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As employees, many adults with Learning Disabilities elect to conceal their difficulties, according to a story by Eileen Zimmerman of the New York Times. Using several different cases, Ms. Zimmerman explored the effects of Learning Disabilities on people in the workplace. In addition, Ms. Zimmerman conferred with scholars working on the topic of Learning Disabilities among adults, as indicated in the following quote.

In May, Ms. [Lynda] Price and a colleague, Paul Gerber, a professor of education at Virginia Commonwealth University, completed a two-year study of adults with learning disabilities. The study, financed by the Learning Disabilities Association of America, involved 70 adults throughout the country. The results showed that 90 percent had not heard of the Americans With Disabilities Act and did not know it protected them from workplace discrimination. Ms. Price said that even when the protections of the A.D.A. were explained to study subjects “most said they wouldn’t use it anyway.”

Link to Ms. Zimmerman’s article. Search via Google Scholar for articles about LD and work.