Learning Disabilities

The Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) is the largest non-profit volunteer organization advocating for individuals with learning disabilities. It serves tens of thousands of members with learning disabilities, their families and the professionals who work with them. There is a Pennsylvania affiliate. The SchwabLearning.org website primarily serves parents whose kids (kindergarten through high school) have learning difficulties, including specific learning disabilities (LD). The site provides a variety of articles and resources. LD OnLine provides information and advice about learning disabilities and ADHD. The site features articles, monthly columns by experts, first person essays, children’s writing and artwork, a resource guide, active forums, and a Yellow Pages referral directory of professionals, schools, and products.

For information about teaching children to read, see the National Reading Panel  web site.

Accessible Books and Periodicals for Readers with Print Disabilities
•Bookshare® is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities. Student memberships are currently funded by an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).
•Bookshare dramatically increases the accessibility of books. Bookshare believes that people with disabilities deserve the same ease of access to books and periodicals that people without disabilities enjoy.
•A searchable online library. Bookshare offers 89,695 digital books, textbooks, teacher-recommended reading, periodicals and assistive technology tools.