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Changes ahead for Dyslexia bill
February 12, 2013 | KLRT Fox 16 Little Rock

Parents with dyslexic kids asking for change
October 20, 2012 | KSNW NBC 3

Overcoming a learning disability
August 21, 2012 | WTNH ABC 8 New Haven

Learning Disability Wikipedia Information

In the United States and Canada, the term learning disability (LD) refers to a group of disorders that affect a broad range of academic and functional skills including the ability to speak, listen, read, write, spell, reason and organize information. A learning disability is not indicative of low intelligence. People with learning disabilities sometimes have difficulty achieving at his or...

From around the web

Tutor coaxes teen out of his comfort zone
April 28, 2013 | DesMoinesRegister.com
According to his mother, Beth Strout, Jakob has a learning disability and reads below his grade level. He is one of 70 children receiving free weekly tutoring at UNI's Center...

Iowa's' Teen Whisperer'
December 30, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
'' She also cites examples of families who saved money because their child was able to opt out of foreign language requirements because of a learning disability, or those who...

My Office: Foundation for disability awareness helps keep son's memory alive
February 09, 2013 | indystar.com
We also have Brenda; Melody; Jennifer (who has a learning disability); Rinaldo, who has a visual impairment; and Mandy, who is hearing-impaired. It's important to teach...

Brownsburg art teacher Suzanne Whitton overcomes dyslexia and is up for national...
November 07, 2012 | indystar.com
The 31-year-old Carmel High School graduate and art teacher at Delaware Trail Elementary School is among 15 percent of the population in Indiana who struggles with this learning disability ...

Golden Nuggets: 49ers arrive in NOLA; Why we love Frank Gore
January 28, 2013 | Niners Nation
Did not know he went into high school with a third grade reading level due to a learning disability. | Frank Gore is 49ers' spiritual leader (Mercury News) Super Bowl XLVII:...

Mother complains Pike schools put son in time out room
November 21, 2012 | indystar.com
James, Washington said, has special needs -- including a learning disability and ADHD -- and said the experience disturbed her son.'' I did not get a phone call or nothing. I...

Learning Disability on twitter

	My #5thGrade daughter had a learning disability, & this curriculum helped her, says #principal. http://t.co/ZacSNQyvN0 #CharterSchool Twitter: @SpaldingMethod
	News - Early warning signs of a child learning disability - http://t.co/ZcalTGd Twitter: @Pandula77
	Hostel for adults with a Learning Disability to close due to more cutbacks http://t.co/U2vajv2xlR Twitter: @szannoying
	Discovering the Gift of a Learning Disability http://t.co/uWdkPksKHx via @HuffPostParents Twitter: @kctherapist
	@nealcarter Yeah the assumption that physical disability = learning disability does a huge disservice to our kids. Twitter: @civilwarbore
	Worth watching. http://t.co/DGYfRnTk7U Twitter: @EagleHillSchool

YouTube Videos

CHILD WITH LEARNING DISABILITY HUMILIATED! PLEASE SHARE THIS PEOPLE ARE CRUEL!
May 23, 2013

Learning About Learning Disabilities
January 21, 2011

Learning Disabilities, What Are the Different Types?
April 27, 2012

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