Introduces articles on adult learning disabilities featured in the October 1992 issue of the periodical 'Journal of Learning Disabilities.' Pointing out future directions for research and service in post-secondary education, rehabilitative services, community adjustment and neuropsychology; Manner of securing...
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Girls With Learning Disabilities and Their Sisters: How Are They Faring in Adulthood?The effects of childhood learning disabilities on adult educational achievement, employment, family status, and self-concept were studied. Fifty-eight women with a mean age of 37 years (29 pairs of former ...
A learning disability is typically defined as a difficulty or inability to take in and process information in ways that most people do naturally. As a result, learning disabilities can lead to a variety of problems with functioning in everyday life. While this problem is often associated with c...
Overcoming Learning Disabilities with PNTWhy do students struggle to keep up with their peers despite hard work and effort? Learning disorders are a group of conditions affecting a person's learning ability. They are often first diagnosed in childhood but can also occur in adulthood. The most ...
Define Adult learning. Adult learning synonyms, Adult learning pronunciation, Adult learning translation, English dictionary definition of Adult learning. Noun 1. adult education - a course for adults who are not otherwise engaged in formal study course,
As the field of disabilities begins to discover the manifold issues of adulthood, there is a need for a framework for studying adults with disabilities. Currently, the research on adults focuses primarily on service delivery systems. If a life-span developmental perspective is utilized as a concept...
As they reach adulthood, adult children with learning disabilities often continue to reside with parents, with this arrangement being unquestioned until health declines in later life lead to anxieties about where adult children should live. This chapter explores why there may be reluctance from aging ...
What Are the Types of Learning Disabilities? "Learning disability" is not a diagnosis in the same sense as "chickenpox" or "mumps." Chickenpox and mumps imply a single, known cause with a predictable set of symptoms. Rather, LD is a broad term that covers a pool of possible causes, symp...
Forty-nine adults with learning disabilities who had attended a large public university between 1980 and 1992 were interviewed about their current employment and social status. Most of the respondents had adjusted well to the demands and complexities of adulthood. More than 80% of the participants ...