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Associations Neurological Associations/Organizations: "The Association for the Neurologically Disabled of Canada (A.N.D. Canada) is a Canadian non-profit charitable organization. We dedicate ourselves to providing functional rehabilitation programs to individuals with non-progressive neurological disabilities. With the help of A.N.D., higher achievement is within reach. Our goal is to help the neurologically disabled reach their full potential by treating the cause of the neurological disability rather than the symptom."Brain Talk Communities - Neurology Support Groups An excellent collection of online patient support group forums from the Massachusetts General Hospital. Organized by neurological condition. The International Child Neurology Association "An organisation devoted to the improvement of all aspects of the health and welfare of children with neurological disorders." "The National Center for Neurogenic Communication Disorders is... concerned with speech and language disorders caused by diseases of the nervous system. The Center has been made possible by a grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, a division of the National Institutes of Health. Center personnel conduct research and provide opportunities for research training in areas that include muscular control of speech and voice production, auditory and visual perception of speech, cognition, and the impairment of language function after stroke or as a result of nervous system disease... The Center also operates programs that offer information dissemination to the public and continuing education for professionals through print and electronic communications links, and through face-to-face meetings."See E-mail discussion lists for information about NCNCD's forums. "The nation's leading supporter of biomedical research on disorders of the brain and nervous system."The Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS) The Academy of Neurologic Communications Disorders and Sciences ANCDS, is a group of professionals interested in encouraging the highest quality of life for adults and children with neurologic communication disorders.The Child Neurology Home Page - list of available internet resources in Child Neurology, both for professionals and patients. |
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