Websites for students/kids to be able to access learnina activities

Websites for students/kids to be able to access learnina
activities, games, etc.
These sites allow students to be able to use the internet for
learning and fun in an independent fashion. Teachers may need to
set up the-site and give initial instruction but the students will
enjoy hours of fun learning. These sites would be wonderful
resources to share with families for extended practice at home.
1. www.aaamath.com: comprehensive set of interactive math
lessons. Unlimited practice on each topic which allows
mastery of concepts. K-8. Wide range of lessons with
immediate feedback which prevents practicing and learning
incorrect methods. Also check out www.aaaspell.com .
2. www.a.jkids.com : Ask Jeeves for Kids. A specially designed
search engine that enables users to enter their search in
the form of a question.
3. www.aplusmath.com: interactive math worksheets and
flashcards.
4. www.b6c.co.uk/schools/laac/menu.shtml: The Little Animals
Activity Centre (UK)
5. www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/special needs/physicaldev/switch : Free single or two switch
software. Lots of fun activities to try.
6. www.berenstainbears.com: Much free information including
character graphics and descriptions, interactive storybooks,
calendar, board game and a wonderful set of Berenstain
Bear paper dolls with 8 wardrobe pages. The paper dolls can
easily be combined with communication symbols to create
communication based activities.
7. www.coolmath4kids.com : Interactive math games and
activities. An amusement park of math and more. Also has a
forum for teachers and parents.
8. www.edu4kids.com: General, money, time and drill games
from early education to advanced.
9. www.factmonster.com : Appropriate for kids ages 6-14.
Topics are world, U.S., people, sports, science, math, money
and specific subject information. Also has reference tools,
curriculum games and quizzes, atlas, dictionary, almanac,
encyclopedia and timelines. Full of activities, information
and a homework center.
10.http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chgames.html :
Neuroscience games for kids.
11. www.fbi.gov/fbikids.htm : Games for kids divided into K-5
and 6-12.
12.www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth : Longitude and
latitude view from space.
13.www.funbrain.com/index.html : Printables and games by
grade level for math, reading and lots more. The areas are
communication skills, geometry, computers, chemistry,
Spanish, algebra, history, piano, and classical instruments.
14.www.gamequarium.com/readquarium : Online reading
activities with music and games to play online.
15.http://goodnightstories.com/index.html : Stories to read,
see, hear, decide, fill in and finish. Activities include the
games of Connect 4, Ants, Dots, Hit the Dot, Break Out,
Memory and PEG. There are also coloring pictures to
download.
16.http://www.hhmi.org/askascientist/ : The one-stop site for
biology homework.
www.hiyah.net/index.html : This site offers free software
downloads which offers high interest subjects to keep
childre3n engaged and actively learning. The materials are
for children ages 18 months through 4 years but is
appropriate for many of our special needs populations. It
uses the spacebar as the mouse or can be set up to use a
switch..
18.http://illuminations.nctm.oro : Math. A library of 99 online
activities that help to make math come alive in the
classroom or home.
19.www.ipl.org/div/kidspace : Internet Public Library and
subject collections.
20.
www.kaboose.com : Filled with general parenting
information, this site also has activity suggestions just for
children such as craft ideas and patterns, word puzzles,
coloring pages, stories, printables, etc. It is listed in the
present guide, however, because of its excellent selection
of free clipart and its links to other clip art websites.
There are more than 3000 downloads for PC and MAC.
21.www.kids.gov : Provides kid-friendly links to hundreds of
U.S. government-run websites, including those of the
Library of Congress, NASA, and the Smithsonian
Institution. The perfect source for research reports,
22.
www.kindersite.org/birectory/birectoryFrame.htm :
Games, music and songs to download. Stories are read and
highlighted as they are read. Listed as for ages 2-8 but can
use for special education too. You must register but it is
free.
23.
www.kneebouncers.com : This site is full of games for
very young children. Lots of fun musical activities. All the
games and activities can be set up to be switch accessed.
24.
http://literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm# : Safe
learning activities for parents and teachers to share with
young children. All activities follow a modified Montessori
approach to teaching reading. It is an interactive online
resource designed to facilitate development of basic
literacy and number skills. All activities are in English,
French, Spanish and German.
25.
www.littlefingers.com : Shareware demos for kids ages
2-7 years.
26.
www.madsci.org : An A-to-Z collection of more than
35,000 science related questions, from anatomy to zoology.
27.
www.nationalgeographic.com/kids : This site has
animals, games, videos, stories and lots of activities for
kids.
28.
www.netstate.com/states.index.html : Very user
friendly site that has information about the 50 states.
Excellent resource for students when compiling information
for reports/presentations.
29.
www.newseum.orq : News comes to life on this site
which includes 564 front pages of newspapers from 51
countries.
http://nivam.usu.edu/en/navivlibrary.html : Virtual
30.
manipulatives. Systematic virtual resource for development
of numeracy and math concepts/skills K-12. Exercises
designed as PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12.
ww.northerngrid.org/sen/Menu_Lhtm : Senswitcher is a
suite of programs designed to help teach early ICT skills to
people with • rofound and multiple learning difficulties,
those who need to develop skills wit assistive inpu •evices
and very young children new to computer. It is the first
time anyone anywhere has developed an online switch enable
application which targets ICT skills from purely experiential
through cause and effect, switch building, timed activation,
targeting and row scanning. The best part of all is that it is
all free.
