(Links from ATarizona.com) Note: the abbreviation on the website for this special disability area is COG (for Cognitive), and materials related are color-coded with blue.
“The Center on Human Policy at Syracuse University defines cognitive disability as: "a disability that impacts an individual's ability to access, process, or remember information." Source: http://www.abilityhub.com/cognitive/index.htm
For the special disability area of our staff training program in ATArizona.com, we discuss LD and cognitive challenges that result from:
Congenital cause meaning genetic (or inherited)
Pre-natal condition, birth accident or childhood illness or trauma
Adolescent or adult injury, disease or complication of other causation
Psychiatric conditions such as mood disorder, emotional disorders and illness
Substance abuse disorders
Also discussed: medication issues in the workplace, alternative learning styles
http://www.atarizona.com/atresources/cog.php
- - ATArizona.com COG (Resource section on LD and Cognitive Challenges)
http://www.alterpsy.org/privileges.html
- - From Privileges to Rights: People Labeled with Psychiatric Disabilities Speak
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/MR.html
- - Job Accommodation Network DDD and MR (Developmental disabilities and mental retardation)
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/Psychiatric.html
- - Job Accommodation Network Psychiatric disabilities
http://www.med-psych.net/
- - Med-Psych Network. This site contains much information about common disabilities and medications used in treatment. A sponsored site by therapists and pharmaceutical companies.
http://www.neuroskills.com/index.shtml?main=/tbi/beh.shtml
- - Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Guide
http://www.mentalhelp.net/
- - Mental Help Net Articles about major forms of psychiatric issues and self-tests for conditions such as: “Take a test to measure your Depression, Take a quiz to estimate your degree of Adult Attention Deficit, Take a quiz to measure your degree of mania, Screen yourself for alcoholism (alcohol addiction, abuse and/or dependence). Anger: How well do you manage your anger? Take this short test and find out...”
http://www.abilityhub.com/ecolumn/2002/oct1.htm
- - software for computers to read aloud text for those with LD
http://www.abilityhub.com/cognitive/index.htm
- - Cognitive disabilities reminders, prompts and cues at specified times or under specified conditions. Definition of cognitive disability. The Center on Human Policy at Syracuse University defines cognitive disability as: a disability that impacts and individual's ability to access, process, or remember information."
http://www.qub.ac.uk/disability/webpages/learning-difficulty.htm
- - Disability Services - SLD: Specific Learning Difficulties, UK University
http://www.webaim.org/simulations/cognitive.php
- - Cognitive Disability Simulation. Online simulation exercise - a simulation of the effects of cognitive disabilities
http://luna.cas.usf.edu/%7Erasch/resource.html
- - Rehabilitation Counseling - Disability Resources (Rasch\USF) Rehab and Mental Health counselor's guide to disabilities and medical conditions, rehabilitation, coping, quality of life
http://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/dyspraxia-information/whatis.html
- - What is Dyspraxia? Details about a particular LD condition that may affect up to 10% of the population. This is new to LD in general knowledge and may be confused with other disabilities. Dyspraxia affects the planning of what to do and how to do it. It is associated with problems of perception, language and thought.
http://www.skill.org.uk/
- - Skill.org National Bureau for Students with Disabilities. UK organization for study and resources of youth and young adults with learning disabilities
http://www.ldinfo.com/dyscalculia.htm
- - Dyscalculia - great difficulty performing math calculations.
http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm
- - Learning Styles online test and information. Learning styles explained, alternative learning styles, strategies, LD, multiple intelligences
http://www.skill.org.uk/info/demos/dyslexia.asp
- - Skill: students with dyslexia in higher education. Intro to dyslexia, with T/F quiz on misconceptions. Detailed information.
http://www.ldworldwide.org/ldinformation/adults/ understandingLD_roth.html - - Information on Learning Disabilities. Stephen Rothenburg. Adults with LD information.
http://www.ldworldwide.org/store/books.html
- - Successful Lifetime Management: Adults with Learning Disabilities.
http://neurodiversity.com/employment.html
- - Neurodiversity.com autism & employment. Links for employment and job-seeking information for those with autism and related conditions
http://neurodiversity.com/main.html
- - neurodiversity.com sitemap. Comprehensive listing of materials online. Look at the Different Kinds of Minds listing of conditions with links
http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm
- - Learning Styles online test and information. Learning styles explained, alternative learning styles, strategies, LD, multiple intelligences
http://www.ldinfo.com/dyscalculia.htm
- - dyscalculia - a great deal about difficulty performing math calculations.
http://www.support4learning.org.uk/education/learning_styles.cfm
- - Learning styles, multiple intelligences
http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=3_3_5
- - TechDis - Dyslexia and the use of Assistive Technology