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Livewire
http://www.livewire.org.au/
Livewire is a safe and fun online community for kids, teens and young people (aged over 10 and under 21 years) living with a serious illness, chronic condition or disability.
Livewire is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Starlight Children’s Foundation and is supported by funding from the Australian Government under the Clever Networks Program and in-kind contributions from Starlight and Livewire partners.
Livewire is a supportive place for them to hang out, connect, share experiences, creatively express themselves and realise that they are not alone in their situation.

Special Needs (SEN) : Videos and PowerPoints
http://specialeducationneeds.blogspot.com/
The link above goes to one of the Shambles "Forest of Theme Blogs" pages that provides videos and other multimedia resources to support the topic here.
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Focus On Children's Understanding in School (F.O.C.U.S.)
http://www.focus.org.hk
Focus On Children's Understanding in School (F.O.C.U.S.) is a Hong Kong-based non-profit organization whose mission is to promote public awareness of learning and attentional disorders.

Dyslexia Resources
http://tinyurl.com/n6rjj
Did you hear about the Dyslexic Witch?
What is dyslexia? Ask non-dyslexics and they will probably tell you it is a problem with reading and spelling. Ask a group of dyslexics the same question and you will probably get a different, although related, answer from each one.
This is because the condition manifests itself differently for each individual.

SEN and Physical Activity
http://www.ncpad.org/
The National (USA) Center on Physical Activity and Disability
NCPAD is an information center concerned with physical activity and disability.
Our goal is to provide you with options and information to help you pursue whatever kind of activity you think you would enjoy.
The important thing is not what you do, but that you do something. Indoor or outdoor, recreational or competitive, solo or team, easy or intensive, NCPAD has the resources, contacts, and assistance you need.
SEN | sport | PE | disability

Support for Parents of Children With Disabilities
http://www.myfreebulletinboard.com/f/index.php?mforum=childrenwithdis&
Support for Parents of Children With Disabilities and Special Needs
A forum for parents to communicate their experiences, receive and give support.

The Access Center (USA)
http://www.k8accesscenter.org/
The Access Center is a national technical assistance (TA) center funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs.
Our mission is to improve educational outcomes for elementary and middle school students with disabilities.
The mission of the Access Center is to provide technical assistance that strengthens State and local capacity to help students with disabilities effectively learn in the general education curriculum.

Autism Conferences
http://www.autismconferences.com/
Autism Conferences
Announcing Autism Conferences Online, an internet breakthrough with the latest ground breaking Autism information being taught by the #1 Experts in the world!
If you want help with your autistic child, student or friend and are tired of travelling to conferences, paying too much, and waiting too long for autism information, then read this ...

Dyslexia Institute : Units of Sound
http://www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk/uos/units_of_sound.htm
Dyslexia Institute : Units of Sound
Units of Sound is a structured multisensory literacy development tool which is PC based. It develops reading (decoding) and spelling skills from cvc through to adult levels and can be used with children from Key Stage 2 to adults. It was originally developed by Walter Bramley for audio cassette and book format. Since 1995 it has been available on CD-ROM.
Units of Sound is used within a wide variety of different contexts and by teachers and helpers with varying levels of expertise.
Reading | Spelling | Memory | Dictation | Student Management | Dyslexia |

Dignity, Independence and Style
http://www.easyaccessclothing.com
Stylish and functional clothing for all ages and disabilities. Encourage independence and support caregivers with stylish clothes that provide easy access to dressing

Dyslexia
http://dyslexia.com
Join us as we explore the positive talents that give rise to dyslexia, and share our knowledge about the best ways for dyslexic people to learn.
Davis Dyslexia Correction provides tools to overcome problems with reading, writing, and attention focus.

Braille Bug Site
http://www.afb.org/braillebug/
The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) created the Braille Bug web site to teach sighted children about braille, and to encourage literacy among all children. AFB? national nonprofit founded in 1921 and the organization to which Helen Keller devoted more than 40 years of her life?ddresses the critical issues, such as literacy, that are facing America's ten million blind or visually impaired children and adults.
Six tiny raised dots, ingeniously arranged by a fifteen-year-old boy nearly two hundred years ago, have brought literacy to thousands of people with visual disabilities worldwide. Louis Braille, the inventor of the braille code, was born on January 4, 1809, so January is celebrated as Braille Literacy Month. The Braille Bug website for children was launched in January 2002 to commemorate the achievements of this remarkable young inventor.

