Ability OnLine - This is the web site of Ability OnLine “a friendly and safe computer friendship network where children and youth with disabilities or chronic illnesses connect to each other as well as to their friends, family members, caregivers and supporters.” It is a free service.
Best Buddies - The web site of Best Buddies, a non-profit organization whose programs establish one-to-one friendships between people with mental retardation and college students, high school students, middle school students and members of the community.
Exceptional Parent Magazine - This is the online version of Exceptional Parent Magazine, “providing information, support, ideas, encouragement, and outreach for parents and families of children with disabilities and the professionals who work with them.”
Family to Family Network - This is the home page of Family to Family Network, whose mission is “to help families of children with disabilities by providing information, training, referral and support.”
Family Village Library—Siblings of Persons with Disabilities - This is the web site of the Family Village Library—Siblings of Persons with Disabilities. The site provides a variety of links to information regarding siblings.
Family Support Network - This is the web site of Family Support Network, an organization that helps families of children with disabilities in the Brazos Valley “to get the information, support, and skills needed to make informed decisions about their lives and those of their children. Especially those decisions regarding special education.” FSN has a free newsletter available in both English and Spanish.
Mom to Mom "Mom to Mom is a Christ-based, non-profit, tax-exempt organization focused on providing informational and emotional support to moms and families of newborns newly diagnosed with a disability or illness." Their site includes links to medical resources, spiritual resources and support groups.
The Father’s Network - This is the web site of The Father’s Network, whose “mission is to celebrate and support fathers and families raising children with special health care needs and developmental disabilities.” A great deal of the news and events covered on the site apply to Washington State. However, the site also includes articles written by Dads; web links; bulletin boards; and is available in both English and Spanish.
The Hali Project - This is the web site of The Hali Project. “Improving the quality of life for families of children with special needs through counseling, education and emotional support…”
The Sibling Support Project - This is the home page of The Sibling Support Project who “seeks to increase the peer support and information opportunities for brothers and sisters of people with special needs and to increase parents’ and providers’ understanding of sibling issues.”
Special Child Magazine - Special Child Magazine is an online magazine serving parents and caregivers of children with special needs. It includes articles on family issues and legal issues; a bulletin board for sharing information and tips, asking questions, and posting items for sale; and a diagnosis search page for parents whose children have not yet been diagnosed.
Texas Parent to Parent - This is the web site of Texas Parent to Parent, “a non-profit organization created by parents to provide support and information for families of children with disabilities, chronic illness and other special needs throughout the state of Texas.”
Texas Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities - This web site includes the Texas Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities, a compilation of resources available to families of children with disabilities.
United People With Dis“abilities” - This is the web page of United People With Dis“abilities” that links to their Friendship book. Guests can sign in, tell as much or as little about themselves as they would like, and connect to other people on-line.
Uniting Parents - This is the web site of Uniting Parents. The organization serves families of children with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses in the Texas Panhandle, and “empowers families and enhances their children’s quality of life by providing information, education, training, referrals, networking, and support.