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Learning disabilities is a lifelong condition. Even though
federal law has required, for some thirty years, the identification
of students with learning disabilities and the provision of
a free appropriate individualized public education, difficulties
may continue into adulthood. Problems in learning can lead
to difficulties in employment, education, relationships, and
in other areas of adult life.
The need for a variety of services for adults with learning
disabilities has received attention from special educators,
vocational rehabilitation counselors, higher education professionals,
adult and vocational educators, and literacy program providers.
Additionally, through legislation such as the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990),
Congress has mandated that people with disabilities, including
those with learning disabilities, are guaranteed basic opportunities
without discrimination.
Adults with learning disabilities may have difficulties
in one or more of the following areas:
Reading/reading comprehension
Writing
Math/math concepts
Spelling
Letter/number reversals
Memory
Social skills/social cues
Meeting deadlines
Following schedules
Completing jobs
Balancing checkbooks
Knowing right and left
Following directions, especially multiple directions
Hearing sounds, words or sentences correctly
Keeping appointments
Coordination
Completing job applications
Reading maps
Organizational skills
Resources
When adults suspect they have a learning disability, they
may ask, “What can I do?” “Whom can I call?”
“How can I get information?” These resources will
assist adults with learning disabilities obtain the information
needed to be able to set realistic goals, attain them, and
live productive lives.
GED
GED
Testing Services
Laws
Americans with
Disabilities Act Technical Assistance Program
Section
504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Employment
President’s
Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities
Vocational
Rehabilitation
Literacy
Adult
Education & Literacy
Adult
Literacy & Learning Disabilities
College
LDAT’s “Texas Colleges/Universities That
Provide Services for Students with Learning Disabilities”
is available by contacting
the LDAT state office
HEATH
Resource Center
Association
of Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)
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