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Learning disability

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Early Signs of a Learning Disability or Learning Disorder

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What is a learning disability?

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Learning disability awareness: what you need to know about learning disability

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Learning Disabilities and Disorders: Types in Students

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Intellectual Disability

Learning disability is a classification that includes several areas of functioning in which a person has difficulty learning in a typical manner, usually caused by an unknown factor or factors. Given the "difficulty learning in a typical manner", this does not exclude the ability to learn in a different manner. Therefore, some people can be more accurately described as having a "learning difference", thus avoiding any misconception of being disabled with a lack of ability to learn and possible negative stereotyping. In the UK, the term "learning disability" generally refers to an intellectual disability, while difficulties such as dyslexia and dyspraxia are usually referred to as "learning difficulties".