Live Broadcast 28: The Learning Disabilities Mess

Written by Sandie Barrie Blackley, Speech-Language Pathologist

Published on January 19th, 2012

In Broadcast #28, Professor Ruth Colker of Ohio State University discussed the use of the term "learning disability" and how it impacts struggling readers and writers in public schools.

 

Professor Colker is an expert in disability law and is a frequent guest on National Public Radio (NPR). She is the author of nine books, and her forthcoming book is Disabled Education (New York University Press 2012). Professor Colker was awarded the 2009 Distinguished University Professor, the University's most distinguished award.

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Sandie Barrie Blackley, MA/CCC

Sandie Barrie Blackley, MA/CCC

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Sandie is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, a former university graduate school faculty member, and a co-founder of Lexercise. Sandie has been past president of the North Carolina Speech, Hearing & Language Association and has received two clinical awards, the Public Service Award and the Clinical Services Award. She served two terms on the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists.

As a faculty member at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, Sandie developed and taught structured literacy courses, supervised practicum for speech-language pathology graduate students, and coordinated a federally funded personnel preparation grant. In 2009, Sandie and her business partner, Chad Myers co-founded Mind InFormation, Inc./ Lexercise to provide accessible and scalable structured literacy services for students across the English-speaking world.