32.
www.pbskids.org : A large group of children's
characters are featured at this website. Many are old
favorites such as Sesame Street characters, Barney,
Arthur, Curious George, etc. There are downloadable items
for each character along with activity suggestions for
parents and lesson plans for teachers.
33.
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games.html : Various
simple math and science games, percents, liquid volume,
various games and various science concepts.
34.
www.poissonrouge.com : Variety of activities to help
develop basic lftoaCy (French and English), numeracy, and
other thinking skills. Also simple art and music activities.
All activities provide excellent mouse practice.
www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk : Priory Woods
is a special school in England for children of all ages with
"aa as II
and those with profound and
multiple needs. The website offers a wide range of free
practical resources. With a focus on early learning there
are 150 free downloads for switch or touchwindow
activities. Easy to install and use. Collection of interactive
talking storybooks and lots more.
36.
www.rainforestmaths.com : Hundreds of high quality
online math activities for K-6. A gold mine of appealing and
varied activities designed to practice and extend math skills
and understanding.
37.
www.readwritethink.org/student mat/idex.asp : Read,
write and think student interactive materials with reading
and language instructions. Great student activities.
38.
www.schoolexpress.com/funtime/index.php : Lots of
games.
39.
www.sheppardsoftware.com : Fun games, USA, world,
animals, vocabulary, health, science, math and history. This
site is free.
40.
www.shodor.org/interactivate Shodor Interactivate
has student activities, dictionary, tools, instructor lessons,
discussions all paired with the standards.
41.www.sillybooks.net/games_one.htm :, An animated world of
free reading, writing and learning fun for kids. Children can
even haVe their own stories published for free. Great
games, puzzles, and music for kids to play.
42.
www.sparktop.orq : Sparktop is where no two brains
think alike and is a place where kids who learn differently
can create awesome stuff, play great games, connect with
other kids and discover new ways to succeed in school and in
life. Site for students with mild disabilities to connect and
have fun.
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www.storylineonline.net : Books read online by actors.
---- Wonderful site which includes activities and downloadable
( activity guide.
45. www.studystack.com : Geography, history, math,
n anguages, science, and medicine. Find data to study/add
data; online flashcards, hangman game, crossword puzzle,
matching, work search or word scramble. Study anytime,
anywhere by either printing or exporting to cell, PIM or
MP3.
46., www.suelebeau.com/kidlinks.htm : Cool links for kids.
47. www.surfnet.kids.com/play_games_shows.htm: Games
for kids to play like game shows on TV.
48. www.surfnet.kids.com :
49) www.switchintime.com/Free5tuff.html: A bunch of
free software programs developed for special needs
students who use MACs. Check them out as they are freedownloads and work well if you are using Macs only in your
program.
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www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/book_details.asp?C
ategoryz PictureBooks: Online collection of animated talking
pictures with a free trial.
51.www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp :
Online audio/visual books for free.
52.
www.uen.org/k12student/ : Utah Educational Network
has interactives by grades with teacher information too.
53.
www.webmath.com : Webmath. Are you stuck on a
math problem? wed help you solve it.
54.
www_windows.ucar.edu : Windows to the Universe has
activities with planets, solar system, astronomy and the
universe.
55.
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk : Woodlands Web is
a junior high in the UK which has created a very special and
useful website. Very well organized and easily accessed
interactive learning activities and games. Developed for
students 7-11 but can be appropriate for younger and older.
56.
www.yahooligans.com : A site designed especially for
children.
www.yourchildlearns.com : Free software for learning
letters of the alphabet, learning phonics, letter sounds and
learning to read. Free online maps and puzzles. Build a
medieval castle and coat of arms. Make a town, village and
farm.
Website for Teachers to download printables
The struggles of a teacher:
No budget
No time to make materials
No time to find materials already made in the area you need
Finding materials that are fun and easy to use
The ANSWER: these sites!!
1. www.abaresources.com/free.htm : Lots of free
downloads to use in an ABA program.
2; www.abcteach.com : A for fee website that none the
less has many FREE (over 5000) samples such as clip
art, printable books and coloring pages.
3.www.accpc.ca/elp-ts-intduringstory.htm : Early Literacy
and Ideas for Interactions during story.
4.vvww.aea10.k12.ia.us/divlearn/AssistJadaptstorybk.html:
Adapted storybooks and workshop overlays in
Boardmaker.
5.www.alphabet-soup.net/theme.html : Themed units,
interactive puzzles and printable worksheets.
6.www.angelfire.com/pa5/as/printables.html : Lots of
great links to free printables.
7.www.answers.com : information and free access to
millions of topics from world's leading publishers
8.www.aplusmath.com : Math flashcards, games,
homework helper and worksheets.
9.www.autisminspiration.com :This website is a
collaborative effort by a husband and wife who have
children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Mom is also a
special education teacher. You are required to
subscribe to the website/14.95/mth. There are many
many downloadable graphics displays as well as
teaching suggestions. information categories include
behavior management, sensory ideas, visual supports,
social skills, reading, math, writing, etc.
