Barrier-Free World
Many people with a learning disability can be characterized as having attention deficit.
They are also very awkward at social interactions and may find it difficult to make or
keep friends. There is a sense they are different, even though they don’t look as
though they have a disability. Many people went undiagnosed until the past ten years
when professionals, especially those within the school system began to pay attention to
children who presented consistent characteristics.
A person with a learning disability may:
There are typically 5 steps in the learning process:
For a person with a learning disability there is a breakdown or short circuit in one or
more of these steps. The result may be expressed in many ways, including difficulty with
concentration, memory, reasoning, co-ordination, social skills, communication, reading,
writing, spelling, mathematics, and emotional maturity.
They are also very awkward at social interactions and may find it difficult to make or
keep friends. There is a sense they are different, even though they don’t look as
though they have a disability. Many people went undiagnosed until the past ten years
when professionals, especially those within the school system began to pay attention to
children who presented consistent characteristics.
A person with a learning disability may:
- get words and letters mixed up,
- be a slow writer,
- get mixed up with directions,
- forget names of things,
- find it hard to remember lists in order,
- be above average in intelligence,
- be good in some things and do poorly in others.
There are typically 5 steps in the learning process:
- 1. Taking in information through the senses
2. Figure out what it means
3. File it into memory
4. Withdraw it from memory and “remember” it
5. Feed it back to the outside world through some form of expression – speech,
writing, and action.
For a person with a learning disability there is a breakdown or short circuit in one or
more of these steps. The result may be expressed in many ways, including difficulty with
concentration, memory, reasoning, co-ordination, social skills, communication, reading,
writing, spelling, mathematics, and emotional maturity.
| Learning Disabilities |
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