Learning Disability: Biological, Societal, or Both? A Response to Gerald Coles.

Galaburda, Albert M.

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ERIC Number: EJ392182

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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Learning Disability: Biological, Societal, or Both? A Response to Gerald Coles.

Galaburda, Albert M.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, v22 n5 p278-82 May 1989

In response to Coles (EC 220 146), the article examines evidence of the roles of intrinsic biological characteristics and the environment in learning disability and suggests that learning disability is a biological susceptibility manifested in an environment promoting its expression. (DB)

Descriptors: Biological Influences, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology, Learning Disabilities, Nature Nurture Controversy, Social Influences, Theories

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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