<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/magazine/spring-2005/learning-disabled-abled-teacher.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>From Learning Disabled to Abled Teacher</title><excerpt>Lisa Cochrum ’92 has difficulty processing math and language, so she understands the frustrations of a learning disability. She came to Westmont for the small classes, thinking that would help. But she found the faculty made the real difference in her learning. “Personal involvement with professors was life-changing,” Lisa says. “Over and over again they told me I had academic potential. Their encouragement made me successful.”</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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