Definitions of Learning Disabilities from Adults with Learning Disabilities: The Insiders' Perspectives
@article{Reiff1993DefinitionsOL, title={Definitions of Learning Disabilities from Adults with Learning Disabilities: The Insiders' Perspectives}, author={H. Reiff and P. Gerber and R. Ginsberg}, journal={Learning Disability Quarterly}, year={1993}, volume={16}, pages={114 - 125} }
Definitions of learning disabilities typically include the perspectives of professionals from educational, psychological, medical, and sociopolitical fields. Decision-makers in learning disabilities have rarely solicited the views of an important population of individuals who live with this label, adults with learning disabilities. This article presents responses from a sample of successful adults with learning disabilities who were asked to define the term learning disabilities. In addition to… CONTINUE READING
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