Attention Deficit - Hyperactivity Disorder AD HD
http://www.adders.org/
Our objective is to promote awareness to AD/HD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) and to provide information and as much free practical help as we can to those with the condition, both adults and children, their families in the UK and around the World via this website.

Instines - omputer-based Dyslexia Screening
http://www.artificialrelevance.com/
Instines - omputer-based Dyslexia Screening
It's main aim is to enable professionals with or without specialist training to quickly, cost effectively, but most of all accurately screen teens and adults for dyslexia. It's pioneering use of artificial intelligence makes supervision simple, and the diagnosis extremely accurate (currently 98% +/- 2% concurrent with an educational psychologist)
The subtests are designed to be both highly indicative of dyslexic traits, and very user friendly.
dyslexia | dyslexic | ICT | IT | testing | assessment |

Home dyslexia testing
http://www.dyslexia-test.com/
Direct Learning provides dyslexia testing, professional assessment and independent advice for both children and adults. We advise parents with concerns about their children's problems with spelling, reading and learning at school, and adults with difficulties at work or college.
It is estimated that up to one person in ten is dyslexic. If not attended to, the effects of dyslexia can be devastating, often resulting in a huge loss of self-confidence.
If you answer 'Yes' to four or more of these questions, then your son or daughter may be dyslexic, and we recommend that he or she takes the test to receive a clear assessment
After your child has completed the test, simply mail it back to us. The completed test will be carefully assessed, and a full, detailed professional assessment report sent to you. The report may be shown to your child's school, and will contain recommendations for learning strategies to raise your child's achievement to the broad average for their age.
SEN |dyslexia | test | assessment | dyslexic |

SEN Independent Schools in UK
http://www.isbi.com/isbi-f-search.asp?formtab=4
Special Education Schools in the UK - Independent Schools
SEN | schools | UK |

Special Ed. & Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (USA)
http://www.nea.org/specialed/
Special Education and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.. USA
Access to a free, quality education is the key to the uniquely American promise of equal opportunity for all. This promise was formally extended to children with disabilities with the passage in 1975 of landmark federal legislation now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Public schools across the country today serve more than 6 million youngsters with a wide array of disabling conditions.
But the promise made in 1975 remains unfulfilled. NEA President Bob Chase described the major problems facing special education as "?ountains of paperwork, oversized classes, exhausting workloads -- and above all else, the failure of Congress to fulfill its more than 26-year-old promise to fund 40 percent of the cost of educating children with special needs."

SERI - Special Education Resources on the Internet
http://www.seriweb.com/
Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) is a collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education. This collection exists in order to make on-line Special Education resources more easily and readily available in one location.
SEN | General Disabilities Information | University Based Information | Disability Products and Commercial Sites | Associations & National Organizations | Legal & Law Resources Parents & Educator's Resources | Special Education Discussion Groups | Medicine and Health | Mental Retardation | Hearing Impairment | Physical and Health Disorders | Behavior Disorders | Learning Disabilities | Vision Impairment | Attention Deficit Disorder | Autism | Speech Impairment | Gifted and Talented | Special Needs and Technology Psychology | Inclusion Resources | Transition Resources | Books Related to Special Education Topics |

Disability Information on the Internet!
http://www.d-r-d.com/
Disability Information on the Internet!
D-R-D collects informative links from around the world providing a current and comprehensive directory of resources for the Disabled community.
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SEN | Resources | disability | disabilities | wheelchair | clothing | transportation |

Adrian's Adaptive Closet (SEN Clothes)
http://www.adrianscloset.com/
Adrian's Closet has made clothes adapted for wheel chairs since 1994. Because Adrian, our inspiration, has difficulty raising his arms, our special shirts and jackets slide on from the front without arm raising or drawing the shirt across the back to the second arm.
Adrian's Closet manufactures shirts, jackets, and sweatshirts that are shorter for the seated position. Adrian's Closet pants, which fit waists 24"-50", open widely, and most are deeper in the seat for wheelchair comfort.
Our waterproof, luxurious capes warm without arm insertion. Our toasty boot slides on swollen and twisted feet. Adrian's Closet is a non profit group that considers clothing an important spirit lifter; Adrian wears our clothes every day and loves to be proud of his looks.
SEN | Special Needs | clothes | wheelchair | wheelchairs |

Misunderstood Minds SEN
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/
The Misunderstood Minds project consists of three elements: The PBS documentary, first airing March 27, 2002; the companion Web site on PBS Online, www.pbs.org/misunderstoodminds; and the Developing Minds Multimedia Library.
Parents, teachers, and students looking for the scientific explanations behind learning differences and strategies to aid success in school can find both on the companion Web site for Misunderstood Minds.
The site includes profiles of the students in the documentary, as well as sections on Attention, Reading, Writing, and Mathematics. Interactive activities, called Experience Firsthand, are designed to give site visitors a sense of what it may be like for a student struggling with a basic skill.
SEN | special needs |

Special Needs Network in Hong Kong | SEN
http://www.snn.org.hk/
Special Needs Network is an organization for children with special needs in Hong Kong, their families and people and organizations involved in their care. Our aim is to provide relevant information, activities and support in this regard in all aspects of caring for children with special needs or learning difficulties.
Our membership consists of families throughout Hong Kong with children with a range of learning and physical disabilities. Our working committee includes parents of children with Downs Syndrome, global developmental delay, ADHD, chromosome deletion and autism, as well as special-needs professionals.

Fulcrum
http://www.fulcrumonline.demon.co.uk/
Fulcrum Here to help organisations develop the full potential of their dyslexic employees.
Here to empower people with dyslexia realise their ambitions.
A provider of Dyslexia Awareness and training courses to commercial, statutory and voluntary organisations nationally

DYXI
http://www.dyxi.com/
A site for Dyslexics, written by Dyslexics
DYXI is the UK's contact point for people with dyslexia. Here you can study, shop, make new friends and do business with other DYXI members.
Including a virtual classroom, choose from 100's of courses designed for you.

Dyslexia Parents Group
http://www.dyslexia-parent.com/
Are you looking for information about dyslexia, and confused by all the sites available? The Dyslexia Parents Group is maintaining a reliable collection of web-sites that provide accurate and up-to-date information about the condition of dyslexia, how it may be tested, and ways in which young dyslexic learners may be helped.

Dyslexia Teacher
http://dyslexia-teacher.com/
Information and resources for helping dyslexic pupils and students
Dyslexia is a specific learning difficulty affecting a person's ability to deal with text, and often numbers as well. Dyslexia is estimated to occur in about 8% of the population. Similar to color blindness, it is a permanent disability which needs continuous support through schooling. It is often accompanied by strengths in areas such as creative work, physical co-ordination and empathy with other people.
Dyslexia | IEP | Statement | IDEA | Case studies | assessment | testing | test | advise to parents | teaching methods |

The Dyslexia Testing Service
http://www.dyslexia-testing.com/
The Dyslexia Testing Service was set up to meet the needs of parents who suspect their child may be dyslexic but experience frustration and considerable expense in attempting to get the dyslexia acknowledged.
This is a commercial organisation that charge for the service.

HotBraille
http://www.hotbraille.com/
Here you can send Braille letters, learn Braille, and meet people who share your interest in Braille.
You've found HotBraille.com, the leading portal for the blind. HotBraille is the industry innovator in web-based communication tools for the visually impaired. Since November 1999, we have constantly added new and creative features to make communicating with the visually impaired an easier and more pleasurable experience.

Healthlink USA
http://www.healthlinkusa.com/Dyspraxia.htm
Links to websites which may include treatment, cures, diagnosis, prevention, support groups, email lists, messageboards, personal stories, risk factors, statistics, research and more.
Dyspraxia | Learning Disabilities |

The Dyspraxia Foundation (UK)
http://www.emmbrook.demon.co.uk/dysprax/homepage.htm
We exist to support individuals and families affected by developmental dyspraxia and to increase the understanding and awareness of developmental dyspraxia.

Dyscalculia (or dyscalcula)
http://www.ldinfo.com/dyscalculia.htm
The word "dyscalculia" means difficulty performing math calculations. In other words, it just means "math difficulty". And specifically, it means a learning disability which affects math. Sometimes confusion arises when we start dealing with the term "dyscalculia" as it relates to "special education services".

