Two definitions of learning disabilities frequently used are the federal definition included in IDEA and the definition proposed by the NJCLD. Compare and contrast the two definitions.
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Both seem to agree that LD includes these dimensions: they are intrinsic to the individual and have a neurological basis; they are characterized by unexpected underachievement; and, they are not the result of other disorders. The NJCLD addresses what the federal definition does not: the heterogeneity of students with learning disabilities, the impact of learning disabilities on social perception, the life-span nature of learning disabilities, and the possibility that learning disabilities can exist concomitantly with other disabilities.
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a. Alfred Binet. b. Alexander Graham Bell. c. Lewis Terman. d. Samuel Gridley Howe.
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