Living with LDs
LD@home knows that Living with LDs can have it’s challenges, but here you’ll find support from experts and our team, as well as inspirational stories to help guide you on your journey.
Expert Advice
Our Expert Advice page is designed to help you interact with our experts and staff around the issues affecting those living with LDs. Your question can be about a parenting challenge at home, a challenge at school or even planning for further education. Our experts include educators working in the classroom and researchers investigating the latest studies in the area. As well, LDAO staff will use the 50 plus years of our experience to guide you.
With every answer, we encourage you to use it as a part of your process, which may also include using other sources from our partners, conducting further research and having conversations with your child and their teachers to formulate a specific course of action. Every child is different, so sometimes trial and error is a key part of finding what works for you.
Articles
Assistive Technology Available Standard on Mobile Devices
by Michael Kerr, Instructional Leadership Consultant, Special Education, Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board Mobile devices by nature of their design are for personal use. We store personal information on them, we carry them with us, we use them dozens
A Teacher’s Journey with Student Self-Advocacy – A Strategy for Parents
by Julia Osborne, Special Education Resource Teacher, York Region DSB "When you are on the very long journey that is life, always keep in mind your aspirations because they are your destination." My journey with student self-advocacy began on rocky terrain;