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Learning Disorders

What is a learning disability?

Learning disabilities are conditions that affect the ability to learn. They can cause problems with:

  • Understanding what people are saying
  • Speaking
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Doing math
  • Paying attention

Often, children have more than one kind of learning disability. They may also have another condition, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which can make learning even more of a challenge.

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  1. Learning Disabilities (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is a learning disability? Learning disabilities are conditions that affect the ability to learn. They can cause problems with: Understanding what people are ...
  2. Learning Disabilities From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)  
    Learning Disabilities/Start Here ... Learning Disabilities ... National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Learning ...
  3. What Are the Treatments for Learning Disabilities? From the National Institutes of Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)  
    Learning disabilities have no cure, but early intervention can lessen their effects. People with learning disabilities can develop ways to cope with their disabilities. ...
  4. About Learning Disabilities From the National Institutes of Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)  
    Learning disabilities affect how a person learns to read, write, speak, and do math. They are caused by ...
  5. What Are Some Signs of Learning Disabilities? From the National Institutes of Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)  
    ... some point. This does not mean they have learning disabilities. A child with a learning disability often has several related signs, and they don’ ... or get better over time. The signs of learning disabilities vary from person to person. Please note that ...
  6. NICHD Learning Disabilities Research Information From the National Institutes of Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)  
    ... federal agencies that support and conduct research on learning disabilities and disorders. The institute’s research portfolio includes studies ... the causes, development, neurobiology, prevention, and remediation of learning disabilities. In addition, the NICHD provides funding to train ...
  7. How Are Learning Disabilities Diagnosed? From the National Institutes of Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)  
    Learning disabilities are often identified once a child is in school. The school may use a process called “response to intervention” to help identify children with learning disabilities. Special tests are required to make a diagnosis.
  8. ClinicalTrials.gov: Learning Disabilities From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Learning Disabilities/Clinical Trials ... Learning Disabilities
  9. ... that causes a range of developmental problems including learning disabilities and cognitive impairment. Usually, males are more severely ... Some children with an FMR1 premutation may have learning disabilities or autistic-like behavior. The premutation is also ...
  10. ... a distinctive facial appearance, overgrowth in childhood, and learning disabilities or delayed development of mental and movement abilities. ... of this protein during development leads to overgrowth, learning disabilities, and the other features of Sotos syndrome. NSD1 ...
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