It feels like you're left out of the world: experiencing learning disabilities

Canada, 1969

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Episode number 4 of Series “Learning Series”.
Children speak of their attitudes towards their own learning disabilities, and of the way in which their life has been affected by these disabilities. Articulates the personal and social consequences of having a learning problem - the feeling of being a failure is a classroom lesson that many of these children never forget. Shows that the children given time and special help, their problems can be overcome.

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director

Barrie Angus McLean

production company

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Robert Anderson Associates

Duration

00:28:00:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1969

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Learning Series

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Learning Series

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