Resources
Articles by David Spero, RN
The Stress-Diabetes
Connection: Where It Comes From — How to Deal With
It
published on mendosa.com
Five Steps to Getting Better
with Chronic Conditions
Staying Ahead of the
Curve
Get a Better Mirror
Rhythm is Life
Put Your Body First
Questions/answers on chronic illness
and self-care
Suggestions for
conserving your energy
Articles from The Learning Place:
The
Healing Value of Sex
Learning
About SSDI Disability
Links to helpful web sites
Disability Resources
Monthly Guide to disability resources on the Internet
An incredibly
complete site including legal, financial, assistive technology,
employment, housing, and education information, as well as health info,
hundreds of topics started by readers, and many hundred links.
Pain.com
Information, bookstore,
message boards.
The
Learning Place on-line
Information, support, mainstream and
alternative approaches to illness, good advice and inspiration for
living, and a lot of fun.
Diabetes Self-management
online magazine
Excellent approach similar to mine. Articles,
books.
Arthritis
Insight.com
Support, information, news, message boards, events
Social Security and Disability Resource
Center
How to file for Social Security Disability and SSI, how to
appeal, how to navigate the system.
Rest
Ministries
Christian support groups for chronic illness - books,
articles, support for caregivers, chat, message boards.
MSWorld
Chat, resources,
information for multiple sclerosis
Lupus support
Just
chat and message boards, but an extremely warm, friendly community.
Still in development.
Stanford Patient
Education Research Center
Info on the Chronic Disease
Self-management program - where the program is being given, how to bring
it to your facility, research supporting it. Probably of most interest to
health care providers and educators.
Invisible Disabilities
Association
One woman keeps this site going. Offers products,
support boards and articles.
Support Groups for
60 chronic conditions
Accurate, up-to-date contact info + advice
from Audrey Kron, a psychologist with Crohn's Disease.
Darlene Cohen
Movement
therapist, spiritual leader and author with rheumatoid arthritis. A
tremendous source of practical and spiritual advice and support.
Healingwell.com
A huge and
wonderful collection of articles, books, and other resources --
mainstream, alternative, and self-help-- on dozens of conditions, and on
chronic illness in general.
Special Needs Family
Fun
This delightful site is full of information and resources for
families dealing with disabilities, special needs, chronic illness or
special situation. Also has good wellness pages.
Crohns disease and
stress
Terrific information on mainstream, complementary and
self-care methods, sources of support, forums and articles. Input
from professionals and regular people. A great site.
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