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Exceptional Children and Youth,
Fourth Edition
Nancy Hunt, California State University, Los Angeles
Kathleen Marshall, University of South Carolina
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Web Links
Chapter Six: Children with Severe Disabilities
- The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (TASH): Go to this site to learn more about TASH and the organization's resolutions related to many facets of life for all individuals, including people with severe disabilities. (http://www.tash.org)
- Sophia's Garden Foundation: Visit this site to learn more about Sophia, her family, and their efforts to find treatments for Niemann-Pick disease. (http://www.sophiasgarden.org)
- Family Village: This is a comprehensive source of support group and information contacts for parents. (http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu)
- Passion Works Studio: This site will show how a local artist in an Ohio community worked to transform an existing sheltered workshop to a collaborative art studio—individuals with and without disabilities collaborate on a range of artistic projects. (http://www.passionworks.org)
- The AbilityHub: This is a resource center for new programs and products in assistive technology. Go to the section on cognitive disabilities to access information on new products appropriate for individuals with mental retardation. (http://www.abilityhub.com/)
- The Arc: This is an organization that provides information, resources, and training opportunities for individuals interested in learning more about individuals with cognitive disabilities. The web site provides links to many helpful and informative sources related to the area of mental retardation. (http://www.thearc.org/)
- Disability Rights Action Coalition for Housing (DRACH): (http://www.libertyresources.org/Advocacy/Housing/nac.htm)
- National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation, Inc.: (www.nnpdf.org)
- National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association, Inc.: (www.NTSAD.org)
- Genetic Disease Foundation: (www.geneticdiseasefoundation.org)
- International Center for Types A & B Niemann-Pick Disease at Mount Sinai School of Medicine: (http://www.mssm.edu/niemann-pick/index.shtml)
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