Connect with Other Kids

ActivTeen
Visit this chat room to socialize and meet other teens with disabilities from all over the world. In addition, you can visit a private chat room for Active Teen staff and for those interested in attending or starting support or information-sharing groups. Also, check out their cyber pen pals board.

Ability Online
Make friends, share ideas, and have fun at this site for kids with special needs.

Children with Diabetes
Meet other kids with diabetes from all around the world. You can make some great e-pals.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Find pen pals with chronic fatigue syndrome from all over the world.

Deafkids.com
Deafkids is made for young deaf and hard of hearing children age 17 and under from around the world to make friends through the internet.

Do-It Pals
Are you interested in a career in science, engineering, mathematics, or technology? Get tips from college students and adults with disabilities. Find a mentor to help you pursue your dreams. (Sponsored by the University of Washington.)

Dyslexia
SparkTop.org---where no two brains spark alike---is for kids who learn differently. Create...play games...meet other kids like you...and learn about dyslexia and new ways to succeed in school and in life.

E-buddies
Make a new e-mail friend at this site especially for connecting kids with disabilities.

Epilepsy Foundation eCommunities
Through the Teen Chat area of this web site, you can participate in chat rooms and e-bulletin boards, and meet others kids like you. There's a chat room just for your parents, too.

Freevibe.com
Get the facts about drugs, listen to teen peers share their stories, read about ways to help friends and family who might need help. There’s also a totally cool poetry-slam section where you can make your own poems.

International Dyslexia Association Teens Web Site
Connect with other teens who know what it's like to have dyslexia.

Kids Space Connection
Kids Space Connection is an international meeting place for children and schoolteachers. Find penpals from around the world! Check out interesting projects you can contribute to, and cool clubs you can join.

National Federation of the Blind
Slate Pals is a pen pal program for blind Braille reading students who want to write Braille letters to other students.

PatchWorx
Do you have an illness or disability? Come here and find games...puzzles...more! Make friends who share your interests, and interact with Patches, the mascot.

Pen-Pal Program
The Pen-Pal Program of the Children's Hopes & Dreams Foundation, Inc. is for children diagnosed with a chronic or life threatening illness who are 5 -18 years old. Parents should call the organization to start the process. The program gives ill children the opportunity to create friendships, support, understanding, and fun.

The Sibling Support Project
Tell your brothers and sisters about this web site that's just for them. They can join listservs and meet other kids who have a sibling with a disability.

We the Siblings
This site helps brothers and sisters of kids who have autism to meet each other.