Learning Disabilities

What is a Learning Disability?

The term "Learning Disability" describes a group of disorders characterised by inadequate development of specific academic, language, and/or speech skills. Types of learning disabilities include reading and spelling disability (dyslexia), writing disability (dysgraphia) and mathematics disability (dyscalculia). The term does not include those who have learning problems that are primarily the result of sensory or physical handicaps, or mental retardation, or emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage. People with specific learning disabilities characteristically display average to above-average intelligence in all other areas.

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Dyslexia

Dyslexia is the most common learning disability. It is about five times more prevalent in males than in females and is more likely to affect left-handed individuals.

Dysgraphia

Dysgraphia is so commonly found in people with dyslexia that it is often considered to be part of the same disorder. Also known as a visual-motor integration problem, people with dysgraphia have poor, nearly illegible handwriting.

Dyscalculia

Individuals with dyscalculia have difficulties in mathematics. The brain areas which appear to be affected in dyscalculia are areas that are specialised to represent quantity.

Learning Disabilities

What is a Learning Disability?

Dyslexia

Dysgraphia

Dyscalculia

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