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Alcohol
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Chineese Special Needs
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Drug
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
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Hepatitis B
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Raff.
Post-Institutionalized Children Adopted from
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Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum
Listname:(ACC-L)
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Gary Schilmoeller
Amputees
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Angelman syndrome
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enter:
"add angelman-l" (Be
sure to type everything between
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quotes. Also, note that the letter
after the hyphen is a lower case
L and not a number one).
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Apraxia
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Sharon Gretz or visit
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Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity
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Deborah Ruppert
Auditory Processing
Disorders
See: Central Auditory
Processing Disorders
Autism, Pervasive
Developmental Disorder, Asperger Syndrome
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Ellen Dietrick .
Autism
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Peter Wise or visit
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Autism
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Autism with emphasis
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Behavioral Issues
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Blindness
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Roger Myers .
Blindness with
emphasis on Homeschooling
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Blindness/Visually Impared
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Brain Injuries
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BI-PEDIA FirstName LastName"
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Kim Kang.
Central Auditory
Processing Disorders
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Jay Lucker .
Cerebral Palsy
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Cerebral Palsy
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Bill McGarry .
Cleft Palate/Cleft
Lip
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Deafness
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Downs Syndrome
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Bill McGary
Downs Syndrome
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(DYSPHAGIA) Disorders
of the Throat/Swallowing
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Eczema
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Feeding (Gastrostomy) Tube
Listname: GTUBE
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
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Heart Defects
Listname: PD-HEART
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Hemiplegia/Cerebral Palsy/Pediatric Stroke
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Hepatitis B
Listname: HEPATITIS-B
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Hepatitis
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HEPV-L FirstName LastName"
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Sara Amber .
Hydranencephaly
Listname: HYDRANENCEPHALY
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Barb Aleman or visit the
website .
Language
Disorders
Listname: C-NET_CHILDRENS_LANG_DISORDERS
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C-NET_CHILDRENS_LANG_DISORDERS"
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Pedro Carrasquilla .
Learning Disabilities,
General Interest
Listname: LD-LIST
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LD-LIST"
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quotes)
For additional information
or questions E-mail the
list owner .
Microcephaly
Listname: MICROCEPHALY
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to:
Marc Elewitzthe explaining
why you would like to join the
list.
Neurological Disorders of the Throat(effecting
speech, voice, language and swallowing)
Listname: C-NET_CHILDNEURO
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listserv@listserv.arizona.edu
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C-NET_CHILDNEURO"
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quotes)
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or questions E-mail
Pedro Carrasquilla .
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Listname: OCD-L
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listserv@vm.marist.edu
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of the E-mail type: "SUBSCRIBE
OCD-L"
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quotes)
For additional information
or questions E-mail
Chris Vertullo .
Premature Birth
Listname: PREEMIE-L
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PREEMIE-L"
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Anne Casey or visit
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Premature Birth
Listname: PREEMIETIMES
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Premature Birth
with emphasis on school age (or older)
Listname: PREEMIE-CHILD
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Allison & Rick Martin or
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Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
Listname: ROP
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Scott Richards and explain
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Sensory Integration Disorder
Listname: SID
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list owner SPK2WRT SPK2WRT (Speak
To Write) listserv is a moderated
discussion forum for students Website:
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Septo Optic
Dysplasia and Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
Listname: SOD-L
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Cindy Rose or visit the
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Delayed Development
of Speech
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Spina Bifida
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Spina Bifida
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Stroke, Pediatric/Cerebral
Palsy/Hemiplegia
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Sturge-Weber
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Syndrome/Port Wine Stains
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Throat, Neurological Disorders of (effecting
speech, voice, language and swallowing)
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Disorders of the
Throat/Swallowing
Listname: DYSPHAGIA
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DYSPHAGIA"
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quotes)
Tourette's Syndrome
Listname: TSPARENTS
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Tourette's Syndrome
Listname: POV-TWITCH
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POV-TWITCH"
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For additional information
or questions send E-mail to:
Jackie Aron .
Tracheostomy
Listname: TRACHTIES
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TRACHTIES FirstName LastName"
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quotes, and type your real name
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or questions E-mail Kelly
Killough or visit
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Visually Impared/Blindness
Listname: BVI-PARENTS
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Sarah Blake or visit
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General
Interest/Miscellaneous Topics
Support Groups, Websites and E-mail Discussion
Groups
(Listed Alphabetically by
Topic)
A B C D E F G H I
J K L M N O P Q R S
T U V W X Y Z
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General
Interest in Special Needs Children
Listname: OUR-KIDS
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of the E-mail type: "SUBSCRIBE
OUR-KIDS FirstName LastName"
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the quotes, not including the
quotes, and type your real name
instead of FirstName LastName)
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or questions send E-mail to:
Randy Ryan or visit
the website of the list sponsor.
General Interest
in Special Needs Children
Listname: CSHCN
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- Send E-mail
to:
majordomo@ichp.edu
- In the Body
of the E-mail type: "SUBSCRIBE
CSHCN-L"
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the quotes, not including the
quotes)
For additional information
or questions E-mail
Syraj Syed or visit
the website of the list sponsor.
General Interest
in Special Needs Children
Listname: DDFIND-L
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to:
listserv@vm.sc.edu
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DDFIND-L FirstName LastName"
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quotes, and type your real name
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General Interest
in Special Needs Children for Christian
Parents
Listname: CP-SK
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or questions send E-mail to:
aftlist-owner@egroups.com or
the sponsor of the list.
General Interest
in Special Needs Children especially
for Fathers
Listname: DADVOCAT
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- Send E-mail
to:
listserv@lsv.uky.edu
- In the Body
of the E-mail type: "SUBSCRIBE
DADVOCAT"
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the quotes, not including the
quotes)
General Interest
in Special Needs Children with a Focus
on Homeschooling
Listname: HKWK
The Homeschooling Kids With Disabilities email list is a specialized list focused on homeschooling children with special educational needs.
To subscribe:
- Go to this
webpage and follow the subscription
instructions.
For additional information
or questions visit this
website.
Infectious
Diseases
Listname: PKIDS-LIST
Group for parents whose children
have chronic hepatitis B, hepatitis
C, HIV and other infectious diseases
can find each other and find support
in a confidential and respectful
community.
To subscribe follow
these instructions:
For additional information
or questions send E-mail to the
listowner or visit
the website of the list sponsor.
Serious Illnesses
Listname: CARINGPARENTS
To subscribe follow these instructions:
Group for parents
with children who have serious illnesses..
Rare
Disorders
Listname: RARE-DIS
To subscribe follow these instructions:
Group for parents
with children who have rare disorders.
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