Learning Disabilities
Brown Resources
- Brown University Disability Support Services - learn about all the resources available to students with disabilities, both on-campus and elsewhere, along with news about upcoming events, resources at Brown, and links to other websites related to disability issues
- Faculty Resources Designed by the Office of Disability Support Services
- ABLE (Association for a Better Learning Environment) - ABLE is a disability advocacy and awareness group that seeks general, consistent policies towards students with disabilities
General Resources
- The Instant Access Treasure Chest - foreign language teacher's guide to learning disabilities, contains general resources. This is an excellent place to start!!! It has links to resources dealing with nearly every special-student-related topic under the sun
- LD OnLine: Learning Disabilities Resources - interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and children. This site, too, will prove invaluable, as it is extremely comprehensive
- The Invisible Disabilities Page - aimed at those who "have diseases, disorders and disabilities that aren't visible to most people and are misunderstood, or even met by hostility by society at large"
- Roads to Learning - the public libraries' learning disabilities initiative
U.S. Government Sites Dealing with Learning Disabilities/Special Education
- The Federal Resource Center for Special Education
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Attention Deficit/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Attention Deficit Disorder: What Teachers Should Know
- Attention Deficit Disorder - Home Page from The Mining Company - full of resources for those with ADD
- Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - mentalhealth.com
- A Journey Into Attention Deficit Disorder - information from an educator's perspective
- The Invisible Disabilities Page - aimed at those who "have diseases, disorders and disabilities that aren't visible to most people and are misunderstood, or even met by hostility by society at large"
Dyslexia
- Dyslexia Online
- Learning Styles of Adults with Dyslexia - look under "Help Files"
- The Invisible Disabilities Page - aimed at those who "have diseases, disorders and disabilities that aren't visible to most people and are misunderstood, or even met by hostility by society at large"