LDA frequently joins with other organizations to work on important
legislative issues.
June 2005: Responsiveness to Intervention and Learning Disabilities: A report prepared by the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities representing eleven national and international organizations (including LDA of America). More (PDF, 272KB)
February 2005: A Roundtable of organizations working
in the field of specific learning disabilities issued joint recommendations
for proposed regulations on the 2005 Individuals with Disabilities
Education Improvement Act (IDEIA). More
October 2004: A consortium of disability and other groups have joined LDA in issuing a Joint Statement on NCLB, recommending critical changes to the existing No Child Left Behind law. More
July 2004: Easter Seals is conducting a campaign, "Full Participation for All," designed to improve access to employment, health care, housing, transportation, education and exercise of voting rights for individuals with disabilities. The main thrust of the campaign is the circulation of a petition that will be delivered to policy makers at all levels of federal, state and local government in order to drive awareness of the challenges faced by individuals with disabilities. A copy of the petition can be found on the Easter Seals web page www.easterseals.com. The petition asks that policy makers lead efforts to:
- Employ people with disabilities and help build a stronger economy with more contributing taxpayers, an increased consumer base, and an expanded diverse workforce.
- Ensure that people with disabilities get the health care they need to lead full and more productive lives.
- Create affordable housing options and accessible transportation services to allow people with disabilities to live in and be more active in their communities.
- Guarantee access to high quality educational services - including early intervention and preschool programs for children with disabilities - to invest in America's future.
- Make all polling places accessible so people with disabilities can vote.
December 2003: LDA joins other leading learning disabilities
organizations in Joint Statement regarding Students
with Specific Learning Disabilities and the No Child Left Behind
Act.
January 2003: LDA joins with other advocacy organizations
to advocate for the positive behavioral support needs of students
with significant social, emotions, and/or behavioral difficulties.
Recommendations for the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA) are contained in the joint position paper, “In
the Best Interests of All” [PDF - Requires Acrobat
Reader available free from Adobe] 27 pgs, 316 KB
July 2002: LDA and other leading organizations release the
Learning Disabilities Roundtable report: Specific
Learning Disabilities: Finding Common Ground and related Policy
Recommendations for the reauthorization of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
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