| It is very common to have a learning disability | | | | Other common learning disabilities are dyslexia, |
| together with ADHD. Research shows that thirty | | | | reading comprehension, arithmetic reasoning, oral |
| percent of people diagnosed with ADHD also have a | | | | expression, written expression, foreign language |
| learning disability. Beyond learning disabilities, over fifty | | | | acquisition, syntactic processing, and most likely other |
| percent of individuals suffering from ADHD have | | | | learning disabilities. Consequently, getting a thorough |
| some other type of brain-based disorder; this explains | | | | examination at the start is so important: an individual |
| why depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar disorder and | | | | may be dealing with ADHD, but he or she may also |
| other similar disorders occur at an incidence that is | | | | be dealing with a learning disability. And although you |
| higher than normal in ADD clients. | | | | cannot directly do anything about a learning disability, |
| One type of learning disability that almost every | | | | it is useful to know that you do have one and be |
| person with ADD will have is an integrative | | | | aware of how it affects your ability to function. |
| processing deficit. This is the ability to take in | | | | Furthermore, you may receive academic |
| information, process it quickly and make use of it. | | | | accommodations and job accommodations if |
| Most people with ADD are either slower than others | | | | diagnosed with a learning disorder. |
| in performing this process, or have trouble performing | | | | In order to find out if you have a learning disability, it |
| it at all; it is not that they do not understand the | | | | will be necessary undergo a lengthy set of tests that |
| information, but rather that conflicting signals will | | | | compare and contrast your IQ, personality and |
| make it difficult to fully process it. | | | | interests. If you do significantly better on one aspect |
| Another common learning disability in people suffering | | | | of a test than another, this could signify a learning |
| with ADHD is working memory problems. Working | | | | disability. For example, if you do really well on the |
| memory is another term for short term memory, or | | | | verbal part of your IQ test and not so well on the |
| information that is told to you in the moment. This | | | | visual/spatial section of the IQ test, you may be |
| can affect information you hear, read, etc. Working | | | | diagnosed as having a learning disability. |
| memory is important for doing well academically and | | | | It is not known exactly why ADD is often |
| at work. | | | | accompanied by some type of learning disability. Most |
| Another learning disability that is common in individuals | | | | likely, the atypical wiring of an ADD sufferer has |
| with ADHD is problems with visual/spatial processing. | | | | something to do with it. New research is presently in |
| This is hardly surprising, since most people with ADHD | | | | progress on the brain and on how it works; science |
| have problems with organizing space. Academically, | | | | does not yet have all the answers to these |
| this will affect subjects such as geometry and | | | | questions. |
| physics. | | | | |