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11. Clothes Off Our Back Swarovski Auction

What It Is: An auction of Swarovski crystal star ornaments autographed by celebrities and jewelry worn by them. Proceeds go to Clothes Off Our Back charities, including "The Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA (dedicated to improving treatments for girls and boys with leukemia, aplastic anemia, solid tumors, blood diseases, and various genetic disorders)." ... Read more

12. Fun Things to Do

Your super-sized listing of Five Fun Things to Do Today -- including a family activity, a site for the kids, a shopping site, a site offering humor or inspiration about parenting children with special needs, and a site that's just silly or fun. Read more

13. Weekly Round-Up

Here's your weekend round-up of all the articles, blog posts, and site updates you may have missed from the past week in About Parenting Special Needs. Read more

14. Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism

What It Is: "Our mission is to support families affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder. We are committed to increasing awareness of the challenges of living with autism and helping families find resources to help address those challenges. We provide individuals with autism and their families an opportunity to improve their quality of life by funding educational, therapeutic, recreational and advocacy programs." ... Read more

15. Interactives

What It Is: "'Interactives' provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in a variety of curricular areas." ... Read more

16. Doing What Works

What It Is: "Doing What Works (DWW) is a website sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. The goal of DWW is to create an online library of resources that may help teachers, schools, districts, states and technical assistance providers implement research-based instructional practice." ... Read more

17. Games With Words

What It Is: "GamesWithWords.org is a Web-based research laboratory. The games are experiments probing the nature of language." ... Read more

18. Whiz Kid Games

What It Is: "A games portal for autistic children. The games are a free resource that aim to help autistic children to develop independent living skills." ... Read more

19. Fun Things to Do

Your super-sized listing of Five Fun Things to Do Today -- including a family activity, a site for the kids, a shopping site, a site offering humor or inspiration about parenting children with special needs, and a site that's just silly or fun. Read more

20. Weekly Round-Up

Here's your weekend round-up of all the articles, blog posts, and site updates you may have missed from the past week in About Parenting Special Needs. Read more