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The State of Learning Disabilities (2009) |
By Candace Cortiella, Director - The Advocacy Institute
Published: June 08 2009
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The National Center for Learning Disabilities has created a groundbreaking report on the "state" of learning disabilities in the United States.
The State of Learning Disabilities 2009 is a comprehensive report on the status of children, adolescents, and adults with learning disabilities (LD) in the United States. It shatters common myths about LD and provides benchmark data to compare and contrast how people with LD are faring in school and work.
NCLD offers this publication to policy makers, education professionals, media, parents and others to ensure that there is access to key LD data to and expand awareness about what LD is and whom the condition impacts.
Highlights from the report:
- The identification rate of school-age students with LD has consistently declined for the past 10 years
- Learning disabilities disproportionately affect people living in poverty
- People of all races are identified with LD at about the same rate (except people of Asian descent)
- The cost of educating a student with LD is 1.6 times higher than a regular education student (compared with 1.9 for all students with disabilities).
"This report underscores that while important progress has been made in assuring a better future for individuals with LD, much needs to be done to improve the academic and employment outcomes of people with learning disabilities,"states Dr. Donald Deshler, chairperson, NCLD Professional Advisory Board.
 Download your FREE copy of The State of Learning Disabilities 2009 (PDF, 32 pages).
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