Inside the easy-to-read pages of this comprehensive guidebook are valuable tools for identifying, understanding, and overcoming the struggles facing teenagers and young adults with learning disabilities. First in a new series, this upbeat book empowers teenagers, showing them how to create an educational plan for high school and college. Chockfull of tips for using assistive technology including, electronic notebooks, Optical Character Recognition systems, and books on tape, this resource talks to teens on a personal level. Also teaches students their rights under federal and state law and profiles famous people that also have learning disabilities.

Author Biography

Penny Hutchins Paquette is an educational writer, former school librarian, and author of Asthma: The Ultimate Teen Guide She lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Cheryl Gerson Tuttle is a special education coordinator and educational writer in Special Education with broad experience at the preschool through college levels. She is the author of Medications: The Ultimate Teen Guide. She lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts.