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Challenged, handicapped, differently-abled, disabled, special... no matter what label gets assigned to a person different than the general population, it cannot capture the full picture.

Learning to develop skills to function in a society that is often insensitive to special needs takes strength, patience and perseverance that the "abled" cannot imagine. These sites look at these issues and offer emotional and practical support.

BraveKids - Facing a life threatening disease or living with a disability brings out the courage of these kids and their families. Don't look for pity parties on this site. Resources and support are the featured items to help brave kids - and their families - meet every challenge.

Disability.gov - Health - The U.S. government's mammoth resource to the topic including links to health information and facts on kids and teen with disabilities, occupational health and safety, health care coverage and benefits, state and local resources, and lots more.

disABILITY Information and Resources - The motherlode of links to related newsletters, books and online magazines, special needs clothing, computer accessibility products, with resources to mobility, travel and transportation, jobs and training, caregiver information and lots more.

Untangling The Web - Well organized and seemingly endless listings of links to sites dealing with enabling. The founder of this web site died of cancer and the updates are not as frequent as they used to be - but the links are still kept in pretty good order...and there are so many...

AdmiNet - Mix of French and English language links with a smattering of German is the recipe for access that this site follows... Welcome to the world - or at least a very large section of the world - of the disabled!

Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind - The focus is on New Zealand and the Pacific Island groups. The events and some resources are local, but the information crosses all boundaries.

American Council of the Blind - Easy to use layout and a depth of resources such as job listings, transcription services, pedestrian issues, guide dogs and more.

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center - The Clerc Center at Gallaudet University is a great resource for the deaf community and the web resources they've collected are just as inspired.

also see -> Legal Disability | Discrimination at Work

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