Further Readings & Resources

I could not hope to begin to scratch the surface of the literature available in this field and on this topic.  Below you will find books, articles, and links to websites that I found helpful throughout this process. 

References 

Arries, J.F. (1999). Learning Disabilities and Foreign Languages: A Curriculum Approach to the Design of Inclusive Courses. The Modern Language Journal, 83(1), 98-110. doi:10.1111/0026-7902.00008 

Difino, Sharon M., and Linda J. Lombardino. “Language Learning Disabilities: The Ultimate Foreign Language Challenge.” Foreign Language Annals, vol. 37;, no. 3, 2004, pp. 390-400., doi:10.1111/j.1944-9720.2004.tb02697.x. 

Drysdale, Heather, et al. “Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder from Bilingual Families: a Systematic Review.” Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, vol. 2, no. 1. 2014, pp. 26-38., doi:10.1007/s40489-014-0032-7. Focus on Special Education Learners. Sedl.org/loteced/lowdown/letters_62.html. 

Kleinert, Harold L., et al. “Students with Disabilities.” TEACHING Exceptional Children, vol. 39, no. 3, 2007, pp. 24-29., doi:10.1177/004005990703900304. 

Leons, E., Herbert, C., & Gobbo, K. (2009). Students with learning disabilities and AD/HD in the foreign language classroom: Supporting students and instructors. Foreign Language Annals, 42(1), 42–54. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1944-9720.2009.01007.x 

Peker, Hilal. and Michele Regalla. “Making Exemption the Exception, Not the Rule: Inclusion of All Students in Foreign Language Education.” Foreign Language Annals, vol. 54, no. 1, 2021, pp. 73-90., doi:10.1111/flan.12513 

Scott, S., & Edwards, W. (2019). Disability and world language learning: Inclusive teaching for diverse learners. Rowman & Littlefield.

Sparks, R. L. (2016). Myths about foreign language learning and learning disabilities. Foreign Language Annals, 49(2), 252–270. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12196 

Sparks, Richard L. “Evidence-Based Accommodation Decision Making at the Postsecondary Level: Review of the Evidence for Foreign Language Learning.” Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, vol. 23, no. 4, 2008, pp. 180-1p83., doi:10/1111/j.1540-5826.2008.00276.x 

Valicenti-Mcdermott, Maria, et al. “Social Differences Between Monolingual English and Bilingual English-Spanish Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders.” Pediatric Neurology, vol. 100,2019, pp. 55-59., doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.07.001. 

Wight, M. C. (2015). Students with learning disabilities in the Foreign Language Learning Environment and the practice of Exemption. Foreign Language Annals, 48(1), 39–55. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12122 

Wire, Vivienne. “Autism Spectrum Disorders and Learning Foreign Languages.” Support for Learning, vol. 20, no. 3, 2005, pp. 123-128., doi:10.1111/j.0268-2141.2005.00375.x 

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