College English Mar 1989

Recognizing the Learning Disabled College Writer

Carolyn O'Hearn

Abstract

Learning disabilities were included among the list of handicaps for which special educational services were mandated and reimbursable by the federal government when the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142) was passed in 1975. Although the term disability is difficult to define, probably the most useful definition for the educator is the widely quoted federal definition of learning disabilities provided in the December 29, 1977, Federal Register.

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College English
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1989-03-01
DOI
10.2307/377722
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  1. Horn (2019)
    The Role of Empathy in Teaching and Tutoring Students with Learning Disabilities
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  2. Allen (1992)
    Bridge over troubled waters? Connecting research and pedagogy in composition an…
    Technical Communication Quarterly
  3. Collins (1990)
    The impact of microcomputer word processing on the performance of learning disa…
    Computers and Composition

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