Using The Internet - A Guide For Parents Of Children With Disabilities Or Chronic Health Conditions
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
Family Village Guide to the Internet offers several articles that help parents begin the process of locating information and resources online.
If you ever feel lost at sea finding resources specific to your needs, then help is at hand. Linda Rowley & Ernie Colantonio of the Family Village Project at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin - Madison have created three very fine documents to help.
The Basics,"An Introduction to the Internet" which includes a list of common disability and health acronyms.
,Communicating On-Line with Others,Information on Internet Mailing Lists, Usenet Newsgroups, IRC, Web Boards, and Parent-to-Parent Matching Programs.
Finding Information,General Search Engines, Special Search Engines, On-Line Periodicals, Data Bases and Web Sites that have information of interest to parents of children with special health care needs.
Happy surfing!
Guide To Using The Internet