Some Thoughts on Why the Prevalence of Learning Disabilities Has Increased
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vide a forum for discussion on various key issues in our field. This is important because there are many different vantage points to some issues. The Forum section of the journal allows individuals to reflect on these matters from their own viewpoints. In the following two articles, Dr. Daniel Hallahan, of the University of Virginia, provides some insights into the increased prevalence of learning disabilities, and Emerson Dickman, III, elaborates on the overrepresentation of adoptees among special education populations.—JLW
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Attempts to limit disproportionality may result in denying services to students who need them.
“Attempts to limit disproportionality may in fact result in the denial of services to students who need them (Hallahan 1992; MacMillan and Reschly 1998).”
From Disproportionality and Learning Disabilities: Parsing Apart Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Language (2011) · cites this paper as Hallahan 1992
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Disproportionality and Learning Disabilities: Parsing Apart Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Language
Shifrer, D., Muller, C., & Callahan, R. (2011) · Journal of Learning Disabilities · doi:10.1177/0022219410374236 · Cited by 241 · see citing works
“Attempts to limit disproportionality may in fact result in the denial of services to students who need them (Hallahan, 1992; MacMillan & Reschly, 1998).”
Background
- Authors
- Hallahan, D. P.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hallahan, Daniel P.
- Venue
- Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1992-10
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 523-528
- ISSN
- 0022-2194 (ISSN-L)
- 1538-4780
- OpenAlex
- W2047964223
- Cited by
- 52
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 5.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Learning Disabilities (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Keywords
- learning disabilities, prevalence, special education
- MeSH terms
- Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Cultural Characteristics, Humans, Learning Disabilities, Longitudinal Studies, Risk Factors, Social Environment, United States, Incidence, Neurocognitive Disorders
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