Many professionals have deplored the fact that there have been no published post mortem findings of children with developmental learning disabilities. To our knowledge this is the first case history offered to the literature. It is presented from an inter-disciplinary approach thus involving various professional efforts and evolutionary thoughts. The Journal is very proud to publish this manuscript. Dr. Drake and his evaluation team have performed a great service for the field of learning disabilities.—C.C.E.
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