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Collaborative Activities

LDA engages in an array of ongoing collaborative activities that support the organization's work on behalf of individuals with learning disabilities.

These activities include:

Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD)
A coalition of approximately 100 national disability organizations working together to advocate for national public policy that ensures the self determination, independence, empowerment, integration, and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
www.c-c-d.org

National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD)
A national committee of representatives of organization committed to the education and welfare of individuals with learning disabilities.

Children's Behavioral Alliance
A group of organizations concerned about the provision of positive behavioral supports and mental health services for students with significant social, behavioral and/or emotional needs.

"In The Best Interests of All" Position Paper (requires Acrobat Reader)

Healthy Children Project
LDA receives support from the John Merck Fund to promote grassroots prevention activities aimed at reducing human exposure to toxic chemicals in the environment. Such exposures are linked to increased incidence of learning disabilities and ADD/ADHD.
www.healthychildrenproject.org

LDA works with environmental and other health-affected groups through the Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) (900 organizational and individual members nationwide) and its 90-member work group, the Learning and Other Developmental Disabilities Initiative (LDDI). LDA is also an active member of the Children's Health and the Environment Partnership, a national alliance of over 80 organizations.