Learning Disability Case Study

Tom Smith, Edward Polloway, James Patton, and Carol Dowdy state, a 2008 report shows that 8.96% of the school-age population… have disabilities and of that number, 3.89% or almost half, were identified as learning disabled (2012, p. 160). Learning disabilities has always been a tough diagnosis due to accounting for a lot of factors like behavior, no proper teaching, culture and language, health issues, and other disability affecting learning. Not only that but there are different subject areas of learning disability in math, reading, and writing. Learning problems have been linked to injuries to the embryo or fetus caused by the mother’s use of alcohol or drugs (Smith, Polloway, Patton, & Dowdy, 2012, p. 161). I had a family who consumed alcohol during her first trimester pregnancy and when her son was born he was diagnosed with cerebral defects. Due to that diagnosis he is now considered under the learning disability due to his mother consuming alcohol. I feel she robbed her son out of having a normal and wonderful life. Now in school he is

160). When boarding schools were first introduced the staff did not take into consideration that our language and culture were different than theirs. They labeled us as being dumb, passive, and having a learning disability just because we did not understand their language and lifestyle. Not only was that a problem during the boarding school era but still a problem in today schools. Dominant society does not want us to use our language they want to have control of us minorities. When my grandpa was attending Wingate High School he was placed in SPED just because he did not pass the English administered test. He was a Navajo fluent speaker and was labeled as being dumb for not comprehending what was said in