Disability Sites for Children and Families

Accessible Games and Puzzles for People with Disabilities
Ability Kids
Administration for Children & Families is a federal agency funding state, territory, local, and tribal organizations to provide family assistance (welfare), child support, child care, Head Start, child welfare, and other programs relating to children and families.
AbleNet products and solutions for teaching children with disabilities
Association of Hole In The Wall Camps a network of nine camps (and growing) around the world provide a recreational and therapeutic camping experience for children with serious illnesses. Children from more than 27 countries and 34 states attend camp programs. Some sessions are specialized for children with like illnesses. Camps serve children from more than 30 different disease groups. All children attend the camps free of charge as a result of generous contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations, and other organizations. Hole in the Wall Camps are the dream of actor Paul Newman who started the first camp in 1988.
Audio Games AudioGames.net is a site dedicated to audio games (games based on sound) and blind-accessible games.
Camps and Recreations for Children with Special Needs
Caring Communities respite care resources for families of children with disabilities in the Washington, DC metropolitan area (District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia)
Check & Connect: A Model to Engage Students in School and Prevent Dropout provides information about current field studies to reduce dropout rates and increase school completion for youth with and without disabilities in grades K-12 in urban and suburban communities
Congenital Heart Defects
Congenital Heart Defects in Children Fact Sheet
Connecting to Success: Mentoring Through Technology to Promote Student Achievement an electronic mentoring program, begun in 1999, designed to promote successful transition of youth with disabilities to adult life
Council For Exceptional Children
Diakon Adoption & Foster Care Services
Enabling Devices
Esmerel’s Collection of Disability Sites for Children
EuroPēds intense physical therapy for children and young adults with cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular disorders
Exceptional Children’s Assistance Center a North Carolina parent’s center
Family friendly fun ideas and family health resources to enhance the quality and enjoyment of family life for families with disabilities
Family Village Waisman Center at the Univ. of Wisconsin; regional, disability-specific, and parent-to-parent discussions, and a message board for parents of children whose problems have yet to be diagnosed.
Family League of Baltimore City Inc. [Maryland]
Family Net comprehensive online resource for disability-related information and supports [Maryland]
For Parents of Preemies
Freedom Hills Therapeutic Riding Program [Maryland]
From Children to Children (for Sign Writing Children and Teachers)
Games and Puzzels [international list from Australia]
HomeworkSpot a free homework information portal that features the very best reference and news information for K-12 students
Internet Resources for Special Children (ISRC)
Let’s Play! Project looks to provide families with ways to play through the use of assistive technology. From the University of Buffalo funded by the US Department of Education, Early Education Programs for Children with Disabilities
Maryland Programs for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers with Disabilities
Maryland Relay program "Kids Keeping in Touch" a telecommunications service helping children who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind or speech disabled to easily communicate through TTY (text telephone) with anyone using a standard phone
Mothers with Attitude, "Humor and help for adoptive moms, special-needs moms, any old moms at all."
National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Information (NACHRI) and the National Association of Children’s Hospitals (NACH)
Ohio’s Family Support Collaborative (FSC): Assistive Technology: Finding and Funding
Parenting Special Needs
Pediatric Cardiology Kansas University Medical Center
Skill: National Bureau for Students With Disabilities is a national charity promoting opportunities for young people and adults with any kind of disability in post-16 education, training and employment across the UK. [United Kingdom]
The Able Crew interactive site for children from the National Council for Support of Disability (NCSD) Issues
- The Able Crew Activity Pages
The Coordinating Center provides multiple services for individuals with complex medical needs and disabilities, their families and others who support them, as well as providers of services
Toys & Playtime Tips for Children with Special Needs Fisher-Price® has developed a partnership with experts from the Let’s Play! Project, a federally funded program that supports family play experiences and activities for children with special needs.
Toys for Children with Disabilities
University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), Education, Research, and Service at the University of Southern California Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (USC UCEDD at CHLA) is a nationally recognized leader in developing and supporting quality services and systems for individuals with, or at risk for, behavioral, developmental and or special health care needs and their families. They have three centers: Center for Disability Studies and Community Inclusion, Center for Child/Family/Health Initiatives and Leadership Development (CHILD), and the Center for Community Mental Health (CMH).
Wheelrace (in Danish) an educational game for school children aged 11-14 to teach kids what life is like when you are bound to a wheelchair. Wheelrace is made by Kongo Interactive and Guppyworks. [Denmark]
Woodbine House Books for Special Needs for children, parents, teachers, and professionals