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The Intersections of Learning Dis/ability, Ethnicity, and Emotionality in Education: The Voice of Sophia Cruz

The Intersections of Learning Dis/ability, Ethnicity, and Emotionality in Education: The Voice of Sophia Cruz
January 2020
David Hernández-Saca

The purpose of this Equity by Design Research Brief is to summarize a study by Dr. David Hernández-Saca of student Sophia Cruz's experiences of being labeled with a Learning Disability (LD), and what the meaning of LD was for her. The purpose of the study was to center student voice within the traditional special education field of LD in order to better understand LD at the intersections of ethnicity and emotionality.

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