In the United States, the term learning disability is used to refer to socio-biological conditions that affect a persons communicative capacities and potential to learn. The term includes conditions such as perceptual disability, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, autism, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia. In the United Kingdom, the term le...
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Learning disability is a classification including several areas of functioning in which a person has difficulty learning in a typical manner, usually caused by an unknown factor or factors. While learning disability, learning disorder and learning difficulty are often used interchangeably, they differ in many ways. Disability refers to significant...
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(from the article `special education`) Medical specialists evaluate the needs of children who have sensory, neurological, or orthopedic disabilities. Children who have learning ...
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A permanent condition, arising during childhood or adolescence, characterised by a state if incomplete development of mind that includes significant impairments of intelligence and social functioning.
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A disorder in one or more of the basic cognitive and psychological processes involved in understanding or using written or spoken language; may be manifested in age-related impairment in the ability to read, write, spell, speak, or perform mathematical calculations. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Defined by the NHS as people who have an IQ less than 70.
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IQ 70 or less
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A deficit in a specific area, such as word decoding or arithmetic computation, which is out of line with overall intellectual ability. Some learning disabilities may interfere with proper measurement on conventional IQ tests, so a learning disabled student might be considered gifted with an IQ test score significantly lower than the usual 130 cut-off....
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This is the modern `politically correct` term used by doctors in the UK for people whose mind fails to develop. The usual term in use by the general public is mental handicap - I am advised that learning disability means dyslexia in North America. In the UK dyslexia is called dyslexia or occasionally word blindness. Neither term has any derogatory …
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A disorder that affects people's ability to either interpret what they see and hear or to link information from different parts of the brain. It may also be referred to as a learning disorder or a learning difference
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a disorder in one or more of the basic cognitive and psychological processes involved in understanding or using written or spoken language; may be manifested in age-related impairment in the ability to read, write, spell, speak, or perform mathematical calculations.
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Our Learning disability Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Learning disability Learning disability: A childhood disorder characterized by difficulty with certain skills such as reading or writing in individuals with normal intelligence. Learning disorders affect the ability to interpret what one sees and he...
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a condition where an individual has difficulty learning according to the typical pattern.
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A term covering people who find activities that involve thinking and understanding difficult and will need additional help and support with their everyday lives. Some people with a learning disability may also have an additional impairment such as a sensory impairment or a physical disability.
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Permanent condition, arising during childhood or adolescence, characterised by a state of incomplete development of mind that includes significant impairments of intelligence and social functioning.
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any of a variety of disorders, including hyperactivity, dyslexia, and hearing problems, that can interfere with a person's ability to learn
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Limitation in the ability to learn. Learning disabilities vary in degree and arise from a variety of origins, including dysfunction of the brain and childhood behavioural problems. Learning disabilities are often associated with other disabilities. The major causes of brain dysfunction are due to the presence of abnormal chromosomes, such as in Dow...
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A lifelong condition that occurs usually before or during birth or in early childhood. The disability can make it harder for someone to learn, understand and communicate than it is for other people.
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(LD) A life-long neurobiological disorder which causes a person to have trouble storing, processing and producing information because the brain functions differently.
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(LD) a disorder that affects people's ability to either interpret what they see and hear or to link information from different parts of the brain. These limitations are characterized by difficulty in reading, writing, and arithmetic.
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