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Learning Disabilities
LD is considered an invisible disability in that it is not initially evident upon first meeting the person. ...
· These disabilities interfere with an individual’s ability to store, process and produce information and are unexpected, given the individuals level of functioning. ...
· 75 – 80% of special education students identified as having LD have basic deficits in language and reading
· 35% of students drop-out of with LD drop out of high school (twice the rate of non-disabled peers)
· Up to 60% of adolescents receiving treatment for substance abuse have learning disabilities.
· 50% of females with LD will be mothers (many of them single mothers) within 3-5 years of leaving high school
DEFINITION: The term specific learning disability means those children who have a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language, spoken or written, which manifests itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, read, speak, spell or do mathematical calculations. ...
· A specific learning disability is a disorder in one or more of the central nervous system processes involved in perceiving, understanding and/or using concepts through verbal (spoken or written) language or non-verbal means. ... – greatest impact on educational environement
ADA- concerns employment
REASONABLE ACCOMODATION
Reasonable accommodations- in education environment include equal opportunity for acceptance, providing or modifying instructional methodology and examination procedures to ensure that individuals with disabilities have equal opportunities to learn and be evaluated on the basis of knowledge and skill rather than on the basis of disability.
Approximate Word count = 1255
Approximate Pages = 5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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