Facing Learning Disabilities in the Adult Years

by Rebecca Rich and Joan Shapiro

Book Overview

Between five and eleven million individuals in this country struggle with learning disabilities throughout adulthood, and it is estimated that two to three percent of incoming college freshman are learning disabled. In fact, learning-disabled adults are the fastest growing population of disabled university students. But unlike in the past, learning disabilities are now well understood, and there is a great deal of help available for the disabled--if...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195113357
• ISBN13: 9780195113358
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

An Infomative and Helpful Resource for the Layman

At last a book on learning disabilities that you do not need a doctorate in the subject to understand. I highly recommend this book to anyone who needs some practical advice on this subject.

A highly informative and understandable resource

This is the best book I have read on the subject for adults with learning disabilities. Shapiro and Rich write in a way that is easily understandable by laymen and also in a way that is highly informative. If you have a learning disability, you can easily relate to their examples of other real people with similar problems and learn how LD problems are diagnosed, what causes the problem and treatment methods, including strategies and drugs. I would certainly reccommend this book for any adult who has a learning disability or simply wants to learn more