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Alphabetical Resources List

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ADD/ADHD 

• ADHD Support – A roadmap toward finding your success with ADHD
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Booklet - A detailed booklet from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) that describes ADHD symptoms, causes, and treatments, with information on getting help and coping
• Baker Victory Services - Non-profit agency providing a range of services for children, youth and families in need
• Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) - The nation's leading non-profit organization serving individuals with AD/HD and their families
• Learning Disabilities - The world's leading web site on learning disabilities and ADHD, provides accurate and up-to-date information and advice about learning disabilities and ADHD  
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine Center for Excellence in ADHD and Related Disorders - Research programs to provide psychiatric assessment, psychological testing, limited cognitive and neuropsychological testing, physical evaluation, short-term treatment with FDA approved medications, and with weekly visits with study doctors for children with ADHD.
• National Research Center on ADHD - The nation's clearinghouse for science-based information about all aspects of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) 

Autism

• Aspire of WNY - Helps children and adults with developmental disabilities, cerebral palsy, and conditions with similar personal and family effects live their lives to the fullest in keeping with their informed choices
• Autism Information Center - Provides links to information and resources about autism
• Autism Speaks - Seeks to change the future for all who struggle with autism spectrum disorders through research, raising public awareness and supporting families
• Autistic Services, Inc. - Delivers a range of individualized services to people with autism spectrum disorders
• Baker Victory Services - Non-profit agency providing a range of services for children, youth and families in need
• NYACTS - A website designed to provide current information on New York State services and supports for individuals with autism
• Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence - Transition to Adulthood Guidelines for Individuals with ASD.

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Bullying

• Ability Path - an online community for professionals and parents of children with special needs that combines social networking features with expert content from Ability Path’s team of educators, parents, therapists and medical professionals
• Bullying Information Center - Bullying affects ALL of our children — those who bully, those who are victimized, and those who are witnesses or assistants to interpersonal violence. We can and must reduce this age-old problem
• Child & Family Services - Provides children, adults, families and businesses with a vast array of mental health and human service programs
• Pacer’s National Bullying Prevention Center - PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center unites, engages and educates communities nationwide to address bullying through creative, relevant and interactive resources. PACER’s bullying prevention resources are designed to benefit all students, including students with disabilities.
• Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) - Buffalo/Niagara Chapter, is a non-profit, all volunteer, community-based organization. PFLAG's mission is to promote the health and well-being of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered people, their families, and friends through support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlightened an ill-informed public; advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights .
• Stop Bullying - provides information from various government agencies on how kids, teens, young adults, parents, educators and others in the community can prevent or stop bullying

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Cerebral Palsy

• Aspire of WNY - Helps children and adults with developmental disabilities, cerebral palsy, and conditions with similar personal and family effects live their lives to the fullest in keeping with their informed choices
• Cerebral Palsy Lawyers FAQs - Seeking information about the underlying reasons for a child’s birth injury is completely natural. However, given the complexities of the medical / legal field, such answers are rarely straight forward. This website is intended to be a resource to provide you with the information you desire as your child develops.
• My Child ™ - Website designed to connect those touched by cerebral palsy with the information, resources, experts, and inspiration they need and their child deserves.
• United Cerebral Palsy - United Cerebral Palsy educates, advocates and provides support services to ensure a life without limits for people with a spectrum of disabilities.

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Deaf-Blindness

• Deaf-Blindness: Educational Service Guidelines - A workshop on Educational Service Guidelines.
• Parent Center Network -  Educational Service Guidelines and fact sheets.
• Perkins School for the Blind - Deaf-Blindness: Educational Service Guidelines can be found in English and Spanish

Developmental Disabilities 

• Baker Victory Services - Non-profit agency providing a range of services for children, youth and families in need
• Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled (CSDD) - Provides individuals with developmental disabilities a wide range of services, including service coordination, housing, job training, and day activities
• DD Info Link  An online, searchable directory of programs specifically designed for people with developmental disabilities, their family members and service providers
• Developmental Disability Alliance of WNY (DDAWNY) - A collaborative group of member voluntary agencies that provide services to people with developmental disabilities

Down Syndrome

• Baker Victory Services - Non-profit agency providing a range of services for children, youth and families in need
• Bornhava - A not-for-profit, early childhood environment that works to enable children with developmental disabilities to maximize their potential
• Down Syndrome Parents Group of WNY - is a non-profit organization consisting of parents and families of children with Down syndrome.  DSPG seeks to enhance the lives of people with Down syndrome and their families.  The organization's informational and social events provide a broad range of opportunities for families to support and encourage each other
• National Down Syndrome Congress (NDSC) - Provides information, advocacy and support concerning all aspects of life for individuals with Down syndrome
• National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) - The mission of the National Down Syndrome Society is to be the national advocate for the value, acceptance and inclusion of people with Down syndrome
• Preschool Learning Center - A subsidiary of The League for the Handicapped, Inc.  Provides center-based preschool services as well as therapeutic and special education services at home or other community settings 

