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[**][S] The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
[**][Spanish] El Centro Nacional de Informaciуn para Niсos y Jуvenes con Discapacidades
[*] Developmental Disabilities by CDC
About 17% of U.S. children under 18 years of age have a developmental disability …
[*] Development and Behavior by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
Young Children with Disabilities ... To provide parents and families of young children a source of basic information about selected special needs conditions …
Americans with Disabilities Act
U.S. Department of Justice.
ADA Home Page ... The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability …
Public Law 94-142: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ... passed in 1975 and reauthorized in 1990, mandates that all children receive a free, appropriate public education regardless of the level or severity of their disability … Children ages 3 through 21 who need special education and related services because of a disabling condition are eligible …
[*] Guide to the Best Disability Resources on the Internet by Disability Resources Monthly (DRM).
Scroll down to find the subject or disability that interests you
Disability Solutions
Information ... Free publication of The Enoch-Gelbard Foundation …
[*][P] General Principles in the Care of Children and Adolescents with Genetic Disorders and Other Chronic Health Conditions (RE9717)
Pediatrics Volume 99, Number 4 April 1997, p 643-644.
American Academy of Pediatrics ... Committee on Children With Disabilities ... The committee on children with disabilities believes that because these children are leading healthier and longer lives, pediatricians are the more highly qualified to serve them … and to provide them a "medical home" …
[*][P] Implementing the Americans With Disabilities Act: Subject Review (RE9623)
Pediatrics Volume 98, Number 1 July 1996, pp. 146-148.
American Academy of Pediatrics ... Committee on Children With Disabilities ... The American Academy of Pediatrics reaffirms the importance of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) … studies of the US National Health Interview Survey [3] have indicated that the percentage of children younger than 17 years identified with activity-limiting chronic conditions doubled (from 1.8% to 3.8%) between 1960 and 1981,[4] and data from the early 1990s indicated that rates have increased to more than 5% …
[*][P] Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities
Pediatrics Volume 78, Number 3 September 1986, p 529-530.
Committee on Children With Disabilities ... As part of health maintenance, pediatricians provide or coordinate the diagnosis and management of medical problems such as vision impairment, hearing loss, communication disorders, seizures, and motor disabilities …
Disability Links by "Forgotten_Kids".
[*] Disability Services
The New York Institute for Special Education.
Disability Links
The Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC).
Disability Advocacy Worldwide
International Association of People with Disabilities (TASH).
Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC)
On The Influence of Abnormal Parturition, Difficult Labours, Premature Birth, and Asphyxia Neonatorum, on the Mental and Physical Condition of the Child, Especially in Relation to Deformities by W. J. Little, MD.
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