LD Blog

According to an English-language publication called The Nation, students with Learning Disabilities are being identified in Thailand. The article features comments by two academics and a school director. The report on Learning Disabilities does not present new or unusual data or perspectives. I note it because it represents the international understanding of the need for special education services for students with Learning Disabilities.

Many children with average or above-average intelligence struggle at school due to learning disabilities.

At least 5 per cent of school children could have some form of learning disability (LD), and the government is doing little to help, experts say.

“We have found learning disabilities in 5 to 10 per cent of children aged from four to 12 years old,” said Dr Kullaya Korsuwan, head of the Special Education Department at Srinakharinwirot University.

She explained a simple intelligence test could distinguish LD sufferers from slow learners.

LD was generally defined as a significant gap between a person’s intelligence and the skills the person had achieved at each age level.

Link to the article.