ERIC Number: EJ868847
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-1918-5227
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"With an LD You're always Mediocre and Expect to be Mediocre": Perceptions of Adults Recently Diagnosed with Learning Disabilities
Duquette, Cheryll; Fullarton, Stephanie
Exceptionality Education International, v19 n1 p51-71 2009
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the educational and employment experiences of 10 adults who had recently been diagnosed as having a learning disability. Seven of the participants eventually obtained a high school diploma or the equivalent and they all had held a variety of entry-level jobs. The participants felt that having an undiagnosed learning disability had negatively affected their past, present, and future educational and employment opportunities. The importance of a caring adult to advocate on behalf of at-risk students and a set of goals, skills, and abilities that should be developed while in school emerged from the findings. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Employment Experience, Employment Opportunities, Educational Experience, At Risk Persons, Disability Identification, Diagnostic Tests, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Interviews, Social Support Groups, Adults, Caring
Exceptionality Education International. University of Alberta, Department of Educational Psychology, 6-102 Education North, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G5, Canada. Tel: 780-492-0800; Fax: 780-492-1318; e-mail: eecj@ualberta.ca; Web site: http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/eei
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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