Resources

Many of the sites I have listed below contain pages that will have links to further resources so don't imagine that the links below represent all the resources that are available. I would calculate they hold something like 1500 further links.

Publishers

I have listed individual publishers below. There is also an excellent American site which gives a comprehensive guide to the literature, its mainly American though.

Thomas Nelson and Sons is one of the oldest publishers of educational materials in the World. They publish some special needs books and also books on the national literacy strategy and the national numeracy strategy.
David Fulton Publishers produce a wide range of mainstream and special education books. This is the link to the books on individual special needs. This is the link to the top level of their catalogue.
Woodbine House is an American publishing house with a very strong list on special needs. Its books can be obtained through Amazon. This is the top-level page of its special needs catalogue.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers specialise in professional book which deal with social and behavioural science. It has a very strong list on special needs. This page details over thirty of their books on special needs and disability.
Routledge are a well established publisher who produce a wide range of books including those on special needs. Their search page threw up 25 titles with the term 'Special Needs' in it.
Oxford University Press publish some works on special needs and some general books on topics such as attention deficit syndrome. You will need to use their search facility to get through this large site.
Scholastic are a well-respected publisher who provide excellent materials on special needs in the classroom.
John Wiley are an American group with a strong British presence. They publish a number of general books on special education including their huge Encyclopedia of Special Education.
Falmer Press are a general publisher of educational books, they publish some books on behavior problems.
OAASIS (Office for Advice, Assistance, Support and Information on Special Needs) publishes lots of information sheets and guides to disabilities. Their site also contains useful links to other sites.
Thinking Publications is an American publisher that sell videos, games and books for teachers.
Future Horizons is an excellent American publisher of books on autism.
The DfE publish a number of official guides and papers. This is the link to their publications on special educational needs.

Magazines and Journals

The Times Educational Supplement is the premiere magazine/paper for teachers in the United Kingdom. They have a very strong Web site which contains a selection of current features and news together with a fully searchable archive of material that has been published from 1994. It includes not only materials that has been published in the TES, but also other education material found, for example, in major newspapers. You can also find a major listing of jobs and an excellent primary magazine.
The British Journal of Special Education publishes articles on learning difficulties in mainstream and special schools. It is published by NASEN.
NASEN also produce the 'Special' magazine quarterly, with the aim of supporting and developing good special educational needs practice in both special and mainstream schools. This magazine is highly readable with a lot of practical relevance.
British Journal of Learning Support. This covers 'the practical and theoretical issues surrounding the education of pupils with special educational needs in mainstream schools'.

Societies

All the societies and charities listed below have hefty Web sites which, almost invariably, contain lots of information, links to other sites, breaking news and document archives.

The British Dyslexia Society site is an excellent resource for teachers who have to teach dyslexic students. It includes information sheets, how to spot the signs of dyslexia, details of other dyslexia organisation and much more. An excellent starting point if you want to know anything about dyslexia.
The National Autistic Society site is the autism equivalent to the British Dyslexia site. Lots of information about autism including news, publications, an excellent document archive and much, much more.
The National Association for Special Education Needs (NASEN) is another good, general resource for the special needs teacher. It includes details of the excellent events organised by the society, details of NASEN publications, a link page to other relevant sites and links to articles and papers in NASEN journals.
The Association of Workers for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties have a site. Its site is similar to the NASEN site but smaller.
Patoss is the Professional Association of Teachers of Students with Specific Learning Difficulties.It is for all those concerned with the teaching and support of pupils with SpLD: dyslexic, dyspraxic, ADD, and Aspergers syndrome. The site contains details of events, publications and local groups. It also contains details of how to join the association.
The British Deaf Association site contains a large amount of resources including news pages, details of British sign language, short articles on deafness and what causes it and the services offered by the association.
The Royal Institution for the Blind is not just for the blind but also covers visual impairment problems. Their site contains news, products, details of fact sheets, a database of agencies who deal with visual impairment and blindness and a useful page of links to other similar sites.
The Williams Syndrome Foundation is a UK registered charity. Their Web site includes details about diagnosing Williams Syndrome and the treatments.
The American Williams Syndrome Foundation contains a good selection of publications, a newsletter and lots of links; lots more in addition to this.
The National Association for Gifted Children has a site which contains material that can be used to support both the parents and teachers of gifted children.It includes news pages, counseling services, details of publications and addressees of branches.
The Tourette Syndrome Association is an American organisation devoted to bring up-to-date information about this disability. There's quite a lot of medical stuff here, however, this is balanced by much useful material on this disability.
The Dyspraxia Foundation provide a large chunk of resources on dyspraxia including links to other sites, information pages on dyspraxia, a teenage newsletter and details of their adult support group.
The Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus has a really comprehensive site which although lacking the gloss of other sites contains a wide variety of detailed material.
WATCh is a British charity which is trying to increase the awareness of Attachment Disorder. They produce a number of useful leaflets which can be found on their site. Their site also contains a number of relevant links to other Web sites.
The National Association for Able Children in Education have a small site which contains details about conferences, publications, a forum and electronic mailing list.
Afasic is a charity which supports children with communication difficulties. This well designed site includes details of free leaflets, conferences, latest news, data about local groups and information about speech difficulties.
Downsnet is the site for the Down Syndrome Educational Trust. This charity exists to advance the development and education of children with Down Syndrome. It carries out scientific research, provides advice and supports services and organises conferences and workshops for parents and professionals.
The British Epilepsy Society has a good Web site. This incldues a good book section, an email help line and an excellent information centre. If you want to order books from Amazon then order them via their books page and the society will receive 15% commission on books on epilepsy and 5% on any other book.
The Fragile X Society has a small Web site with information about Fragile X, its causes and how to cope with it.

