Embedded in an otherwise very interesting report about a novel with which I’m unfamiliar, a blogger who identifies his or her blog as “abpsych blog” made the simple mistake of using Learning Disabilities as a generic for special education. Describing the novel’s protagonist, the blogger wrote:
He has either autism of [sic] asperger’s syndrome. Christopher goes to a school for children with learning disabilities and his teacher, Siobahn, gives Christopher the idea to write about his investigation into the murder of his neighbor’s dog.
Not to be picky, but I left a comment on abpsych blog about the mistake. By the way, the book is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon and, based on the blogger’s intriguing analysis of it, I think I’ll get a copy to read.
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