Helpful Resources

There are many resources on the web that provide information on various disorders.  Hearts & Lens has selected only those entities that may provide information that helps a photographer glean additional information about a particular condition. HOWEVER, it is important to know that each child or adult may present in vastly different ways. REMEMBER that individual actions in a person are more important to recognize than to know their actual condition or disability.
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• Ability First

• ADHD Exercises for Mental Focus

• Amputation - National Limb Loss Information Center

• Arthritis - Arthritis Foundation

• ASD & ADHD - Info regarding sleep disorders

• Asthma, Allergies - American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology

• Attention Deficit Disorder - American Deficit Disorder Association

• Autism - Global Autism Collaboration

• Autism Speaks

• Autism - Temple Grandin (observations by Dr. Grandin who has Autism)

• Autism - 10 Female Autistic Traits on Youtube by Olivia Hops

• Autism - Orion Kelly (also check his Youtube videos) 

• Birth Defects - March of Dimes

• Blindness - National Federation of the Blind

• Cancer - National Cancer Institute

• Cerebral Palsy - birthinjurycenter.org/cerebral-palsy/

• Cerebral Palsy - United Cerebral Palsy

• Cerebral Palsy - Cerebral  Palsy Guide

• Cerebral Palsy - Guidance

• Cerebral Palsy

• Creative Therapy - The Power of Creative Therapy

• Cystitis - Interstitial Cystitis Association

• Deafness - National Association of the Deaf

• Down Syndrome - National Down Syndrome Society

• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome - Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation

• Epilepsy - Epilepsy Foundation

• Erb's Palsy - Resources and Information for Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Survivors

• Healthline - (ADD, ADHD, etc)

• Hearing Impairment - includes deaf and deafness

• Hydrocephalus Association

• National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities 

• Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

• Magic Hour - Free photos for those who fight against cancer

• Mesothelioma - Information on the disease

• Muscular Dystrophy - Muscular Dystrophy Association

• Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation 

• Rett Syndrome Rett Syndrome

• SNAP - Special Needs Resources and Advocacy for Parents

• Spina Bifida Association

• Survivors Art Foundation - Healing Through Art - Art Through Healing

• Top 100 Special Needs Resources on the web