Learning Disability

For many people a learning disability is a lifelong struggle, but for many others it is often overlooked. Learning disabilities are commonly misunderstood to people who do not fully understand the seriousness of its effects; which can cause a damaging stereotype. By definition, people with learning disabilities do not struggle because of low intelligence, poor teaching and lack of motivation. The progress of a learning disability is sudden and mysterious, which is why the term is often misunderstood. (Kane, 2012) With all the resources about learning disabilities in the public, people should have a better concept and understand about what learning disabilities are and what it means.
What is a learning disability? A learning disability is a universal term used for someone with a neurological condition which affects the brains ability to understand, remember and respond to information. (NASET, 2007) A learning disability can prevent someone from learning the basic skills needed in reading,

The most commonly known issue is being physical and mental harassed with biased languages that are written and spoken in public. Discriminative words such as the mentally ill or the mentally disable, crazy, paranoid, retard or retarded, the learning disable and a defective person, have all been used to address people with learning disabilities. (APA, 1992) The use of these terms can have a big impact on a person's self-esteem and self-respect. It can also become offensive, stressful and frustrating when dealing with public prejudice. As a result of a public belief system and poor choices, society thinks of people with learning disabilities as unequal to the general public, a statistics and a class of their own; which created an ongoing battle of the term learning disability, how people with learning disability are addressed and raising public awareness about learning disabilities. (Grant,