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In the United States and Canada, the term learning disability is used to refer to psychological and neurological conditions that affect a person's communicative capacities and potential to be taught effectively. The term includes such conditions as dysgraphia (writing disorder), dyslexia (reading disorder), mathematics disorder and developmental aphasia. In the United Kingdom, the term learning disability is used more generally to refer to developmental disability.
Someone with a learning disability does not necessarily have low or high intelligence, nor any innate inability to learn. It just means this individual has an impairment to their ability due to a processing disorder, such as auditory processing or visual processing, that is detrimental to normal teaching methods. Learning disabilities are usually identified by school psychologists through testing of intelligence, academics and processes of learning.
Official definitions
The term "learning disability" was apparently first used and defined by Kirk (1962, cited in Streissguth, Bookstein, Sampson, & Barr, 1993, p.144). The term referred to a discrepancy between a child’s apparent capacity to learn and his or her level of achievement. A review of the LD classifications for 49 of 50 states revealed that 28 of the states included IQ/Achievement discrepancy criteria in their LD guidelines (Ibid., citing Frankenberger & Harper, 1987). However, the National Joint Committee for Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) (1981; 1985) preferred a slightly different definition: More on [ Learning disability ]
@purelovemvmnt i was a preemie, born at 25 weeks, 1 pound 2 ounces, 11 &3/4 inches. I walk normally&only have a slight learning disability.
EmilyKrasinski (Emily Krasinski) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:36:19 -0000
@purelovemvmnt i was a preemie, born at 25 weeks, 1 pound 2 ounces, 11 &3/4 inches. I walk normally&only have a slight learning disability.
@JailBurst dnt woRry bout who dming me. Wats this learning disability u talkn bout?
reeema (sharema) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:21:09 -0000
@JailBurst dnt woRry bout who dming me. Wats this learning disability u talkn bout?
@reeema that's it. i'm sorry :( I'm the worse. But I might have a learning disability which explains everything!!!
JailBurst (MzStarrBurst in Jail) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:47:38 -0000
@reeema that's it. i'm sorry :( I'm the worse. But I might have a learning disability which explains everything!!!
New Article: Tom Cruise Learning Disability http://www.allaboutcruisesandmore.com/tom-cruise-learning-disability
AllAboutCruises (All About Cruises) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:27:38 -0000
New Article: Tom Cruise Learning Disability http://www.allaboutcruisesandmore.com/tom-cruise-learning-disability
RT @Lemons4Literacy Dyslexia is the most common learning disability, affecting nearly 10 percent of the population. http://bit.ly/66vQgN
WritingTipz (Writing Tipz) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:46:42 -0000
RT @Lemons4Literacy Dyslexia is the most common learning disability, affecting nearly 10 percent of the population. http://bit.ly/66vQgN
Dyslexia is the most common learning disability, affecting nearly 10 percent of the population. http://bit.ly/66vQgN
Lemons4Literacy (Lemons for Literacy) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:12:59 -0000
Dyslexia is the most common learning disability, affecting nearly 10 percent of the population. http://bit.ly/66vQgN
Care and Disability Management Support Ltd - Consultancy service to organisations and residential homes for people with a learning disability. Provide support to management, advice to committees, a 'health check' on services and planning for the future.
Meta Description: [ Consultancy service to organisations and residential homes for people with a learning disability.We provide support to management, advice to committees, a\'health check\' on services and planning for the future. ]
Cartref Homes - Background, aims and policies of organisation aiming to provide high specification accommodation and intensive staff support for young people with learning disabilities.
Meta Description: [ High specification accommodation and support for young people with learning disabilites ]
Cottage and Rural Enterprises - CARE supports people with learning disabilities at home and work throughout the UK. INcludes background, aims and objectives, and projects.
Meta Description: [ CARE - Responding to the changing needs of people with learning disabilities ]
Independence Homes - epilepsy specialists - Providing specialist residential care to young adults with epilepsy and learning difficulties within the community. Features include awake staff at night and bespoke seizure monitoring systems.
Meta Description: [ Community based Epilepsy specialists, Residential care homes and supported
workshop, employment and education programmes. Individual care programmes, activities for people with
epilepsy and learning difficulties ]
Martha Trust - Provides lifelong residential and respite care for children and adults with profound and multiple disabilities, and support for parents and families. Located in Kent.
Meta Description: [ Martha Trust is a home for children and adults with severe disabilities. Martha Trust offers respite care, day care and a home for life. The latest therapuetic techniques are used to allow residents to live as full a life as possible. ]
Martha Trust Hereford - Established in 1996, as a registered charity, to provide lifelong and respite care for young people with profound intellectual and physical disabilities.
Meta Description: [ Martha Trust Hereford was established in 1996, as a registered charity,
to provide lifelong and respite care for young people with profound
intellectual and physical disabilities. ]
Orchard Vale Trust -Residential homes for people with learning disabilities - Site of Orchard Vale Trust, a charity that provides residential homes for people with learning disbailities. Find out more about Orchard Vale Trust and how you can help us to help ourselves
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Prospects a Christian charity for people with learning disabilities - Propsects, is a Christian voluntary organisation which provides a range of residential and day services to people with learning disabilities
Meta Description: [ Prospects: Prospects, (Prospects is a Christian voluntary organisation which values and supports people with learning disabilities so that they live their lives to the full.) ]
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The Brandon Trust - Care, support and homes for people with special needs.
The Meath - Offers residential and day care services in Godalming, Surrey, for people with epilepsy, many of whom have learning disabilities. Information about their facilities, and contact details.
The Phew Scotland Respite Short Breaks Centre - Purpose built 14 bedroom property for adults and children with learning difficulties, near Motherwell City Centre.
Meta Description: [ We are a charitable, not for profit organisation and have our roots in friends and carers offering each other short breaks in their own homes. ]
Welmede Housing Association - Surrey based organisation providing high quality housing, care and support to adults with learning difficulties.
Meta Description: [ Housing Association specialising in care and support for adults, and young adults with learning difficulties in Surrey, England ]
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