38 % percent of American school children, 20 million children, are unable to read grade level material.[1]

35% of children with learning disabilities drop out of high school, despite the fact that many are above average in intelligence.[2]

Up to 60% of adolescents in treatment for substance abuse have learning disabilities.[3]

Dyslexia affects at least 1 out of every 5 children in the United States, and is the most common learning disability.[4]

62% of students with LD were not fully employed one year after graduating from high school.[5]

Only 13% of students with learning disabilities (compared to 53% of students in general population) have attended a 4-year post-secondary school program within two years of leaving high school.[6]

Approximately 85% of all individuals with learning disabilities have difficulties in the area of reading.[7]

Only 13% of students with learning disabilities attended a 4-year post-secondary school program within two years of leaving high school.[8]

We all can make a difference and Rise above these facts!

With self awareness, determination, education and persistence, we can make a difference in the statistics!

[1] National Center for Educational Statistics

[2] National Longitudinal Transition Study

[3] Hazelton Foundation, Minnesota.

[4] NIH

[5] National Center for Learning Disabilities

[6] National Longitudinal Transition Study, 1994

[7] National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

[8] National Longitudinal Transition Study, 1994

Almost all colleges and universities provide some level of services and/or accommodations for learning disabled students, as mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The colleges and universities listed below go a step further…they offer programs, some quite comprehensive, designed to support students with learning disabilities.

By clicking on the names of the colleges and universities below, you will be taken to the pages of their websites which detail their learning disabilities programs and, in most cases, list the names of and contact information for, staff able to answer your questions.