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Learning from Living

Learning from Living COLUMN COORDINATOR: DOREEN KRONICK RECOLLECTIONS Dale Brown I was a learning-disabled child. My perceptual problems involved all of my senses. I saw double until second grade, when I had sur- gery. After the operation, my eyes still did not work well as a team, causing figure-ground and depth perception problems. My eyes tracked improperly, and it took me a long time to learn to discriminate visually and focus. I had problems in auditory sequencing, memory, discrimination, and processing. My sense of touch was also poor. I had apraxia, meaning that my brain had trouble telling my body what to do. I was hyperactive—could not tell where my body was in space—and had no internal sense of direction. Doreen Kronick, MA, 8 Rollscourt Drive, Willowdale, Ontario, Canada, is a special lecturer at the University of Toronto faculties of Social Work and Professional Continuing Education, and at the York University faculties of Special Education and Psychology. She is a contributing editor to Academic Therapy. Dale Brown, 4913 43rd Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20016, is now twenty- five years old. She graduated from Antioch College with a BA in Communi- cations and works as a writer for the American Occupational Therapy Association. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Academic Therapy SAGE

Learning from Living

Academic Therapy , Volume 15 (3): 6 – Jan 1, 1980

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10.1177/105345128001500310
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COLUMN COORDINATOR: DOREEN KRONICK RECOLLECTIONS Dale Brown I was a learning-disabled child. My perceptual problems involved all of my senses. I saw double until second grade, when I had sur- gery. After the operation, my eyes still did not work well as a team, causing figure-ground and depth perception problems. My eyes tracked improperly, and it took me a long time to learn to discriminate visually and focus. I had problems in auditory sequencing, memory, discrimination, and processing. My sense of touch was also poor. I had apraxia, meaning that my brain had trouble telling my body what to do. I was hyperactive—could not tell where my body was in space—and had no internal sense of direction. Doreen Kronick, MA, 8 Rollscourt Drive, Willowdale, Ontario, Canada, is a special lecturer at the University of Toronto faculties of Social Work and Professional Continuing Education, and at the York University faculties of Special Education and Psychology. She is a contributing editor to Academic Therapy. Dale Brown, 4913 43rd Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20016, is now twenty- five years old. She graduated from Antioch College with a BA in Communi- cations and works as a writer for the American Occupational Therapy Association.

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Published: Jan 1, 1980

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