On Defining Learning Disabilities:
- 1 February 1990
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Vol. 23 (2), 74-84
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002221949002300201
Abstract
This article reviews the efforts made since 1962 to define learning disabilities, provides readers with a clear picture of the current status of such definitions, and recommends that a consensus form around the definition proposed by the NJCLD.Keywords
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