Learning Disorders

Latest News
• Dyslexia Is Based in the Brain, Study Shows (03/15/2001, Reuters)
• Even Low Lead Levels Impair Learning, Study Finds (03/14/2001, Reuters)

From the National Institutes of Health
• Learning Disabilities (National Institute of Mental Health)
• NINDS Learning Disabilities Information Page (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

General/Overviews

• LD In Depth (WETA, Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities)

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Dyslexia (National Institutes of Health)

Coping

• Helping Your Child Learn: Some Suggestions for Parents (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities)
• Parents: Helping Yourself and Your Child (National Center for Learning Disabilities)
• Strategies For Dealing With Dysgraphia (Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities, WETA)

Diagnosis/Symptoms

• Basics for Parents: Your Child's Evaluation (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities)
• Behavioral Warning Signs of Learning Disabilities: What to Look For (National Center for Learning Disabilities)
• Evaluations for Learning Disabilities (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Specific Conditions/Aspects

• Adult Learning Disabilities (National Center for Learning Disabilities)
• Dyslexia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
• Gerstmann's Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
• Language-Based Learning Disabilities (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
• Questions Often Asked by Parents about Special Education Services (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities)
• Reading and Learning Disabilities: A Resource Guide (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities)
• What is Nonverbal Learning Disorder Syndrome? (Asperger Syndrome Coalition of the U.S.)

Law and Policy

• ADA And Workplace Issues For Adults With LD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)
• Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, and Vision (American Academy of Ophthalmology)
• Legal Rights for Children with Learning Disabilities (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Organizations

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• International Dyslexia Association (International Dyslexia Association)
• LD Online (WETA, Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities)
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Children

• Coping with Central Auditory Processing Disorder (Nemours Foundation)
• Kids With Dyslexia (Nemours Foundation)
• Learning Disabilities and Children (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Why Children Succeed or Fail at Reading (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

Teenagers

• Getting Ready for College: Advising High School Students with Learning Disabilities (National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities)

Women

• Learning Disabilities (National Women's Health Information Center)

Espaņol/Spanish

• Problemas de Aprendizaje (Centro Nacional de Informacion para Ninos y Jovenes con Discapacidades)
• Problemas del Aprendizaje (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)