title: Frequency of adoption of children and adolescents with learning disabilities.
abstract: Students from three different facilities who were diagnosed as learning disabled were studied to determine the frequency of adoption with this population as compared to the national norm. The frequency of adoption was found to be 4.5 times higher than the norm, that is, 17.3% versus 3.9%. The possible reasons for this high incidence are discussed.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Silver
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000300:Adoption; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D014481:United States