What are learning disabilities (LDs)? 10 Articles

by Lili Melton Ph.D.

Learning Disabilities (LDs): What are they? INTRODUCTION When children have learning difficulties, parents are most often the first to detect that something is not correct. And once noticed, parents want answers, inf...read more

by L. Beall

Learning disabilities (LDs) are neurological processing problems that create difficulty with the learning and applying of skills in one or more academic areas. Learning disabled students are of average or higher intelligen...read more

by EMSalem

Learning disabilities are underlying physical or mental disorders that prevent children, or people in general, from learning as most other people learn. These can be in speaking or in writing, Normally people from birth to...read more

by Amelia Love

According to the federal definition of learning disabilities in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a "specific learning disability means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes i...read more

by Nicole Kersey

"The teachers said that they wanted my son in Special Ed class. I said no, he's not stupid!" This is what I overheard a woman saying while I was getting my son's hair cut in a salon. It was very insulting to hear and s...read more

by Angie Haggstrom

Often mistaken as a low intelligence level, a learning disability is when damage to the brain prevents someone from absorbing or demonstrating knowledge in speaking, writing, reading, math, or fine motor skills. It is not...read more

by Shelly Mcrae

A severe difficulty in processing information in the development of academic skills could indicate the presence of a learning disability. The age at which a disability may present itself varies from infancy to early school...read more

by Alisa Cook

Look closely at your child or student - what you see isn't always what you get... I remember Jacob...he had a terrible time reading and writing. But, if you were to sit down with Jacob, and talk to him about his life, h...read more

by TheFan

The term having a learning disability is interesting because there is no clear and widely accepted definition of "learning disabilities." People with them are classified with a learning disability because of the multidisci...read more

by Elise Warren

Simply stated, a learning disability is a neurological disorder. In the state in which I teach, we refer to a learning disability as having an SLD , or specific learning disability. This is because a learning disabili...read more