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All media inquiries should be directed to NCLD at (212) 545-7510 or
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Preferred Citation
Horowitz, S. H., Rawe, J., & Whittaker, M. C. (2017). The State of Learning Disabilities: Understanding the 1 in 5. New York: National Center for Learning Disabilities.
Acknowledgments
President & CEO
Mimi Corcoran, M.P.A.
Authors
Sheldon H. Horowitz, Ed.D.
Julie Rawe
Meghan C. Whittaker, J.D., MSW
Designer
Fil Vocasek
Producer
Jillian Levy
Data Contributors
- Steven A. Maczuga, Pennsylvania State University
- Diane Haager, Ph.D., Educational Consulting Services
Special Advisors
- David Chard, Ph.D., Wheelock College
- George Batsche, Ed.D., University of South Florida
- Laura Schifter, Ed.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education
Contributors
- Robert Balfanz, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
- Manju Banerjee, Ph.D., Landmark College
- Ellen Braaten, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School
- Mary Ruth Coleman, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
- Bob Cunningham, Ed.M., The Robert Louis Stevenson School
- Laurie Cutting, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
- Guinevere Eden, D.Phil., Georgetown University
- Karla Estrada, Ed.D., Boston Public Schools
- Noel Gregg, Ph.D., University of Georgia
- Mark Griffin, Ph.D., (formerly) Eagle Hill School
- Thomas Hehir, Ed.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education & (formerly) U.S. Department of Education
- Diane Smith Howard, J.D., National Disability Rights Network
- Debra Jennings, Statewide Parent Advocacy Network
- Margaret J. McLaughlin, Ph.D., University of Maryland
- Melody Musgrove, Ed.D., University of Mississippi & (formerly) U.S. Department of Education
- Lynn Newman, Ed.D., SRI International
- Ken Pugh, Ph.D., Yale University
- Gabrielle Rappolt-Schlichtmann, Ed.D., EdTogether
- Lauren Morando Rhim, Ph.D., National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools
- Colleen Riley, M.Ed., Kansas State Department of Education
- Claudia Rinaldi, Ph.D., Lasell College
- Gisele C. Shorter, M.P.A., Ed.D., Turnaround for Children
- Sean J. Smith, Ph.D., University of Kansas
- Mary Solanto, Ph.D., NYU Langone Medical Center
- Deborah Speece, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
- Brian Stack, M.Ed., Sanborn Regional High School, New Hampshire
- Kathy Stratton, Psy.D., Decoding Dyslexia & Rider University
- Erik von Hahn, M.D., Floating Hospital for Children & Tufts University School of Medicine
- Matthew Wicks, M.S., Connections Education
- Michael K. Yudin, J.D., Raben Group & (formerly) U.S. Department of Education
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