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Non-Verbal Learning disability on the Web - http://www.nldontheweb.org/ This is website dedicated to specific non-verbal learning disabilities(NLD). The website contains information on assessment of NLD, advocacy and interventions in school and home. The website also includes a NLD library, forum and links to other internet resources. ‘Brain Salad’ is a unique feature of the website that educates patients and parents the working of the brain and mechanisms of learning disability. National Center for Learning Disability - http://www.ncld.org/ This is a United States based website that provides comprehensive information on various types of learning disabilities. The website contains ‘LD infozone’ that provides information on various learning disabilities, ‘Living with LD’- section with information on schooling, jobs and legal rights, latest news, a forum and the ‘early literacy program’. Do2 Learn - www.do2learn.com Do2 Learn provides activities that aim to promote development in patients with specific learning disabilities. The material includes communication cards for parents and teachers; including homework helpers, math grids, tables, alphabet, number, color, and shape learning activities, songs and games, and home teaching kits. Computer based teaching programs are also accessible online. C. Vidyashankar,
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