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Internet Resources

Sources of Information and Support

Genetests
www.genetests.org


PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez


Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/


National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/


National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc.
www.rarediseases.org


Epilepsy Foundation of America
www.efa.org


Orphanet- international information
http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/home.php?Lng=GB


Atlas of Fetal MRI images- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Radiology
http://bidmc.harvard.edu/content/departments/radiology/files/fetalatlas/brain/brain.html


Services for Children with Special Needs

Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association
http://www.hemikids.org/

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
http://www.nichcy.org/


Children with Disabilities- federal and state resources
http://www.childrenwithdisabilities.ncjrs.org/


A Parent’s Guide to Helping Kids with Learning Difficulties
http://www.schwablearning.org/index.asp


Federation for Children with Special Needs- Massachusetts
http://www.fcsn.org/


Wrightslaw- Information about Special Education Law and Advocacy
http://www.wrightslaw.com/


Sources of Support

Lissencephaly Launch Pad
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/foliot/liss/


Lissencephaly Contact Group
http://www.lissencephaly.org.uk/index.htm


Schiz Kids
http://www.schizkidzbuddies.com/


Chromosome Deletion Outreach
http://www.chromodisorder.org/


MUMS Parent-to-Parent Network
http://www.netnet.net/mums/


Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum Network
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/lib_agcc.htm


Periventricular heterotopia family contact
http://www.faithsfriends.org


Online Mailing Lists

Lissencephaly
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/lissencephaly/


Polymicrogyria
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/polymicrogyria/


Walker Warburg Syndrome
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/walkerwarburg/


Subcortical Band Heterotopia (Double Cortex Syndrome)
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SubcorticalBandHeterotopia/


Miller Dieker Syndrome
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/millerdieker/


Hemimegalencephaly
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hemimegalencephaly/


Microcephaly
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/microcephalysupportgroup/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microcephaly/


Agenesis of the corpus callosum
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Agenesis_of_Corpus_Callosum/


Parents of children with epilepsy
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/epilepsy-kids/


Adults with epilepsy
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/adultswithepilepsy/


For professional caregivers of children with lissencephaly
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/lissencephaly-pro/


For those who have lost a child to a rare condition
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LissAngels/