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FACTS ABOUT LEARNING DISABILITIES
1, Most people with learning disabil-
ities have normal intelligence and
no visual or hearing impairment.

The learning disabled suffers from

a developmental condition that
prevents them from learning in a
normal fashion. They have trouble
taking information in through the
senses and bringing it accurately

to the brain. The information often
gets scrambled.

Some of the difficulties include:

a) reversing letters, words, num-
bers, or the order of letters,
For example, "d" and "b" is con-
fused, or "dog" is deciphered
as "god". It may be difficult
to differeniate between "OIL"
and "710" or recognize that "g"
and "G" are the same letter.

b) associating the sound of the

letter with the written symbol.

Words like "tea" and "sea" can

be indistinguishable,

c) remembering words and their

meaning.

d) confusing left and right, dir-

ections, or instructions,

The key to helping an individual
overcome or compensate for the
learning disability is to find the
means by which information can be
processed. In general, the student
will learn better the more sense
modalities used in the teaching/
learning process - visual, auditory,
tactile, kinesthetic, Although the
person may see leters reversed or
transposed, she/he does not feel
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5. A learning disability will likely
remain with the person for life.
While some people will experience
little difficulty after remediation,
others will continue to need special

assistance throughout their lives.

For further information, contact Gladys
Klassen at 521-4851, local 285,

 

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Film Preview
NOTICE FROM THE A/V UNIT

FILM PREVIEW - NFB NEW RELEASE

The film NOT A LOVE STORY: A FILM
ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY (70 minutes in length)
will be available for preview Thursday,
December 10th, TWO showings with
discussions after each, 1:30 - 5:00 pm,
in the Boardroom, McBride Site.

"Not _a Love Story includes interviews
with some of pornography's most out-
spoken critics. Prominent American
feminists Kate Millett, Robin Morgan,
Kathleen Barry and Susan Griffin

provide thoughtful analyses of
pornography as an expression and a cause
of sexual inequality as well as an arena
for violence practised against women...
Not_a Love Story, by the very nature of
its subject, contains some sexually
explicit scenes. While these may be
embarrassing and, in some cases, shocking,
none has been used gratuitously. No
amount of verbal description could
adequately recreate the impact of the
images themselves. Only by seeing them
can the viewer begin to fully realize
the enormous impact of pornographic
imagery on our society... By increasing
our awareness of the harmful nature of
pornography... By creating a forum

for discussion it encourages us to

find possibilities for positive

personal action."

++eeeees-from the National Film Board
review of the film.