10. www.bcps.k12.md.us/boardmaker/adapted library
.asp : Boardmaker files of library collections with
questions set up for 9/20/56 communication device
overlays. All free downloads.
11. www.billybear4kids.com : all free and fun
printables.
12. www.blackdoq.netigames/clock/worksheets/index.
html : Analog and digital worksheets.
13. http://boardmakerwikispaces.com : Boardmaker
downloads.
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vvww.brv-backmanor.org/index.html : BryBackmanor recommended to teachers by teachers
because it contains a large number of downloadable
picture symbol recipes for snacks and other foods.
Approximately 40 picture recipes and over 200 activity
sheets as well as other teaching materials and
activities.
15. www.cariscornerus.com : Made by a retired
educator with printables for reading, language and
writing.
16. www.crayon.net : Use the tools at this site to creat
a personalized newspaper. A powerful tool to monitor
topics of personal interest.
17. www.ditk-kids.com : A website rich with graphics,
craft projects, downloadable books, greeting cards, etc.
Many popular childhood characters can be found at this
website.
www.dotolearn.com : The Special Educator's
ebsite! A wealth of teaching suggestions and
downloadable materials for special educatorsparticularly those working with students with Autism
Spectrum Disorders. Most of the information is free
including a few hundred black and white picture
symbols. There is a subscription fee, however for
interactive software activities for students and for a
more expanded set of colored picture communication
symbols. The site has recently added an impressive
section on the topic of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
19. vvww.doverpublications.com : Great samples by
signing up for weekly emails.
20. www.enchantedlearning.com :Tons of themed
activities. Full access $20/yr. There is quite a bit of free
information available on the site. Worksheets, printable
books, coloring pages, activities, suggestions and
printables.
21. www.fcps.edu/ss/its/howtos/board/bdact.htm :
Simple Boardrnaker ideas for downloads from the
Fairax County Public Schools.
222 1 www.filefolderheaven.com : Awesome site with file
-folder activities that are free to print out.
23. www.frsd.k1 2. nj.us/autistic : Lots of ideas and
printables from the Beattie Center for Children with
Autism.
24. www.frsd.k1 2. nj.us/autistic/Social%20Stories/soci
al stories.htm : Social stories to print out from the
Beattie Center for Children with Autism.
25. www.hubbardscupboard.orq : Website for early
educators for Literacy and Math for Pre K and K.
26. http://kidtools.missouri.edu : KidTools which is
planning and monitoring tools to help kids gain control
over personal behaviors and KidSkills which is planning
and organizational tools to help kids using learning
skills for success.
27. http://kidzone.ws : Printables for preschool through
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5th grade in the areas of math, geography, animal facts,
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science, language arts, and thematic units.
28. www.learningpage.com : Professionally produced
materials that are free to download. You must become
a member but it is free to register.
29. wwvv.learninqplanetcom : PreK-grade 12. The
activities by grade level, subjects and categories are
free to download.
30. wwvv.literactive.com/Home/index.asp : Reading
material for preschool, kindergarten, and grade 1 are all
available online. Leveled guided readers with
comprehensive phonics activities and a wealth of
supplemental activities. All are free but you must
register.
31. www.liveandlearnpress.com/freebies.php : Live
and learn press where every home is a school. Lots of
teacher printables.
32. www.math2.org : Reference tables which can be
downloaded and used offline. Also has a message
board and many links.
33. www.mathfactcafe.com : Worksheets that are
premade or build it plus flashcards and time sheets. All
free.
34. www.mayer-iohnson.com : Mayer Johnson has
online classes, resources, free downloads and sharing
areas.
35. www.membersztripod.comitrainland/pecs.htm :
Beyond Autism: PECS Pictures/Icons pages
36. www.members.tripod.com/trainland/pecs.htm :
Autism links
37. www.montgomervschoolsmd.org.curriculum/pep/te
achercreate.html : Montgomery County site has lots of
teacher created materials including Boardmaker.
38. www.mrsjonesroom.com : Lots of great printables
and kids games.
39. http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html : Math
manipulatives for PreK-12. Topics are numbers and
operations, algebra,geometry, measurement, data
analysis and probability. Free trial version.
www.preschoolbvstormie.com/welcome.htm
Unbelievable site with tons of thematic and other
resources. Resources are divided by themes and
months. Developed for preschool but easily adaptable
for CD programs.
41. www.preschoolrainbow.org : Loads of theme ideas
for Pre K and kindergarten. Can easily be adapted for
CD programs.
42. www.printandteach.com/index.html : Visual
teaching materials for students with cognitive
disabilities, challenging behaviors and communication
issues by Building Blox. There are free downloads but
the majority of materials have a cost.
43. www.rainbowhorizons.com Free units to try and
then purchase materials are downloaded immediately
with no wait.
44. www.re_gion2library.org/boardmaker.htm#vsr :
Boardmaker resources and links.
