A basic article about learning disabilities: definition, incidence, characteristics, and educational implications. This is a good place for parents with learning disabled children to begin the process of becoming informed and learning how to be an advocate.
A powerful and honest article about how it feels to parents to be told their child has a disability, written by a parent who has experienced this herself. This article is a must for parents – it validates and sympathizes with the emotions you are going through, and gives thoughtful, useful advice.