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Communicating With and About People with Disabilities
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Disability Social History Project
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Famous People with Disabilities
[ Profile
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The Survival Guide for Kids with LD
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Novita Kids
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Novita Teens
[ Profile
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Supporting Siblings
[ Profile
] - This booklet describes the common feelings experienced by young people when they have a brother or sister with a chronic illness or disability. Includes strategies that promote coping and resilience. |
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Young Minds: Mental Illness in Your Family
[ Profile
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SparkTop.org
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When Meeting Friends with Disabilities
[ Profile
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Club BraveKids
[ Profile
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Can Do Kids
[ Profile
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Diabetes.org: Your Parents and Your Diabetes
[ Profile
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Diabetes.org: Just for Teens
[ Profile
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Seeing Disabilities from a Different Perspective
[ Profile
] - Fourth and fifth graders provide information on autism, blindness, cerebral palsy, and deafness. Includes causes, effects, and famous people who have suffered from these conditions. |
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Kids Quest on Disability and Health
[ Profile
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Child and Youth Health: Cancer - When Your Brother or Sister has Cancer
[ Profile
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Child and Youth Health: Cancer - Living With It
[ Profile
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Child and Youth Health: Living With a Disability
[ Profile
] - Tells what it is, your rights, living with family and friends, and dealing with teasing and bullying. Section for brothers and sisters. |
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Child and Youth Health: ADHD - How It Can Affect Teenagers
[ Profile
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Child and Youth Health: Dyslexia - Coping With It
[ Profile
] - Tips for teens include how to help yourself, why exercise is important, getting support for school projects, and building self-esteem. |
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Your Shout
[ Profile
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Listen to Our Stories
[ Profile
] - Offers a collection of stories, poems, pictures, and songs about and by young people with disabilities ages 5 to 25. Includes index of disabilities and additional resources. |
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Teens with Chronic Diseases
[ Profile
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Teens Living with Cancer: Brothers and Sisters
[ Profile
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Family Matters: Getting Along with Your Brothers and Sisters
[ Profile
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My Brother Has Asperger Syndrome
[ Profile
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Bandaides and Blackboards: Teens
[ Profile
] - Share stories and poems, read teens tips to parents and teachers, and the good, the bad, and the ugly about having a chronic illness. |
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Patch Worx
[ Profile
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The Invisible Ones
[ Profile
] - A place of support and communication for kids who have siblings with chronic or life-threatening illness. |
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Questions Kids Ask About Blindness
[ Profile
] - Provides answers to the most common questions asked by both blind and sighted children about how affected people manage with daily life. |
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National Association of Blind Students
[ Profile
] - Offers information for blind high school and college students. Includes state divisions, national and state scholarships, newsletter, listserv message board, and links to resources. [Listserv requires free registration.] |
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