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• Kids and Teens: Your Family: Young Caregivers  (13)

» Bandaides and Blackboards: Teens [ Teens/Mature 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.




» 2bMe [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - 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.




» Can Do Kids [ Kids/Teens ] - 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.




» Child and Youth Health: ADHD - How It Can Affect Teenagers [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Tells how it affects school work, friendships, and relationships with siblings. Tips for managing this disorder, using medication, and feeling good.




» Child and Youth Health: Cancer - Living With It [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Discusses different feelings that happen, talking about the disease, dealing with other people and how life changes.




» Child and Youth Health: Cancer - When Your Brother or Sister has Cancer [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Explains feelings that many teens may have, how to be supportive of a sick sibling and helpful things to do.




» Child and Youth Health: Dyslexia - Coping With It [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Tips for teens include how to help yourself, why exercise is important, getting support for school projects, and building self-esteem.




» Child and Youth Health: Living With a Disability [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Tells what it is, your rights, living with family and friends, and dealing with teasing and bullying. Section for brothers and sisters.




» Communicating With and About People with Disabilities [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Explains why using the right language is important, and gives a list of phrases to use, as well as terms which are not recommended.




» Diabetes.org: Just for Teens [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Humorous article about how hormone changes, eating disorders, drugs, and alcohol affect blood sugar control. [PDF]




» Diabetes.org: Your Parents and Your Diabetes [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Humorous article about why parents ask so many questions, how diabetes affects the whole family, and what to do to keep things smooth. [PDF]




» Disability Social History Project [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Presents short biographies of famous people who had a disabling mental or physical illness.




» Family Matters: Getting Along with Your Brothers and Sisters [ Kids/Teens ] - Three tips to help kids and teens talk to siblings about serious illnesses.




» The Invisible Ones [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - A place of support and communication for kids who have siblings with chronic or life-threatening illness.




» Kids Quest on Disability and Health [ Kids/Teens ] - Explains what a disability is and answers common questions about living with one.




» Listen to Our Stories [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - 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.




» My Brother Has Asperger Syndrome [ Kids ] - Explains one boy's experiences growing up with a sibling with a disability.




» National Association of Blind Students [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - 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.]




» Questions Kids Ask About Blindness [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Provides answers to the most common questions asked by both blind and sighted children about how affected people manage with daily life.




» SB-Teens [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Discussion group for teens with spina bifida to exchange ideas, stories, or just chat. Siblings welcome.




» Seeing Disabilities from a Different Perspective [ Kids ] - 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.




» SparkTop.org [ Kids ] - Activity-based site for kids. Paint pictures, write stories and poems, and talk to other kids with difficulties.




» Starbright World [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Offers chronically ill teens a place to blog, chat, find old friends, and meet new friends throughout the United States and Canada.




» Supporting Siblings [ Mature Teens ] - 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. [PDF]




» The Survival Guide for Kids with LD [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Lists ten ways that kids with learning disabilities can make life easier for themselves at school. Includes quotes from affected children.




» Teens Living with Cancer: Brothers and Sisters [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Stories from other brothers and sisters describing their experiences with a sick brother or sister.




» Teens with Chronic Diseases [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Support group for teens between the ages of 12-21. Open to anyone with any chronic disease including cancer.




» When Meeting Friends with Disabilities [ Kids/Teens ] - Information about what is okay to say or do when a friend has a disability.