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Other Sites Of Interest

Football UK Forum Board - great new forum for football fans with news - various interest boards and also football and sports quiz boards. Also good for those not so keen on football as some general quiz boards too. Great all round forum board site for those who like fun quiz boards as well as sport.

Zachmed - great new website produced by the son of one of the adders forum admin team - great site to be produced by a young lad so well done to him.

Melody - "a new music group I am setting up for people with learning difficulties (from dyslexia, asperger's, down's, etc). It is a group that provides orchestral/ensemble playing for people who play instruments but may need extra help within the group."

The Calderdale Parent & Carers Council - "are parents working together to create change so all our children and young people can learn, make friends and have a voice and be part of ordinary school and community life. We work with families of children and young people who have special educational /additional needs, are disabled, have emotional and behavioural difficulties or are experiencing difficulties fitting with school or community life for any reason."

Special Families - "My wife and I are in the process of setting up a new website aimed at providing special needs families with a place to find information, news and chat. We have special needs children ourselves and are hoping to share our experience with others"

Cruising Holiday - "At Cruising Holiday we specialise in arranging cruising holidays for people with all types of disabilities including wheelchair users, guests with sensory impairments and guests requiring oxygen, dialysis (including haemodialysis) and CAPD."

Disk Depot - Blank DVD-R, DVD+R, CD-R and more

Rays of Sunshine Animal Haven - "We are the Rays of Sunshine Animal Haven and we specialise in taking in and caring for small unfortunate animals. Animals are our passion. We love everything!. We are NOT a registered charity. We run this from our own home but intend to never turn a desperate animal away. We receive no money for this and rely totally on donations from kind animal lovers. We do not ask for monetary donations. We prefer you donate the items direct to us such as food, bedding, shredded paper, old newspapers,bowls, cages etc..."

Ignite Clothing - Online Clothing Store run by a member of adders.org forum - she has kindly said that if anyone from adders.org purchases from here she will donate 10% to adders.org providing you tell her that you are from adders.org!!

Runaway Helpline - "We are a confidential, 24 hour freefone telephone helpline and email service for anyone aged 17 or under who has left home, run away or been forced to leave home or care."

Raising Kids - "if it's about raising kids it's here"

'DIVINE INSPIRATIONS' - "Inspirational poetry and music by Mary Hession"

Disability - "Social Security Disability, SSDI, SSI Information and Advice, Tips, and answers for winning disability cases claims and appeals. Complete our free online case evaluation."

Bully - Off - "Welcome To Bully Off. In addition to the content below, the latest bullying news can be found in the NEWS section. Our discussion FORUM is always open for your comments also."

Thanet Chat - "Thanet local community website. News, views, chat, message board. Full of local interest and useful things, come and see"

Thudguard Infant Safety Hat - "Is your baby at the stage of pulling himself up or learning to walk? Thudguard can cushion his head from, falling back on to hard flooring or when he is learning to walk in and outdoors where there is patio's or play parks."

Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP - is a law firm who have experience in all aspects of the legal system but especially with things like: "Education: Special educational needs, Exclusions and disciplinary matters, Children out of school, Attendance and truancy, Examination results, Choice of schools, Sick children, School transport, Human rights and judicial reviews, Disability discrimination, Education negligence. Community Rights: Access to statutory services, Community care law, Young people leaving care, Disability discrimination, Housing, Homelessness, Welfare Benefits. We are always pleased to give talks and presentations to community groups and charities on all aspects of our work at no cost. We are able to offer free specialist legal advice to those on low incomes or welfare benefits through the Legal Aid scheme."

The Shopper's Market

"Shop, save, earn, contests, freebies, webmaster resources, advice, support & much more!"

Beit Anya Messianic Fellowship - "Welcome - Shalom! This website is the "virtual" information base for our Messianic Congregation established in 1999 under the leadership of Gerry Cohen, a Messianic Jew since 1971. A place to learn, discuss and maybe even disagree.. but always a place of truth."

Pin Action Bowling Game - This is a Bowling Game by Tom who has written to us to say that if anyone purchases this from his site he will give a donation to adders.org so check it out:-) It looks really good to me!

