Review: Perspectives on Learning Disabilities in India: Current Practices and Prospects

TLDR: The main focus of as mentioned in this paper is to address definitional issues of Learning Disabilities: assessment, identification and intervention possibilities, which is a result of the proceedings of the International Conference on Learning Dis disabilities and Young at Risk, organised by the University Grants Commission Centre of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad.

Abstract: The book is a result of the proceedings of The International Conference on Learning Disabilities and Young at Risk, organised by the University Grants Commission Centre of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad. This is an important book, as not much scholarly work has been done in the area of Learning Disabilities (LD) in India. More so, since Disability Studies has not yet evolved as a discipline in its own right. As the editors themselves indicate, “It is evident that the entire area of learning disabilities in India is confronting fundamental and basic issues pertaining to assessment and interventions. Some beginnings have been sporadic, a-theoretical and at times ad hoc”. The book's major focus then is to address definitional issues of Learning Disabilities: assessment, identification and intervention possibilities.