Resource Centres

There are a number of sites which are devoted to listing resources and links to other sites. I have detailed a number of the better ones below:

The Special Needs Education Project (SNE) is a terrific site which contains a rich amount of material on special needs. For example, a look at the dyslexia links and the electronic magazine they publish.
about.com is a huge site which details information about thousands of topics in a highly structured, easily accessible way. The section of their Web site on special needs education is huge. They also have a great page on parenting and special needs children. Most of the material is American; much of it though is widely relevant.
An excellent site which contains a large number of links to other resources is run by a Canadian lady called Jenn (I can't find her surname on her Web site). It features something called a Web ring: a group of interrelated Web sites which reference each other, in this case those that deal with special needs.
The National Grid for Learning is a very large Web site devoted to bringing resources to teachers. This is a really big site (I got 430 documents returned in a search using the keyword 'dyslexia') so you should really be familiar with the use of search engines. The site has a help page for those who are unfamiliar with this type of technology.
The THES site has a large number of links to school resources. It is worth checking out the special needs section.
The Basic Skills Agency site contains materials and information on both mathematics and literacy.
SEMERC are a specialist special needs publisher who mainly work in the IT area. Their site is an excellent one, it features a library which as as close to a dictionary of special needs as you can get. It also has a news service which looks bang up to date.
The DfE Web site has an excellent set of pages for special needs coordiantors which describe current government policy and contains a huge amount of useful material including a glossary, latest news links to working groups and links to other sites. The links contain some which the main Web sites do not refer to, for example a collection of links to schools with SEN sites.
The LD Online Web Site is a large site devoted to special needs information for parents and teachers. This is a full site which includes reams of information and high-tech features such as bulletin boards, online discussions and online newsletters. It is an American site, however, about 95% of the content is relevant to the United Kingdom.

Special Sites

The Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support site is almost certainly the first one that you should visit if you are interested in this disability. It is run from the University of Delaware; however, it is in no sense of the word an academic site. It contains material of general interest.
A site run by John Wobus contains many links to material on Autism and Asperger Syndrome. It contains an extensive list of frequently asked questions about autism.
Outside the Box is a site devoted to presenting resources on attention deficit disorder and related disabilities. There are lots of features and resource links, although the site is not the best designed one that I have come across.
The World of Multiple Sclerosis is a site which includes news, links, publications, a glossary of terms and book reviews.
The Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education contains details of publications, conferences and policies about this hot topic.
Deaf World Web is a large Web site devoted to listing resources for those with hearing disabilities. Resources are categorised with respect to countries.
The Autism UK Home Page is a useful site with an archive which contains lists of questions and responses about autism. The site is run by staff at Edinburgh University.
Disability Net is a news and information service for disabled people and for professionals and lay people who are interested in disability issues. A good first stopping place for disability information.
The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTa) provides a resource area on special needs and inclusion. This is mainly devoted to material on the use of computer and allied technologies in special needs. However, there is an excellent set of pages which contain links to the many organisations which can provide help on disabilities and disorders.
ADDnet is another terrific site; this one is about attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder. There is a massive page of links to both ADD and ADHD.
ASPEN is the American organisation for people with Asperger Syndrome. It contains some excellent articles, including one by Rosalyn Lord the coordinator of a support group in East Lancs. There is also a full section on nonverbal learning disorder. Plenty of links to other sites as well.
The British Dyslexics site is a very full site which also includes information on ADD and bullying.
There is a good archive of documents on Dyslexia at a site run by the Dyslexia Institute. For example, there is an excellent article on recognising the Dyslexic child.
The Centre for the Study of Autism has a site which includes materials on not only autism but Angleman Syndrome, Fragile X, Landau-Klefner Syndrome, Rett Syndrome and Pervasive Development Disorder. This is a very simply designed, efficient site which is well worth delving deeper into.
Tourette-Syndrome.com is a site run by the parents of children with this condition. It contains a page with over 150 links to associated material on the Web, most of these links are annotated with a description of the site they point to.