Dyspraxia
http://www.formative-fun.com/special_dyspraxia.htm
Dyspraxia is sometimes referred to as developmental co-ordination disorder. It is due to an immaturity of the neurone development in the brain and is overtly seen as clumsiness, where a child finds motor skills hard to learn and difficult to retain. Each individual will have a unique array of difficulties affecting many aspects of life.
Organisational Skills | Spacial Awareness | Gross Motor Skills | Fine Motor Skills/Handwriting | Auditory and Visual Sequencing | Reading and Spelling |

Dyscalcula
http://www.formative-fun.com/special_dyscalcula.htm
Dyscalcula arises where there is a problem with learning fundamentals and one or more of the basic numerical skills. Mathematical skills depend on: accurate visual processing and motor skills, planning and organising, memory and comprehension.
Early dyscalcula is often picked up when spoken instructions are not understood, numbers are transposed, shape names are forgotten and signs are confused.
Numeracy Skills | Telling the Time | Mathematics | Memory | Kinaesthetic Memory |

dyscalculia@create
http://www4.gvsu.edu/create/LD/math/dyscalcu.htm
dyscalculia@create the Center for Research in Educational and Adaptive Technology-assisted Environments
Math Disability Pages | Math Disability Resources on the Web | Learning Disabilities in Mathematics |

Autism
http://www.autisn-we-can.com/
Learning opportunities on autism in Singapore

Center for the Study of Autism
http://www.autism.com/
Here are some autism and autism-related resources on the Internet.

Bristol Dyslexia Centre
http://www.dyslexiacentre.co.uk/
Our website contains information on dyslexia. There is an online questionnaire for you to test yourself, or your children, for dyslexia. We have a chatroom area where you can ask questions to the staff about any aspect of dyslexia, or just come in for a chat. We have a FAQ section that answers a lot of the most commonly asked questions about dyslexia.
Be sure to check out the Nessy freebie page, and play 'Chase the Chicken' a typical Nessy interactive game.

USA Department's Office of Special Education
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/links.html
USA Department's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) ... a page of links to SEN sites.
This should be high on your list if looking for SEN information in the USA.

The Down Syndrome WWW Page
http://www.nas.com/downsyn/
This is the original World Wide Web site composed of contributions from experienced professionals and knowledgeable parents who are subscribers to the Down Syndrome listserv and newsgroup, by the parents of a wonderful son who was diagnosed with Down Syndrome at birth in 1993.

EduFind
http://www.edufind.com/subcat_menu.cfm?Category=Special%20Education
There are 878 education web sites that match the search for 'Special Education' on EduFind

The Art Dyslexia Trust
http://www.rmplc.co.uk/orgs/nellalex/
Our aims are:
1) To draw attention to the high creative potential of the many visually-dominant dyslexic minds.
2) To help to bridge the gulf of misunderstanding that often exists between those who think most easily in words and those who those who prefer to think visually.
3) To encourage research into the reasons for the connection between dyslexia and good visual-spatial faculties which can lead to exceptional ability and achievement in the arts and sciences.
Above all, we want to persuade more people to appreciate the importance of visual-spatial thinking in every creative activity, and to use their own visual-spatial thinking capacity more effectively.

The National Academy for Child Development
http://www.nacd.org/
The National Academy for Child Development, is an international organization of parents and professionals dedicated to helping children and adults reach their full potential. Founded in 1979 by internationally recognized educator and lecturer Robert J. Doman, Jr., NACD designs very specific home Neurodevelopmental programs for infants, children and adults.

A Dyslexia Toolkit + Other SEN & IT related
http://www.abilitynet.co.uk/fullvis/Factsheets/Factsheets.htm
For many years we have helped people by sending them our informative factsheets by post. These factsheets are now available on-line.

The Talking Classroom
http://www.env.leeds.ac.uk/mikep/home.php3
A prototype web-based learning environment for visually-impaired and dyslexic learners

ForDisabledPeople.com (UK)
http://www.ForDisabledPeople.com/
Events / News / Sport / Advice / Motoring / Holidays / JobSearch / Classified / Organisations

British Dyslexia Association
http://www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk/
The BDA is the national organisation for dyslexia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with 130 Local Dyslexia Associations and Dyslexia Support Groups, and with professional Corporate Members.

The Dyslexia Institute
http://www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk/
The Dyslexia Institute (DI) is an educational charity, founded in 1972, for the assessment and teaching of people with dyslexia and for the training of teachers. It has grown to become the only national dyslexia teaching organisation in the world.
The DI puts a high priority on research into ways of improving the effectiveness of its teaching, and on the development of teaching materials.
The DI Guild is the DI's professional body with open membership. It welcomes individuals with an interest in dyslexia.

Mailing lists (listservs) UK & SEN
http://www.becta.org.uk/inclusion/discussion/index.html
These allow easier communication of those interested in :
able children / inclusive education / dyslexia / ethnic and linguistic minorities / pupil referral units / learners with medical conditions / SENCOs' / IT solutions to support pupils / severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties / Teachers of the Deaf /

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