Hi! I'm Dr. Robb Mapou, and this is the beginning of my blog on learning disabilities, with a focus on adults. A lot of folks have suggested that I do this, but not being of the computer generation, I kind of said, "Who, me? I don't know how to blog!" On the other hand, I have always been a writer: I published a newspaper in my fourth grade class, worked on my junior high and high school newspapers, won an award for a paper in college, have published a book and, most important, have to...
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