what are the different kinds of learning disabilitys?

Question

and what are they? how do they affect someone? what are the traits of that learning disability?? what are some that affect reading comprention and writing what you know? what are some that affect your spelling and being able to copy assingments of a black board?

Answer 1

Dyslexia and Disgraphic are the two major ones for reading and writing.

Dyslexia affects the comprehension of letters and numbers, IE twists them ect.

Disgraphic is just that, the inability to draw round shapes. That would affect the writing on the black board or copying from a black board as well as writing in general as it causes the person to become uncomfortable or seriously irritated as well as causing them to drop the letters that they can not write.

Some common traits that I have noticed in my husband as he has both of these, he refuses to write things down, as well as read as it just bothers him, annoys him or confuses him. Proper help early on will help with this, however when we were both going to school because the teachers ignored both of these issues and refused to help him but instead flunk him, he just about didn't graduate highschool, and it now causes him not to do any of these things because he is under the impression that he is "stupid" while in reality he is dang near borderline genius if he could focus and settle down and allow the help.

There is also the general Mathmatical Learning Disability which I have, I can't comphrehend general addition and subtraction, it takes me longer than most to figure up precentiles and the like. However I can completely understand Geometry and Trig. Both math intensive yes, but because it also deals with shapes it makes it a little bit easier on me, where as Algebra Multiplication, Division and the like are basically greek to me. I cashiered as well as waitressed for awhile so that I could force myself to use those skills that I didn't comprehend as well as the next person. It helped me out quite a bit actually as now as opposed to highschool I can do most simple addition sub., multiplacation and division problems in my head. Algebra I still don't understand but thats why I am going into nursing so that I can understand better that skill.


Most learning disabilities come from having Attention Defecit Disorder *ADD* or Attention Defecit Hypericity/Hyperactivity Disorder *A.D.H.D.* I have serious/severe ADD my husband has serious/severe ADHD. Both are treatable with therapy and if you choose to accept them Prescription Drugs like Stratera and Adderall.


I hope that this helped you out some.

Answer 2

20 disabilities, including ones you listed: 1. blindness/visual impairment 2. deafness/hearing impairment 3. mental retardation 4. autism 5. Down's syndrome 6. Tourette's Syndrome 7. Spinal Bifida 8. Diabetes 9. Cerebral Palsy 10. Bipolar Disorder 11. Severe Emotional Disturbance (SED) 12. Schizophrenia 13. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 14. Asberger's Syndrome 15. Amputee (from injury or deformity) 16. Selective mutism 17. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 18. Shaken Baby Syndrome 19. deafblind 20. dyslexia

Answer 3

Too many to count. I'm afraid you will have to do a lot of research. Check out the Counsel for Exceptional Children (CEC). You might find more answers there.

Research is your only way to get a cohesive answer. People's opinions on yahoo will be too broad if you are trying to write a paper.

Answer 4

sorry there is no actual exact number of learning disabilities--

for example there are at least 30 forms of dyslexia
heres just a start of the list for you
dysgraphia
dyspraxia
dyscalculia
also learning disabilites dont usually come one at a time, they combine or cross several lines
type learning disabilities into google or ask.com for more

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_disabilities <--provides some good info.
There are so many different types of learning disabilities with such a range of symptoms that it is hard to answer your questions. Dyslexia is a well-known learning disability that impacts reading/writing aptitude and could impact your ability to copy assignments. Please remember that people with learning disabilities are not "stupid" or "retarded" and with modifications they can be very successful in an academic environment.

Answer 6

Typical learning difficulties include dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia – often complicated by associated disorders such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. these sights may help

Answer 7

The inability to spell. That's a major disability here on Yahoo Answers.

Arf.

Answer 8

OMG, there are a million. Back when we were kids the bad kids were bad now they are emotionally handicap (EH). The studpid kids were studpid nw they are LD, ESE, and so on. It's crazy.

Answer 9

government organizations and how they deny the truth, which is the basis of all knowlegde.

Answer 10

a bunch