Links

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The Dyspraxia Association of Ireland is a voluntary organisation and unfortunately does not have the resources to respond in any detail to overseas enquiries.

The following are national associations or groups that we have identified with web sites:

• America: Apraxia Kids is an American-based self-help group. This web site has the stated
  intention of collecting links to other websites of interest. It has links to the full text of some
  interesting articles.
• Alternative American website is www.dyspraxiausa.org
• Australia: The Australian Dyspraxia Support Group and Resource Centre
• Canada: Speechweb is site run by a Canadian-based Speech-Language Pathologist, John
  Valiquette. The aim of the site is to provide access to information for those affected by
  communication disorders and also for professionals. This site includes links to professionals based in: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Scotland, Singapore and the USA. There are full text articles at the end of some of the trails of links.
• France: Regroupement des parents d'enfants dyspraxiques. A group established in early 2003, but already with a useful web site.
• New Zealand: The Dyspraxia Support Group of New Zealand.
• UK: The Dyspraxia Foundation(UK) links to reading lists, events, etc. in the UK.
• The Dyspraxia Connection is the Nottingham branch of the Dyspraxia Foundation.

Useful Web Links and General Sites

• Association of Occupational Therapists Ireland Contact them for list of Occupational Therapists.
• Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists Contact them for list of Speech and Language Therapists.
• Children's Speach Sound Disorders is a useful series of articles by Caroline Bowen, a Speech-Language Pathologist, working in Australia. This web site is worth exploring for a wide range of useful links on Speech-Language issues and on related general medical and health matters.
• The Dyscovery Centre, Cardiff promotes greater understanding and awareness of Dyspraxia and Learning Difiiculties through the provision of educational and practical tools. Dr. Amanda Kirby who is the Medical Director will be the main speaker at our 2003 Conference.
• Madeleine Portwood is a UK-based professional who has written widely on Dyspraxia and therapies.
• As the Irish Government is on the web, we can see when 'dyspraxia' is mentioned in the Oireachtas debates. [Since the reports are quite long passages, you may need to use the 'find in page' command on your browser.]
• AHEAD - The Association for Higher Education Access and Disability. An independent voluntary organisation working to promote full access to, participation in, benefit from and contribution to third level education by people with disabilities in Ireland, North and South.
• A discussion list for adults is available which currently generates up to 400 emails per month between adults e xchanging their experiences and personal strategies for coping.
• The National Library of Medicine in the US offers free searching of the PubMed database of millions of medical journal articles - no direct information, but you can get full references to published articles, some of which have the full text available online.
• Ask Eric is a free gateway to the ERIC database of educational journals and publications.
  The ERIC database is similar to PubMed in that you just get references to published
  articles.
• Do2Learn is a commercial web site providing activities to promote independence in children and adults with special learning needs. However, there are several free downloadable resources to help with sequencing issues (in the bathroom, dressing, etc.), and other useful posters for use at home and in schools.
• Parent-plus aims to provide practical advice for those supporting children as they grow up and to provide practical guidance.

Two specialist topics that generate interest are:

The role of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in early nutrition on the development of the central nervious system.

To see some of the latest references on this topic, use a web search engine such as

• Google with the topic: LCPUFA
• The Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)