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Support for Teens

These sites address the unique needs of children and teens facing intestinal disease, and allow you to connect with other young people with IBS, IBD, Celiac and GERD.

Band-Aids and Blackboards

This is a site about growing up with medical problems ...any ol' type. Its goal is to help people understand what it's like, from the perspective of the children and teens who are living with illness.
http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/faculty/jfleitas/bandaides/contteen.html

Cel-Kids Network (Celiac Sprue Association)

Cel-Kids Network provides children and youth opportunities to means to share experiences with others of their age-group who are also living with CD/DH.
http://www.csaceliacs.org/CelKidsNetwork.php

Crohn's 4 young Adults

This is a site for young people who have Crohn's disease, IBS, Colitis, IBD, bowel problems or anyone one who has been affected by intestinal diseases, whether patients or friends/relatives.
http://www.crohns4youngadults.co.uk/

Growing up IBD

Website dedicated to raising awareness about Inflammatory Bowel Disease (also known as Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis) which affects children all over the world and lowers their quality of life.
www.growingupibd.org

IBD Kidz World Forum

http://ibdsupport.dragonpack.com/index.php?
s=442382a62147a242889ab18659ca49e0&showforum=3

Kids Corner (National Foundation for Celiac Awareness)

Our goal is to provide fun and facts for Celiac children and their families. There will be recipes, holiday ideas, news about Celiac disease and more.
http://www.celiacawareness.org/Kids_Corner/17/

UOAA Teen Network

Teen Network was founded by Jude and Cheryl Ebbinghaus, and Brittney Sherman to provide a support group for teens with bowel and/bladder dysfunction or disease. They work closely with United Ostomy Associations of America (UOAA), as well as the Youth Rally; a camp for kids and teens between the ages of 11 and 17 who suffer from bowel and/bladder dysfunction or disease.
http://www.teenntwrk.com/index.html

Starbright World

A site for chronically ill teens where you can build a profile, blog and chat with people around the world
http://www.starbrightworld.org/

Teen IBD

Teenibd is an online community for young people with Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn's Disease and those with Ostomies.
www.teenibd.co.uk

Teens With Crohn's Disease

This site is a place to share stories and information for teens, by teens with Crohn's Disease, Colitis, or IBS
http://pages.prodigy.net/mattgreen/index.htm

Young ia (The Ileostomy and Internal Pouch Support Group)

Young ia aims to support the association's younger members, and other young people, either pre-surgery or post-surgery, who undergo either an ileostomy or an internal pouch.
http://www.youngia.org.uk/

Young Ostomate and Diversion Alliance of America (Y.O.D.A.A)

Discussion Board
http://www.uoaa.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=7