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Links Of Interest 

This comprehensive list of resources to other L/D-related organizations is organized by broad subject area and includes hot-links directly to the respective organzation websites:

Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)  http://www.add.org
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) 

 http://www.chadd.org

Council For Learning Disabilities

 http://www.cldinternational.org

International Dyslexia Association (IDA)   http://www.interdys.org
Hello Friend: Ennis William Cosby Foundation  http://www.hellofriend.org
Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)   http://www.ldanatl.org/
LD OnLine   http://www.ldonline.org/
National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)  http://www.ncld.org/
National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning Disabilities   http://www.aacld.org
National Coalition on Auditory Processing Disorders  http://www.ncapd.org/php/ 
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities http://www.nichcy.org 
Reading Rockets http://www.readingrockets.org/
Schwab Learning  http://www.schwablearning.org 
   

MULTISENSORY STRUCTURED
LANGUAGE EDUCATION  

 
Academic Language Therapy Association  http://www.altareads.org
 
Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators  http://www.ortonacademy.org 
International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council (IMSLEC)  http://www.imslec.org/
   
ACCOMMODATIONS & TECHNOLOGY    
Alliance for Technology Access http://www.ataccess.org/ 
Benetech Bookshare  http://Bookshare.org 
CAST  http://www.cast.org 
Library Reproduction Service (LRS)

http://www.lrs-largeprint.com

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D)  http://www.rfbd.org 
   
ADVOCACY & THE IEP PROCESS    
Advocates for Justice and Education  http://www.aje-dc.org/ 
The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates  http://www.copaa.org/news/idea04.html 
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund   http://www.dredf.org
Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE)  http://www.fape.org 
National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE)  http://www.ncpie.org 
Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER)  http://www.pacer.org 
Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC)   http://www.peatc.org/
Parent Training and Information Centers and Community Parent Resource Centers  http://www.taalliance.org/centers/ 
Parents Engaged in Education Reform (PEER) Federation for Children with Special Needs  http://www.fcsn.org/peer 
Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers (TAAPC)  http://www.taalliance.org 
Wrightslaw  http://www.wrightslaw.com 
   
PRIVATE SCHOOLS   
National Association of Independent Schools  http://www.nais.org 
National Association of Private Special Education Centers (NAPSEC)  http://www.napsec.org/ 
   
SOCIAL - EMOTIONAL   
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry  http://www.aacap.org 
National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) 

http://nasponline.org

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) http://www.asha.org 
Association of Educational Therapists (AET)  http://www.aetonline.org 
   
HIGHER EDUCATION    
Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)  http://www.ahead.org
 
CollegeView  http://www.collegeview.com/ 
Council for Opportunity in Education  http://www.coenet.us 
Peterson's Guide  http://www.petersons.com 
   
RESEARCH & READING DISABILITIES    
 Florida Center for Reading and Research (FCRR) http://www.fcrr.org/ 
National Institute for Literacy  http://www.nifl.gov/
National Research Center on Learning Disabilities  http://www.nrcld.org/ 
Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts   http://www.texasreading.org/utcrla/
What Works Clearinghouse  http://www.whatworks.ed.gov/ 
   
RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS   
   
Council For Exceptional Children (CEC)  http://www.cec.sped.org/ 
National Center for Education Statistics   http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ 
National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)  http://nasdse.org/ 
Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI)  http://www.seriweb.com
 
U.S. Department of Education  http://www.ed.gov/ 
IDEA Partnership  http://www.ideapartnership.org