Learning Disabilities

Question: Learning disabilities? What percentage of americans have learning disabilities? How many total americans have one?

Answer: I've seen everything from 5 to 20 percent of the general population.

Question: Learning Disabilities? I was wondering if anyone new of a place that has subjects for Math and other subjects for people with learning disabilities. Please help thank you.

Answer: My son just started using a program called TouchMath, and he enjoys it and is really starting to understand the math concepts that were difficult for him. I don't know a lot about it, as I am just learning about this program myself...but here is their web site http://www.touchmath.com/

Question: learning disabilities? my friend has learning disabilities and he wants to go to a online college, but he dont feel like he is smart enough to do it. i was wondering is there a online college for people with learning disabilities? thank you

Answer: An online college would be the best thing going for him right now, if he can't keep up with on- line classes he surely will not be able to keep up in a regular college class.

Question: LEarning disabilities? Ok I just talked to a professsional about how i could adapt to college should i choose to go back. I have ADHD and Dyslexia and live in the state of Maryalnd. She said that if I went to a four year school, I would not have any help with my disabilities or accomedations. ( You can never get me to perform well on a timed test, it is impossible,Iam seriours and do not mean metaphorically). So what would one like me do if I chose to go back to college? I cannot pass a course without accomedations and let alone even with them I still fail courses (I get awsome grades for projects and assignments and attendance, but If the course has 50% of its grade based on tests I will fail it no matter how much I study. I have logged 98 hours in week of study for my final exam and still failed it tho the lowest score I got out of all of my assignments is a 80)

Answer: I don't know what kind of a professional you talked to, but every college has an office for students with disabilities, and WILL accommodate you, even on testing. This is something you need to look into when applying. I'd also recommend you look at smaller schools, as opposed to the big, state universities. There are many colleges out there (mostly liberal arts colleges) that pride themselves on the amount of attention students receive from professors.

Question: Are learning disabilities considered a mental illness? I have a learning disability in math, to the point that even though I have graduated High School and am in college my math is on a Junior high level, if that. I can do basics, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, as well as fractions and percentages okay. But algebra I have zero comprehension over as well as everything beyond it without the use of a calculator Are learning disabilities considered a mental illness?

Answer: NO. A learning disability is a either a neurological or cognitive disability or both, but not a mental illness. A mental illness is psychiatric in origin which no learning disability is.

Question: What are the College preparations for students with learning disabilities? This coming school year my sister will be a Senior in High School. She has a learning disability. I don't believe it is anything to serious it just takes her a little longer comprehending things. Anyway I wanted to ask about her SATs. Is there a certain kind of test she should be taking? Also how do I find out if the Colleges of her choice cater to students with learning disabilities. Any serious answers would be helpful. Thank You.

Answer: she should ask for accommodatiosn for teh SAT--such as extended time--maybe a small room ini college (assuming it is non religious) she needs to talk to teh disability services office about accommodations under 504/ADA and publ;ic federally funded college is subject to both laws and must provide reasonabel accommodations google learning disabilities colleges i had found a link a while ago with alist of colleges tahtw ent above and beyond

Question: How are learning disabilities a controversial topic? I picked this (Learning Disabilities) as my topic for a year long Investigative Portfolio and its too late to change subjects. What are the two sides to learning disabilities (two sides the same way there are many sides to earth's origin). Thankies soo much!!

Answer: As someone who does have a learning disability, the reason why this is such as controversial subject is because many people, including the press, believes that teaching the "Special Education Culture" is an "Expensive waste of taxpayers money." They believe that; instead of teaching the learning disabled and "Dumbing down the 'normal' children" in the process; this money should be put to "Better use". This include more money to develop a better sports program which helps bring in more money to the high school and to better educate the gifted students; "The students with a future". This is total bullsh*t because despite being a member of the "Special Education Culture" when I was in high school, I still managed to not only graduated college but I did so with highest honors. If it was not for my high school special ed teacher, I would have dropped out of school in the 11th grade, and most likely be stuck working at McDonald's or Taco Bell (Yuck). At least now, if I'm unable to find a job in my chosen field, I have the option to go back to college and try for my Master's Degree. Thus, proving that teaching the disabled is not a "Total waste of time and money". I hope I answered your question.

Question: What are school good schools for students with learning disabilities? I am a soph in hs and have a 4.9 (5.0 scale) gpa with a learning disabilities. What are good schools to look at for a kid with around my grades?