Sinclairs Solicitors - "we are a specialist education law practice with a legal aid franchise in the subject. We are one of the few firms that specialise in both school and Higher Education matters covering support not only for children but to adults." They also work with specialist knowledge of criminal law and medical difficulties. ed.

Benefits and Work - "Welfare benefits and employment law information and links, especially for people with long-term physical or mental health conditions, carers and support workers."

The Allergy Site - "...serves as a resource for all allergy sufferers." Their aim is not to sell products, but to provide information, assistance and access to allergy related products.

Special Needs Assessment Profile (SNAP) - "a new website which will be a major resource for special needs professionals working with 5-14 year olds with specific learning difficulties. It links specifically to the new, computer-aided Special Needs Assessment Profile (SNAP), while providing a general-purpose resource in which your own organisation and/or materials are referenced, with a web link"

Unix Gateway Project - "OK, now I've been meaning to get a website running for a while & this is my first proper attempt at getting something half decent and useful up and running. My aims are to gear this site towards operating systems, networking, security, guides & how to's as well as other pieces of information. I would say I'm a hard-core computer enthusiast (geek) & because I play about with a multitude of OS's most of what I learn could be extremely useful to others. I'm a BSD & Linux user, so I should hopefully be able to provide ample information on these systems. Just use the links above to navigate around the site."

Raising kids - "Raisingkids.co.uk provides free information and advice to parents. The content covers all ages from cradle to campus. We also offer support through the 'Ask Our Expert' section and discussion forums. Our forums are very popular whether it is for a fun chat, or a serious discussion on a specific issue. For instance, one recent discussion has seen parents share advice and experiences of postnatal depression."

Learning Packs - "Access 2,000 British school and college worksheets from more than 100 national curriculum workbooks."

VIPs in SEN - "features a mix of comprehensive information to help parents and has a campaigning edge for improving provision in special educational needs."

The Independent Schools Guide - "the Independent Schools Guide and Schools for Special Needs - A Complete Guide, to create a complete on-line directory of over 2300 schools and colleges. Compiled by Gabbitas Educational Consultants this site enables you to search for schools that meet your needs, and includes an introduction to all aspects of independent education"

Inclusive Solutions - "'CIRCLE OF FRIENDS' (1999) by Derek Wilson and Colin Newton. 'Circles of Friends' provides a step-by-step approach to setting up peer supports and harnessing the problem solving skills of the most natural resource available to schools - other children"

Sharing Pensions - "I came to your site today and thought our free resource site about pensions on divorce could be of interest to your visitors. "

Questique - "Educational word game --- ideal aid for teaching the English language: Questique is a unique strategy crossword board game that can be played in a home, school or further educational environment. "

Inclusive Science and Special Educational Needs (ISSEN) - "This is from the ASE/NASEN collaborative project and features resources, articles, relevant policy statements, and details of the email discussion group. Please feel free to pass on these details to anyone who may be interested."

Henry Spink Foundation - "We offer information (fact sheets) on Comp. and alternative therapies. Our aim is to help parents with children with learning difficulties and disabilties. With regards to ADHD we provide information on therapies that may help children who have this condition"

Bullying Online - "The website contains practical advice on a wide variety of topics including internet safety and how to deal with cyber bullying. It also includes information on racist abuse and information on how to deal with bullying outside school."

East Kent NHS - "represents one NHS for the whole of East Kent and therefore includes, Health Authorities,Community Trust, Hospital Trusts and PCGs etc."

Ability Hub - "My website AbilityHub is an Assistive Technology related web site for people with a disability who find operating a computer difficult, maybe even impossible. AbilityHub is a firm starting point for finding information concerning Assistive Technology."

Behaviour UK - "The world's first interactive behaviour software providing self-counselling to pupils via the computer launches this summer. So often video and film, and within the last eight years, video games have been condemned for teaching young people poor behaviour."

Gamcare - The National Association for Gambling Care Educational Resources and Training. "GamCare is gambling neutral. The charity does not wish to restrict the choices or opportunities for anyone to operate, or engage in, gambling opportunities that are legally available in the UK. GamCare has a commitment to promote responsible attitudes to gambling and to work for the provision of proper care for those who have been harmed by a gambling dependency."

