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The Emergence of the Category of Learning Disability in the US and India

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This chapter compares the emergence of the learning disability (LD) category in the US with that in India as a springboard to the analysis presented in subsequent chapters. The analysis is situated within the overarching theoretical frameworks of postcolonialism and disability studies, and within the nested theories of (a) disability and critical race theory (or Dis/Crit), which examines the intersectionality of disability within other disadvantaging factors, such as language and socioeconomic status, and (b) disability studies in education, which explores these ideas within the specific context of educational systems.

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Kalyanpur, M. (2022). The Emergence of the Category of Learning Disability in the US and India. In: Development, Education and Learning Disability in India. Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83989-5_1

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