What is it about?
The work of professionals in the fields of special education and learning disabilities (including diagnostic decisions) is influenced by the social and cultural historical context.
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The work examins learning disabilities in a Israel via a critical sociological and historical lens. This is in contrast to prevailing notions in Israel which examin learning disabilities via reductionistic psycholigical lens.
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This page is a summary of: Between Negative Stigma (Cultural Deprivation) and Positive Stigma (Learning Disability): The Historical Development of Two Special Education Tracks, Culture Medicine and Psychiatry, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-012-9281-z.
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