Here’s a link from India (I think; the domain name is registered to someone in California) to a medical information aggregation site I’ve been watching. I point to it because (a) it may be useful to some readers and (b) because it uses Learning Disabilities as a generic. I’m trying to decide whether to write to the MDs whose name are associated with it and raise the matter. Suggestions?
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TVNZ has a piece about dyslexia that’s both good and bad. The good: It calls attention to the fact that Learning Disabilities are not officially recognized in New Zealand. The bad: It repeats the common mistake of equating dyslexia with reversals and pegs incidence at 10%. There’s a 10-minute video that has other misinformation (e.g., individuals with dyslexia have attention problems; some, but not all, do).
Dyslexia affects at least one in 10 kiwi children but the Ministry of Education does not recognise it as an official learning disability.
It is a disability that, at a basic level, may be recognisable through problems such as seeing words or numbers back to front or putting them in the wrong places. It is not associated with a lower IQ, and in fact, many dyslexics have been known to have above average intelligence.
However, the learning needs of dyslexic children are unique. But under the current system, those with dyslexia do not receive the extra time and attention they need.
Link to the print lead I’ve quote here; from it, you can also find a link to the video (Flash required).
The discussion between newscaster and Steve Maharey (Minister of Education) is worth watching. Is it that the newscaster champions using the term “dyslexia” while the Minister says New Zealand uses “Learning Disabilities?” I don’t know exactly how New Zealand structures its special education services, so I need help here.
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The Des Moines Register carried a story about a bad party that occurred at a house left to be tended by a high school student. The boy who has LD, was left at home for a weekend by his parents. Other youths apparently took advantage of the situation. There are reports of drug use and sexual assault.
Sphere: Related ContentPam Glazebrook said her 18-year-old son is responsible; she said he usually follows his parents’ strict rules, hasn’t needed to be grounded this year, and works 20 to 30 hours a week.
“It never would’ve occurred to us not to trust him,” Glazebrook said in an interview.
She bristled at Cook’s comment that her son is a special-education student, saying he has a slight learning disability connected to short-term memory loss.
“But quite honestly, he’s a sheep, not a leader. He’s a very popular kid, but he tends to follow,” she said. “Things got way out of his control.”
My name is John Lloyd. I am a professor in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia (USA). I serve as co-editor of the Division for Learning Disabilities Web site, TeachingLD.org, and as an officer of DLD (currently president-elect). I’ve written about learning disabilities and other matters and one can learn more than she ever wants to know about me by visiting my U.Va. personal Web space.
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