45. www.sandbox-learning.com : A for fee website
dedicated to the construction of personalized social
stories for students. Social stories are leased on an
annual basis for a small fee. Check out the free
sample, a social story about "waiting", try the sample
pages for the listed stories and sign up for the free
newsletter which contains lots of great ideas.
46. http://school.discovery.com/clipart : A collection of
public domain clip that can be copied and pasted into
documents that you create.
47. hftp://schools.nycenet.edu/D75/literacy/adaptedbo
oks/cataloq by software.htm#ppt : Adapted books by
software type: Acrobat Reader, Boardmaker, JPEG
image, Powerpoint, MS Word, and Writing with
Symbols. All are free downloads.
48. www.seeitsayitwriteit.com : Offers many task
organizers containing both clip art and photographs.
Graphic organizers are also downloadable to extend
the teaching experience or each recipe or task.
49. www.senteacher.org : SEN Teacher provides free
teaching and learning resources for students with
special needs and learning disabilities. This website is
based in the UK. There are wonderful printables and
downloads designed specifically or students with
special learning needs plus a great links page and a
search engine that has disability filters.
50. www.setbc.orq : A Canadian based website that is
a rich resource for both graphics and intervention
planning for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
and other disabilities. Click on the Learning Center at
the top of the home window and then check both the
"Communication" and "General Topics" sections. You
will find webcasts, narrated demonstrations, printed
resources, assistive technology guidelines and
downloadable visual supports for both receptive and
expressive communication.
51. www.slatersoftware.com : Lots of free files that
have the words paired with pictures.
52. www.spectronicsinoz.com/activities : A site based
from Australia/New Zealand. It has a Web activity
exchange that has downloads for Boardmaker plus
other devices.
53. wwvv.speechtx.com : A variety of printable
activities and ideas for different ages and the best is
that they are all free.
54. www.symbolworld.orq : Offers free downloads
that have been adapted with picture communication
symbols including stories and learning activities. To
access a wonderful e-live magazine for older
students(completely adapted with picture symbols) the
user must subscribe. It is well worth doing since the
subscription is free and many back issues of the
magazine are available along with the current issue, in
pdf for downloading.
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worksheets and learning centers for teachers and
parents to download, print and use.
56.
http://themathworksheetsite.com : Create math
worksheets and print...all for free.
57. vvww.theschoolbell.corn : Retired school teacher
created this site with lots of great user friendly material.
58. www.time-for-time.com : A great site for teaching
time.
59. www.tIsbooks.com/kidspagearchive.htm : Free
printable worksheets for preschool through 5 th grade.
60. www.westampton.k12.ni.us/datkinson/qrades 14.htm : Mrs. Atkinson's Reading Room is divided by
grades 1-3 and 4-6 with games, sight words, teacher
links, kids links and parent links. All are printable and
free.
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3. Rub a Dub: Young children who are justbegibning to master the
hand to eye cOordination necessary to use a mouse,
http://www.arts-letters.com/rubadub/rubadub.html:
Downloadable PVC Book which shoWs how to make adaptable
equipment for use in classroom and at home:
http://www.aten.scps.k12.11.us/resources/
5. Virtual Assistive Technology Center which Specializes in freeware
and shareware software for people with disabilities.
http://vatc.freeservers:com/
6. Autism Resources which is a source of links and information
regarding autism and Asperger's syndrome.
http://www.a Uti5m-resou rces.com/
7. The Behavior Home page: Working to make a difference for
children who display challenging behaviors.
http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/behave/homepage.html
8. Brain Injury Association of America: National organization
concerned with brain injury http://www.biausa.org/
9. Internet Resources for Special Children: Lots of link for everything
dealing with special needs http://www.irsc.org/
10.
Integrating the Internet into Special Needs Classrooms is a
great site to slowly check out sites with your students on a Monthly
basis. http://www.acciclab.alleganisd.org/integrating.htm
11.This Web site is a place for youth. It's a welcoming community for
all youth and a place where all youth belong. Here youth can start
thinking abOut what they want to do with the rest of their life. This
Web site was built to help youth plan for their future.
http://www.youthhood.org/
12.Ansell-Casey Life Skills ASsessment(A(LSN has free and easy to
use tools to help young people prepare for adulthood. The life
kills assessments provide instant feeclback,..,Custornized learning
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Websites That Provide Teachers With Curriculum and Other
Information
Teachers struggle to find the time to search online for information to
help them in their profession. Once they find the time, the next
struggle is to find the relevant information for what they need. When
they do find sites, they need to find time to search through them to
find sites that are user friendly and helpful. Here is a list of sites that
fit that need.1. http://4teachers.org : Tools from 4 Teachers: Trackstar, Project
Poster, Persuade Star, Notestart, Web Worksheet Wizard,
Rubistar, Casallotes, QuizStar, Assign-a-day.
2. http://aac.unl.edu : Barkley Augmentative and Alternative
Communication offers MC Device Programming tutorials,
definitions of AAC terms, frequently used vocabulary lists for
different age groups and lots more resources for MC.
3. http://aac.unl.edu/VLNONAACCU2.html : Child vocabulary lists
4. http://aac.unl.edu:16080/yaack : Augmentative Communication
Resource Guide for young kids. Comprehensive guide to using
MC with clear organization and easy to read discussion.
