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Article: Learning Disabilities
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Learning Disabilities
What Are Learning Disabilities?
How Do People Know They Have a Learning Disability?
Why Do People Have Learning Disabilities?
Living with a Learning Disability
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Learning disabilities are disorders that affect people
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s ability to interpret information that they see or hear or to link information processed in different parts of the brain. A person with a learning disability may have specific difficulties with language, visual information, or coordination, which in turn can make it very hard to read, spell, write, or do math.
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Dysgraphia
Dyslexia
Language disorders
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