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News from the National LDA Organization
A Timeline of Learning Disability History – Learning Disabilities Association of America
1877 A Professor of Medicine at Strassburg, Adolph Kussmal, is credited with creating the term “word-blindness” to describe individuals who struggled with reading despite being of average or above average intelligence. Pulling from this work, German ophthalmologist...
The Three Methods of Learning Disability Identification – Learning Disabilities Association of America
When IDEA was last reauthorized in 2024, additional methods of specific learning disability (SLD) identification were added. For decades, SLD identification was determined by a discrepancy between intellectual ability as measured by an IQ score, and academic...
Understanding the Connection – Learning Disabilities Association of America
As part of Learning Disabilities Awareness Month, we’re sharing webinars from our Members-Only Webinar Archive for free each week. This week, enjoy “Mental Health and Learning Disabilities: Understanding the Connection” with Dr. Lauren McGrath and Dr. Laura...
News from LDA's Healthy Children Project:
Teaching Lead Poisoning Prevention with Elementary Students
Ecology Center’s Free Lead Curriculum Unit This webinar is an introduction to original lessons and materials – all free – developed to raise awareness about lead exposures and help everyone, including kids, take action to protect families against lead...
Accidental PFAS Firefighting Foam in Maine
In the next town over from our LDA Healthy Children Project Director, Tracy Gregoire, there was an accidental discharge of 1600 gallons of PFAS firefighting foam at the former naval air station. A malfunction of the system discharged 1600 gallons of PFAS firefighting...
General Resources
LDA’s Healthy Children Project works to protect children from chemicals that can harm their brain health. In addition to our policy and market pressure work, we provide resources to families. Some of our resources include: Download our easy-to-reference one-pager...