Text Box: The following are websites that provide supportive information for families: Beach Center on Families and Disability. www.beachcenter.org Schwab Learning www.schwablearning.org   Easter Seals www.easter-seals.org   Text Box: World Association for Children and Parents (WACAP), sponsors of the Family Finder Project which helps find homes for children who are older or have special needs www.wacap.org   Vision USA-providing free eye exams for low income, uninsured workers and their families.  Call 800-766-4466 or apply on line at www.aoa.org/visionusa.  You may also contact the Family Support Text Box: Project Office at 1-800-871-7004 and we will send you an copy of the online application.   National Resource Center on ADHD www.help4adhd.org 1-800-233-4050   Idaho Careline and 211-connecting families to health and human service providers and programs www.careline.org (206)297-6368   Text Box: Included is information on estate planning, finding the right lawyer or knowledgeable financial planner, wills, special-needs trust, government benefits, savings aoptions insurance plans and other available resources.  To order a copy of this free Text Box: Easter Seals and the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) have collaborated to create a 72-page financial planning booklet for parents, caregivers, grandparents or others involved in the care of a child with special needs.  Text Box: booklet, send a $5 check for shipping/handling, payable to: With Open Arms Easter Seals Suite 1800 230 W. Monroe Chicago, IL 60606     Text Box: Web Focus Text Box: Financial Guide for Parents of Children with Special Needs Text Box: Sibkids and Sibnet Listservs Text Box: SibKids (for younger brothers and sisters) and SibNet (for adult brother and sisters) offer an opportunity to connect with their peers from around the world.  They are informative communities where young Text Box: and adult brothers and sisters share information and discuss issues of common interest.  Anyone who has email can subscribe to SibKids and SibNet for free.  http://www.thearc.org/siblingssupport/ Don Meyer, Director Sibling Support Project of the Arc of the US (206)297-6368 do donmeyer@siblingupport.org       Text Box: The Sibling Support Project of the Arc of the US is pleased to announce SibNet and SibKids, the only listservs for and about brothers and sisters of people with special health, developmental, and emotional needs.  Both Text Box: Page 3 Text Box: Volume 1, Issue 4

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