| There are a great many myths associated with | | | | comes to the person that has a learning disability. In |
| learning disorders. They range from the absurd, all the | | | | fact, the truth is that the majority of students that |
| way to the absolutely rude and hurtful. Learning | | | | have learning disabilities, score higher in actual IQ |
| disabilities impede the way people process | | | | tests than most of their peers that are not afflicted |
| information, whether it is in reading, writing, or in | | | | with the same conditions. It is fact; IQ has absolutely |
| communication skills. | | | | nothing to do with a learning disorder. |
| Many times the association of ADD or ADHD has | | | | The idea that learning disabilities are a direct result of |
| come up, as if every case of a learning disorder is | | | | mental retardation is completely false. There is no |
| directly related. There are many myths however, | | | | direct correlation between MR patients and the |
| that are so far fetched or just not even in relation to | | | | conditions that are prevalent in a learning disability. |
| learning disorders, that it is easy to see exactly why | | | | Learning disabilities are not in any way a form of |
| people with this affliction are very much reclusive. | | | | mental retardation. The process of receiving |
| Start with the most absurd of the myths, laziness. | | | | information to the brain is the problem with learning |
| The notion that someone that is affected with a | | | | disorders. There is a sort of break in the connection, |
| form of learning disorder is just lazy cannot get any | | | | which inhibits all the appropriate information from |
| further from the truth. There is no medical | | | | coming in and being processed. |
| association pertaining learning disorders with a lack of | | | | The idea of a learning disorders being related, to |
| energy or drive. | | | | many of the issues that have been mentioned is |
| The fact that the individual seems to have no desire | | | | simply not the case. There are already many |
| to complete their work is just that, they do not. It is | | | | problems associated with learning disabilities as it is, |
| not for a lack of energy or drive, it is out of fear | | | | people with this sort of affliction do not need |
| that they will mess up, and it will get noticed and in | | | | speculation as to what their problem is or where it |
| turn centers them out amongst their peers. | | | | comes from, what they need is method to fix it. |
| The same can be said for the thought of sheer | | | | They need support to overcome this problem, for if |
| rebellion. These kids do indeed stand out from the | | | | they have none, the future of the said individual |
| rather rebellious crowd. A child that is rebellious will | | | | would surely be troublesome. Learning disabilities have |
| fight and give trouble, where a person with a learning | | | | a tight hold on students whom have not had any |
| disorder generally does not want to draw too much | | | | prior help, like from their parents in the way of home |
| attention on themselves, at least not in the school | | | | lessons that strengthen their skills in reading, writing, |
| anyways. | | | | and comprehension. Communication is always a large |
| Behavioral issues are another common belief in the | | | | issue as the process of taking in what is being said |
| mind of the unknowing. To assume that one has a | | | | can become quite scrambled. |
| said condition such as ADD or ADHD solely because | | | | Helping the individuals with said disorders cope with |
| they try to pass off their work or are having trouble | | | | the stress of not being the same as everyone else is |
| in the classroom is to say the least ignorant. The | | | | a very good first step, in their way to a productive |
| behavioral issues are in fact the result of the lack of | | | | life. A really nice gesture would to be a book buddy |
| processing that the brain does, when it comes to the | | | | for someone you know that is afflicted with a |
| scholastic work. This is an easy way to get a person | | | | learning disorder, give him or her a chance to show |
| with a learning disability to become very restless. | | | | some amazing improvements before your very own |
| Low IQ is a common assumption as well when it | | | | eyes. Now that is a sight to see. |