The Person with a Learning Disability as a Minority Group Member

• Published in: Journal of learning disabilities Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 572 - 575
• Main Author: Coughlin, Dan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.09.1997; Sage; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Achievement; Adolescent; Adult; Aggression; Attitude towards mental illness; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Behavior; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Classroom Environment; Conflict Resolution; Coping; Disability; Humans; Learning; Learning Disabilities; Learning disabled adults; Learning Disorders - psychology; Learning Disorders - therapy; Medical sciences; Minority & ethnic groups; Minority Groups; Minority Groups - psychology; Personality Development; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Realization; Separatism; Social Attitudes; Social Change; Social Conformity; Social Experience; Social Identification; Social Integration; Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry; Society; Sociology; Special education; Special Needs Students; Stigma; Students; Students with disabilities; Success; Theme; Visual Learning; New York; United States > US; Human; Social attitude; Social status; Stigma; Learning disability; Minority
• ISSN: 0022-2194; 1538-4780
• DOI: 10.1177/002221949703000514

Last semester, while concluding an autobiography for a class assignment, the author came to the realization that being a person with a learning disability constitutes a strong connection to people of other minority groups. This article will develop that theme, searching relevant issues through applied sociological principles and utilizing personal commentaries by members of those groups.