Created by Ruth Ballinger as a Master's degree project at U of
Hawaii.
5. wvvw.aacfundinqhelp.corn : SGD Funding Solutions from
Assistive Technology Law Center.
6. http://aacfundinghelp.com/funding programs.html : Post
information about programs that cover and provide funding for
augmentative and alternative communication devices.
7. vvww.aacintervention.com : Dr. Caroline Musselwhite and Julie
Maro offer practical tips and ideas to use in S/L programs.
8. www.afb.org : American Foundation for the Blind. A national
information clearinghouse serving the needs of individuals who
are blind. Offers access to an extensive publication network.
9. www.aph.org : Provides materials, alternative media, tools, and
resources for individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
10.
www.ask.com : A search engine where you ask a
question to locate the sites which give the answers. Love the
imagines.
11.
www.atanswers.com/resources.htm : Links galore!!
12.
www.atmatch.com : Marketplace where donors and
sellers can locate buyers for a wide range of AT and durable
medical products. Registration is free.
13.
http://atto.buffalo.edu : AT training online provides
information on AT applications that help students with
disabilities learn in elementary classrooms. Topics are AT
Basics, AT Decision Making, Tutorials, and Resources.
14.
vvww.audiobooksforfree.corn MP3, iPod, and DVD
audiobooks for download to enjoy.
15.
www.Autism4teachers.com : Orange County Public
Schools-put together by educators-nice layout.
16.
http://alto.buffalo.edu/registered/tutorials/ : Creating
Talking Books. As a publication offered through Oxford's Ace
Centre, Richard Walter's in-depth guide to making your own
talking books is written especially for those with no experience
of multimedia creation. This guide covers the construction of
books in ' Microsoft's PowerPoint presentation software. It is also
available for TAG Software's Hyperstudio and Crick Software's
Clicker. The guides include step-by-step instructions on how to
scan pictures, add symbols, record speech and put together a
talking book. Fully illustrated with screen shots, these guides
are useful for teachers, parents and professionals who want to
give young people access to any story.
17.
www.atsolutions.orq : Providing plans for Do It Yourself
devices to assist persons with disabilities.
18.
www.awesomelibrary.com : This site organizes the Web
with 35,000 carefully reviewed resources including the top 5
percent in education.
19.
http://babelfish.altavista.com : translation site.
20.
www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/closeup/switchgaming quideto.shtm
I : Ouch Guide-how to use switch interfaces to access gaming.
Tips, games, accessibility gear, techie info, websites and
message boards.
21.
www.bibliomania.com : More than 2000 free texts, study
guides and reference resources.
22.
www.bigdealbook.com : Sign up for free newsletter.
23.
boardmarkergyahoogroups.com : Boardmaker users
group. This site sees a lot of action and offers some very
helpful technical information relative to Boardmaker use. There
is no cost for subscribing to this group. Members share
materials that are made with Boardmaker software. Materials
are stored in files on the site for about a month.
24.
www.buildingblox.net : Contains free downloads as well
as an excellent selection of items for purchase. This website
contains the book Task Bonanza which is filled with teaching
ideas, beautifully photographed and accompanied by clear
explanations of the activity objectives as well as how to
construct, use and extend the activity. Check the "Task Ideas"
section for teacher shared ideas.
www.cast.orq : CAST offers Universal Design for
Learning (UDL) which is a framework for designing curricula
that enable all individuals to gain knowledge, skills and
enthusiasm for learning. UDL provides rich supports for
learning and reduces barriers to curriculum while maintaining
high achievement standards for all.
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http://cbss.uoregon.edu/learn/index.html/ : computer
based study strategies to help with note taking, organization,
writing, etc.
27.
www.cec.sped.org : A professional organization devoted
to all areas of special education.
28.
vvww.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt : To provide teachers with
easy links to resources on the web in a quick manner and to
help teachers feel more comfortable with using the Internet for
lesson planning.
29.
www.child-autism-parent-cafe.com/index.html : Practical
ways to help, plan and manage daily living with autism.
30.
wyvvv.childrenwithspecialneeds.com : Information on •
disabilities by type, Equipment with photos, PECS downloads
and webrings. Great site for parents and professionals.
31.
www.cindysautisticsupport.com : A classroom website
from the Pittsburgh Public Schools. Contains helpful examples
of a variety of schedules, free downloads, and links to other
educational/communication resources.
32.
www.circleofinclusion.orq : Research on inclusion in early
childhood (B-8).
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www.closingthegap.com : Excellent resource for sharing
ideas and getting product reviews.
wvvw.cloudnet.com/—edrbsass.edres.htm : educational
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resources and thousands of lesson plans.
35.
vvwvv.connsensebulletin.com/csbpodcasts : List of free
podquests dealing with AT
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www.coolsiteoftheday.com : Fun site that increase your
Internet IQ by giving a different site every day to check out.
37.
www.courttv.com/forensics curriculum : Forensics in the
classroom. Site is free but you must register.
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wvvw.creativecommunicatinq.com
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www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/ : Universal Design Center
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www.directionservice.orq/cadre : The web site of federally
funded project whose mission is to provide technical assistance
and information dissemination concerning techniques for
preventing and resolving disagreements related to IDEA.
