Differentiating difference from disability in the SLD assessment of diverse Students.

Abstract

More than 200 years of research in the field of learning disabilities have provided us with a vast body of knowledge, albeit without answering the fundamental questions: what and why. Today, it is widely accepted that learning disabilities or specific learning disabilities represent a real situation, which is mainly related to education, but also has long-term consequences in the social and professional life of individuals, who may be “smart”, but not know how to learn.. Tzouriadou, Maria & Tzivinikou, Sotiria & Vouyoukas, Constantinos & Anagnostopoulou, Eleni & Bonti, Eleni & Michalopoulou, Lito. (2022). Learning Disabilities From Assessment to Intervention Edited by Maria Tzouriadou and Sotiria Tzivinikou. More than 200 years of research in the field of learning disabilities have provided us with a vast body of knowledge, albeit without answering the fundamental questions: what and why. Today, it is widely accepted that learning disabilities or specific learning disabilities represent a real situation, which is mainly related to education, but also has long-term consequences in the social and professional life of individuals, who may be “smart”