LD OnLine is a national educational service of WETA-TV, the PBS station in Washington, D.C. WETA also offers four other comprehensive educational sites: ReadingRockets, Start with a Book, ColorinColorado and AdLit.org.
“Do’s & Don’ts” for Fostering Social Competence
LD OnLine seeks to help children and adults reach their full potential by providing accurate and up-to-date information and advice about learning disabilities and ADHD.
Sensory Processing Disorder Network
Our goal at the Sensory Process Disorder Network is to help parents, therapists and anyone who is interested in learning more about this mental condition.
AWAARE Collaboration
The Autism Wandering Awareness Alerts Response and Education (AWAARE) Collaboration is a working group of six national non-profit autism organizations whose mission is to prevent autism-related wandering incidents and deaths.
With little public understanding about autism-related wandering, coupled with a lack of resources to combat occurrences, drowning deaths associated with autism elopement remain a leading cause of fatalities among children and adults on the autism spectrum. Although no formal data exists about the number of wandering incidents per year, cases are becoming increasingly common and awareness alone can play a major role in reducing occurrences.
This site provides information about the dangers of wandering, as well as prevention materials you can download.
Brain Research -The Dana Foundation
OVERVIEW
The Dana Foundation is a private philanthropic organization that supports brain research through grants and educates the public about the successes and potential of brain research. Dana produces free publications; coordinates the International Brain Awareness Week campaign; supports the Dana Alliances, a network of neuroscientists; and maintains a Web site, www.dana.org.
RESEARCH
The Dana Foundation’s science and health grants support clinical research in neuroscience and neuroimmunology and their interrelationship in human health and disease.
Grant programs include brain imaging, clinical neuroscience research, and neuroimmunology. The Web pages provide descriptions of the focus of each of these programs, application guidelines and summaries of supported studies and their results.
The Foundation also occasionally sponsors workshops and forums for working scientists and curricula development in areas related to its program grants.
OUTREACH
FREE PUBLICATIONS AND RESOURCES
Online and in print, we offer cutting-edge yet reader-friendly publications, mainly in neuroscience. Online, we offer exclusive news and feature articles and our blog. Our online magazine, Cerebrum, offers thought-provoking ideas from the world’s leading scientists and other scholars, as well as reviews of books about the brain. Special publications include Briefing Papers and Q&As with working neuroscientists.
Trips inc.
Trips Inc. provides all-inclusive vacation packages for traveler ages 16 and older with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Offers 1 chaperone for every 3 to 4 travelers. Average group size is 20. Chaperones are school teachers, counselors, residential care providers and other caring individuals. They are carefully screened and reviewed before and after every trip.
The Game, GUBS
This game is highly recommended by parents as one the whole family can enjoy. Games typically last 15-20 minutes. It encourages speaking and using imagination. Each game involves a new, unique imaginative story whose outcome is unknown. Each person’s turn is interesting because what happens may directly impact other players. Luck, skill and strategy are all involved in winning.
Available at Amazon.com and in stores.
SimplyFun Games for Children with Autism
Our mission is to build smarter kids and stronger families through the amazing power of play. We know that play benefits all kids and we want to help you find games that can enhance learning and improve the quality of your family time. More importantly we want to be a resource for your family or organization to find games that meet your specific needs. We hope we can be your partner in learning and for fun to make play a part of your family life!
Click the autism box on the main webpage and it will take you to a survey that helps pre-select games that meet your specific issues.
New Directions Holiday and Vacation Travel, Santa Barbara, CA
Holiday and vacation travel for teenagers, adults and seniors with disabilities.
Challenge Air For Kids and Friends
A not-for-profit organization that offers motivational, inspirational and life-changing experiences to physically challenged children and youth through aviation.
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