Support groups/adults

I agree that most of the options are for kids!

If your employer has an EAP (employee assistance program) in place they may be able to help contact you with the right people….

Maybe the United Way? Here they have a service called “First Call for Help.” It’s job is to connect you to other services. Of course, if those other services don’t exist I don’t know what happens!

The only other thing I can think of is to start your own group. A young lady who posts on this board did just that thing for LDers in New York, I believe. You could start a thread asking how she did it.

Good luck,
Barb

Try checking The Self HelpClearinghouse which is on the internet and which lists some self help groups. Also, your local Alcoholics Anonymous Intergroup may have a listing of self help groups in your area.

I am also trying to find some social outlet for my little brother whom is 21. is there antone out there that lives in Orlando? I would try to start one myself if I could just get a few paople together.
Trinity

I’m also DL and I know Support groups for adults are hard to fine
But they are out there try the Orton Society

There are 43 local branches of the Orton Society in the U.S., where people can access such resources as education programs, teacher training and conferences, and support groups for children, teens and adults. The Society holds an annual symposium to present the latest research developments and provides hands-on workshop sessions for teachers.

For information, contact: the Orton Dyslexia Society, Chester Building, Suite 382, 8600 LaSalle Road, Baltimore, MD 21286-2044 (phone: 410-296-0232)

Hope this help good luck.

Hi Kathy,

Your suggestion is good but not everyone has Dyslexia as the prime LD. As one who has NLD and Dyslexia, I do give the orton folks credit as they seem to now realize how big an issue NLD is. But obviously, Dyslexia is still their main focus which is totally understandable.

There just aren’t many adult support groups for adults with LD. I have to laugh, the local LDA office has one for young adults. What the heck does that mean, you should be over LD once you’re no longer a young adult?

I have thought about starting one also but wonder if other adults with LD care as much about this issue as I do.

PT

If you have an interest in starting a LD support group, I say go for it!

We have a reasonably active forum here which indicates some level of interest.

Remember than young woman who started a group in NY? I wonder how it is going?

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There is a great resource right here on LDOnline!! At the top of the page, there is a subject block called “Finding Help” Click on it and there will be a list of resources like National Organizations and State resource lists. If the state list doesn’t offer much help for your area, go to the the national organizations to see if they list local branches.

Also, each state is required to have a “Parent Education, Assistance and Technical Center” (PEATC) Some states use that name and others use a different name (Minnesota = PACER www.pacer.org) (Virginia = Parent Resource Centers, one in each county) Although their focus is on kids, they have unbelievable amounts of info, usually a list of support groups in their areas. Many of the parents (like me) started going to meetings for help with LD kids. But one of the things we learned is that LD often runs in families, and I have LD/ADD, too! We devote time at these meetings now to cover our issues, or have a separate meeting altogether.

Also, there are tons of books and web sites aimed at college students and they can be very helpful with learning strategies and organization that we can use at home and work. My favorite is Learning Between the Lines by two guys with LD/ADHD who made it through Brown University.

Sorry to be so wordy, hope something was useful!

There is an LD Adult Support Group in NYC run through the NYC Chapter of the National Learning Disability Assocaiation. To find out more about the group call 1-212-645-6730. There next meeting will be towards the end of June-this month that is.