Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can frustrate ...

Helena Donato-Sapp is a 14-year-old activist with a searing message for educators: Do more to be a champion for students with disabilities. Helena has four learning disabilities—a visual processing ...

BALTIMORE -- One in five people in the United States struggle with learning or attention disabilities, according to the Learning Disability Association of America. While they can make learning ...

My view is that by focusing on strengths, we can help kids to feel that they can overcome any stigma that they might face.” Northwestern student David Bogner Mentorship Program pairs Northwestern & ...

According to the Learning Disabilities Association of America, 2.4 million students are diagnosed with a learning disability and about 41 percent receive special education services. There is a range ...

“I had a broken leg once, so I know what it’s like to have a disability.” Well, maybe … sort of. In an effort to identify and connect with disabled people, non-disabled people sometimes feel moved to ...

NJ school for language-based learning disabilities: Ask the Experts panel; Dr. L. Praslova. This episode visits a New Jersey private school that attacks language-based learning disabilities with ...

Luke Tomczuk, 28, of Philadelphia, is a member of a research team at Temple University studying the effectiveness of Chance to Ride, a training curriculum and program designed to teach young adults ...

Tim Odegard, a professor at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, has personal experience with teachers who did not believe in his intelligence because of a discredited dyslexia screening ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Young people with disabilities in the United States are guaranteed the right to a free and appropriate public education at ...