Learning Disabilities

What is a Learning Disability?

The term "Learning Disability" describes a group of disorders characterised by inadequate development of specific academic, language, and/or speech skills. Types of learning disabilities include reading and spelling disability (dyslexia), writing disability (dysgraphia) and mathematics disability (dyscalculia). The term does not include those who have learning problems that are primarily the result of sensory or physical handicaps, or mental retardation, or emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage. People with specific learning disabilities characteristically display average to above-average intelligence in all other areas.