Answer: any school will give you accomodations

Question: How to aid a child with learning disabilities? I am volunteering at my church to help out a child in a 2nd grade CCD. she has learning disabilities and social anxiety. ive never dealt with a child who needs special attention before, im only 16 but im very excited for thr new experience i love children and am happy to help out. but i want her to like me and i dont want to scare her away. any tips? =/ thank you!

Answer: emotionall support is must even finance is good bad

Question: How do people get learning disabilities? How do people get learning disabilities? Are they just born with it or does something make them have it like if they got hit on the head hard or had a seizure as a baby? I had a seizure as a baby so im guessing that's how i got it.

Answer: There are as many ways to acquire learning disabilities as there are learning disabilities. Some seem to be genetic as they run in families. Some have been identified as being cause by specific chromosome differences. Some are caused by birth trauma - lack of oxygen, too much oxygen, forceps delivery. Some are caused by accidents - stroke, coma, brain injury. Others are caused by environmental factors; a parent smoking, drinking, taking drugs, or having severe malnutrition (either not just the mother - can effect the quality of the sperm), severe malnutrition, or exposure to lead or other toxins. There are more reasons than this.

Question: How do people with learning disabilities act? Do people with learning disabilities act differently then those who don't have a learning disabilities? I over herd a conversation these two people were having and they say that people with dyslexia or any other LD are not normal and they act different.

Answer: There is a difference between having a disability & having learning difficulties - with most people who have learning difficulties, you wouldn't even know it unless you were actually told. The severity of learning difficulties can vary, they can be very mild and have no noticeable effect on the person's demeanour or they may be at the severe end of the learning difficulties spectrum, it may be noticeable the person is slightly different in their appearance or behaviour, but not necessarily. People with dyslexia have difficulties with reading and/or writing, if it's not spotted & they don't receive help they might act out in class or appear to be stupid/a bit slow but there is no noticeable physical difference between a dyslexic & the rest of us.

Question: How Do I Know If i Have Learning Disabilities? Im normal and i no trouble in learning from a teacher, but when it comes to tests, i have trouble finishing them within the time. Do I Have Learning Disabilities?

Answer: possibly--you need to find out what teh problem is are you losing attention--is it physically dificult for you to write---do you just write too much on essays? you may just need some help with test taking skills but may not have an actual disabiity you need to talk to a competant doc about screening for physical problems an request an evlaution from teh school child study team

Question: What is a learning disabilities benefits? i need help i do have a learning disabilities and i work at food store can i get a disabilities benefits? and also i live with my aunt i am 22 can i live on my own with disabilities benefits and work sometimes at my job i make like 300 hr help!!!! i am from indiana

Answer: No. I tried explaining this to my own family--who had wanted me to apply for benefits (despite having a graduate degree!): The definition of 'disability' eligibility for all programs varies. Merely having qualified for special education during k-12 public school does not then automatically qualify us for 'disability benefits' in the real world. Here, the definition gets more stringent. We have to be incapable of intellectually and or physically functioning because of our disabilities. So it's intentionally a tougher standard to meet than just being alive.

Question: Is the Air Force or Army OTS/OCS program discriminate towards people with Learning Disabilities? In 2007 I sought out professional help and found out that I had some Learning Disabilities. My grades before I addressed my learning disabilities are very poor but afterwords were much better. Will they take that into account or should I not even bring up the learning disabilities?

Answer: Hello Randy, You are probably a very fine person. But, would you want to be part of a group and be the person at the bottom of that group. If your learning disabilities make it difficult for you to keep up with the group you are placed with then you will find it hard to succeed. And, you will be holding back those others who are trying to get through the military school. I recommend that you serve in the best capacity that your abilities can handle. Each and every job in the military is of equal importance. While it is "nice" to be an Officer not everyone can or should be an officer. Besides, everyone knows that the REAL work is done by the enlisted people and the NCOs that lead them. Come and be one of US. If you are otherwise qualified to enter the military come and be with us. We will work with you and help you succeed. Best wishes, Larry Smith SMSgt, USAF (Ret.) First Sergeant

Question: Write a definition of Learning Disabilities in your own words. Make a list at least 5 indicators? Write a definition of Learning Disabilities in your own words. Make a list at least 5 indicators of learning disabilities.

Answer: 1. Attitude Problem is the foremost (Stage 1: You don't want to learn). 2. Media Handicap Problem is the secondary (Stage 2: You don't have materials). 3. People Connection Problem (Stage 2.5: No people involved.) 4. Application Problem (Stage 3: You don't know how to apply it better). 5. Severe Disability Problem (Stage 4: Seek the help of the psychology or educator)

Question: Does anyone know of any learning disabilities care homes in any country other than the UK? I want to do learning disabilities nursing at Uni and for my gap year i would like to work in a leanring disabilities care home in a different country other than England. Does anyone know the names of any? Or if they have a website i could contact them on?

