To investigate the hypothesis that learning disabilities (LD) play a part in adolescent suicide, all available suicide notes (n = 27) from 267 consecutive adolescent suicides were analyzed for spelling and handwriting errors. The suicide notes were dictated to adolescents with LD and adolescent non-LD controls. The results showed that 89% of the 27 adolescents who committed suicide had signific...

Learning disabilities (LD) can be associated with problems in the four stages of information processing used in learning: input, throughput, output, and feedback. These problems affect the child's ability to learn and perform activities in daily life, especially during academic activities. This study is a pilot study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of information processing strategy tr...

This study examined the effect of a touch-typing instructional program on keyboarding skills of higher education students. One group included students with developmental learning disabilities (LD, n=44), consisting of students with reading and/or handwriting difficulties. The second group included normally achieving students (NA, n=30). The main goal of the program was to increase keyboarding s...

disabilities are spending more and more time in the general classroom (McLeskey, Henry, & Axelrod, 1999), where they are exposed to the same wealth and variety of information as their peers. But students like J.T. often face higher expectations of productivity in these inclusive environments than they may have traditionally experienced in separate special education settings. Many students with ...

BACKGROUND Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are intended to reflect outcomes relevant to patients. They are increasingly used for healthcare quality improvement. To produce valid measures, patients should be involved in the development process but it is unclear whether this usually includes people with low literacy skills or learning disabilities. This potential exclusion raises concer...

Background: The relationship between learning disabilities and juvenile delinquency is widely established. However, the nature of learning disabilities and the pathway through which they are linked to delinquency are not well understood yet. The contribution of third variables, such as Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) seems as a promising field of research. The primary aim of thi...

BACKGROUND Cancer incidence among people with learning disabilities is rising. There have been no published studies of the needs and experiences of people with learning disabilities and cancer, from their own perspective. AIM To provide insight into the experiences and needs of people with learning disabilities who have cancer. DESIGN OF STUDY Prospective qualitative study, using ethnograph...

Jane Hubert is Senior Research Fellow and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology in the Department of Psychiatry of Disability at St George’s Hospital Medical School (Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE). Her interests include social and cultural aspects of learning disabilities, and family perspectives. Sheila Hollins is Professor of Psychiatry of Learning Disability at St George’s Hospi...

Regrouping Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III) subtests into Bannatyne’s spatial, conceptual, and sequential patterns has been thought by many to identify children with learning disabilities (LD). This study investigated the prevalence and diagnostic utility of WISC-III Bannatyne patterns by comparing 1,302 children with LD to 2,158 children in the WISC-III normati...

Between 5% and 8% of school-age children have some form of memory or cognitive deficit that interferes with their ability to learn concepts or procedures in one or more mathematical domains. A review of the arithmetical competencies of these children is provided, along with discussion of underlying memory and cognitive deficits and potential neural correlates. The deficits are discussed in term...