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.
Sapevamo che avrebbero presentato difficoltà cognitive. Sapevamo che avrebbero avuto difficoltà a sviluppare le normali abilità linguistiche. E che avrebbero fatto fatica ad imparare a leggere.