41.
www.dys.add.com/define.html : Resources on ADD
diagnosis and drug treatments.
42.
http://earth.gooqle.com : Satellite, imagery, maps, terrain
and 3D buildings.
43.
www.easyfunschool.com : Over 1500 pages of articles,
resource links and other features for making homeschooling
fun.
44.
www.ed.sc.edu/caw/toolboxppt.html : Concept slides
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www.ed.sc.edu/caw/toolbox.html : Multiple links for lots of
resources.
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www.ed.sc.edu/caw/toolboxphoto.html : Photos for
multimedia.
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www.epals.corn : Safely connect, collaborate and learn
using our leading protected email and blog solutions for schools
and districts. More than 100 countries are represented and
classes can connect by projects.
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http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/educators/sampleqame
s.shtml : Sample games such as Beat the Calculator game to
use in your lesson plans.
49.
www.familyclassroom.net : The Homeschooler's
Notebook. Wonderful archives on newsletter with great ideas.
Sign up for free twice weekly ezine.
50.
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/ : A global community
that integrates information, resources, and communication
opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive
disabilities and other disabilities, for their families and for those
that provide them services and support. Great site to work
through and so much fun that you could spend hours going
from part to part.
www.fastenation.com : Cheap Velcro.
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www.fdlrssunrise.com/ATR.htm : Florida Diagnostic
Learning and Resource System...Technology, Autism,
Boardmaker and Web Resources. Great web resources!
53.
www.freedownloadscenter.com : Search for free stuff.
54.
www.freereadind.net : An open source instructional
program that helps teachers teach early reading.
55.
http://funlessonplans.com : Lessons for preschool-K,
Holidays crafts for PreK-Gr. 6, Reading lesson plans for grades
4-8, Social Studies/History for grades 5-8 and grades 6-10.
Some are free and some are for purchase.
http://qfcf-diet.talkaboutcurinqautism.orq/index.html :
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GFCF on a budget.
vvww.gooqle.com : Go to google site and click on Images.
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From here you can search by subject or name for thousands of
photos and graphics to use in your communication materials.
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www.gpat.org : Georgia Project for AT contains Assistive
Technology Resource Charts.
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www.grantsalert.com : Education grants.
vvww.gutenberg.orq : The text is already adapted at this
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site. There are over 20,000 free books in an online catalog.
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www.halcyon.com/marcs/lessons.html : Tons of links to
lesson sites.
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http://vvwvv.halcvon.com/marcs/sped.html : Tons of
resources for special and exceptional education.
63.
vvvvw.historychannel.corn : This site provides extensive
information about events happening on this day throughout
history.
vvvvw.hot-ideas.org : Basic and vocational skills and job
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training activities for special needs that you can make for use in
your program. Modeled after work tasks used in structured
teaching method.
www.hyanna.org : Unspoken Communications which
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offers custom communication help for Autistic Children.
www.iknowthat.corn : Pre .K — grade 6 variety of subjects,
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tools and activities focusing on Learning skills for life. All are
free but you need to register to use.
www.imaginesvmbols.com/info.htm : Picture symbols for
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download....free.
http://inpics.net : In Pictures...online tutorials. Computer
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tutorials based on visuals.
www.internet4classrooms.com/assistive tech.htm :
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Assistive technology and special needs...Fantastic links.
www.interventioncentral.org/htmdocs/tools/okapi/okapi.ph
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: Okapi is an Internet application for creating curriculum based
assessment reading probes.
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http://www.jan.wvu.edu/links/adalinks.htm : A
. comprehensive site with extensive links to ADA documents and
disability related web sites.
http://jvanhouten.blogspot.com : Wonderful blog by
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Jeannette VanHouten. This blog is a concoction of conference
information, assistive technology or things that catch her fancy.
Very fun to keep up with what she is writing about each day.
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www.keynews.orq : A newspaper written for new readers
with limited reading skills and the best part is that it is free!
www.kidaccess.com : A helpful resource to know about,
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this website offers specialty icons for such topics as therapeutic
riding, music therapy, police and emergency, dental and
medical visits, etc. The families of your students will also
appreciate this site.
75.
www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn : On line library of
over 2000 websites categorized by grade, subject and format.
Each month 5-10 new websites are added and you can sign up
to have a newsletter with these sites delivered to you.
vvww.lakefolks.orq/cnt/ : Click n Type is an on screen
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virtual keyboard designed for anyone with a disability that
prevents him or her from typing on a physical keyboard. This is
also free.
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www.lburkhart.com : AT ideas. Linda's site is full of
wonderful links and practical, creative ideas for AAC and AT.
Linda also has authored several practical books and fun CDs.
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wwvvid.org : Resources galore for learning disabilities.
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www.ldresources.org : Offers over 1100 entries on topics
dealing with learning disabilities.
www.lessonplanspage.com
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http://letsplay.buffalo.edu : Playing with switches for B-2.
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Switch types, how to adapt toys, switch characteristics,
determining interests and abilities.
www.lifeprint.com : American Sign Language online
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curriculum resource with very nice real pictures.
