Volume : IV, Issue : V, May - 2014

Specific Learning Disabilities in India: Rights, Issues and Challenges

Kamala. R

Abstract :

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced’. James Baldwin Persons with Specific Learning Disability (SpLD) still struggle to get their full rights and provisions in India. SpLD is a hidden disability; it is a disorder or a retardation of development affecting specific academic area, such as reading, spelling, arithmetic, and writing as well as delays in language in general. Specific Learning Disability is not visible as other disabilities such as visually impaired, heå impaired and mentally challenged. In India, it is estimated that approximately Specific Learning Disability (SpLD) affects almost 5–15% of school going children but there is a lack of awareness about specific learning dis – ability among the teachers, parent’s community and general public. Due to these reasons, they label the specific learning disabled students as lazy, not attentive in class, dull, etc,. In the developed countries like United States of America and Britain, already they have included specific learning disability category in the disability law. As in the case of India, Persons with Disability Act (PWD) is considered as one of the corner stone in the disability act but the specific learning disability category is not included in the Act. The recent Bill (Rights of the Persons with Disability Bill 2014) has included SpLD and recognized as a disability. Still the Bill is not yet passed. So far the rights of the specific learning disability students are hidden and forgotten by the Indian government like their disability. The teachers, parents community and the students should be properly educated about the rights of the learning disability students. This paper is an attempt to explain the rights, issues and problems of the specific learning disability students in India

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Kamala. R Specific Learning Disabilities in India: Rights, Issues and Challenges Indian Journal of Applied Research, Volume.4, Issue.5, May-2014

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