According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, between six and eight percent of all children suffer from one type or another of food allergy. These links offer authoritative information on different types of allergies.

Allergic rhinitis (From the Children’s Hospital Wisconsin in Milwaukee)

Allergy testing (From Lab Tests Online)

Anaphylaxis (From the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology)

Asthma

Bee or yellowjacket Sting (From Aurora, Colorado’s Children’s Hospital)

Celiac disease (From the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Drug allergy (From the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center School of Medicine)

Dust mites (From Children’s Hospital Boston)

Eczema (From Ohio’s Akron Children’s Hospital)

Egg allergy (From the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, CA)

Hay fever (From the Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center)

Hives (From Caremark)

Lactose intolerance (From the University of Mississippi’s National Food Service Management Institute)

Latex allergy (From the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital)

Milk allergy (From the Rochester, Minn. Mayo Clinic)

Mold (From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Soy allergy (From the Cleveland Clinic)

Tree nut allergy (From Charlottesville’s University of Virginia Health System)

OCD Center of Los Angeles

Trichotillomania Learning Center

UCLA Semel Institute Child OCD, Anxiety & Tic Disorders Program

Westwood Institute for Anxiety Disorders

National Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapists

ADHD Parents Medication Guide
The guide provides information on symptoms, treatment options, types of medications, side effects, and co-occurring disorders.

CHADD
A national non-profit organization working to improve the lives of affected people through education, advocacy and support for children and adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

Dr. Mel Levine
On difficulties with attenton.

Foothill Autism
A non-profit, all volunteer organization of parents, professionals, and care-givers, dedicated to providing education, resources & support to the autism community.

ABA – Applied Behavior Analysis
From the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies

Asperger’s Disorder Homepage
Run by U. Mass. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry R. Kaan Ozbayrak, MD

Autism Asperger Publishing Company
An independent publisher specializing in books for all ages and education levels on autism research.

AutismCares
A disaster registry for the autism community, so health records can survive a devastation such as Hurricane Katrina, allowing for continuous care.

The Autism Research Institute
Founded in 1967, the ARI conducts and disseminates research on autism’s triggers, diagnosis, and treatment.

The Autism Society Of America
The ASA is the oldest and largest grassroots autism group in the US. Resources, information, providers, services and support for children with autism.

The Autism Society of Los Angeles
Provides contacts online for support groups.

Autism Speaks
A group which, when it merged with the National Alliance for Autism Research and Cure Autism Now, created the world’s largest autism advocacy organization.

Autism Today
A comprehensive online directory.

CDC’s Autism Information Center
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Do 2 Learn
Learning products for children with developmental delays.

Easter Seals’ Autism Services
Lists of resources broken up by age, for young children, school-aged kids, and adults.

IAN Project
The Interactive Autism Network hosts an online research effort to join researchers and families of those with autistic-spectrum disorders.

MAAP Services
A quarterly newsletter for families with children on the autistic spectrum.

National Autism Association
An advocacy group that promotes the link between vaccines and autism.

NIMH’s Autism Spectrum Disorders (Pervasive Developmental Disorders)
Information from the National Institute of Mental Health.

NINDS’ Autism Fact Sheet
From the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

OASIS
The online Asperger’s Syndrome Information and Support page, sponsored by the University of Delaware.

TACA
Talking About Curing Autism offers autism resources for the California region.

Wrong Planet
An online community for those with autism and Asperger’s.

COGMED Brain Training Programs

Swallowing Medicines (From the University of Michigan)
Preventing Medication Refusal. Overcoming Refusal of Liquid Medicines. Overcoming Difficulties with Pills or Capsules. When to Call your Health Care Provider.

United Cerebral Palsy Association, Inc.

A Guide For Parents by J.W. Harrington, MC

Alternative Medicine Center

National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine

National Council for Reliable Health Information

National Institutes of Health Office of Alternative Medicine

The Richard & Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
With over 7,000 members, the AAPD represents both exclusive pediatric dentists and general dentists with pediatric patients.

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Dental Association
The premiere clinical association of dentistry

Children And Gum Disease
From the American Academy of Periodontology.

Colgate’s Kids World
A kids page with games and activities to make brushing fun.

Crest’s Children’s Teeth Page
From toothpaste maker Crest, who has a vested interest in keeping teeth clean.

Dental Health
From WebMD’s Oral Health Center page.

Life Stages
An ADA program that explains the different stages of a child’s teeth, for children and parents.

National Children’s Dental Health Month
Run by the ADA, NCDHM has been going since February of 1941, when it was just Children’s Dental Health Week.

National Maternal And Child Oral Health Resource Center
One of the most effective ways for a child to learn oral health is to pick it up from his mother.

One in 800 to 1,000 babies have Down syndrome, marked by learning disabilities, physical similarities of the face (short neck, wide nose, epicanthic fold to the eyes), and a series of related birth defects such as congenital heart defects. Yet few human beings seem able to love and be loved more than someone with Down syndrome. These links help parents of children with Down syndrome, and pregnant women, learn more about it.

The Arc
Formerly the Association for Retarded Citizens, a community-based organization for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Breastfeeding a Baby With Down Syndrome
An informational page from La Leche League.

Causes of Down Syndrome
An information page from the Mayo clinic.

Congenital Heart Defects in Children
An informational page from the American Heart Association.

Down’s Heart Group
A UK charity for those with cardiac issues.

The Down Syndrome Education Trust
A British group disseminating information about Down Syndrome around the globe.

Down Syndrome Quarterly
A medical journal published by the Down Syndrome Research Foundation.

