Resources & Links of Interest


We attempt to provide up-to-date links to sites that we believe might be of interest to our visitors. We do not necessarily endorse the products or services that one may find by following links from our pages, nor are we responsible for the accuracy of the content on those pages.


GENERAL NEUROLOGY

Indestructible NEW! - A documentary film written and directed by ALS survivor Ben Byer
Blindsight NEW! - Award-winning documentary film about blind, teenage climbers on Mt. Everest.

Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center
American Academy of Neurology - Comprehensive site w/ informative Patient Info. Guide
American Council for Headache Education
Beth Abraham Health Services - Bronx, NY
Camp Winston - operates a residential recreational summer programme for campers with complex neurological disorders
Canadian Medical Association
Columbia University Department of Neurology
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation, Inc.
Dana BrainWeb - Brain Diseases & Disorders. Info for the layperson.
Encephalitis Global
Encephalitis Support Group- UK based with possible American org. pending
International Agnosia Foundation
National Aphasia Association
National Organization for Rare Disorders
National Parkinson Foundation
National Stroke Association
Neuro-Psychoanalysis Society
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association, Europe
Savant Syndrome
Synesthesia: Phenomenology And Neuropsychology
Synesthesia and the Synesthetic Experience


AUTISM

Autism Research Institute
The Autism Society of America
Autism Tissue Program - the first parent-led brain tissue donation program dedicated to autism research
Rosalie Winard - autism community photography
Exploring Autism - This site is maintained by Duke University Medical Center and Tufts/New England Medical Center to help families affected with autism better understand the disorder and its genetic components as well as the latest genetic autism research information.
National Alliance for Autism Research
The Geek Syndrome - from Wired Magazine


DEAFNESS, HEARING, & LANGUAGE

HandSpeak: A Sign Language Dictionary Online
Hear the World - a hearing initiative
Vital Signs - author Susan Shaller's site


MUSIC

RadioLab: Musical Language
Williams Syndrome on NPR's All Things Considered October 14, 2006.
Piano Matchmaker - the website of Erica vanderLinde Feidner
The Grunyons
Two Hands - the Oscar-nominated, short film about pianist Leon Fleisher


MUSIC THERAPY

Music Has Power - a program of the Institute of Music and Neurologic Function at Beth Abraham Hospital
Music Works Wonders
www.musictherapy.org
www.musictherapyworld.de
www.cbmt.org
www.musica.uci.edu - research
INFOGRAPHY about Music -- Neurologic Rehabilitation - sources of information selected by a professor who is a specialist about neurologic rehabilitation using music.


STEREOSCOPY

If you have read Dr. Sacks' piece on Stereo Sue (The New Yorker,June 19, 2006) and are seeking a medical referral, please read the following:

Since everyone's vision is different, you should have your vision checked by an optometrist who provides optometric vision therapy. You can find such a doctor by checking the College of Optometrists in Vision Development website and clicking on the Find A Doctor box. In particular, look for an optometrist who is a Fellow of COVD, that has FCOVD listed after his/her name.

Going Binocular: Susan's First Snowfall - Morning Edition, June 26, 2006
[see also: VISION]


TOURETTE

http://ourworld.cs.com/TouretteEmail/ - Tic Talk. Links, resources, email groups, chat.
Michael Wolff
Tourette Syndrome Association
Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada - site in English and French
Life's A Twitch


VISION

Eco - Blindness and the arts
The Achromatopsia Network - Colourblindness
[see also: STEREOSCOPY]


WILLIAMS:

Williams Syndrome Association
Williams Syndrome Foundation - Comprehensive site
Williams Syndrome on NPR's All Things Considered October 14, 2006.
Growing Up Different - Williams Syndrome PBS special with Alan Alda (Scientific American Frontiers program)


BOTANY:

American Fern Society
New York Botanical Garden
Palm & Cycad Societies of Florida
Love, Loss and an Imposter in the Kitchen From NPR: Oliver Sacks talks plants -- psilotum in specific.

CHEMISTRY:

Dr. Sacks' Visit with Theodore Gray - winner of the 2002 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his beautifully crafted, wooden, periodic-table table
Chemical Heritage Foundation
Chemistry Societies Network
History of Chemistry Page Classic Chemistry compiled by Carmen Giunta
Periodic Table from Los Alamos National Laboratory's Chemistry Division
Science is Fun - University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry Professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, shares the fun of science through home science activities, demonstration shows, videos, and books. Information about these and other science fun stuff is available here.
Visual Elements - a visual interpretation of the periodic table (very cool!)
Web Elements Periodic Table


PERSONAL WEBSITES

Dr. Temple Grandin's Webpage - mostly about animal science, with a link to her book on Autism
Franco Magnani's site - the memory artist
Stephen Wiltshire's site
Encephalitis Cases
Brazilian Site by Andreia H. re: Dr. Sacks
Don Donin's Page - for adults with Tourette


SPECTROSCOPES & SCIENCE KITS:

Edmund Scientific - lots of science fun including high-end and affordable spectroscopes
Gemmological Association of Great Britain - click on Gem-A Shop to find the pocket spectroscopes


MISCELLANEOUS:

Biblioteca Virtual de Literatura - a Brazilian internet compiler of useful information for literature students, teachers and researchers, as well as readers in general.
The Cephalopod Page
Markey & Asplund Bookbinders - Hand bookbinding and repair
IronAge - Commemorating Bodybuilding's Glory Days