Description:
This is the new frontier, the learning disability as an opportunistic tautology. The fact that one displays a marked lack of aptitude for a particular intellectual discipline or profession establishes one’s legal right to ensure at least a degree of success in that discipline or profession. That is not a fanciful conceit, but an adjudicated reality. Several judges have recently ventured the enterprising claim that any person who is not performing up to his or her abilities within a chosen endeavor suffers from a learning disability. (Author)
Type of Resource:
Newspaper
Publication Date:
1999
Journal Name:
New York Times
Issue:
April 20