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www.lindaslearninglinks.com : A website filled with early
learning suggestions in the areas of literacy and math-many of
which can be used as a springboard for planning
communication skill based lessons. Particularly impressive are
the sections on thematic ideas and lesson plans. Lots of great
vocabulary lists.
www.loudoun.k12.va.us/at : Videos for training and links
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by area developed by Loudoun County Public Schools.
http://www.makoa.org/index.htm : Great site for
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disabilities information and resources all in categories.
www.mandygregory.com : A teacher made site covering
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writer's workshop and reading ideas and plans.
www.math.com : Everything math online.
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http://math.about.com : All around math site.
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http://mathforum.org/dr.math : Dr. Math-the place to go to
get answers about math questions at all grade levels.
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www.mathgoodies.com/lessons : Interactive lessons for
upper grades in math.
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wwvv.mathplayground.com : High quality math activities
and resources. Most geared to elementary students but also a
significant section called SAT Math Pro dedicated to grades 7+.
Strong emphasis on Word Problems. Great videos and practice
exercises for teach display.
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www.members.aol.com/room5 : This website is also know
as Chris' Room 5. Chris, a special education teacher in North
Carolina, uses text and photographs to invite you into her
classroom for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
www.mousetrial.com/autism software database.php : A
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collection of links to publishers, developers and distributors of
software that is useful for kids with Autism.
wvvw.myhq.com/public/q/b/qbennell : Fabulous
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comprehensive AAC/AT.SLP page of links called Gail's Speech
Pathology links.
wwvv.naturalreaders.com : Free version 6.5 for Windows.
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wvvw.news-2-you.com : Weekly publication illustrated with
line drawn pictures. English, Spanish and talking versions
available. Each newspaper contains current events, recipe,
joke, activity page and more. There is a cost for this
newspaper but well worth the price.
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www.nfb.orq : A national organization offering links,
resources, and tools for individuals who are blind.
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http://obsidian.sktvler.com/tools/writer/sample.php :
Writing Word Analyzer
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wwvv.oneswitch.orq.uk/4/games/0index.htm : A site from
the UK that deals with switch gaming. Wonderful way to be
able to set up a computer with a switch for students with
physical disabilities.
100.
www.onionmountaintech.com : A vendor site of products
and information for AT for mild disabilities. Many hard to find
items are here.
101.
www.onlineconferencingsystems.com/at.htm : Over 200
links to free AT which allows students accessibility at home and
in the community and in post school settings. This site is a One
Stop for Free Assistive Technology.
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www.osepideasthatwork.orq/index.asp : This site includes
parent tool kit, provides info that will help parents become
active and informed participants in IEP discussions and other
decision making meetings that support students with disabilities
and their families.
103.
www.pactr.orq/publications/transition.asp : Pacer provides
information, resources and technical assistance to parents of
young adults, 14-21 with disabilities and the professionals who
work with them on transition related topics.
104.
http://paulhami.edublogs.org : Free resources from the
Net for (Special) Education. The purpose of this blog is to
highlight free downloadable programs and online resources of
good quality that may be of value to educators and their
students, especially those involved in special education.
105.
www.pecentral.orq/adapted/adaptedmenu.html : Ideas
and information for Adapted Phy. Ed.
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www.petewells.co.uk : Very different site but has cool
sensory stories....worth checking out.
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http://pics.tech4learning.com : Many copyright friendly
pictures for educators to use in making school materials.
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www.pinkmonkey.com : 455 online study guides,
booknotes, Literature Summaries, Chapter notes, analysis
online and more.
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www.poetry4kids.com : Funny poems, popular poems,
rhyming dictionary, contests, journals, some games for older
children.
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wwvv.polital.com/pnc : Point n Click is a free stand alone
on screen virtual mouse designed for anyone with a disability
that makes it difficult or impossible to click a mouse.
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vvvvw.polyxo.com : Resource for parents, professionals
and anyone interested in teaching children with autism or other
related Developmental Disabilities. Developed by Jason Wallin.
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www.portacom.bc.ca : AAC portable system and visible
support ideas.
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hftp://prekese.dadeschools.net : PreK ideas and
downloads.
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www.preschoolfun.com : The website for California
Avenue School in Vista, CA which also serves as a TEACCH
training site. There are dozens and dozens of photographed
structured teaching activities under Staff Resources and then
under TEACCH Work Jobs. These tasks cover a range of
subject areas as well as age levels and were developed by
TEACCH trainers. They will stimulate your creativity and remind
you of good engineering practices as you construct
communication based activities for students with ASD.
http://projectparticipate.orq : This site provides families,
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educators, administrators and therapists with simple strategies
to increase active participation of students with disabilities in
school programs.
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www.rarediseases.orq : NORD is a clearinghouse of
information and resources on rare disorders.
117.
www.readplease.com : Text to speech. ReadPlease 2003
is free. Others for purchase.
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wvvw.refdesk.com : Fact checker for the internet.
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www.refdesk.com/quote.html : 79 links to daily
information. Great for teachers.
