Resources for Youth

Youth

• Resource: Ability On-Line

  A safe, on-line community for children with disabilities and chronic health needs where they can make friends, get tips from mentors, and freely participate in an atmosphere of collaboration, companionship and support.  

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• Resource: Ben’s Guide to US Government

  Provides learning tools for kindergarten through 12^th grade students, parents, and teachers explaining how our government works.  The site includes links to other Government web sites for children and youth. 

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• Resource: Kid Zone

  This component of LD OnLine features an art gallery and kids' magazine, as well as things for children and youth to read, hear & do.

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• Resource: Kids Against Bullying

  A kid friendly site about bullying, developed by the PACER Center.

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• Resource: Kids As Self Advocates

  KASA is a national, grassroots project created by and for youth with disabilities to provide helpful, positive information, increase knowledge on key issues, foster self-advocacy and take on leadership roles in their communities.

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• Resource: Kids.gov

  The official kids’ portal for the US government

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• Resource: Kid’s Quest

  A disability awareness and resources website for children

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• Resource: National Youth Leadership Network

  The National Youth Leadership Network (NYLN) “is dedicated to advancing the next generation of disability leaders”.

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• Resource: Resources related to access of children and youth with disabilities to physical education and extracurricular athletics

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• Resource: Steps Toward Adult Responsibility (STAR)

  The Steps Toward Adult Responsibility (STAR) program is a peer-based support group that, combined with education and mentoring, helps make adolescence a rich and positive experience for teens living with chronic physical or health care needs, and supports them as they successfully transition into adulthood.

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• Resource: Stop Bullying Now

  A government resource, StopBullying.gov provides information from various government agencies on how kids, teens, young adults, parents,educators and others in the community can prevent or stop bullying.

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• Resource: Teens Against Bullying

  A teen-friendly site developed by the PACER Center about bullying; how to recognize it, prevent it, and respond to it.  Much of the content is by teens for teens.

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