A comparative study of adults with and without self-reported learning disabilities in six english-speaking populations: What have we learned?

Dyslexia

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 193-228

  Vogel, Susan A ^a   Holt, Janet K ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult literacy; Dyslexia; IALS; Learning disabilities

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IRELAND; LANGUAGE; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POLICY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; READING; RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STUDENT DROPOUTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542438041     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.244     Document Type: Article

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