Dyslexia

• International Dyslexic Association - A non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals with dyslexia, their families and the communities that support them
• Learning Disabilities - The world's leading web site on learning disabilities and ADHD, provides accurate and up-to-date information and advice about learning disabilities and ADHD
• National Center for Learning Disabilities - The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) works to ensure that the nation's 15 million children, adolescents, and adults with learning disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school, work, and life 

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Epilepsy

• Aspire of WNY - Helps children and adults with developmental disabilities, cerebral palsy, and conditions with similar personal and family effects live their lives to the fullest in keeping with their informed choices
• Epilepsy Association of WNY - A nonprofit organization offering professional services to individuals with Epilepsy and/or seizure disorders, their families and significant others
• Epilepsy.com - Features information about epilepsy and furthers the vision of the Epilepsy Therapy Project to create a powerful resource for everyone involved in caring for, or treating, those with epilepsy
• Epilepsy Foundation – Provides resources for parents and caregivers  

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Growth and Endocrine Disorders

• Children's Growth Foundation - An independent, non-profit organization that supports children with growth disorders by providing for the whole child

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Hearing Impairment

• Aspire of WNY - Helps children and adults with developmental disabilities, cerebral palsy, and conditions with similar personal and family effects live their lives to the fullest in keeping with their informed choices
• Buffalo Hearing & Speech Center - improves the quality of life for adults, children and infants with communication disorders by delivering cutting edge diagnosis and treatment of hearing and speech impairments and related special education services
• Hearing & Speech Center of WNY – Provides speech evaluation and therapy as well as complete hearing and hearing aid evaluations
• Preschool Learning Center - A subsidiary of The League for the Handicapped, Inc.  Provides center-based preschool services as well as therapeutic and special education services at home or other community settings
• Summit Educational Resources - A private, not-for-profit organization that provides educational and therapeutic services to children with learning, communication and behavioral challenges 

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Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

·          Baird Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Center – Located in Buffalo General Hospital, the Baird Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Center of the Jacobs Neurological Institute is dedicated to the prevention of physical and cognitive impairment in MS.

·          National Multiple Sclerosis Society - The National MS Society is a collective of passionate individuals who want to do something about MS now—to move together toward a world free of multiple sclerosis.

·          Multiple Sclerosis (MS) – Provides information about MS, questions to ask your doctor and more.

Muscular Dystrophy

·          Muscular Dystrpohy Association - MDA is the nonprofit health agency dedicated to curing muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases by funding worldwide research. The Association also provides comprehensive health care and support services, advocacy and education.

·          NINDS Muscular Dystrophy Information Page – National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) has put together this page with information and resources.

Mental Health

• At Health - A leading provider of mental health information and services for mental health practitioners and those they serve
• Baker Victory Services - Non-profit agency providing a range of services for children, youth and families in need
• Child & Family Services - Provides children, adults, families and businesses with a vast array of mental health and human service programs
• Erie County Department of Mental Health - Provides planning, directing, coordinating, and monitoring programs of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation involving mental health, mental retardation-developmental disabilities
• Gateway-Longview - Provides a continuum of treatment services for children, youth, and families facing behavioral, emotional or educational difficulties
• Glossary of Terms Child and Adolescent Mental Health - This glossary contains terms frequently used when referring to the mental health needs of children and adolescents
• Heritage Centers - Provides an array of services to students with special needs aged birth to 21 years and their families
• New Directions - Non-Profit Agency that helps children with emotional and behavioral problems, along with their families
• Navigating Tunnels and Cliffs: Empowering families and caregivers to assist youth with mental health needs in preparing for work  

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Spinal Muscular Atrophy

• Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy(SMA)  - Helps families cope with SMA through information, support and research
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Foundation - The mission of the SMA Foundation is to accelerate the development of a treatment for SMA, the number one genetic killer of infants and toddlers. 

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Traumatic Brain Injury

• Aspire of WNY - Helps children and adults with developmental disabilities, cerebral palsy, and conditions with similar personal and family effects live their lives to the fullest in keeping with their informed choices
• Preschool Learning Center - A subsidiary of The League for the Handicapped, Inc.  Provides center-based preschool services as well as therapeutic and special education services at home or other community settings 

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Visual Impairment

• Aspire of WNY - Helps children and adults with developmental disabilities, cerebral palsy, and conditions with similar personal and family effects live their lives to the fullest in keeping with their informed choices
• Preschool Learning Center - A subsidiary of The League for the Handicapped, Inc.  Provides center-based preschool services as well as therapeutic and special education services at home or other community settings