HCPT - The Pilgrimage Trust - HCPT - The Pilgrimage Trust "was formed in 1956 when a young doctor, Michael Strode, took four children with disabilities to Lourdes. From the outset he insisted that they should be treated just like other pilgrims, and should be accommodated in hotels rather than hospitals. HCPT now takes about 2,000 children aged 7 18 from the UK, Ireland and other countries who have a wide range of disabilities, or who are physically or emotionally deprived or neglected."

SENCO org UK - Special Educational Needs Co-Ordinator Site, full of useful information on Education Special Needs.

Cambridge Learning, Seriously Fun Software - "The best educational software and family computer games, available by mail order or visit the shop where you can try over 400 CD ROMs for free. Parents, teachers and students of all ages welcome. Open 6 days a week (closed Mondays). Address: Cambridge Learning, New Road, Barton, Cambridge, CB3 7BH, Tel: 01223 262777, Fax: 01223 262161."

Kingston Special Needs Project - "The aim of our Group is to foster a greater understanding of the requirements of children with Special Needs, and to improve and develop services for children with special needs and their parents and carers."

Educational-Psychologist.co.uk - Website of a group of UK Educational Psychologists providing information and consultations via email."...Work with an educational psychologist via e-mail advice and joint problem solving. Problems with: Reading, writing, spelling, specific learning difficulties/dyslexia, behaviour, ADD and ADHD, general learning difficulties, language delay and disorder, physical difficulties, autistic spectrum disorders, other disorders and syndromes."

DEBRA - UK Branch of the non-profit organisation dedicated to finding a cure for Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), which is a group of inherited disorders in which the skin and mucous membranes are so fragile that the slightest touch may cause painful blistering. EB, a lifelong disease often present at birth, causes severe physical, emotional and financial hardships for the affected persons and their families.

Coaching Network UK - A portal for information and resources relating to coaching and mentoring including an on-line referral service, books, articles, events and onward links to other useful sites.

EEG Neurofeedback Services - "This is the UK's only full time comprehensive neurofeedback practice offering treatment as a NHS service provider or by private referral. As well as treating ADD/ADHD they have also dealt with a variety of other conditions such as Tics, Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Asthma, Epilepsy, etc."

The Cot Life Society UK - The Cot Life Society distributes information on cot death prevention based on the toxic gas theory for cot death.

NLPednet - NLP Education Network. Neuro Linguistic Programming involves the teaching of skills and techniques for analysing, understanding and modelling excellence. NLP is said to be particularly beneficial for sufferers of ADD/ADHD. This organisation runs workshops and provides information and resources for NLP.

The Ability Website - Ability's Web Site offers an indexed system of thousands of pages giving information and providing hundreds of thousands of links covering most subjects on the Internet, in a format that will help overcome most problems faced by the disabled user and making it incredibly simple to be transparently connected to the relevant sites around the world.

Disability Now - UK Newspaper covering all disabilities. Online version contains lots of useful information.

Disability Net - Information, useful contact numbers/links on a wide range of disabilities. Has a very useful page on Disability Living Allowance - a benefit which can in some circumstances, be claimed for ADD sufferers.

The Site - The Site is one of Britain's biggest resources for young people on the web with 13213 pages of content. Here you will find organisations nearest to you that you can contact directly - plus publications, fact sheets, features and hotlinks.

Education Consultancy Services - A small company, established for 7 years, providing help and resources to schools, teachers and parents.

The Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology (Chester) - An examination of the underlying physical factors which may be responsible for conditions such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, attention deficit disorder (ADD & ADHD), together with a whole range of others specific learning difficulties.

Lones Wolf.com - Site by a very talented young man called Chris who also is the webmaster for the great ADD/ADHD Helpzone in Luxembourg. This site offers mail system, forum and much much more.

Fair ****** Dinkum - A great forum site based in Australia for moaning on and also for getting support on for many different things. I can say have been on there and there are some fantastic folk there - really friendly - editor:-)

Special Needs, Special Children, Special Help - Susan DePaola represents parents of children with diabilities in getting services in public schools in Alabama.

