Communication Exceptionalities

  • Autism 
  • Learning Disability 
  • Hard of Hearing 
  • Speech Impairment 
  • Developmental Language Delays or Language Impairment
Autism Spectrum Disorder:
ABACUS - A List of ABA Providers Servicing Ontario
Apps for ASD iPod Touch Project
Asperger's Society of Ontario
Assistive Technology for Individuals with ASD
Autism Central
Autism - Geneva Centre
Autism Ontario
Autism Society Canada
Autism Speaks
Autism Fact Sheet
Board Maker Sample: Visual Schedule Aids
CAIRN - Canadian Autism Intervention Research Network
Cooking with Autism
Educate Autism
Effective Educational Practices for Students with ASD - Ministry Document 2007
First Signs
INSAR - International Society for Autism Research
Life Journey Through Autism - An Educator's Guide to Asperger's Syndrome
Life Journey Through Autism - An Educator's Guide to Autism
Life Journey Through Autism - Transition to Adulthood
Model Me Kids - Social Skills Training Videos (available to purchase)
National Autistic Society
Ontario Autism Coalition
Organization for Autism Research
Paula Kluth:  Toward Inclusive Classrooms and Communities (focus on ASD)
Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS)
Positively Autism
Research Autism - Scholarly Articles
Rett Syndrome
Simple Strategies that Work
Students with Autism - Ontario Ministry of Education
Supporting Students with Asperger's Syndrome
Transition Tips

Learning Disability:
Improving the Lives of Children with Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Association of Canada
Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario
Learning Disabilities Association of Ottawa-Carleton
Learning Disabilities: Child Development Institute
Learning Disabilities Resource Community
LD Resource Guide
Learning Disabilities World Wide
Misunderstood Minds
National Center for Learning Disabilities
Non-Verbal Learning Disability
Non-Verbal Learning Disability Handouts
Processing Deficits
Smart Kids with LD
Teaching LD
Types of Learning Disorders and their Signs
Understanding Learning Disabilities - FAT City Educational Films


Deaf and Hard of Hearing:
Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf
Central Auditory Processing Disorder
Hearing and Communication Resource Guide
Understanding Hearing Loss
World Federation of the Deaf
World Health Organization: Deafness
Usher Syndrome
Voice - for Hearing Impaired Children

Speech and Language Impairments:
Apraxia Kids
Dyspraxia
Handbook on Language and Literacy Development
Kaufman Children's Center: For Speech, Language, Sensory-motor and Social Connections
Ontario Association for Families of Children with Communication Disorders
OSLA - Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
Stuttering Information Sheet
Unscrambling Scrambled Speech