Greetings Hugo, Tom, and all,

I might be more amenable to the notion that perhaps 20% of children have inappropriate or untimely learning experiences - that would be the extent of it.

Michael

Michael A. Gyori 
Maui International Language School 
www.mauilanguage.com




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From: "HKerr at aol.com" <HKerr at aol.com>
To: learningdisabilities at nifl.gov
Sent: Sat, November 7, 2009 5:35:51 AM
Subject: [LearningDisabilities 4292] Re: Dyslexia Awareness Week in the UK

In a message dated 07/11/2009 14:53:59 GMT Standard Time, tsticht at znet.com writes:
95 percent of adults said they read well or very wellAs you go on to note, Tom, these self-reports are very unreliable - British work indicates almost no correlation between self-report and objective assessment! 

What I want to challenge, though, is the notion that we know that 20% of children have an LD and that they will grow up illiterate. We must be more careful than this, both ideas are highly controversial. I, for one, believe neither!

Hugo

at:http://www.hugokerr.info/
"We're here to help each other get through this thing - whatever it might be." (Kurt Vonnegut) 



      
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