Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id gB6KuAX09625; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 15:56:10 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 15:56:10 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <a05010408ba16bb5d49c7@[10.3.3.130]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Anne Murr <anne.murr@DRAKE.EDU> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:4065] Re: News about Vocational Rehabilitation X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 1741 Lines: 42 Vivan, You said "Obviously, I don't have any solid evidence but it seems to me that unemployment and underemployment of the LD Population is a problem that needs addressing but everyone wants to ignore it." Yes, employment for LD is ignored - and perhaps a big part of that ignorance is that the public does not comprehend what LD is because it's a hidden disability. It's up to us in the LD field to educate and advocate. I am a on the board and the Legislative Committee of NAASLN, the National Association of Adults with Special Learning Needs (website: www.naasln.org). With the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) before Congress, we must speak clearly and forcefully to legislators about the special learning and employment needs of adults who have such needs. What do you - and others on this listserv - feel needs to be said to change policy (besides give us more money!)? What are the effects of a nonverbal learning disability? This area is much more obscure than language-processing difficulties. I know that LD evidences itself as differences in information processing. What particular areas of processing that are most affected? Does attention deficit also have an effect? Margaret, you said, "Over the years I've learned the most about LDs through conversation with those struggling with them." I agree. I've learned about learning disabilities one person at a time. I know that each person has determination and commitment to learning - despite a system which erects barrier after barrier. -- Anne Murr, Coordinator Adult Literacy Center School of Education Drake University 3206 University Ave. Des Moines, IA 50311 anne.murr@drake.edu Tel 515-271-3982 Fax 515-271-4544
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