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www.region2library.org/SocialStories.htm : Power Point
social situation stories
www.region2library.org/boardmaker.htm : Boardmaker
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ideas
www.rfbd.org : Books on tap national library.
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http://school.discovery.com/quizcenter/quizcenter.html :
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This free service enables educators to quickly and easily create
interactive quizzes on the internet. When a student completes
the quiz, tools at the site can automatically correct the quiz and
email it to the teacher.
www.nationalqeographic.com/homework : Includes
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extensive .coverage of science, geography, history and more
with articles, maps, and photos.
125.
wwvv.seilerclan.info/hs.html : Homeschooling site.
126.
wwvv.sensorvsmarts.com/diet.html : Great information on
sensory diets... excellent site.
127.
www.setp.net/summer/calendar.html : Electronic calendar
with technology links to daily check out new sites. Fun thing to
try to set up as a goal to work on during the summer months.
www.sharinqlinks.com : Save links and access them
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from any computer anywhere. Discover links posted by other
educators. Share links with students, co-workers, friends,
family.
129.
www.shoeboxtasks.com : Also know as Centering on
Learning, this is the website of Ron Larsen, the originator of
"Shoebox Tasks". This term has become the commonplace
label for structured teaching activities that are engineered on
and in shoebox containers to provide clarity and stable work
surface for more limited functioning students with autism. You
can duplicate these tasks in your program.
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www.speakingofspeech.corn : The speech pathologist's
website. Also an excellent resource for classroom and clinical
staff. There is a treasure trove of information covering a wide
range of communication disorders. There are also
downloadable picture communication displays such as a
storyboard to support reading comprehension skills. Wonderful
materials exchange section.
http://speech.jppss.k12.la.us : AAC, articulation, artic
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activities, fluency, language, language activities, voice and
voice activities.
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www.speechtx.comiTechnolow/howto.htm : Speech
Therapy activities.
www.tasksgalore,corn : This website offers excellent
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books containing structured teaching ideas for students with
Autism Spectrum Disorders. Each books features
photographed teaching activities which the reader can replicate
or use as a springboard for creating his or her own unique
activity designs. There is a section for Task of the Month as
well as Shared Ideas for additional activity suggestions.
134.
www.teacch.com : This website offers excellent articles
by TEACCH personnel. At the website click on Information on
Autism and review the articles under "Educational Approaches".
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http://teachers.ocps.net/atteam : Choose workshops, then
Boardmaker & Beyond then Activity Exchange. AT intervention
strategies, tools and training to maximize learning outcomes of.
students with disabilities.
http://teachingeverystudent.blogspot.corn : Solutions and
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ideas for teaching every student written in a blog format.
137.
www.teachingheart.net : teaching ideas, printables,
inspiration, links, lessons, units, activity sheets, and so
much more.
138.
www.text-mp3.com : TTS Speaker and text to
mp3/wma/ogg converter with AT & T voices, iPod/Zune video
converter, AVI to rmvb to DVD converter. Free trials are
available.
139.
www.theautismlife.com : The site to help parents,
caregivers, family and friends learn about and deal with having
a child diagnosed with an ASD.
140.
www.threerivers.k12.or.us/Page.asp?NavID = 1682: Mr.
W's Sp Ed and Research Links. Cread to assist professionals
and paraprofessionals to quickly find some of the best Internet
information to become better teachers, better facilitators of
knowledge and better students.
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www.tinsnips.org : Many downloads including ready to
use task organizers, conversation boards, behavioral scripts,
schedule and choice symbols as well as descriptions of
teaching strategies.
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www.trainland.tripod.com : This website contains a vast
number of links to a wide range of information regarding Autism
Spectrum Disorders. Also at the website you will find many
pages of graphics-some are photographs with entries from
many vocabulary categories; others are clipart pictures from
commercial programs.
www.uen.orq : Well organized repository of resource links
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for educators and students—from Kindergarten to post
secondary. The site is comprehensive in its scope. Under
Student Interactives(K-12 students) there are is a collection of
online interactive student activities. They have been chosen
carefully and are of high quality.
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wvvw.unco.edu/ncssd : National Center on Severe and
Sensory Disabilities
www.usevisualstrategies.com : This website belongs to
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Linda Hodgdon, an accomplished author and conference
presenter regarding the use of visual supports for students with
Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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www.visualfractions.com : Free site where you can
identify, rename, compare, add, subtract, multiply, and divide
fractions.
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http://vitallinks.net : Sheila Frick's site.
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wwvv.wati.orq : WATI
http://webquest.sdsu.edu : Inquiry oriented lesson format
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in which most of all the information that learners work with
come from the web.
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wvvw.widqit.com : Widgit offers online resources and
teaching ideas for symbol users.
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www.wordsmyth.net : Dictionary, thesaurus, you can type
in the word and it will tell you the meaning, part of speech, etc.
Glossary maker, quiz builder, vocabulary, anagram solver, and
crossword puzzle helper.
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www.workshopsolutions.com : A place where engineers,
technicians, inventors, and workshop enthusiasts can display
and share knowledge on the assistive devices they have built to
better the lives of the disabled.
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www.yellowpagesforkids.com : Comprehensive list of
resources to assist families of individuals with disabilities.