The Liaison Committee represents the Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD) in its advocacy for students with learning disabilities. The Liaison Committee co-chairs represent CLD on the Education Task force of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD). The advocacy of this group is a powerful national voice for all individuals with any type of disability. The website www.c-c-d.org provides up to date information on current national initiatives.

The Liaison Committee co-chairs also represent CLD on the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD). NJCLD members write papers on various important issues to the learning disability field. These papers include topics such as transition, response to inervention, assessment, and adolescent literacy. Copies of the papers can be found on the LD Online website - www.ldonline.org/about/partners/njcld

An update on the Liaison Committee's work is provided at each of the CLD national conferences, and a committee meeting is held that is open to all attendees. In addition, members are encouraged to act throughout the year on various issues.

Liaison Committee Members--Debi Gartland, Linda Elksnin, and Roberta Strosnider

1. Principles for the Reauthorization of ESEA, a statement provided by the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities. more...
2. Principles for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a statement provided by the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities. more...
3. Learning Disabilities Roundtable: Seeking Common Ground: Priority Issues. Submitted by The Council for Learning Disabilities in response to the white papers presented at the LD Summit in August 2001. more...
4. Response to "Rethinking Special Education." Submitted by the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities. more...
5. IDEA Authorizing Committee Members' Staff Contacts. more...
6. Higher Education Act Reauthorization: Recommendations by CLD more...
7. Priority Issues Response: The President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education more...

The National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities has published a paper addressing the documentation disconnect that confronts high school students with LD who move to postsecondary setting more...