- Learning Disabilities (LDs) are specific neurological disoders that affect the brain's ability to store, process, retreieve or communicate information. They are invisable and lifelong.
- Manifested by significant weaknesses in listening, writing, speaking, reasoning, reading, mathematics, social skills and/or memory in a patter of uneven abilities.
- LDs can be compensated for through alternative ways of learning, accommodaitons and modifications.
- LDs can occur with other disorders (ADHD, etc) and may run in families.
- LDs are NOT the same as mental retardation, autism, deafness, blindness, behavioural disorders or laziness.
- LDs are not the result of economic disadvantage, envrionmental factors or cultural differences.
Monday, February 14, 2011
What you should know about LD's
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