In a message dated 7/11/2002 2:38:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > Students are reluctant to identify themselves > as learning disabled... > > My first job would be to discover who introduced that word! And what its > effect on people seeking help is. > have known many people in my teaching days who had learning dis-abilities, > but not one who was disabled by them. People are reluctant to apply labels > to ourselves, and hopefully people in education would know that. > Unfortuntely, too many do not. > > When someone declines to seek help, perhaps someone needs to advise the > helper on better ways of communicating. > > Harold A. Maio