LD/Workforce Self-Advocacy Resources
Audience: Learner with LD
Key Words: ADA; Self-advocacy
Publication Date: 2000
URL: http://www.ldonline.org/article/5999
Abstract/Summary: This resource focuses on the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 (Title 1). The goal of the law is simple. It is to eliminate discrimination against people with disabilities. But figuring out what it all means is complicated. Learning about their rights, however, can give persons with disabilities confidence and bargaining power. The purpose of the author is to explain the law to readers of this article.
Audience: Teacher; Learner with LD; Employer; Administrator
Key Words: LD success stories; Accommodations; Disclosure; Self-advocacy; Skills ID; Business best practices
Publication Date: 1996
URL: http://jimbrodie.com/VideoClips/clip-ld.wmv
Abstract/Summary: This online video features four adults with Learning Disabilities at their places of employment explaining the adaptations they use to be successful.
Audience: Learner with LD
Key Words: Skills ID, match to occupations; Self-advocacy; Disclosure; Accommodations
Publication Date: 2001
URL: http://www.ncld.org/content/view/353/411/
Abstract/Summary: This resource guides the adult job seeker with learning disabilities through the considerations of assessing and understanding strengths and weaknesses in relation to career choices and work relationships; identifying and targeting the jobs that match the job seeker's strengths; gaining valuable work experience through volunteering, part-time jobs, and internships; the application process including resumes, cover letters, and application forms; the job interview; whether and when to disclose learning disabilities and request accommodations; and tips for success throughout the entire process.
Audience: Learner with LD
Key Words: Self-advocacy; Accommodations
Publication Date: 2001
URL: http://www.ncld.org/content/view/441/431/
Abstract/Summary: This article provides helpful hints on requesting job accommodations for workers with a learning disability.
Audience: Teacher; Learner with LD
Key Words: Comprehensive; Accommodations; Disclosure; Self-advocacy; ADA
Publication Date: 2005
URL: http://www.ldaamerica.org/index.cfm
Abstract/Summary: This website provides support for adults with Learning Disabilities and their parents and teachers by providing information on understanding learning disabilities and negotiating the help the person needs to be successful.
Audience: Learner with LD; Teacher
Key Words: Comprehensive; Self-advocacy; Skills ID
Publication Date: 2004
URL: http://ldlink.coe.utk.edu/making_choices.htm
Abstract/Summary: Curriculum options for an adult with LD would include basic skills, learning strategies, critical content, social skills, and self-advocacy. Each area is explained providing key curricular elements and resources for teaching.
Audience: Learner with LD
Key Words: LD success stories; Self-advocacy
Publication Date: 2002
URL: http://www.ldonline.org/article/6000
Abstract/Summary: This vignette of how a worker with attention deficit disorder adjusts to her work situation reveals the obvious and more subtle aspects of that adjustment -- self knowledge, self advocacy, personal commitment, and social skills -- needed to succeed in a new work situation. It should be helpful to others anticipating and/or finding themselves in similar situations.
Audience: Learner with LD; Teacher
Key Words: Disclosure; Self-advocacy
Publication Date: 2005
URL: http://www.ncld.org/content/view/445/389/
Abstract/Summary: InfoZone provides an extensive collection of LD information across the nation including fact sheets and research reports on many topics. There are links to sections on Living with LD, LD on the Job, and Legal Rights.
Audience: Learner with LD
Key Words: Self-advocacy
Publication Date: 2000
URL: http://www.ldonline.org/article/6004
Abstract/Summary: This resource suggests ways the college student with a learning disability can position him/herself for employment possibilities through gaining applicable work experience through tailoring class assignments, volunteer work, part-time jobs, and extracurricular activities while in college.
Audience: Learner with LD
Key Words: Self-advocacy
Publication Date: 1997
URL: http://www.ldonline.org/article/5997
Abstract/Summary: Essay urges self-advocacy and includes “strategies that work.”
Audience: Learner with LD
Key Words: Self-advocacy; Disclosure; Accommodations
Publication Date: 1997
URL: http://www.ldonline.org/indepth/6011
Abstract/Summary: This article outlines and describes steps that adults with learning disabilities can take to become self-advocates and to request accommodations or services in the workplace.
Audience: Learner with LD
Key Words: Disclosure; ADA; Self-advocacy
Publication Date: 1996
URL: http://www.ldaamerica.org/aboutld/adults/workplace/tell.asp
Abstract/Summary: This resource aims to make adults with learning disabilities aware of the legal and relational issues involved in disclosing a disability to an employer or potential employer. One must self-disclose in order to take advantage of the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 or IDEA, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
