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Acton
Saturday Venture Club
- Local charity in Ealing, London which provides leisure
activities and support for young people with learning
disabilities and their families.
An
Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities
- Provides diagnostic services, learning centers, day
school, adult programs, and training workshops to aid
children and adults with Specific Learning Disabilities
in the Pittsburgh area.
Association
for Residential Care (ARC) - A membership organization
offering support, training, and information to service
providers assisting people with a learning disability
in the UK.
The
British Dyslexia Association - Offers
advice, information and help to families, professionals
and dyslexic individuals. Committed to raising awareness
and understanding of dyslexia, and to effect change.
British
Institute for Learning Disabilities - Committed
to improving the lives of all persons with a Learning
Disability.
CHANGE
- Dedicated to helping people with a learning disability
and a sensory impairment. Provides workshops and theatrical
performances to teach employers and legal groups about
LD and sensory impairments, advocacy work, booklets
and other publications, as well as a quarterly newsletter.
Located in London and Leeds, UK.
Collaborative
Group for Learning Disability Research - Provides
a forum for researchers in North West England to exchange
ideas and findings about learning disability research.
Offers a newsletter, a digest of completed research
projects, information about conferences and events,
and reports.
Council
for Learning Disabilities - CLD is made up of
professionals who establish standards of excellence
and promotes innovative strategies for research and
practice through interdisciplinary collegiality, collaboration,
and advocacy. Contains information about conferences,
the latest issues of Learning Disability Quarterly,
and gives awards to "outstanding" researchers.
Dyslexia
Bulletin Board - A public forum for sponsored
by Davis Dyslexia Association International. Includes
Parent Support, Networking, and Chat.
Hello
Friend/Ennis William Cosby Foundation - Dedicated
to helping people learn about Ennis, about the foundation
established in his memory, and about learning and learning
differences.
International
Dyslexia Association - Formerly the Orton Dyslexia
Association. Provides resources for professionals and
families dealing with individuals with reading disabilities.
Membership available. Special sections for Teens and
Adults.
Learning
Disabilities Association of Alaska - dedicated
to helping individuals with learning disabilities, their
families and professionals.
Learning
Disabilities Association of Canada - Offers
fact sheets, publications, research articles, scholarships,
conferences, project management initiatives, workshops,
event calendar, advocacy, and resources. (In English
and French)
Learning
Links - An Australian charity providing specialist
tuition, therapy, information, and counseling to children
with learning difficulties, learning disabilities, or
developmental delays and their families.
Mencap
- the Learning Disability Charity - Works to
gain support, education, housing, jobs, and recreational
opportunities for people with learning disabilities.
Also offers supportive services to their families and
care givers.
National
Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) - Offers
news, events, information, resources, and referral services;
promotes public awareness; develops educational programs;
and advocates for more effective policies and legislation.
Features "Living with LD" - a web-based guide for teens
and adults to help promote success at school, at work,
at home, and in the community.
Nonverbal
Learning Disabilities Association - The NLDA
promotes research, education, support, and advocacy
for people with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities, their
family members and friends, and for the professionals
who work with them.
Primary
Movement - A charitable organization established
to bring a unique program which replicates the primary
reflex movements of the fetus and newborn baby into
the public domain through training courses for those
working with children with specific learning difficulties.
Prospects
- A Christian voluntary organisation which values and
supports people with learning disabilities so that they
live their lives to the full.
Sutton
Dyslexia Association - Provides support for
dyslexics and their families. The programme of meetings
gives an the opportunity to meet and talk with others
who are experiencing similar problems.
Warrington
Mencap - Charity group providing help and support
for people with a learning disability and for their
families. Offers recreational activities, clubs, holiday
trips, as well as supported and independent living programs.
Wigan
Link Supporting People with Disabilities - Aims
to enable people with learning disabilities to have
ordinary lifestyles, choices and experiences. Assists
in finding appropriate housing in their own communities.
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