Accommodations Quote by Robert Sternberg

I worry that when educational counselors and teachers call in families with concerns about a child having a learning disability, we aren't always looking…

— Madchen Amick

If children cannot see, they cannot learn; if they have untreated medical conditions, they cannot focus in school.

— Leana S. Wen

When you're growing up with a learning disability, it shoots your confidence and belief in what you can accomplish academically; it really damages it.

— Maya Hawke

“Notice the difference: A child’s disability is the focus in traditional classroom settings, but his abilities are the focus in the homeschool environment.”

— Sandra K. Cook

Learning disabilities cannot be cured, but they can be treated successfully and children with LD can go on to live happy, successful lives.

— Anne Ford

Disability is often framed, in medical terms, as the ultimate disaster and certainly as a deficit.

— Stella Young

People with disabilities want to be recognised for what they can do, not what they can't do.

— Karni Liddell

I put up a huge wall of denial. It was years before I was able to break through it... accepting that your child has…

— Anne Ford

“Outside of school, though, we were often defined by our disabilities. We were “handicapped”—a bit like a species. Often when people have a disability,…

— Ken Robinson

It is a lonely existence to be a child with a disability which no-one can see or understand, you exasperate your teachers, you disappoint…

— Susan Hampshire

Kid's heads are filled with so many nonfacts that when they get out of school they're totally unprepared to do anything. They can't read,…

— Frank Zappa

As people live longer, disability becomes more of an issue. And there seems to be more children born with a disability. I don't know…

— Jay Ruderman