Re: Learning Disability

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On 7/15/08, Patricia wrote:
> I am in the Marshall University School of Nursing in
> Huntington, West Virginia. I am the second dark skin
African
> American in the history (since the inception) of the
> nursing program.
> One of the nursing teachers 'diagnosed' me with Learning
> Disability at 53 and said I need to be tested.
> 1. Nurses do not diagnose Learning Disability according
> to the Nanda List of Nursing Diagnoses.
> 2. She told the 2nd dark skin African American in the
> history of the program.
> 3. She is not a psychologist; she is a nurse
> The state attorney general's office did nothing about it
> (and he is aware I am the 2nd dark african american since
> the school's inception).
> I am never been so outraged in my life as receiving such
> an phony diagnoses. Anyone else out there
> been labeled as Learning Disability?

Learning Disability is not about spelling nor about being
generous. I5 is TRULY a problem area with individuals
learning. You really need to look up the definition of
learning disability. It is not a tool to be used as
whipping or to downgrade. Only a doctor can determine
(after much testing) what the problem is (if one truly
exists).