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ERIC Number: EJ278063
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-Jan
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Learning Disability: Truth or Trap?
Ames, Louise Bates
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v16 n1 p19-20 Jan 1983
The author asserts that the diagnosis learning disability is applied too often and too loosely. It is recommended that the possibility be considered that poor school adjustment may be due simply to immaturity and unreadiness rather than to some general learning disability. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Maturity (Individuals), Readiness
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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