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Regarding Products and Services
The International Dyslexia Association supports efforts to provide individuals with dyslexia with appropriate instruction and to identify those individuals at an early age. The Association, however, does not endorse any specific program, speaker, product, or instructional materials, noting that there are a number of such which present the critical components of instruction as defined by the Association.
 
Regarding Information on this Site
The information contained in the resources section of this site is meant to provide suggestions and information. Addresses and other information may change, but we do our best to provide the most up-to-date information possible. The International Dyslexia Association does not endorse any specific organization, noting that there are a number of them that provide valuable services to individuals with learning disabilities.


Ontario Organizations and Website Resources


ARCH Disability Law Centre non-profit legal resource centre established to defend the rights of people with disabilities in Ontario
www.archdisabilitylaw.ca

The results of a Canadian Study examining the impact of living with a learning disability (LD) in Canada. 
http://www.pacfold.ca/what_is/index.shtml

International Websites
 
Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and its Implications for Reading Instruction
www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/nrp/smallbook.htm
 
Learning Disabilities Online
www.ldonline.org
 
Balanced Reading
www.balancedreading.com
 
International Dyslexia Association
www.interdys.org
 
Reading Rockets
http://www.ReadingRockets.org
 
A resource website for Learning Disabilities
http://www.ldresources.com/resources/index.html
 
Ability Online: An interactive website for persons with disabilities of all ages.
http://ablelink.org/public/generalinfo1.htm
 
Dyslexia International
http://www.ditt-online.org




SUGGESTED READING


About Dyslexia: Unraveling the Myth
by Priscilla Vail
 
Common Ground: Whole Language and Phonics Working Together
by Priscilla Vail
 
Keeping a Head in School
by Mel Levine, M.D.
 
Your Child’s Growing Mind
by Jane Healy
 
Straight Talk About Reading – How Parents Can Make a Difference During the Early Years
by Susan L. Hall and Louisa C. Moats, Ed. D.
 
Parenting the Struggling Reader
by Susan L. Hall and Louisa Moats, Ed. D.
 
Overcoming Dyslexia
by Sally Shaywitz, M.D.

Please contact www.interdys.org for a complete listing of publications and monographs in the Orton Emeritus Series. The IDA also has reading lists for parents, adolescents, college students and professionals. These are available from www.interdys.org, or if you would like them mailed to you, please contact us.


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