he work place. The article suggests that self-awareness can help a person with a learning disability by strengthening them to become the person they want to be. The article however, does not address or suggest specific strategies one may use to achieve personal goals. The article did cover how most participants were unwilling to disclose their learning disability to their employer. People with learning disabilities have specific rights according to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Revealing learning disabilities to an employer would allow accommodations and adjustments for those people in the work place but the authors did not go into great detail concerning discrimination issues. Moving to the second study, students with learning disabilities in education face a similar task as that of adults in the work. According to Ysseldyke & Algozzine, 1990 as cited by Barga (1996), it is estimated that five percent of young school aged adolescents is considered to have some type of learning disabilities. Due to the passage of the Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 schools are now becoming involved in assisting disadvantaged students. Congress passed the 1973 Vocational Rehabilitation Act, which focused on providing equal education for any and all students with learning disabilities. This law mandates that students with learning disabilities receive supplemental services while attending educational settings (Barga, 1996). Today, the number of students in higher educational settings who have experienced some type of learning disability has increased from .3 percent in 1983 to 1.2 percent in 1987 (Heath, 1992). This same survey found that students with learning disabilities in postsecondary institutions have grown to over 20,000. From this we can clearly see that students with learning disabilities are the largest group of students who receive services that assist them with the learning process, especi...