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The coinage of the term “learning disabilities”

Should we blame S. A. Kirk?

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John Wills Lloyd
Jan 27, 2023
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Many of us probably have read that the famous special educator, Samuel A. Kirk, “coined” the term “learning disabilities” (LD) in a speech he gave to a group of parents in Chicago in 1963. That group…

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