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[1] Learning disabilities facts.  National Institute for Literacy.  Available at:  http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/facts/learning_disabilities.html.  Accessed 23 August 2005.

[2] Boudah DJ, Weiss MP.  Learning disabilities overview:  update 2002.  ERIC EC Digest #E624.  January 2002.  Available at: http://www.ericec.org/digests/e624.html.  Accessed 18 May 2005.

[3] Boudah & Weiss, 2002.

[4] Carnine D.  IDEA: focusing on improving results for children with disabilities.   Testimony in Hearing before the Subcommittee on Education Reform, Committee on Education and the Workforce, United States House of Representatives.  March 13, 2003.  Available at:  http://edworkforce.house.gov/hearings/108th/edr/idea031303/carnine.htm.  Accessed 18 May 2005.

Written, compiled and updated by Kyla Boyse, R.N. Reviewed by faculty at UMHS.

Updated October 2006

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