On Being L.D.: Perspectives and Strategies of Young Adults (Special Education Series)
Description
The number of people categorized as learning disabled has mushroomed in the past two decades; learning disabilities now represent the most prevalent handicapping condition in the nation. What is the experience of the many students so labelled? Dr Murphy has culled the recollections of 49 young adults diagnosed - many of them while still at the elementary school level - as learning disabled; at the time of the interviews all were then attending or had graduated from two- or four-year colleges. Their first-hand accounts in On Being LD afford a unique view of the psychological and practical im...
ISBN(s)
0807731706, 9780807731703
