Learning Disabilities
See also Nonverbal Learning Disorders / Disabilities

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Who to Contact

Learning Disabilities Association of America
4156 Library Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15234
412-341-1515 (voice)
412-344-0224 (FAX)
Web: http://www.ldaamerica.org/

The Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) is a non-profit grassroots organization whose members are individuals with learning disabilities, their families, and the professionals who work with them. LDA strives to advance the education and general welfare of children and adults with learning disabilities.

LDA’s international membership of over 40,000 includes members from 27 countries around the world. LDA provides information, support, education and resources through its network of nearly 300 state and local affiliates in 50 states and Puerto Rico. LDA is a member of the Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities, a coalition of the leading national learning disability organizations dedicated to improving public awareness, and the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities.

Schwab Foundation for Learning
1650 South Amphlett Boulevard, Suite 300
San Mateo, CA 94402
800-230-0988 (toll-free)
650-655-2410 (phone)
650-655-2411 (fax)
E-mail: webmaster@schwablearning.org
Website: http://www.schwablearning.org/

Schwab Foundation for Learning seeks to raise awareness about learning differences and equips parents, teachers, and other professionals with the resources they need to improve the lives of students with learning differences. Its mission grew out of Charles Schwab's life long struggle with dyslexia and the frustration he and his wife, Helen, faced in trying to find help for their son who inherited the reading difficulty.

In 1989, the Schwabs established a resouce center as a community service to give families information and support on learning differences. It has now extended our services nationwide to provide these valuable resources to parents and educators. It offers a wide range of services for parents and educators to provide information, support and resources to improve the lives of students with learning differences: Information Desk; Web resources; Membership (Member Reference Desk, Guidance, LD Matters, Community Support); Publications (LD Matters, Bridges To Reading, Assistive Technology Guide, TeachEach); Public awareness programs; Northern California Area Services (Information and Referral database, Educational Programs); and Educational Partnerships

Where to Go to Chat with Others

• LD Pride Live Chat
   

• Learning Disabilities Discussion List
  National Institute for Literacy's Discussion List is to bring together literacy stakeholders - researchers, policymakers, administrators, practitioners, and students - to discuss critical issues on the latest research, promising policies and practices, as well as sharing resources and experience. The discussion lists provide a forum to ask questions of subject experts and keep up-to-date on literacy across the lifespan.

• LDRC List
  Learning Disabilities Resource Community has been developed to provide knowledge-building and communication tools for individuals and groups involved in the education of those with learning disabilities and to support research and development in associated fields.
   
• LD Online Bulletin Board

Learn More About It

• What are learning disabilities?
  LD OnLine offers hundreds of expert-reviewed articles and resources for educators, parents, and others concerned about children and adults with learning disabilities and ADHD.

• Learning Disabilities: Definitions
  From LD Online

• Learning Disabilities: Articles and Essays
  From LD Resources — includes topics on LD Culture, Intelligence, the Writing Process, Technology, and College.

• The ABCs of Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder
  From LD Online

• What you should know about learning disabilities
  From the National Center for Learning Disabilities

Web Sites

• LD On-Line
  A Service of the Learning Disabilities Project at WETA, Washington, DC
  
  
• LD Info
  site is dedicated to the advancement of practical knowledge and understanding about the often mysterious world of Learning Disabilities.
   
• LD Pride Online

• LD Resources

• Learning Disabilities Association of America

• National Center for Learning Disabilities

• Council for Learning Disabilities

• National Adult Literacy and Learning Disabilities Center

• Schwab Foundation for Learning