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Posted by Winnie Melda on October 3rd, 2018

Learning Disability

            A learning disability is a type of neurological disorder. Simply, learning comes as a result of how an individual’s brain is structured or wired. Learning disability, therefore, interferes with processing of the problems inside an individual’s brain. The processing of the problems inside an individual’s brains eventually interferes with learning basic skills like reading, writing, and doing simple mathematics. Processing problems can also interfere with higher level skills of a person such as time planning, organization, attention, memory, and abstract reasoning among others. It should be perceived that the effects of a learning disability can go beyond can go beyond an individual’s academics thus impacting on relationships with members of the family, workplace, and friends (Friedrich, Fuller, & Davis, 1984).

            Learning disability is not a single term. There are different and several types of learning disability which an individual can suffer. Some examples are (Gray & Jackson, 2002):

1. Auditory Processing Disorder (APD): It is also referred to as Central Auditory Processing Disorder, and it is a learning disability that affects the traveling of the sound unimpeded through the ears is processed and interpreted by the brain.
2. Dyscalculia: This type of learning disability affects an individual’s ability to have an understanding of the numbers and learning mathematics facts.
3. Dysgraphia: This type of learning disability affects an individual’s fine motor skills and handwriting abilities such as illegible handwriting.
4. Dyslexia: It affects individual’s reading and some related processing skills based on an individual’s language. The disability can differ according to different individuals.
5. Language Processing Disorder: This is a type of APD where an individual experiences difficulties are attaching meaning to some sound groups thus being unable to form words, sentences, and stories.

References

Friedrich, D., Fuller, G., & Davis, D. (1984). Learning Disability. Journal of                                  

            Learning Disabilities, 17, 4, 205-209.

Gray, B., & Jackson, R. (2002). Advocacy and learning disability. London: Jessica                        

            Kingsley.

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