EDUC 422 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Reading Disability, U.S. Route 3, Sight Word
6 Mar 2017
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Week 4:societal impact of learning disabilities, cortiell, c. , & horowitz and bizier, c. , marshall, c. , & Fawcett, g: compare canadian prevalence rates of learning disabilities in children and youth provided by. Statscan to those reported by cortela and horowitz (2014) from census data available in the u. s. In the u. s. , 1. 7 percent of the population reports having a learning disability, totaling. Males report higher incidence of ld than females. Prevalence among whites, blacks, and hispanics is about equal. Rates are highest among the other/multirace population and lowest among asians. Black and hispanic students are overrepresented in many states while white and. Asian students are underrepresented in the ld category. In canada, approximately 622,300 of the adult population (2. 3%) reported a learning disability. The most prevalent underlying learning conditions reported included attention deficit disorder (add), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd), and other developmental disorders of scholastic skills. Adhd is one of the most prevalent underlying learning conditions in canada.
