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For information on Bridges to Practice training in your area, please contact:
Dr. Rochelle Kenyon, Project Director
rkenyon@aol.com

It doesn't take being "famous" to be successful in dealing with one's learning disability. In fact, people with learning disabilities are successful in many different fields of study. Although there are challenges to being learning disabled, remember that everyone has strengths and weaknesses. Then, what does it take for a learning disabled student to be successful?

Research indicates that there are factors that increase the likelihood of success for an individual with learning disabilities. The individual should:

• Be informed that he/she has the disability
• Accept the disability
• Develop approaches to education and employment that acknowledge the disability and not attempt to avoid the problem or label them as "learning differences" or learning difficulties"
• Be goal oriented
• Look at past learning disability experiences in more positive and productive manners
• Have a real desire to succeed

To read about "real" people with learning disabilities, you may wish to click on the following link.

LD Online - First Person offers personal essays on first-hand experiences with the challenges of learning disabilities. Essays are authored by teachers, parents, and students.

http://www.ldonline.org/first_person/first_person.html