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Learning Disabilities

What is a Learning Disability?

A learning disability is a neurological disorder. Children with learning disabilities may be as smart or smarter than their peers, but may have difficulty reading, writing, spelling, reasoning, recalling or organizing.

Facts about Learning Disabilities

  • Children with learning disabilities do not necessarily share common characteristics; each disability manifestation is unique.
  • Typical conditions associated with learning disabilities are dyslexia, attention disorder, language disorders, spatial orientation, sequencing and poor fine motor control.
  • One often notices a discrepancy between the potential level and performance level of the individual.
  • Learning disabilities are not necessarily related to mental retardation or mental illness. Learning problems can be the result of sensory problems, environmental or economic disadvantage.

Common Learning Disabilities

Dyslexia — a language-based disability in which a person has trouble understanding written words. It may also be referred to as reading disability or reading disorder.

Dysgraphia — a writing disability in which a person finds it hard to form letters or write within a defined space Auditory and Visual Processing Disorders — sensory disabilities in which a person has difficulty understanding language despite normal hearing and vision.

Nonverbal Learning Disabilities — a neurological disorder which originates in the right hemisphere of the brain, causing problems with visual-spatial, intuitive, organizational, evaluative and holistic processing functions.
 


Children with learning disabilities do not necessarily share common characteristics; each disability manifestation is unique.
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