How do learning disabilities affect an English language learner?

What are the problems in identifying LD in an ESL/ESOL learner?

How can adult education programs support these learners?

LD and the English language learner (PDF with live links)
In this paper Robin Schwarz addresses the crossover areas of learning disabilities (LD) and ESL / ESOL. She is uniquely qualified to do so since she has spent much of her adult life studying, teaching, and writing about the ways in which the two areas affect each other. She is a member of the LD Special Collection's Core Knowledge Group.