Learning Disabilities Association of New Jersey

The LDA of New Jersey is an affiliate of the Learning Disabilities Association. The LDA is a non-profit organization of volunteers, including individuals with learning disabilities, their families and professionals. LDA is dedicated to identifying causes and promoting prevention of learning disabilities and to enhancing the quality of life for all individuals with learning disabilities and their families by encouraging effective identification and intervention, fostering research, and protecting their rights under the law.

LDA of America was started by a small group of parents in the 60's, in order to obtain proper services for the most under-served population: The Learning Disabled. The organization strives to influence legislation to protect the rights of the Learning Disable, and also to inform the public as to the nature of the disability. It is generally defined as a dysfunction in or more more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding spoken or written language. These may be manifested in disorders of listening, thinking, talking, reading, writing, spelling or mathematics. These are people of average to superior intelligence, whose achievement is significantly discrepant from perceived cognitive ability (intelligence).