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Disabilities and Special Needs

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Special needs can be anything from getting daily shots for children with diabetes to requiring certain bathrooms and classrooms in schools for kids with physical disabilities. *

Nemours Foundation.
Kids with Special Needs. 2002.
www.kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/friend/special_needs.html

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities.
14 Fact Sheets on Specific Disabilities
www.nichcy.org/disabinf.asp

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Closing the Gap: A National Blueprint to Improve the Health of Persons with Mental Retardation. 2002. (Large PDF file/76 pgs.)
www.thearc.org/misc/SurgeonGeneralsReport.pdf

Center for Health and Health Care in Schools.
The George Washington University.
Resources for Parents of Children with Special Needs.
www.healthinschools.org/specialed.asp#parents

*Fact Box Reference

The Nemours Foundation. Kids with Special Needs.
Available on the web at
www.kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/friend/special_needs.html