Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities is a general term that refers to a heterogeneous group of disorders manifested by significant difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical skills. (National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities: Issues on Definition, January, 1990).
A learning disability interferes with a person’s ability to store, process, or produce information, and can also affect a person’s attention, memory, coordination and social skills. Each student with a learning disability may need different accommodations and services based on which area(s) of learning is affected by the disability. One individual with a learning disability do