Links for More Information

Online Support Groups

• Childhood Stroke & Hemiplegia Connections of Illinois
  A non-profit support group for families with children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy, hemiplegia, hemiparesis, diplegia and/or who suffered an infant or childhood stroke.
  
• Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association
  Support and information for families with children with hemiplegia, hemiparesis, and/or pediatric stroke.
  
• HemiHelp - UK
  HemiHelp provides information and support for children with hemiplegia and their families and aims to increase public and professional awareness of hemiplegia and its associated conditions.
  
• Hemi-Kids
  Hemi-Kids is an email support group where parents of children who have hemiplegia or hemiplegic cerebral palsy share support and information.
  
• Pediatric Stroke Network
  One of the best and most thorough site devoted entirely to stroke in children. Emotional and uplifting stories from parents of children with pediatric stroke.
  

Other Sites

• Recognition and Treatment of Stroke in Children
  By the Child Neurology Society Ad Hoc Committee on Stroke in Children. Available from the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
  
• Child Neurology Foundation
  Physician-directed advocacy group for children and adolescents with neurologic and developmental disorders.
  

Last Updated: October 30, 2006