Answer: Yes

Question: Why do people with learning disabilities get treated like they're stupid? I just think it's ironic that the people who have degrees in special education are the same people who weren't taught exactly how smart people with learning disabilities actually are. It frustrates the life out of me to know that learning disabled people aren't given half as much credit as they deserve for their level of intelligence.

Answer: Society, nurtured with help from 'state testing programs, believes that there is 'one way' of learning/processing information correctly. We have not accepted a diversity of styles as legitimate. So when somebody is doing this, it throws us for a genuine loop. It forces us to acknowledge how fundamentally flawed American society is--including the professionals and their credentials. I've had the fortune of being with some enlightened professionals. But I've also run across too many who are stuck in the past. Their reputation and paycheck rest on portraying me and others as backwards, helpless, and incompetent.

Question: How does the learning disability ADD differ from other learning disabilities? How does the learning disability ADD differ from other learning disabilities?

Answer: My son was diagnosed years ago with Attention Deficit Disorder w/o Hyperactivity. He also was dxed as having learning disabilities commonly called LD in Reading Comprehension and Written Expression. Both ADD with or without hyperactivity and specific learning disabilities are considered to be disabilities in general and some symptomatic things do cross over so it is confusing. Attention to task is a huge problem with kids with ADD and ADHD as well as kids with specific learning disabilities. For instance, my son in first grade could read the sentence: Sam walks his dog down the street. By the time my son got to the end of the sentence he had no idea what he had just read. In other words, he would word call meaning he could read and say all the words but couldn't string them together to make a sentence that he understood. His first grade teacher thought he was just daydreaming in the middle of the sentence and not paying attention because attention to task is something that kids with ADD and ADHD often exhibit. So they can look very similar. The differences are that aside from how testing for each is done we now know that the ADHD unmedicated brain looks very different in a scan than that of a typical person or even that of a medicated ADHD brain. A child with specific learning disabilities has to be taught differently than the typical child within their disability area. There is no medication that can help them to control their learning disability it is totally based in process meaning the process of teaching them everything from tying their shoes to geometry is different. Depending on what kind of learner you are makes the difference in how you need to be taught. My son is a kinesthetic learner which means the best way for him to learn is hands on. His worst learning style was visual. So for test he would have questions read to him and get extended time. When he was learning his early math skills we used touch math and a sand box where he could do the numbers and feel them. The bottom line is learning disabilities are identified and worked on within the educational arena whereas ADD and ADHD are neurological and mental health issues.

Question: what are the requirements for helping kids with learning disabilities? I want to know if there are any "rules" for colleges to help kids with learning disabilities get into colleges... kinda like for minorities colleges have set aside a certain percentage of their slots for them to make sure they are not discriminated against but what about people who try in school, get pretty good grades but have learning disabilities? wouldnt it be discrimination if they were denied entrance into a college when they have worked just as hard or harder than the average student would h ave to in order to get the grades they did? any ideas? i am looking to go to college... not work at one... i dont believe i specified that...

Answer: In most school systems you need a Bachelor's and/or Master's in Education with a certification, or specialization in Special Education.

Question: What is the drop out rate for kids with Learning disabilities? One person answered me in another posting just because they are promoted does not mean they passed. Why promote them? It is time to stop making excuses for kids with LD and try to find a way to teach the same high standards to them but present the high standards in a different way. I am not talking about mentally retarded or slow learners,but kids with moderated learning disabilities. In my time I gave up on school because school gave up on me.There was no help in my time. I fell through the cracks and society still holds me accountable for something I had no control over. Do you all think I am uneducable and beyond help. Why is it my fault? I use to be told it was my fault for not trying harder?

Answer: The drop out rate for high school kids is at about 30%. That number includes those with learning disabilities. This is an appalling figure, and I'm sure the reasons are as varied as the kids. Some regions in the US have higher rates than others, but it averages out to about 30%. I'm sure lots of these kids would say something similar to what you stated - fell through the cracks. I know my son would agree. I certainly wouldn't say you are uneducable. Your spelling is impeccable, or you at least know how to use spell check, and that's a lot more than some of the questions and answers I've seen in YA. My older son finally went to adult school to work on his diploma, and he had a lot more success there than he had in high school. I'd like to encourage you to complete your diploma. It will give you a really good feeling of accomplishment just proving to yourself that you can do it. And, it will be one less strike against you.