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Here is a helpful article about summer camps from educational consultant Marcia Rubinstein, MA, CEP on the Smart Kids with LD website.  http://www.smartkidswithld.org/ld-basics/beyond-the-classroom/summer-camp-guidelines-for-kids-with-ld-and-adhd

Here is an informative article from the Huffington Post by Dr. Mark Bertin, a pediatrician in Pleasantville, NY about executive function and students with ADHD.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-bertin-md/adhd_b_1517445.html?utm_source=LDOnLine.org&utm_medium=LDNews

United States House of Representatives has announced a congressional caucus to focus on dyslexia. Please contact your U.S. Representative and ask him or her to consider joining this congressional caucus… Read More

Virginia Commonwealth University had published a useful online planning guide with checklists and videos  for high school students and parents entitled “Going to College.” This guide can assist students and… Read More

For CT families willing to travel to the NYC area.  YAI Network will hold an International Conference on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities April 30-May 3, 2012 at the Hilton New… Read More

For CT families willing to travel to the Boston area.  The Boston Higashi School, an international school for students with autism, will be hosting an autism forum “Perspectives from the… Read More

For Connecticut residents who are willing to travel to New York City and Boston, MA.   disAbled Magazine will be hosting two major career fair opportunities for young adults and… Read More

The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates voted last week in support of a Resolution to ensure that LSAT test organizations provide appropriate accommodations for applicants and examinees with disabilities…. Read More

An expert panel established by the American Psychiatric Association has proposed a new definition of autism that may be included in the revised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders,… Read More

The U.S. Department of Education has just released its interpretation of the impact of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 and implementing Department of Justice’s implementing federal regulations that were finalized last… Read More