Educator
Portal · Learning
Disabilities Web Sites
Recommended by members of the NH Adult Education
LD Committee
www.ed.state.nh.us/vr
Vocational Rehabilitation
The official site for information about Vocational
Rehabilitation in New Hampshire. Adults with disabilities
may seek assistance from VR for services related
to employment. Some adults may qualify for VR assistance
with assessment to determine a learning disability.
www.schwablearning.org
A well-organized and informative site with easy
links to topics. While much information is oriented
to children with LD, you can click on “More
Search Options” and use Advanced Search to
request adult education, which will yield many resources.
One example is “Living with LD,” an
excellent resource with empathetic language and
informative links.
www.nhida.org
New Hampshire International Dyslexia Association.
This site is very comprehensive and covers anything
anyone might want to know about dyslexia (learning
disability in reading.) It has good links to helpful
sites and free downloads of reading assessment tools
for young people.
http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/
Job Accommodations Network. This site’s purpose
is to assist the disabled and employers of the disabled
on the job. It gives some great accommodation ideas
for anyone with a disability.
www.interdys.org
International Dyslexia Association. This site provides
information and helpful resources for all involved
in work with people with dyslexia. The man menu
is pictorial according to the need of the user.
Each resource can be adapted according to the age
or needs of the person using the site.
www.nifl.gov
National Institute for Literacy (NIFL)
This national resource for adult education and literacy
programs co-ordinates literacy services and policies
and NIFL disseminates information on scientifically
based reading research pertaining to children, youth,
and adults. It is the home of the Bridges
to Practice initiative on helping adult learners
with learning disabilities.
www.LDAnatl.org
Learning Disability Association of America (LDA)
This is the largest non profit volunteer organization
advocating for individuals
with LD with over 200 state and local affiliates
in the U.S. It provides support and resources for
parents, teachers, and adults based on current research
and resources.
http://ldlink.coe.utk.edu/about.htm
The Literacy and Learning Disabilities Special Collections
This site aims to provide a single point of access
to information on LD issues for adults with learning
disabilities and adult education teachers and tutors.
www.acenet.edu
American Council on Education.
This organization is the coordinating association
of U.S. higher education institutions and it administers
the GED
Testing Service.
The GED section is a source for GED information,
GED transcripts, and ordering GED Publications.
You can also find information about accommodations
for people with disabilities.
www.ncsall.net
This site does not focus specifically on LD, but
it offers a wealth of briefs and study guides related
to research and practice in adult education including
guidelines for conducting study circles in “Skills
for Health Care Access and Navigation” and
“Research-based Adult Reading Instruction,”
a brief on “Applying Research Findings to
Instruction for Adult English Language Students,”
and a monograph on “An Evidence-based Adult
Education Program Model Appropriate for Research.”
You will also be able to find a great deal of information
about Multiple Intelligences and to download the
entire text of books including Applying Research
in Reading Instruction for Adults: First Steps for
Teachers by Susan McShane.
