Are schools creating disabilities in students more than helping students with disabilities?

Answer 1

You are asking for a generalization. I think it varies greatly from one situation to another. I can certainly think of kids who are "teaching disabled" or "parenting disabled" more than learning disabled. Sometimes it is a matter of matching the child's learning style with the correct teaching method. I have been teaching special education for more than 30 years. My rule of thumb is that if I can teach a kid to read within 6 -9 months, then the child probably is not truly learning disabled. Those are the fix them up and move them out kids. I never feel guilty about those kids, because they did benefit from instruction. However, I try to move those kids back into the regular classroom fulltime as soon as possible. I also monitor them to make sure that they stay caught up with the class. Other kids are more resistant to learning or memory. They are truly disabled, and will have a life long struggle. Those kids will still be disabled when adults, but hopefully will have learned coping skills. Currently, most states are still using the discrepancy model to identify a learning disabilty. The new federal IDEA law, when they finally get the guidelines and procedures worked out, will lean more towards a resistance to intervention definition. The idea is to try more interventions and strategies before the child gets placed into special education program for learning disabilities.
I try to treat each child as if they are gifted. It's just that sometimes it takes us stupid adults awhile to find the gift.
However, I do take a small issue with another responder's comment that kids used to just learn anyway. Some may have. In fact, many often did not. Some dropped, out, some struggled through and got an attendance or basic diploma ( remember those?)some were considered unteachable, some repeated a grade until they were too embarrassed to stay in school. Many students who attend school now who would not have attended a public school in the 50s. So , in a sense we are comparing two different school populations.

Answer 2

Many times yes. Schools spend a lot of time trying to find the learning problems in students rather than just teaching them. When my parents were growing up, the kids had the same learning problems of kids today, but the just learned anyway. We foster learning disabilities in a way today.

Answer 3

No i don t think so,because all the teachers love their work,so students learn to become smb.in life,but those with some disabilities can not learn so much,from many points of view......