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The Learning Disabilities Association of New York City (LDA of NYC) is a nonprofit organization which was founded in 1989. LDA of NYC facilitates access to needed services for all New Yorkers with Learning Disabilities, especially those in the more disadvantaged communities, and provides support to those individuals and their families. Learning Disabilities include such disorders as dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia, visual processing disorder, audio processing disorder, non-verbal learning disabilities, and sensory integrative dysfunction.
People with Learning Disabilities typically experience different degrees of difficulties with one or several of the following learning processes: bringing information in (by eye or ear); processing it (making use of the information in your brain); or getting it out (speaking or writing). This may manifest itself as an impediment to listening; decoding letters and symbols; thinking; retaining information; speaking, reading, writing; expressing thoughts verbally or in writing; spelling; or understanding mathematical symbols, concepts and calculations.
Learning Disabilities affect children and adults throughout the US in large numbers: the National Institutes of Health estimate that 1 out of 7 Americans of all ages has some type of learning disability. Although parents should be aware of mislabeling and misevaluation, it is important to note that up to 17% of all children in the USA do have a learning disability (nearly 1 in 6), and that 93% of the children with LD that receive help at an early age are able to read in a normal range by 2nd grade!
The LDA of NYC works cooperatively, and largely informally, with other agencies providing similar services, particularly Advocates for Children and Resources for Children with Special Needs. We are unique in that LDA of NYC is the only organization in New York City that focuses specifically on the needs of the most underserved people with learning disabilities, thereby supplementing what other, similar agencies can provide.
The Learning Disabilities Association of New York City currently operates three main programs:
• The Learning Disabilities Helpline
• The Latino Outreach Program
• The Adult Support Group
The LDA of NYC also provides information & referrals on:
• Learning Disabilities, including dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia, visual processing disorder, audio processing disorder, non-verbal learning disabilities, and sensory integrative dysfunction
• ADD/ADHD
• Evaluations/Diagnosis (Psychoeducational, Neuropsychological)
• Tutoring and Remediation for individuals with a learning disability
• School Programs and Camps for individuals with a learning disability
• Legal Rights
• Advocacy Services
• Therapy
• Early Childhood Development
• Learning Disabilities in school-aged children
© 2005 Learning Disabilities Association of New York City
27 West 20th Street, Suite 303 New York, NY 10011
Tel: 212 645-6730 Fax: 212 924-8896
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