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Resources

General Resources

• Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy
   

• Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation
   

• Muscular Dystrophy Association
   

• National Initiative for Families with Duchenne
   

• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
   

• World Forum Neuromuscular Disease

Sites for Kids:

• The Meaning of Muscular Dystrophy
   

• Kids’ Quest on Disability and Health

Resources for Teachers:

• Middle and high school lesson plans about muscular dystrophy
   

Resources on Genetics:

• The Cooperative Research Centre’s “Learning Centre”
   

• The Genetic Science Learning Center
   

• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s “DNA From the Beginning” 
   

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ “Understanding Gene Testing”
   

• National Human Genome Research Institute

Provides link to non-governmental sites and does not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for  Disease Control and Prevention.

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Date: September 1, 2006
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities