RESOURCES - GENETICS

GENERAL - Information

• Great Site for Genetics Info - Genetic Science Learning Center - gslc.genetics.utah.edu/

• Genetic Disorders Information for Students - gslc.genetics.utah.edu/students.html#anchordisorders

• Chromosone Abnormalities

• Single Gene Disorders

• 30 New Mutations per Lifetime

GENERAL - People

Families with Fetuses with Genetic Disorders - gslc.genetics.utah.edu/disorders/definition/treatment.html

Camp for Kids with Genetic Differences - gslc.genetics.utah.edu/disorders/nfcamp.html

• TrainGoSorry - Deaf Culture - traingosorry.com/
• Perspectives on Deaf People - www.signmedia.com/info/adc.htm
• Intro to Sign Language - www.signmedia.com/info/asl.htm
• Gallaudet Research Institute - gri.gallaudet.edu/
• Deaf Resource Library (U.S. and Japan) - www.deaflibrary.org/
• Gallaudet University - www.gallaudet.edu
• Black Deaf Advocates - www.nbda.org/
• Black Deaf Resources - www.deafweb.org/blackdef.htm
• Deaf Latinos/Latinas Resources - www.deafvision.net/aztlan/

DEAF - People

• Juliette Low, Founder, Girl Scouts - www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/low-jul.htm
• Marlee Matlin, Actor - www.marleematlinsite.com/
• I. King Jordan, President, Gallaudet University - depts.gallaudet.edu/public.relations/visitor/ikjbio.html
• Mike Gahan, Deaf pastor - www.arbc.org/staff/mike.html

DOWN SYNDROME - Information

• Comparison of Down Syndrome and Normal Karyotypes
• Capabilities Unlimited, Inc. - www.brugold.com/cui.html
• National Down Syndrome Society - www.ndss.org/
• Parent Support - www.nas.com/downsyn/parent.html
• Down Syndrome Web Links - www.nas.com/downsyn/index.html

DOWN SYNDROME - People

• Sandra Jensen - - bipolar.mentalhelp.net/articles/down1.htm
• Sandra Jensen Obituary - cgi.cnn.com/US/9705/25/disabled.transplant/
• Christopher Burke - Actor - www.arcark.org/drbethinterview.html
• Jason Kingsley and Mitchell Levitz - writers - www.brugold.com/count.html
  

SICKLE CELL ANEMIA - Information

• Encyclopedia from HealthCentral - www.healthcentral.com/mhc/top/000527.cfm
• The Sickle Cell Information Center - www.emory.edu/PEDS/SICKLE/

SICKLE CELL ANEMIA - People

• Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins - Musician (TLC) - www.usatoday.com/life/health/doctor/lhdoc233.htm
• More about the band, TLC - http://people.aol.com/people/pprofiles/tlc/bio.html
• Profiles of people with Sickle Cell Anemia - www.emory.edu/PEDS/SICKLE/ptstory.htm
• Dr. Vance H. Marchbanks Jr. - “Sickle Cell Trait and the Black Airman” - courant.ctnow.com/projects/bhistory/marchban.htm

OTHER GENETIC DISORDERS - Information

• Little People of America - www.lpaonline.org/
• Medical info and resources for Little People - www.lpaonline.org/resources_library.html
• Centralized Dwarfism Resources - www.dwarfism.org/library/index.phtml
• Marfan Syndrome - www.marfan.org
• Turner Syndrome - www.turner-syndrome-us.org/

OTHER GENETIC DISORDERS - People

• Jennie Logsdon Martin - Marfan Syndrome - Writer, Angler, Pianist - http://www.anglerannie.com/Interviews/jennie.htm
• Susan Campbell - President of the Southern CA National Marfan Foundation - http://216.121.127.113/index.html
• Turner Syndrome Society - General info with profiles of people with Turners Syndrome - http://www.turner-syndrome-us.org/
• Michael Ain, Physician (Dwarf) - http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/0499web/ortho.html
• Martha Stanley, Teacher (Dwarf) - http://www.timesdispatch.com/flair/MGBQTGVLPLC.html
• Anu Singh, a short statured woman from India, raised in Boston - http://www.boston.com/globe/magazine/1998/11-15/featurestory2/