Learning Disabilities and the Near Future

The field of learning disabilities has grown and expanded at a breathtaking rate in the two decades of its official existence. This growth has caused a number of vital issues to be bypassed or put aside that now must be met. We can all recognize that the accumulation of ambiguities and contradictions regarding identification and remediation cannot continue. Ten years from now the situations will surely be very different than it is today. The question is, How will it be different? I used the occasion of the ACLD meetings in New Orleans to pose some unthinkable thoughts—some problems that make us uncomfortable enough so that we would prefer to ignore them but really must be dealt with, if we are to emerge into a brighter future.