We knew that they were going to be slow cognitively; we knew they were going to struggle to learn to develop normal language abilities; and we knew that they were going to struggle to learn to read.
Wir wussten, dass es kognitiv langsam sein und damit kämpfen würde,  normale Sprachfähigkeiten zu erlernen; wir wussten, dass es damit  kämpfen würde, Lesen zu lernen.