Mr. Greg Browne:

In my school, we have 280 students. It is the largest special school in Ireland. The demand for it is growing. I will give one example. I had a boy there who started in first year in a local secondary school. It was not working out. He was in the borderline range for mild disability, which means his IQ was between 70 and 79. I met him with his mam and had a chat with him. I asked him why he wants to come to our school and if he was not happy in his secondary school. What he said explains it.

He said:

Mr. Browne, I go to school every day. I am in classes. I do not understand one thing the teachers are telling me. I do not understand it. The only thing I know is I am not as bright as the other boys in the school.

That explains in a nutshell what we do with the borderline range of learning disabilities. I could not encapsulate it any better.