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Special Needs
Center for the Study of Autism
This site offers lots of wonderful articles
about issues affecting autistic children, related disorders, sibling
relationships, and new
interventions/therapies. P.O. Box
4538, Salem, OR 97302,
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted
Education
This site is literally a
clearinghouse of education articles and information for parents and educators
of children with special needs.
Parent's Advocacy Coalition for Educational
Rights
A group of professionals who work
with parents to mandate educational rights for special needs children. 4826
Chicago Ave South, Minneapolis, MN
55417-1098, voice phone (612)
827-2966, TDD (612) 827-7770
Special
Children
An organization for special-needs
children. P.O Box 8193, Bartlett, IL 60103, or call (630) 213-1630
The American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association
The mission of the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association is to promote the interests of and
provide the highest quality services for
professionals in audiology,
speech-language pathology, and speech and hearing science, and to advocate
for people with communication
disabilities. This site provides
resources for parents as well. 10801 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852,
Answer Line (888) 321-ASHA, Action
Center (800) 498-2071, voice (301)
897-5700, TTY (301) 897-0157, fax (301) 571-0457.
The Arc of the United States
This national organization on
mental retardation provides support and services for individuals with mental
retardation and their families. This site
provides links to local chapters as
well as national information on disabilities affecting people with mental
retardation. 500 East Border Street, Suite
300, Arlington, Texas 76010, call
(817) 261-6003, TDD (817) 277-0553, fax (817) 277-3491,
thearc@metronet.com
The Council for Exceptional Children
The largest international organization
working to promote better learning opportunities for children with
disabilities and children who are gifted. 1920
Association Drive, Reston, VA
20191-1589, voice phone: (703) 620-3660, TTY (703) 264-9446, fax (703)
264-9494
United Cerebral Palsy Association
Their mission is to advance the
independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with cerebral palsy
and other disabilities. 166 L Street NW,
Suite 700, Washington DC 20036, call (800) 872-5827 or fax (202) 776-0414
twins in the world.
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Miscellaneous Links
Center for the Study of Multiple Birth
Site maintained by Louis Keith,
M.D.
Mid Atlantic Twin Registry
A Registry of Twins Born or Living
in VA, NC, and SC
National SafeKids
Campaign
Promoting Child Safety to prevent
unintentional injury
Twins Days
Each
year during the first full weekend in August, a festival is held in
Twinsburg, Ohio (about 30 miles south of Cleveland). It's reported to the
largest annual gathering of twins in the world.
Twins Magazine
TWINS Magazine is a unique
publication geared to the multiple birth family. It
lends support and professional guidance to parents, as well as related
information on twin facts and research. Their web site includes some online
articles as well as subscription information.
TwinsWorld
Huge
site that gives information to multiples around the world about festivals,
links, chats, events, jokes, stories, castings, etc...
DIAPERS
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mothers of multiples:
Pampers/Luvs:
Send your brand preference, along with photocopies of the babies’ official birth certificates with seal,
to:
Pampers Multiple Birth
Offer OR Luvs Multiple Birth Offer
The Procter &
Gamble Company
POB 599
Cincinnati, OH
45201
Huggies: Send photocopies of the babies' birth
certificates to:
Kimberly-Clark
Corporation
Department QMB
POB 2020
Neenah, WI 54957-2020
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