Dyslexia
www.interdys.org
The Connecticut
Association for Children and
Adults with Learning Disabilities
www.cacld.org
Dyslexia Parents
Resource
www.dyslexia-parent.com
www.dyslexia.com/qafame.htm (famous people with dyslexia)
NCLD National Center for Learning
Disabilities
www.ncld.org
Welcome to NLDline!
Nonverbal Learning Disability: NLD Online
www.nldline.com
LD online
www.ldonline.org
African American Children with LD
http://aacld.org
A Must Read, "Overcoming Dyslexia" by Sally Shaywitz
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=51073
FOR EVERYONE WHO STRUGGLES TO READ!
Clear, practical, science-based information and advice for successful results
One in five American children has trouble reading. But they are not stupid or
lazy. In Overcoming Dyslexia, Dr. Sally Shaywitz, codirector of the Yale Center
for the Study of Learning and Attention and a leader in the new research into
how the brain works, offers the latest information about reading problems and
proven, practical techniques that, along with hard work and the right help, can
enable anyone to overcome them. Here are the tools that parents and teachers
need to help the dyslexic child, age by age, grade by grade, step by step.
--What dyslexia is and why some intelligent, gifted people read slowly and
painfully
--How to identify dyslexia in preschoolers, schoolchildren, young adults, and
adults
--How to find the best school and how to work productively with your child’s
teacher
--Exercises to help children use the parts of the brain that control reading
--A 20-minute nightly home program to enhance reading
--The 150 most common problem words–a list that can give your child a head start
--Ways to raise and preserve a child’s self-esteem aqnd reveal his strengths
--Stories of successful men and women who are dyslexic
www.smartkidswithld.org
www.schwablearning.org
and
http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=258&f=search
Did you know that many successful and famous people grew up with
learning disabilities (LD) and/or Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
(AD/HD)? ...
