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Disability-Related Resources
Learning DisabilitiesCONNECTICUT Connecticut Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities (CACLD) CACLD is an independent, regional, non-profit organization dedicated to children and adults with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders. Since 1963 parents and professionals have joined together in this Association to share their mutual concerns, provide current information, and offer direction and support.
Since 1964, LDA of Connecticut has helped families and individuals in Connecticut who are affected by learning disabilities. LDA of Connecticut assists these individuals, both children and adults, in securing appropriate educational and employment opportunities. LDA of Connecticut is committed to improving the quality of life for these individuals. Disability Resources is a nonprofit organization estaglished to promote and improve awareness, availability and accessibility of information that can help people with disabilities life, learn, love, work, and play independently. They serve thousands of individuals with disabilities through a multidisciplinary network of service providers and consumers. In order to reach as many people with disabilities as cost effectively as possible, they target their services and publications to libraries, disability organizations, independent living centers, rehabilitation facilities, educational institutions, and health and social service providers. Visit their site for Connecticut resources via the above link or visit their home page at www.disabilityresources.org.
Disability Resources is a nonprofit organization established to promote and improve awareness, availability and accessibility of information that can help people with disabilities life, learn, love, work, and play independently. Disability Resources serves thousands of individuals with disabilities through a multidiscipllinary network of service providers and consumers. In order to reach as many people with disabilities as cost effectively as possible, they target their services and publications to libraries, disability organizations, independent living centers, rehabilitation facilities, educational institutions, and health and social service providers. Visit their section on learning disabilities via the above link.
This site is intended to be a beginning point for research by parents, educators, state, and federal staff members, and other interested parties into a wide range of issues involving disabilities and disability law. There are thousands of resource links available on this site. The above link will take you directly to the section on learning disabilities.
The IDA is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals with dyslexia, their families, and the communities that support them. IDA is the oldest learning disabilities organization in the nation ~ founded in 1949 in memory of Dr. Samuel T. Orton, a distinguished neurologist. Throughout IDA's rich history, their goal has been to provide the most comprehensive forum for parents, educators, and researchers to share their experiences, methods, and knowledge.
The Job Accommodation Network is a service provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). One of of several ODEP projects, JAN's mission is to facilitate the employment and retention of workers with disabilities by providing employers, employment providers, people with disabilities, their family members and other interested parties with information on job accommodations, entrepreneurship, and related subjects.
LDA of America is a national, non-profit organization whose mission is dedicated to identifying causes and promoting prevention of learning disabilities and to enhance the quality of life for all individuals with learning disabilities and their families by encouraging effective identification and intervention, fostering research, and protecting their rights under the law. LDA seeks to accomplish this through awareness, advocacy, empowerment, education, service, and collaborative efforts. LD Online is a valuable resource on learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and professionals. The website provides an enormous amount of information about students with LD and relevant resources, including a monthly electronic newsletter. LD Resources is a non-commercial site designed, built, and run by Richard Wanderman who is an educational technology consultant, well-known presenter, and a scucessful adult with a learning disability. LD Resources is not a catalog of items for sale, it is a collection of information that is freely available to anyone who has access to the web.
NLDA is an international non-profit corporation committed to facilitating education, research, and advocacy for children and adults who manifest disabilities associated with the syndrome of nonverbal learning disorders.
NCLD's mission is to ensure that the nation's 15 million children, adolescents, and adults with learning disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school, work, and life.
Provides educational and professional books in accessible media format to people with print disabilities. RFB&D has an extensive free library of books on audiocassette covering a wide range of subjects and academic levels. Services are available to persons with a verified visual, physical, or specific learning disability that substantially limits reading. TeachingLD is a service of the Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) of the Council for Exceptional Children. DLD is the largest inernational professional organization focused on learning disabilities. The purpose of TeachingLD is to provide trustworthy and up-to-date resources about teaching students with learning disabilities. In addition to serving as a resource for members of DLD, TeachingLD.org publishes content about assessment, instruction, and policy related to learning disabilities. Reacers can find information about curriculum-based measurement for monitoring student progress; teaching methods such as co-teaching and direct instruction; and current issues such as response-to-intervention models.
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