Partial performance weakness

Classification according to ICD-10
F81.-	Localized developmental disorders of school skills
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

Under learning disorders or learning disabilities are understood performance deficits in limited segments such as computing , reading , spelling , speech or motor skills . Partial performance weaknesses can also be associated with perceptual disorders, attention deficits, contact difficulties and emotional disorders.

These disorders exist in spite of sufficient intelligence , adequate support and physical and mental health (from the point of view of those who do not consider those affected by the disorders as "sick" or "disabled"). Partial performance weaknesses can significantly impair school performance, so that those affected may not be able to exhaust their potential. The problems can result in “secondary neurotization ” in students and persist into adulthood.

Partial performance weakness or disorder, illness and disability

The procedure used in some countries in Germany, partial performance weaknesses and disorders, in particular reading and spelling weaknesses and dyscalculia, is to be assessed as a disability in the sense of § 2 SGB ​​IX . However, it is undisputed that deficits in differentiating between different colored objects due to red-green visual impairment can only be explained with the help of medical categories. Efforts of educators, e.g. B. to induce an affected student to “look more closely” are pointless in such cases.

Proponents of the disease or disability theory

For the highest administrative courts of the states of Baden-Württemberg , Hesse and Schleswig-Holstein , the reading and spelling disorder is considered a "disability in the legal sense" The expert Christine Langenfeld made it clear in 2006 that a student must also be granted the privileges of a disabled person if there is no severe disability .

The Administrative Court of Kassel stated in its decision of March 23, 2006: “The dyslexia, which has been confirmed by a specialist medical report, is a disability i. S. d. Article 3 (3) sentence 2 of the Basic Law, which must be taken into account in school law. ”In this context, the addition:“ which has been confirmed by a specialist medical report ”is important. If only teachers make the diagnosis LRS, there is no protection under Article 3, Paragraph 3, Clause 2 of the Basic Law (or, since 2009, also by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ).

In 2003 Deutsches Ärzteblatt criticized the fact that German health insurance companies refused to classify partial performance disorders such as dyslexia as illnesses. Therefore, there is "a glaring gap between the high need for care and the financial security of this care".

Opponent of the disease or disability theory

The Administrative Court of Hanover stated in its decision of February 10, 2012: "Partial performance disorders (here: reading and spelling weaknesses - LRS) do not in themselves constitute mental disorders within the meaning of Section 35a of Book VIII of the Social Code." Only then is there a claim to integration assistance when a partial performance weakness has led to a "secondary neurotization".

On the u. a. The website “legakids.de”, which is supported by the Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth , is warned against classifying dyslexics as “sick” or “disabled”, as an official confirmation of this status would inappropriately stigmatize those affected . “Funding is required, not further stigmatization and pathologization of the children”, says the Legakids Foundation.

According to the Legakids Foundation, the categories of dyslexia and dyscalculia are not used “to understand the associated learning phenomena, but to deal with issues relating to the allocation of resources.” The background to this procedure is “that a specialist medical certificate is a prerequisite for the child to grant compensation for disadvantages in school. "

See also

• Amusia
• Dyscalculia
• Dyslexia
• Nonverbal learning disorders
• Underachiever
• Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder

Web links

• Partial performance disruptions in training, job opportunities
• TLS calculator : The program is used to determine partial service disruptions. In addition to the classic discrepancy model, it can also calculate using the regression method and output the diagnosis graphically and as a report.
• Professional Association of German Psychologists (BDP eV) - Section for partial performance disorders and learning therapy
• [1] Federal Association for Self-Employment Assistance for Partial Performance Weaknesses - SeHT - eV

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Administrative Court of Hanover: Integration assistance according to youth welfare law; Entitlement to reimbursement of costs for dyslexia therapy. Decision of February 10, 2012 . Section 22
2. ↑ Christine Langenfeld : Help for young adults with dyslexia / dyscalculia . In: Bundesverband dyslexia and dyscalculia e. V .: Creating equal opportunities - avoiding discrimination . 2006
3. ↑ Friedhelm Espeter: Affected by dyslexia / dyscalculia! . Federal Association of Dyslexia / Dyscalculia VS 14
4. ↑ Gerd Schulte-Körne / Helmut Remschmidt: Dyslexia - symptoms, diagnosis, causes, course and treatment . aerzteblatt.de. 2003
5. ↑ Administrative Court of Hanover: Integration assistance according to youth welfare law; Entitlement to reimbursement of costs for dyslexia therapy. Decision of February 10, 2012
6. ↑ Britta Büchner / Michael Kortländer / Birgit Werner / Nicole Robering / Friedrich Schönweiss: Dyslexia - a disease, a disability, a disorder? Right to education and individual support instead of selection and stigmatization . legakids.de, April 9, 2013
7. ↑ Legakids Foundation: Dyslexia? Dyscalculia? It's not the children's mind that is the problem! . November 6, 2015

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