How Come You Look Different?:

Resources on Craniofacial Anomalies

Disfigurement Guidance

http://www.timewarp.demon.co.uk/

Provides resources and links on the psychological effects of facial differences.

Dysmorphic Syndromes

http://www.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk/DHMHD/view_human.html

Provides a visual representation of a variety of syndromes.

Hearing and Behavior in the Child with Cleft Palate

http://www.samizdat.com/pp4.html

Provides information on hearing problems sometimes associated with clefts, and influences on behavior due to hearing difficulties.

(Clinic) Hellenic Craniofacial Center

http://www.craniofacial.org/

Provides resources about cleft lips and palates and other craniofacial anomalies.

(Clinic) Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at NYU

http://mcrcr4.med.nyu.edu/PlasticSurg/

Provides resources and links on reconstructive plastic surgery.

(Clinic) International Craniofacial Institute

http://www.salyermd.com/

Provides resources and links on cleft lips and palates and other craniofacial anomalies.

Operation Smile Internet Headquarters

http://www.operationsmile.org/

Provides information from the Operation Smile program, which assists people with craniofacial anomalies throughout the world.

Recommended Criteria for Insurance Coverage

http://www.plasticsurgery.org/profinfo/pospap/cle.htm

Provides guidelines of insurance coverage for surgical procedures for cleft lips and palates.

Worldoc: World Online Directory of Facial and Ocular Prosthetic Makers.

http://www.generation.net/%7Eocuplast/wooc.htm

Provides assistance in locating manufacturers of facial and ocular prosthetic devices.


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