INTELLECTUAL+DISABILITES

**I. POSTER ASSIGNMENT ** **: **
 * INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY WEBSITES ** **: **[[image:brain_injury.htm_txt_brainm.gif width="131" height="111"]] 

Use //T[|he Consumer Health Complete database]// available through Ebsco. Check //[|The Encyclopedia Britannica]// for general information on your topic. //[|World Book Advanced]// also has information on many of your topics.
 * II. SPECIALIZED WEBSITES - CHECK THESE SITES OUT FIRST: **

 // // [|About Down Syndrome - Kids Health]  [|Down Syndrome - National Down Syndrome Society]  [|Down Syndrome - Topic Overview - Web MD] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|Down Syndrome Symptoms - MED TV] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|Down Syndrome - National Institute of Health] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Down Syndrome - New York Times Health Guide] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Down Syndrome - Mayo Health Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|Down Syndrome - Medicine Net.com]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">III. GENERAL WEBSITES **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1. DOWN SYNDROME: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"><http://disabledvillagechildren.projects.unamesa.org/dwe00234> // <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|Neonatal hypothyroidism] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|Cretinism - Congenital hypothyroidism] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Cretinism - Symptom, Causes, Treatment of Cretinism] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Neonatal hypothyroidism - Pub Med Health]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2. CRETINISM: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"><http://depts.washington.edu/transmet/The%20process/essential.htm> // <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Phenylketonuria] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Phenylketonuria (PKU) - Mayo Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Phenylketonuria: What is it?] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Phenylketonuria (PKU)] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Phenylketonuria (PKU) - Health Link BC] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Phenylketonuria: Medline Plus] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Phenylketonuria - BBC - Health]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">3. PHENYLKETONURIA (PKU): **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"><http://www.danbullard.com/dan/brain_size.html> // <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Macrocephaly - Children's Healthcare of Atlanta] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Microcephaly - Children's Healthcare of Atlanta] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Increased head circumference - Medline Plus] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Macrocephaly - Health Line] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Microcephaly - Mayo Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|What is Microcephaly? - KidsGrowth.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|Microcephaly - Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|NINDS Microcephaly Information Page] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Microcephaly - MedicineNet.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Microcephaly in Children - Children's Hospital Cleveland Clinic]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">4. MACROCEPHALY & MICROCEPHALY: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> // <http://www.upright-health.com/normal-pressure-hydrocephalus.html> // <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hydrocephalus Fact Sheet] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Information about Hydrocephalus] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hydrocephalus Also called: Water on the brain - Medline Plus] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hydrocephalus - Medicine.Net] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|Hydrocephalus] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hydrocephalus - Mayo Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|What is hydrocephalus?] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hydrocephalus and Treatment: Shunts and Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|NINDS Hydrocephalus Information Page] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hydrocephalus - Brain Foundation] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hydrocephalus - Medline Plus]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">5. HYDROCEPHALUS: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"><http://www.brocku.ca/vrbaby/parenting/faces/3.php> // <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Kids Health] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Canadian Pediatric Society] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Eye test could help diagnose fetal alcohol syndrome - CBC News] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) - Public Health Agency of Canada] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Teaching Students With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Effects] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) - Centres for Disease Control and Prevention] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Eight Magic Keys: Developing Successful Interventions for Students with FAS] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Parents Guide to Caring for a Child Diagnosed With FAS] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Independent Living for People With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fact Sheet - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Medicine.Net] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - Caring For Kids] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Study offers new hope for kids with fetal alcohol syndrome] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fetal alcohol syndrome - Mayo Health]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">6. FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"><http://jacobbarnett.org/autism-defined/> // <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|About Autism Spectrum Disorders - Health Canada] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|What is Asperger Syndrome? - Asperger Society of Ontario] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Autism: Making sense of a confusing world - CBC News: Health] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Autisim Spectrum Disorders: An Overview - Autism Ontario] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Article Library: Austism Awareness Centre, Inc.] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|NINDS Autism Information Page] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Autism Society Canada's Website] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|What Is Autism? What is Autism Spectrum Disorder? - Autism Speak] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Autism Research Institute] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Autism - Mayo Clinic]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">7. AUTISM: **

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"><http://www.autism-help.org/comorbid-fragile-x-syndrome.htm> // <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|National Fragile X Foundation] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fragile X Syndrome - Medicine Net.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fragile X Syndrome - Health Scout] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fragile X Syndrome - National Institute of Health] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fragile X Syndrome] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|Fragile X Syndrome - Medscape Reference] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fragile X Syndrome Cause of inherited mental retardation - About.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fragile X syndrome - A.D.A.M. Multimedia Encyclopedia - Penn State Hershey] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fragile X Syndrome - New York Times Health Guide]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">8. FRAGILE X SYNDROME: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"><http://jmg.bmj.com/content/42/1/1.full> // <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Manitoba Rett Syndrome Association] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|About Rett Syndrome - International Rett Syndrome Foundation] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Rett Syndrome Fact Sheet - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Rett Syndrome - Health Link BC] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|What is Rett Syndrome - Rett Syndrome Society of Alberta] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Rett Syndrome - National Institute of Child Health and Development] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Rett syndrome - Mayo Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Rett syndrome - Genetics Home Reference] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Rett Syndrome - K12 Academics] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Rett Syndrome - Brain Foundation] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Rett syndrome - Mayo Clinic Articles]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">9. RETT SYNDROME: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"><http://smithsystem.com/furniture/booktruck-8/> // <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">A. Check the cart labeled Ms. Kachel's Intellectual Disability Poster Assignment.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">IV. LIBRARY REFERENCE SOURCES: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">REF 610 MER //The Merck Manual// REF 610.3 ENC //Encyclopedia of Family Health// <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">REF 616.003 DIS //Diseases// REF 616.024 ENG //The Complete Canadian Health Guide// <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">REF 616.042 GAL The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">B. Check the following reference books for information on your topic: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Not sure whether or not you are plagiarising - check one of these sites for more information. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Library Plagiarism Workshop <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|PLAGIARISM - WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO AVOID IT:]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">V. AVOIDING PLAGIARISM: **

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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">VII. CITING YOUR SOURCES: **