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» 2bMe 
Offers practical and emotional advice for teens living with cancer. Includes information on how to care for your skin, hair loss, diet, and coping socially.
http://www.2bme.org/
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» Bandaides and Blackboards: Teens 
Share stories and poems, read teens tips to parents and teachers, and the good, the bad, and the ugly about having a chronic illness.
http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/faculty/jfleitas/bandaides/contteen.html
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» Can Do Kids 
Focus is on what kids can accomplish. Provides online games for geography, writing, an ability survey, dream sharing, and how to make the world a better place.
http://www.ucando.org/kids.html
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» Child and Youth Health: Cancer - Living With It 
Discusses different feelings that happen, talking about the disease, dealing with other people and how life changes.
http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=243&np=292&id=2207
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» Child and Youth Health: Dyslexia - Coping With It 
Tips for teens include how to help yourself, why exercise is important, getting support for school projects, and building self-esteem.
http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=243&np=293&id=2201
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» Child and Youth Health: Living With a Disability 
Tells what it is, your rights, living with family and friends, and dealing with teasing and bullying. Section for brothers and sisters.
http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=243&np=292&id=2336
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» Diabetes.org: Just for Teens 
Humorous article about how hormone changes, eating disorders, drugs, and alcohol affect blood sugar control.
http://www.diabetes.org/uedocuments/JustforTeens.pdf
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» Diabetes.org: Your Parents and Your Diabetes 
Humorous article about why parents ask so many questions, how diabetes affects the whole family, and what to do to keep things smooth.
http://www.diabetes.org/uedocuments/YourParentsYourDiabetes.pdf
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» Disability Social History Project 
Presents short biographies of famous people who had a disabling mental or physical illness.
http://www.disabilityhistory.org/people.html
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» Listen to Our Stories 
Offers a collection of stories, poems, pictures, and songs about and by young people with disabilities ages 5 to 25. Includes index of disabilities and additional resources.
http://www.listentoourstories.com/
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» National Association of Blind Students 
Offers information for blind high school and college students. Includes state divisions, national and state scholarships, newsletter, listserv message board, and links to resources. [Listserv requires free registration.]
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/NABS.asp?SnID=2082611233
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» Questions Kids Ask About Blindness 
Provides answers to the most common questions asked by both blind and sighted children about how affected people manage with daily life.
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/NOPBC_Questions_Kids_Ask.asp?SnID=53512754
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» SB-Teens 
Discussion group for teens with spina bifida to exchange ideas, stories, or just chat. Siblings welcome.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb-teens/
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» Seeing Disabilities from a Different Perspective 
Fourth and fifth graders provide information on autism, blindness, cerebral palsy, and deafness. Includes causes, effects, and famous people who have suffered from these conditions.
http://library.thinkquest.org/5852/
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» SparkTop.org 
Activity-based site for kids. Paint pictures, write stories and poems, and talk to other kids with difficulties.
http://www.sparktop.org
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» Starbright World 
Offers chronically ill teens a place to blog, chat, find old friends, and meet new friends throughout the United States and Canada.
http://www.starbrightworld.org/
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» Supporting Siblings 
This booklet describes the common feelings experienced by young people when they have a brother or sister with a chronic illness or disability. Includes strategies that promote coping and resilience.
http://www.acd.org.au/siblings/content/Supporting_Siblings.pdf
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» Teens with Chronic Diseases 
Support group for teens between the ages of 12-21. Open to anyone with any chronic disease including cancer.
http://groups.msn.com/teenswithchronicdiseases
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» The Invisible Ones 
A place of support and communication for kids who have siblings with chronic or life-threatening illness.
http://theinvisibleones.homestead.com/
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» The Survival Guide for Kids with LD 
Lists ten ways that kids with learning disabilities can make life easier for themselves at school. Includes quotes from affected children.
http://www.ldonline.org/article.php?id=354&loc=65
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This category needs an editor Last Updated: 2008-04-24 12:05:16
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