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Learning Disabilities in the Workplace

Topics covered include:

• Workplace bullying,
• Dyslexia and ADD,
• Accommodation,
• Literacy and essential skills,
• Gender and disability,
• Disclosing illness and disability,
• Aboriginal peoples,
• and more.

Learning Disabilities in the Workplace

Literature Search (Updated April 2019)

 

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Ames, C. (2019). My Learning Curve on Learning Disabilities. Association of American Colleges & Universities.

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