http://www.ldonline.org/ en-us LD OnLine Administrator hourly 1 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/You%27ll_Want_To_Pay_Attention_to_%27Distracted%27 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:17:06 GMT When does a child have a learning disability and when is he just being a rambunctious kid? That's the question posed by Lisa Loomer's "Distracted," which Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre is staging at the Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey in Madison, March 4 to 20. The play, which had a successful run off-Broadway starring Cynthia Nixon last year, looks into attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and how it affects a child and his parents. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/You%27ll_Want_To_Pay_Attention_to_%27Distracted%27 http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Young_Boy_Turns_the_Page_on_His_Own_Reading_Difficulties Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:55:29 GMT Ryan Moore, 12, received occupational therapy from the Children's Specialized Hospital for three years for dysgraphia and hypotonia, which affect motor skills and muscle tone. As thanks, he organized a book fair at Barnes & Noble in May, and recently gave the 801 books he collected to the hospital. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Young_Boy_Turns_the_Page_on_His_Own_Reading_Difficulties http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Young_Idahoan_Reporter_Gets_the_Olympic_Scoop Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:14:18 GMT Chandler Schaak, 12, looked every bit the newsman at Monday's Youth Rally at Taco Bell Arena. Schaak is one of only 12 kids across the U.S. who won coveted reporting spots for Time for Kids, a weekly classroom publication from Time magazine. Some 500 students, including Schaak, wrote essays to get the job. He wrote his own about having dyslexia. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Young_Idahoan_Reporter_Gets_the_Olympic_Scoop http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Your_Cure_for_Overdue_Books%2C_Library_Late_Fees%2C_and_ADHD_%28OK%2C_2_Out_of_3%29 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:19:17 GMT Has paying fees for lost and overdue books become your ADD/ADHD family's library tradition? Take comfort with this from a former library employee and mom to one forgetful, disorganized ADHD child. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Your_Cure_for_Overdue_Books%2C_Library_Late_Fees%2C_and_ADHD_%28OK%2C_2_Out_of_3%29 http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Your_Personal_Best%3A_Henry_Winkler Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:42:26 GMT Arthur Fonzarelli was everything Henry Winkler wanted to be. "He was confident, he was a leader among his friends, he was good with women," Winkler says. "He had this confidence." And he didn't have dyslexia. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Your_Personal_Best%3A_Henry_Winkler http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/%91I_Just_Hope_My_Story_Will_Show_Other_Dyslexics_That_They_Can_Achieve_Their_Dreams%92 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:38:50 GMT In this Dyslexia Awareness Week Alice Sutton hopes her story will help inspire other children with dyslexia to work hard, build on their talents and not give up on their dreams. At age 12 she finally found a school to help her, and now is in her first year at Staffordshire University. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/%91I_Just_Hope_My_Story_Will_Show_Other_Dyslexics_That_They_Can_Achieve_Their_Dreams%92 http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/%93Basketball%94_Jones_Delivers_Motivational_Message Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:53:37 GMT The Northwood resident, a native of Melrose Park, IL, juggles basketballs for a living. But that's not the entire story. During his performances, Jones delivers motivational messages to his audience about learning to deal with and overcome learning disabilities. Jones, 43, was diagnosed with dyslexia near the end of his first grade year. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/%93Basketball%94_Jones_Delivers_Motivational_Message