Edreferral.com - The Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center! is "dedicated to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. Edreferral.com provides information and treatment resources for all forms of eating disorders. Our goal is to provide assistance, in the form of information and resources, to those suffering with eating disorders to get them started on the road to recovery and healthy living."

Alcoholism and the Family - Website of Barbara L. Wood, PhD. "which is aimed at parents in recovery from alcoholism and other addictions and contains excerpts and downloads from two books that offer strategies for helping children cope with the impact of parental alcoholism "

Changing Lanes - "The purpose of this web site is to supply a sense of community and support to anyone undergoing change, difficulty or hardship in life."

American Coaching Site - A site where you will find a state by state list

DEBRA - A non-profit organisation dedicated to finding a cure for Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), which is a group of inherited disorders in which the skin and mucous membranes are so fragile that the slightest touch may cause painful blistering. EB, a lifelong disease often present at birth, causes severe physical, emotional and financial hardships for the affected persons and their families.

EEG Spectrum - "Neurofeedback is a learning strategy that enables people to alter their brain waves and exercise the brain's own regulatory mechanisms. Also known as EEG biofeedback, it is used for many conditions and disabilities in which the brain is not functioning as well as it might".

The Chinese Medicine Sampler - The webmaster informs me that there are Chinese Herbal Remedies for ADD/ADHD. "If you'd like to learn more about Acupuncture or Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine before spending money on treatment, this site is for you. Here you can discover how Oriental Medicine applies to you personally and familiarize yourself with it's basic concepts."

Mind-Steps - Mind-Steps is a professional organisation which "views each child and adolescent from many perspectives highlighting and building upon strengths in order to assist your youngster in overcoming his or her struggles". They are developing "An interdisciplinary Screening and Referral Inventory for various learning, developmental, and psychological disorders and a web-based cognitive-behavioral treatment program for ADHD children, their parents, educators, and/or therapists".

The WatchMinder - The WatchMinderTM is a special purpose wristwatch with time and date functions specifically designed for children and adults with attention disorders. In addition to being a standard watch, it includes:

A silent vibrator alarm system (similar to that of a common pager)
An eight character display for messages
16 daily alarms.

Bubbaonline - A site dedicated to education resources, particularly Special Education. Includes links to information on a wide range of disorders.

N.A.C.D. - The National Academy for Child Development - an international organisation of parents and professionals dedicated to helping children and adults reach their full potential. Includes information on software and other resources.

Untangling the Web - Where Can I Go To Get Disability Information? - Look no further! A comprehensive list of Disability-Related World Wide Web sites maintained by Steven L. Fullmer at the West Virginia Rehabilitation Research & Training Center.

The Fun Place - A site dedicated to families, providing lots of useful information and the opportunity to 'chat' with others on many different topics including ADHD.

Crohn's Disease - Information and links on this terrible disease of the digestive system. Crohn's Disease is a condition in which the immune system is tricked into recognizing the digestive tract as a foreign body, attacking it and creating ulcers throughout.

Independent Living Spain group of companies

"We are a specialist Sales and Hire company supplying pushchairs,cots,highchairs,beach tents, and much more to the traveler to the costa del sol in Southern Spain."

Northside College

"We are a small private school based in Québec, Canada. Our student all originate from the UK and have come to us, for one reason or another, mostly looking for an alternative to larger British Boarding schools. Our student : staff ratio is excellent (12:12) and many parents have found this a congenial environement for students with dyslexia, ADD and ADHD."

Next Steps Org - the Youth Employment Centre in Calgary, Canada. The YEC and it's website, is a non-profit organization to help youth between the ages of 15-24 find employment, provide career counselling and to supply information about options after and during school.

John's Counselling Services Page Of Valuable Links - John Duff is an Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counsellor and these pages are full of useful links.

The Promised Childhood Jerusalem 2000 Congress - "will offer a rare opportunity for professionals involved in the care of infants, children and adolescents to come together for four days of professional meetings in the unique setting of Jerusalem."

TCadastro em Sites de Busca, Otimização, Posicionamento e Cadastro nos Sites de Busca - "Cadastramento em sites de busca, otimização de sites e links patrocinados. Cadastro de sites e posicionamento nos sites de busca."

Linknz search engine - "New Zealand based search engine finding information about ADHD"