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Reading Disability Resources

Following is a list of organizations and web sites where you can learn more about disabilities and disability resources. Organizations are listed by alphabetically within each of the following categories:

Organizations Offering General Disability-Related Information

Learning Disability Related Organizations

Books

ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) Related Organizations

Speech and Language Disability Organizations

Disability Related Advocacy Organizations

Other Disability Related Organizations

• California Department of Social Services   (for California residents)
  www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cdssweb/default.htm
  
  
• Council for Exceptional Children
  www.cec.sped.org
  www.cec.sped.org/dv/
  
  
• Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
  www.askeric.org
  
  
• National Information Center for Children and
      Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
  P.O. Box 1492
  Washington, DC 20013
  www.nichcy.org
  
  
• National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
  National Institute of Health
  9000 Rockville Pike, 6100 Bldg., Room 4B05
  Bethesda, MD 20892
  www.nichd.nih.gov
  
  
• Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic
  www.RFBD.org
  
  

• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
  Division of Learning Disabilities (DLD)
  1920 Association Drive
  Reston, VA 22091
  www.cec.teachingld.org
  
  
• Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD)
  P.O. Box 40303
  Overland Park, KS 66204
  www.cldinternational.org
  
  
• Hello Friend/Ennis William Cosby Foundation
  P.O. Box 4061
  Santa Monica, CA 90411
  www.hellofriend.org
  
  
• International Dyslexia Association
  8600 LaSalle Road
  Chester Building, Suite 382
  Baltimore, MD 21286
  www.interdys.org
  
  
• LD Online (WETA)
  www.ldonline.org
  
  
• Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
  4156 Library Road
  Pittsburgh, PA 15234
  www.ldanatl.org
  
  
• National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
  381 Park Avenue South, Suite 1401
  New York, NY 10016
  www.LD.org
  
  
• Nonverbal Learning Disabilities
  www.nldontheweb.org
  
  
• Schwab Foundation for Learning
  1600 South Amphlett Blvd., Suite 200
  San Mateo, CA 94402
  www.schwablearning.org
  
  

• Academic Therapy Publications
  (books for beginning readers, plus assessment and curriculum materials)
  www.AcademicTherapy.com
  
  
• Educators Publishing Service
  (phonics readers, plus assessment and curriculum materials)
  www.epsbooks.com
  
  
• High Noon Books
  (English and Spanish books for beginning readers of all ages)
  www.HighNoonBooks.com
  
  
• York Press
  (books on research in the area of learning and language disabilities)
  www.yorkpress.com
  
  

• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder(CH.A.D.D.)
  499 N.W. 70th Ave. Suite 101
  Plantation, FL 33317
  www.chadd.org
  
  

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
  10801 Rockville Pike
  Rockville, MD 20852
  www.asha.org
  
  

• Adolescent Services
  www.focusas.com/SpecialEducation.html
  
  
• Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
  www.copaa.net
  
  
• EdLaw (education law resource site)
  www.edlaw.net
  
  
• Protection and Advocacy   (legal advice)
  www.protectionandadvocacy.com
  
  Protection and Advocacy   (legal advice for California residents)
  www.pai-ca.org
  
  
• Wrights Law (legal information)
  www.wrightslaw.com
  
  

• Autism Society of America
  www.autism-society.org
  
  
• National Fragile X Foundation
  www.fragilex.org
  
  
• Supported Life Institute
  www.supportedlife.org
  
  
• United Cerebral Palsy
  www.ucpa.org