Contact Information

All media inquiries should be directed to NCLD at (212) 545-7510 or
media-inquiries@ncld.org.

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