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This report has been approved by the following member organizations of the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD).

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD).

Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD).

Division for Children's Communication Development—CEC (DCCD).

Division for Learning Disabilities—CEC (DLD).

International Reading Association (IRA).

Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA).

National Association of School Psychologists (NASP).

National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD).

The International Dyslexia Association (IDA).

More information about NJCLD and the reports it has issued can be found on the Internet at: http://www.ldonline.org/njcld.