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National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities, Baltimore, MD. – 1981
The paper sets forth the position of the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities regarding definitions of learning disabilities (LD) as found in P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. The paper cites difficulties with the current definition, suggesting that misinterpretation has given the impression that individuals…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology, Learning Disabilities
