| Learning disability refers to a set of problem which | | | | trouble recognizing or processing letters and the |
| affects how the brain perceives, interpret and | | | | sounds associated with them. This can cause all sort |
| process the information. These problems can make it | | | | of problems such as difficulty in reading (slow reading, |
| difficult for the affected person to learn as fast as | | | | continued mispronunciation of certain words, lack of |
| someone else who is unaffected by learning | | | | reading comprehension, etc) and difficulty in spelling |
| disabilities. Some learning disability affects a person's | | | | (writing the letters of the word in the wrong |
| ability to concentrate while others affect the ability | | | | sequence, confusing some letters for others, etc). |
| to read, write, speak or solve logical problems. | | | | For non-verbal disability, the person might have |
| While the term "learning disability" can sound very | | | | problems with motor (coordination, balancing, etc), |
| scary and debilitating, it is important to note that this | | | | visual-spatial (recognition of visual details, image recall, |
| has nothing to do with a person's intelligence level and | | | | etc) and social skills. For example: they might not be |
| innate talent. Famous people such as Albert Einstein, | | | | able to follow directions, confusing a symbol for |
| Winston Churchill and Tomas Edison are all known to | | | | another, continuous being misunderstood by others, |
| have some form of learning disabilities. | | | | etc. |
| Most learning disabilities fall into one of two | | | | Very often, once the person is able to cope with his |
| categories: verbal and nonverbal. | | | | learning disabilities, they would rapidly catch up with |
| The most common and best-known verbal learning | | | | their peers in performance - or perhaps even surpass |
| disability is dyslexia, which causes people to have | | | | them. |