Discuss Connor's Insight That Learning Disability Can Be a Beneficial

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Essay

Discuss Connor's insight that learning disability can be a beneficial category for middle- class, White students, who receive various supports and services, whereas it almost always disadvantages Black and/or Latino urban youngsters, who are more likely to experience restriction rather than support. What have your own experiences with or observations of learning disabilities been? What determines whether diagnoses or LD labels are helpful or harmful to students?

Understand the concept of self-serving bias and its distinction from other cognitive biases.

Evaluate the belief in personal control and its implications on behavior and perception.

Identify the possibility of bias in expert opinions and the limitations of expertise.

Understand the principles of evidence-based belief formation and the suspension of belief in the absence of evidence.

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Definitions:

Historical Enforcement

The implementation and execution of laws, norms, and policies based on historical precedents.

Racial Disparities

Unequal outcomes and experiences among racial groups, often in health, education, and employment.

Mortality

The state of being subject to death; often used in statistics to refer to the rate of death in a population.

Severity

The extent of harm or damage that can be caused by an event or condition, often used in the context of diseases or natural disasters.