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Reed Martin Website Special Education Law & Advocacy Strategies

International Dyslexia Association (IDA)

ADDvance 2001 The ADDvance website, first created in 1996, is dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. This site was created by Patricia Quinn, M.D. and Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D., leaders in the field of AD/HD. ADDvance Magazine and the ADDvance website provide information and support to women and girls. Through reporting research and publishing articles that inform, encourage and empower, we work to fulfill our mission to improve the lives of women and girls with AD/HD.

The Attention Deficit Information Network The Attention Deficit Information Network, Inc. is a non profit volunteer organization. They offer support and information to families of children with ADD, adults with ADD and professionals through a network of AD-IN chapters. AD-IN was founded in 1988 by several parent support group leaders on the premise of parents helping parents deal with their children with ADD. Their network has parent and adult support group chapters throughout the country.

National Attention Deficit Disorder Association The National Attention Deficit Disorder Association is an organization focused on the needs of adults and young adults with ADD/ADHD, and their children and families. We seek to serve individuals with ADD, as well as those who love, live with, teach, counsel, and treat them. ADDA is a non-profit organization, staffed by unpaid volunteers.

National Institute of Mental Health The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the Federal agency that supports research nationwide on the brain, mental illnesses, and mental health. Their mission is to diminish the burden of mental illness through research. This public health mandate demands that we harness powerful scientific tools to achieve better understanding, treatment and, eventually prevention of mental illness. Scientists supported by NIMH are dedicated to understanding the workings and interrelationships of the various regions of the brain, and to developing preventive measures and new treatments to overcome brain disorders that handicap people in school, work, and play.

National Human Genome Research Institute Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) often appears to run in families, and research studies have suggested that there may be a genetic component to this disorder. Individuals diagnosed with ADHD may have close blood relatives with the disorder. Scientists believe that ADHD is a complex disorder that probably involves at least two genes. Non-genetic causes such as abnormal brain development, brain injury or environmental factors are also believed to play a role in the disorder.

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities May 20, 2003 marked the official opening of the Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder’s (CHADD) National Resource Center (NRC) on AD/HD, the country’s first and only national clearinghouse dedicated to the evidence-based science and treatment of AD/HD. The clearinghouse is a collaboration between the CDC and CHADD, an advocacy organization serving individuals with AD/HD.

National Resource Center on AD/HD A Program of CHADD has been established with funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to be a national clearinghouse of information and resources concerning this important public health concern.