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Learning disabilities: Various developmental problems impairing learning or schooling. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Learning disabilities is available below.
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Prognosis for Learning disabilities: Even though most people don't outgrow their brain dysfunction, people do learn to adapt and live fulfilling lives. (Source: excerpt from Learning Disabilities: NIMH)
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LD is a disorder that affects people's ability to either interpret what they see and hear or to link information from different parts of the brain. These limitations can show up in many ways--as specific difficulties with spoken and written language, coordination, self-control, or attention. Such difficulties extend to schoolwork and can impede learning to read or write, or to do math. (Source: excerpt from Learning Disabilities: NIMH)
Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period. This has multiple potential etiologies, including genetic defects and perinatal insults. Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are commonly used to determine whether an individual is mentally retarded. IQ scores between 70 and 79 are in the borderline mentally retarded range. Scores below 67 are in the retarded range. (Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p28) - (Source - Diseases Database)
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