American Speech Hearing Association (ASHA) -www.asha.org/public
ASHA is the professional and credentialing association for audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and hearing scientists. On this site, you will find information on emergent literacy, speech and language development patterns, speech and language disorders like autism, apraxia of speech, stuttering, and more.
Apraxia Kids - www.apraxia-kids.org
Apraxia Kids is a resource for parents that would like to learn about childhood apraxia of speech. The site also contains a vast library of articles related to childhood apraxia of speech.
Autism Society of America - www.autism-society.org
The Autism Society of America is a site that has extensive information about autism spectrum disorders. On this site, you will also find the Autism Source database, which contains information on local resources, providers, services, and support.
UPS for DOWNS - http://www.upsfordowns.org/
A local support group for parents of children born with Down Syndrome. We serve hundreds of families in the Chicago/Metro area and are a parent-run, volunteer organization that accomplishes these activities with minimal financial resources:
School of Communication at Northwestern University - www.communication.northwestern.edu
Home of the school of communication at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.