Learning Disabilities and Poverty: Moving towards a New Understanding of Learning Disabilities as a Public Health and Economic-Risk Issue.

Young, Glenn; Gerber, Paul J.

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ERIC Number: EJ571887

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Learning Disabilities and Poverty: Moving towards a New Understanding of Learning Disabilities as a Public Health and Economic-Risk Issue.

Young, Glenn; Gerber, Paul J.

Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, v9 n1 p1-6 Win 1998

Focuses on environmental issues that affect learning disabilities and provides a rationale for learning disabilities as a public health and economic-risk issue. The link between learning disabilities and poverty and the impact of low birth weight and lead poisoning are discussed. Action steps are provided. (CR)

Descriptors: Adults, Birth Weight, Children, Economic Impact, Economically Disadvantaged, Environmental Influences, Etiology, Lead Poisoning, Learning Disabilities, Poverty, Public Health

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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