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Adolescent
Health Transition Project
This site for teenagers teaches you how to take responsibility for your
own health care.
BAM! Body and Mind
Body and Mind is an online destination for kids created by the Centers
for Disease Control to give kids the information they need to make
healthy lifestyle choices.
Bipolar Information
for Parents, Kids and Teens
Early identification and treatment offers the best chance for children
with bipolar disorder to achieve stability, gain the best possible
level of wellness, grow up to enjoy their gifts and build upon their
strengths with those who love them.
Brave
Kids
This site has tons of information about different chronic illnesses.
Click on the link for your age group.
Chronic
Fatigue
You've gotta check out this great guidebook about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Dyslexia
SparkTop.org---where no two brains spark alike---is for kids who
learn differently. Create...play games...meet other kids like you...and
learn about dyslexia and new ways to succeed in school and in life.
Facing Neurofibromatosis:
A Guide for Teens
This booklet, in Q & A format, has been written to explain what
is known about neurofibromatosis, and what can be done to help deal
with it.
For Kids
Only
This site for kids provides useful information on health questions
surrounding drugs and alcohol, including: how to help others, how
to say no, and links to other cool sites. In English, Spanish and
Portuguese, too!
Freevibe.com
Get the facts about drugs, listen to teen peers share their stories,
read about ways to help friends and family who might need help.
And there’s also a totally cool poetry-slam section where
you can make your own poems.
Garfield
Star Sleeper!
A site for educating kids about the importance of adequate nighttime
sleep. Mysteries and Games that teach about sleep that are inventive
and fun!
Epilepsy
Foundation eCommunities
Through the Teen Chat area of this web site you can learn more about
epilepsy, get e-magazines, and participate in surveys and polls.
Hello
Friend
This site has great information for students, as well as parents
and teachers, on learning differences.
Juvenile Diabetes
Foundation Kids On-line
Read tons of facts about diabetes including information about the
search for a cure.
Kids Quest
Do you know, or are you, a kid who has difficulty moving around?
(Quest: Can someone in a wheelchair be an athlete?) Has difficulty
seeing? (Can kids who are blind read books?) Has difficulty using
the bathroom, eating, or getting dressed without help? (How do people
who are disabled use the bathroom?) The answers to these questions
will be our Quest.
Kids Health
Check out this great site just for kids! Learn all about your body,
how to deal with feelings, and about lots of different conditions
like spina bifida, autism, and sickle cell anemia. (You'll need
to download Flash
Player (it's free!) to use this web site.)
Laurent
Clerc National Deaf Education Center
Learn about different types of hearing impairments. Read stories
about how different children live, where they go to school, and
how communicate with others.
LdOnline
Kidszone
This site is especially for kids who have learning disabilities.
You can also print out a list of good books on learning disabilities.
Links
for Teens
The Adolescent Health Project aims to help smooth the transition
from pediatric to adult health care for teens with special health
care needs. This site is a resource for information, materials,
and links to other people with an interest in health transition
issues.
Living
with LD
Learn how to find your strengths and challenges, figuring out the
best way for you to learn, how to plan life after high school, and
more about living with learning disabilities.
Multiple
Sclerosis: Keep S’myelin Newsletter
Keep S'myelin is a colorful newsletter filled with stories, interviews,
games, and activities for kids (and parents) that highlight topics
about multiple sclerosis. Issues are available in online Flash,
or printable PDF versions.
National
Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Go to this cool site for kids and teachers to watch a video where you
travel inside the ear, ask experts questions about hearing, and learn
what sound actually is.
Teens Health
This site has lots of great information on topics such as body basics,
mind matters, and health problems.
Winners
on Wheels (WOW)
This site is especially for kids who use wheelchairs. Learn about
how you can join a WOW group.
Youth
Resources
Youth articles and publications featuring voices of youth in advocacy,
training for youth leadership, art and poetry.
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