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INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

The following web sites contain useful information regarding students with learning disabilities.

• Learning Disabilities: An Overview
  This article provides an overview of learning disabilities, interventions, and effective student instruction.
  
  
• ExceptionalNurse.com
  Exceptional Nurse is a nonprofit organization that serves as a resource network for nurses and nursing students with disabilities.
  
  
• Famous People With Disabilities
  This site provides a long list of web sites that track famous people who have disabilities or have a connection to the disability community.
  
  
• "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe has Dyspraxia, a Brain Disorder
  Daniel Radcliffe often has trouble tying his shoelaces caused by a brain disorder, the "Harry Potter" star has revealed. The actor, 19, has dyspraxia, a condition that can cause problems with coordination.
  
  
• Job Accommodations for People with Learning Disabilities
  The term "reasonable accommodation" refers to changes in the workplace that enable people with disabilities to effectively perform the tasks associated with their job. Accommodations can help people with learning disabilities do their work well, even when their disability makes the work difficult.
  
  
• Guidance and Career Counselors' Toolkit: Advising High School Students with
  Disabilities on Postsecondary Options
  This 192 page resource contains answers to counselors most frequently asked
  questions about postsecondary opportunities for students with disabilities.
  
  
• NCLD.org
  Comprehensive web site providing a variety of information regarding students with Learning Disabilities.
  
  
• SchwabLearning.org
  Services for parents and educators to provide information, support and resources to improve the lives of students with learning differences.
  
  
• Life Success for Children with Learning Disabilities
  Life Success provides parents and teachers with innovative guides to foster "success attributes" for children with learning disabilities.
  
  
• LD Online - Transition: School to Work
  A successful transition for individuals with learning disabilities from school to school, college, or work often requires collaboration. Read more about how to engage in successful transition planning.
  
  
• The 411 on Disability Disclosure
  Disclosure is a very personal decision, a decision that takes thought and practice. Both young people with visible disabilities and those with hidden (not readily apparent to others) disabilities can benefit from using this workbook. (PDF file, 462KB)
  
  
• Advances in Technology and Passage of Civil Rights Laws Help a Deaf Professional Succeed
  Laws pertaining to deaf students are discussed.
  
  
• Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)
  AHEAD is a professional organization that serves the educational, information and networking needs of its members who are largely disability service providers.
  
  
• College Planning for Students with Learning Disabilities
  This article discusses effective post-secondary planning via IEPs for students with learning disabilities.
  
  
• College Transition Planning for Students with Learning Disabilities
  This article addresses the school counselor's role to assist students in transitioning to a post-secondary program. (.pdf file, 61KB)
  
  
• DisabilityInfo.gov
  This is the federal government's one-stop Web site for people with disabilities, their families, employers, veterans and service members, workforce professionals and many others.
  
  
• Entrepreneurship for Youth with Disabilities
  Entrepreneurship is an employment strategy that can lead to economic self-sufficiency for people with disabilities.
  
  
• The Law After High School
  Questions and Answers related to the legal rights of students with disabilities are highlighted.
  
  
• LD.Org Now Features New Material on Transitioning to College
  The transition from high school to college and the workplace can pose special challenges for students with learning disabilities. NCLD can help navigate the sometimes rough waters surrounding the transition to college or the workplace for teens and young adults with learning disabilities.
  
  
• The Positive Side of Learning Disabilities
  This article provides first-person accounts from famous people with learning disabilities.
  
  
• Preparing for Employment: On the Home Front
  Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams can help young people with disabilities develop a plan that includes employment goals. Schools can also help youth develop specific career skills by guiding students to courses needed to enter a particular field.
  
  
• The Riley Guide - Employment Resources for the Disabled
  The Riley Guide has put together a list of online resources to help disabled workers organize a job hunt and learn more about overcoming challenges in the workplace.
  
  
• Services for Students with Disabilities in Los Angeles County Community Colleges
  This downlodable chart lists community colleges that provide services for students with learning and developmental disabilities, acquired brain injuries, visual impairment/blindness, hearing impairment/deafness, and communication disorders, as well as adapted P.E. and High Tech Centers.
  Downloadable PDF Chart - 63KB
  Downloadable Excel Chart - .xls file, 28KB
  
  
• Stanford University, Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY)
  This new, independent online high school, offered through Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY), is a three-year, fully-accredited, diploma-granting program designed for gifted students in 10th through 12th grade.
  
  
• The Why, When, What, and How of Disclosure in an Academic Setting, After High School
  This article highlights the role of disclosure as an effective tool in getting accommodations in a post-secondary setting.