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The University of Washington's DO IT program provides a wide array of excellent online resources for faculty who wish more information on accommodating students with disabilities: Low Vision, Blindness, Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Learning Disabilities, Mobility Impairments, Health Impairments, Psychiatric & Mental Health Impairments, ADHD.
You can enter the DO IT "Faculty Room" at this address:
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Faculty/Strategies/Disability/
Select the following links for DO IT resources on the following topics:
What is a Learning Disability?/ Instructional Strategies/ Academic Accommodations http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Academics/accomm_ld.html
Academic Accommodations for Students with Psychiatric Disabilities
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Academics/psych.html
ADHD
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Faculty/Strategies/Disability/Other/
Definitions
Definitions of LD by the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
http://www.NCLD.ORG/ld/info_ld.html
Glossary of important LD terms
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/glossaries/glossary_of_terms.html
The ABCs of Government, Special Education, and Advocacy-- A list of acronyms used in the field of LD.
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/glossaries/glossary_of_acronyms.html
Legal Information
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973
IDEA'97-- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act amendments of 1997
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA
ADD in College "Faculty and Students: Partners in Education" Article by Patricia H.
Latham on the legal rights of College Students with ADD.
http://www.add.org/content/legal/college.htm
Government Organizations
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/
OSERS-- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/
National Organizations
National Center for Learning Disabilities, Inc.http://www.NCLD.ORG/
National ADD Association
http://www.add.org/
Learning Disabilities Association of America
http://www.ldanatl.org/
National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities
http://www.ldonline.org/njcld/
LD Online
http://www.ldonline.org/
LD Online - Foreign Language Articles
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/foreign_lang/barr_eric.html
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/foreign_lang/painful_collision.html
Association on Higher Education and Disability
http://www.ahead.org
National Association of Academic Advisors (NACADA)
http://www.ksu.edu/nacada/
Other Resources
LD Online Resource Page-- a page of links to national organizations, federal agencies, state by state resource guides, Canadian resources, information by phone, and other on line resources.
http://www.ldonline.org/finding_help/help.html
Instant Access Treasure Chest- Resource page
http://www.fln.vcu.edu/ld/ld.html
LD Resources
http://www.ldresources.com/
Publications
Ask ERIC-- database for articles on education. Gives article bibliography and abstract.
http://www.askeric.org/
HEATH- another useful database to find articles on education.
http://www.acenet.edu/resources/policy-research/
Books on ADD/ADHD for professionals and educators-- Can order any book on the list through Barnes and Noble online.
http://www.add.org/bookstore/bpros.htm
Strategies for Professors and Students
Learning Strategies Database-- has learning strategies for general things such as tests and note taking as well as college subject specific skills.
http://muskingum.edu/~cal/database/database.html
"Seven Styles of Learning" brief article
http://www.bena.com/ewinters/styles.html
Suggestions for helping LD students write
http://www.ldresources.com/readwrite/suggestions.html
Tips on writing for people with LD
http://www.ldresources.com/readwrite/writingtips.html
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