Health Supervision for Children with Down Syndrome
A policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Hearing and Vision Loss Associated with Down Syndrome
An informational page from A-Z on Deafblindness.

International Mosaic Down Syndrome Association (IMDSA)
A nonprofit founded in 2002 to aid families with a member with mosaic Down syndrome.

Mosaic Down Syndrome
Information on the Down syndrome variant, where only some of the genes have the trisomy 21 variant.

National Association for Down Syndrome
Founded in Chicago in 1961, NADS works to ensure all children with Down syndrome reach their full potential.

National Down Syndrome Congress
An annual meeting for families of individuals with Down Syndrome.

National Down Syndrome Society
Committed to enhancing the life of those with Down Syndrome.

Nutrition and Down Syndrome
An informational page from the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Department of Disability and Human Development.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea
An informational page on a condition associated with Down syndrome, from the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital of Stanford.

Prenatal Testing for Down Syndrome
From DS-Health, a Web site run by pediatrician Len Leshin, MD.

Primary Care of Infants and Young Children with Down Syndrome

What Is Down Syndrome?
An informational page by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, one of the National Institutes of Health.

Woodbine House
A publisher of books featuring a variety of special-needs topics, characters, and stories, with dozens of books on Down syndrome.

Integrated Pest Management
EPA Integrated Pest Management site describes methods of controlling pests without the use of pesticides.

Healthy Places
Identifies aspects of the environment such as housing, urban development, land use, and transportation that can lead to healthier communities and healthier people.

EPA Search Engine for Environmental Hazards
EPA’s easy to use search engine which yields results from government and non-government internet domains for common environmental hazards

Public Health Partners Children’s Environmental Health World Wide Web Sampler
A collaboration of US government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries. A directory of pediatric environmental health Web Sites of both government and non-government websites, including academic sites such as the AAP’s Committee on Environmental Health and Physicians for Social Responsibility.

EPA Office of Children’s Health Protection
Web site of the EPA’s Office of Childrens Health Protection very useful for child-related regulatory references

ATSDR
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry provides health information to prevent harmful exposures and disease related to toxic substances. It includes assessments of waste sites, health consultation on hazardous substances and education and training. The site includes ToxFAQs and case studies in environmental medicine.

ATSDR ToxFAQ
Requently asked questions about contaminants found at hazardous waste sites- an extensive collection of brief primers on toxic substances.

HSDB (Hazardous Substances Data bank)
By entering a chemical name, this database will yield over 5000 reviews of toxic chemicals

Household Products Database
By entering a name or brand of a household product this site will provide a list of ingredient and other useful information. This site also provides a Material Safety Data Sheet.

Neurodevelopmental disorders
The MIND Institute provides a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach to the assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning for neurodevelopmental disorders.

The International Dyslexia Association (IDA)
A non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals with dyslexia, their families and the communities that support them.

www.pai-ca.org Helps people with disabilities obtain services

www.wrightslaw.com Special Education law

NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders)
NORD is a unique federation of individuals and organizations working together to build a better world for people affected by a rare disease. NORD represents the rare disease community by providing an alliance of voluntary health organizations to promote identification, treatment, and cure of these rare disorders through education, advocacy, research, and service.

NF (Neurofibromatosis) Children’s Tumor Foundation
Neurofibromatosis is the term for a set of distinct genetic disorders characterized by their tendency to cause multiple, benign (non-cancerous) tumors to grow on nerves. NF affects roughly 100,000 individuals in the U.S. alone. It strikes people of all races and ethnic origins worldwide, and both sexes, equally.

Rett Syndrome
The International Rett Syndrome Foundation provides research funding for promising basic science and translational research, supports families dealing with Rett syndrome, advocates at the national level to promote awareness and generate interest in funding for research, particularly through the National Institutes of Health. IRSF is recognized throughout the world as the single most important source of comprehensive information about the clinical and research aspects of Rett syndrome.

Bedtime Problems – From Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

Bedwetting – From the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Early Morning Riser – From Denver’s Children’s Hospital

Infant Sleep Facts – From Ask Dr. Sears

Newborn Sleep Patterns – From the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, CA

Nightmares – From Kids Health

Night Terrors – From the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Restless Leg Syndrome – From the Mayo Clinic of Rochester, Minnesota

Sleepwalking – From Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N.C.

Sleep Hygiene – From the American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Snoring – From Sleep for Kids

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
web site contains a wealth of information about speech, language, and hearing development and disorders with sections on:

• Hearing and balance
• Speech, language, and swallowing
• Advocacy and outreach
• Health insurance

If you are having difficulty securing insurance coverage for speech or hearing services, there is information on the site to help navigate the system, deal with denials, and file appeals HERE.

In addition, links for alternative funding sources, support groups, and summer camps also are provided HERE. Here is a sampling of some information on the site:

• Prevalence and Incidence of Hearing Loss in Children
• Effects of Hearing Loss on Development
• Noisy Toys
• Understanding Auditory Processing Disorders in Children
• How Does Your Child Hear and Talk?
• Learning Two Languages
• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Feeding and Swallowing Disorders in Children

The Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA)
The mission: To strengthen the support systems in the lives of children with apraxia , so that each child has their best opportunity to develop speech. For children with significant speech motor-planning deficits there should be an assumption that the child, at least for a period of time, will need frequent and intensive individual speech therapy. In the early phases of treatment for children with moderate to severe CAS, appropriate frequency may range from 3-5 individual speech therapy sessions per week.

Special Olympics