Hi
I would also like to develop a discussion around this topic. In addition, I
am interested in the differences between the use of "learning disability" in
the UK and USA. In the US, LD is encoded in law/medicine/education as a
person with "average" intelligence who has, by and large, difficulty in
processing information therefore unable to meet (socially-constructed,
normed) academic requirements in school. In other words, the actual academic
performance is markedly discrepant from "age appropriate" expectations. Of
course, this makes LD is an extremely problematic concept for many, many
reasons... Still, I am intersted in how LD is conceptualized/described/used
in the UK and would be interested to know, especially in terms of how it
impacts children's experience in school.
Thanks
David Connor
Teachers College, Columbia University
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