Associate Professor Bruce Knight has been made a Fellow of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities.

The CQU Mackay-based academic is now recognised as a world leader in the scientific study of human problems related to learning disabilities.

IARLD (International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities) is an international professional organisation dedicated to conducting and sharing research about individuals who have learning disabilities.

The IARLD is an elected group of premier scientists, educators and clinicians. It currently has a membership of 250 distinguished scholars, representing 29 different countries and 23 disciplines.

The members of the Academy recognise learning disabilities to be related primarily to neurophysiological and neuropsychological deficits, which in turn are indigenous to the function or malfunction of the neurological and neuropsychological systems of the human organism.

The neurophsiological development of the human organism, its maldevelopment resulting in perceptual processing deficits, and the subsequent impact of these factors on learning and adjustment represent the scope of the Academy member's interest.