Re: Why no SSCCEs?

On 2005-09-30, Andrew Thompson penned:
> Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
>
>> IIRC she didn't qualify for special assistance because "She didn't
>> have a learning disability, just an extremely low IQ."
>
> Doesn't 'an extremely low IQ' result in 'a learning disability'? Or
> is this simply a government(?) education/health department's way to
> cut costs by sticking to 'the letter of the definition'?

Apparently, in the eyes of whatever organization decides these things
in the state or county or whatever has jurisdiction in which this girl
lives, having an extremely low IQ is by definition not a learning
disability.

Yes, it's awful. I don't really care *what* category someone is in, if
they are genuinely trying to learn and can't do so, I think we as a
society have some sort of responsibility to help them, even if they
don't fit a particular label.

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monique

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