me: > > The one I'm most familiar with is Asperger syndrome, but I'll talk > > about that.
Michael Smith says: > I wasn't actually thinking of things like Asperger's, which > has, as I understand, a pretty clear-cut clinical profile. > What I had in mind was the more vaguely defined (and now > numerically huge) category of "learning disabilities" whose > definition pretty much boils down to "not as good at math > (or whatever) as the schools expect." I don't know enough about learning disabilities to comment. Is there an ed-psych expert in the house? -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.