The Foreign Language Teacher's Guide to Learning Disabilities
 
 
 

Assistive Technology

Attention Deficit Disorder

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Auditory Deficits

College Policies for Students with Disabilities

Commercial Sites

Conference Handouts

Dyslexia

Foreign Language and LD

General Information

Government Resources

Hyperlexia

Learning Styles

Legal Information

Questions and Answers

Teaching Students with Disabilities

Visual Deficits

• EASI - Equal Access to Software and Information
• Information Technology and Disabilities - e-journal
• Basic skills in assistive technology
• Linda Wilson's Assistive Tech for the Disabled Computer User
• ERIC Digest Assistive Tech for Students with Mild Disabilities (1995)
• The Virtual Assistive Tech Center supported by the U. of Kansas
• Government Center on Information Technology Accommodation
• The Disability Resources  from Apple Computer (commercial)
• IBM's Special Needs Home Page (commercial)
• Tech-related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988
• Assistive technology research and development at Trace R & D Center
• AZtech, Inc. A to Z Assistive Technology products (commercial)

• The National ADD Association home page
• Another ADD resource site One ADD Place (commercial)
• ADD InfoNet is a computer-based Internet information resource
• An article on ADD: What teachers should know
• An article on ADD: Beyond the myths
• An article on 50 tips on the management of adult ADD
• An article onADD in the classroom
• Hallowell/Ratey Diagnostic Criteria for ADD in adults
• ERIC Digest #445:Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). (1987)
• ERIC Digest #462: Teaching Children with ADD
• ERIC Digest Providing an Appropriate Education to Children with ADD
• What is it like to have ADD?An article by Edward M. Hallowell, MD.

ADHDNews.com - Taking Control Through Knowledge by Brandi Valentine (commercial)

APA's Diagnostic and Statistics Manual (DSM-IV) Criteria for ADHD

ERIC Digest # 522 ADHD and Children who are gifted

• College and Career Programs for Deaf Students
• The Deaf Resource Library
• Contact information for organizations related to deafness
• All you wanted to know about deafness DEAF-L FAQ site
• WWW resources on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
• DeafBlind Online, for people with dual-sensory impairments
• The Deafworld WWW Server
• The Michigan State University Deaf Gopher

• The PAL Program at Curry College (MA)
• A checklist for assessing colleges for accessibility
• University of Utah's Center for Disabled Student Services
• Georgia Southern University's Guide to Reasonable Accommodations
• S.Lissner's article on Access to Higher Ed. for Students with Disabilities
• ERIC Digest #466 College Planning for Students with LD
• College Services and Resources for people with disabilities
• Longwood College's (VA) policy for students with disabilities
• University of Minnesota's Disabilities Services
• University of Virginia's policy for students with disabilities
• VCU's Services for students with disabilities

• The Voucher System/Behavior Management Program
• Parent Pals Gifted and Special Education Guide
• Another site dealing with Attention Deficit Disorder

• ERIC Digest Academic Interventions for Children with Dyslexia
• Dyslexia - the Gift - positive asepcts of dyslexia
• Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic - non-profit organization
• A bibliography on language-based LD and dyslexia
• ERIC Digest Helping Children Overcome Reading Difficulties
• Information on the Landmark School for Dyslexia and LD
• General information in the Dyslexia Archive
• Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners & Educators page
• The Dyslexia 2000 Network with information on adult dyslexia
• An article on possible difficulties in everyday life and education
• An article on the learning styles of adult dyslexics
• St. John's University gopher bibliography on dyslexia

• ERIC Digest FL Requirements and Students with LD
• Frank Moore's article on Section 504 and foreign language classes
• ERIC Digest Lang. Instruction for Linguistically Different Students
• ERIC Bibliography Second Language Learning Styles & Strategies
• ERIC Digest The FL Requirement. Why not American Sign Language?
• ERIC Digest The Role of Styles & Strategies in 2nd Language Learning

• LD Pride Online - general resources on LD and ADD 
• The National Rehabilitation Information Center library and information center on disability and rehabilitation
• The Disability Rights Activist - information on fighting for the rights of the disabled
• LD OnLine - an interactive guide for parents, teachers and children
• Disability Resources from Evan Kemp Assocs. - (commercial)
• Indie - disability resources from Canada in French & English
• disABILITY Information and Resources - many resources
• A definition of LD and a list of some accommodations
• Working Effectively with People with LD from Cornell
• LD: Decade of the Brain, National Institute of Mental Health
• ERIC Digest #516: Learning Disabilities
• ERIC Digest #517: LD: Glossary of Some Important Terms
• Western NY Disabilities Forum access to disabilities information
• Cornucopia of Disability Information (CODI) SUNY at Buffalo

• The Federal Resource Center for Special Education
• The U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
• A teacher's guide to the Office of Special Ed. and Rehabilitative Services

• An article on What is Hyperlexia?
• The American Hyperlexia Association home page

• ERIC Bibliography Second Language Learning Styles and Strategies
• ERIC Digest Learning Styles
• ERIC Digest Learning Styles Counseling
• Learning styles info in the Secrets of Learning a Language (commercial)
• An on-line discussion of learning style instruments
• An article by Elaine Winters on Seven Styles of Learning
• Information on How People Learn
• ERIC Bibliography on Adult Learning Styles
• An article on identifying individual learning styles
• Learning Styles Network Newsletters

• Information concerning the recent Boston University lawsuit
• A Selected Topical Bibliography on the ADA of 1990
• A discussion of the IDEA of 1990 (P.L. 101-476)
• A discussion of the "Tech Act" of 1988 (P.L. 100-407)
• The text of Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973)
• Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Information
• The ADA Document Center - huge and useful site
• The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1995
• ERIC Digest Parents' Rights and Responsibilities

• "What does LD mean?" Answer
• "Why do I have to teach LD students? Answer

General information

• TheERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
• ERIC Minibib Children and Youth with LD
• ERI C Minibib Technology for Individuals with Disabilities
• ERIC Minibib Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities
• ERIC Digest #479 Gifted but Learning Disabled: A Puzzling Paradox
• A whole list of Special Education Resources
• The Charles Armstrong School for learning differences/dyslexia
• ERIC Digest #452 Stress Management for the Learning Disabled
• ERIC Digest #E470 Children with Communication Disorders
• ERIC Digest #448 Lesson Structure: From Research to Practice
• Article on Standardized Testing and People with Disabilities

• ERIC Digest Integrating Children with Disabilities into Preschool
• ERIC Digest #503 Preparing Children with Disabilities for School

• ERIC Bibliography At-Risk Students in the Community College

• ERIC Digest ESL Instruction for LD Adults
• ERIC Digest #99 Teaching Adults with Learning Disabilities

• National Federation of the Blind
• Blind Links - various resources
• The Web Server for the Visually Handicapped
• Working effectively with people who are blind or visually impaired
• Information on How to Guide the Blind
• Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic - non-profit organization
• Deaf/blind resources
• Resources for Persons with Vision Impairments
• ERIC Digest #E511 Visual Impairments