Below are sites that may be referenced for a variety of topics.
Stickler's syndrome:
Stickler syndrome, also known as hereditary arthroophthalmopathy, is a multisystem disorder that can affect the eyes and ears, skeleton and joints, and craniofacies. Symptoms may include myopia, cataract, and retinal detachment; hearing loss that is both conductive and sensorineural; midfacial underdevelopment and cleft palate; and mild spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia and/or arthritis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stickler_syndrome
http://www.sticklers.org/sip/
http://www.healthline.com/search?q1=stickler's+syndrome&
http://www.orpha.net/static/GB/stickler_syndrome.html
Cleft Palate
Oral-facial clefts are birth defects in which the tissues of the mouth or lip don't form properly during fetal development.
A child with a cleft lip or palate tends to be more susceptible to colds, hearing loss, and speech defects. Dental
problems - such as missing, extra, malformed, or displaced teeth, and
cavities - also are common in children born with cleft palate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleft_lip_and_palate
http://www.aboutfaceusa.org/
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/medical/ears/cleft_lip_palate.html
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/children/parents/special/birth/034.html
Cataracts
A cataract is a clouding of the eye's natural lens, which lies behind the iris and the pupil.
The lens is mostly made of water and protein.
As we age, some of the protein may clump together and start to cloud a small area of the lens. This is a cataract.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataract
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cataract.html
http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/cataracts.htm
http://www.aboutcataractsurgery.com./
Scoliosis
Everyone's spine has natural curves. These curves round our
shoulders and make our lower back curve slightly inward. Some people
have spines that also curve from side to side. Unlike poor posture,
these curves cannot be corrected simply by learning to stand up
straight. This condition of side-to-side spinal curves is called scoliosis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoliosis
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/brochure/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=14
http://www.rad.washington.edu/mskbook/scoliosis.html
http://www.iscoliosis.com/
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/bone/scolio.html
Reye's syndrome
Reye's syndrome is a potentially fatal disease that causes numerous detrimental effects to many organs, especially the brain and liver. It is associated with aspirin consumption by children with aspirinviral diseases such as chicken pox.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reye's_syndrome
http://www.reyessyndrome.org/
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/reyes_syndrome/reyes_syndrome.htm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/reyesyndrome.html
Allergies
Allergies are abnormal immune system reactions to things that are
typically harmless to most people. When you're allergic to something,
your immune system mistakenly believes that this substance is harmful
to your body. (Substances that cause allergic reactions, such as
certain foods, dust, plant pollen, or medicines, are known as allergens.) In an attempt to protect the body, the immune system produces IgE antibodies
to that allergen. Those antibodies then cause certain cells in the body
to release chemicals into the bloodstream, one of which is histamine (pronounced: his-tuh-meen).
The histamine then acts on a person's eyes, nose, throat, lungs,
skin, or gastrointestinal tract and causes the symptoms of the allergic
reaction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allergy
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/allergy.html
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/allergies_immune/allergies.html
Behavior Modification
Behavior modification is the use of empirically demonstrated
behavior change techniques to improve behavior, such as altering an
individual's behaviors and reactions to stimuli through positive and
negative reinforcement of adaptive behavior and/or the reduction of maladaptive behavior through positive and negative punishment."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior_modification
http://www.answers.com/topic/behavior-modification
http://specialed.about.com/od/behavioremotional/Behavior_aned_Emotional_Disabilities.htm
General Reference
http://www.shared-care.com/Issues/Health/RareDiseases
