.atoa.org.