Learning {Dis}Abilities

General Do’s and Dont’s

The dLCV is an organization that provides free information to people and families of those who have {dis}abilities. They also provide free referrals, legal representation, technical assistance, and advocacy services.

The following webpages and documents provide information on testing accommodations for some of the commonly used assessments in adult education:

• BEST Plus 2.0 testing and BEST Plus’ FAQs, on page 7, addressing accommodations
• CASAS testing accommodations webpage
• GED ® testing accommodations webpage
• TABE testing guidelines for inclusive testing and TABE’s FAQs addressing accommodations

This document, developed by Florida Literacy (Marty Beech, Learning Systems Institute, FSU, 2011), provides some useful instructional strategies (Chapter 2) and accommodations for specific disabilities (Chapter 3). Since it was written for Florida, there are some specific policies and procedures that may not apply to other states or situations.

This webpage from understood.org provides definitions, impacts, and accommodations for dyslexia (a learning disability in reading) and dysgraphia (a learning disability in writing).

This website provides resources, instructional strategies, accommodations, and information about dyslexia (a learning disability in reading), dyscalculia (a learning disability in math), and dysgraphia (a learning disability in writing).

This webpage from understood.org provides information specifically about adults with dyslexia, which is a learning disability in reading.

This webpage from understood.org provides information about dysgraphia, which can impact skills such as writing, handwriting, typing, and spelling.

This fact sheet from understood.org includes basic information about dyscalculia, which is a learning disability in math.

This fact sheet from understood.org includes basic information about dyslexia, which is a learning disability in reading.

This website provides information on a wide range of disabilities, instructional strategies to support learners, and other useful resources.

This report, from the National Institute for Literacy (2009), includes instructional strategies, and accommodations. It also includes a section on ELLs with Learning Disabilities.