Understanding Learning Disabilities
All the people on this impressive list of authors, statesmen, scientists, entertainers, and athletes have one thing in common — they are all dyslexic! Learning disabilities include: Perceptual handicaps Brain injury Minimal brain dysfunction Developmental aphasia Learning disabilities are not: Visual, hearing, or motor handicaps Intellectual disability Emotional disturbance Caused by environmental disadvantages Children who have a learning disability have, according to the 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), “a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using spoken or written language, which may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell or to do mathematical calculations.” Montessori Teachers Working to Understand Learning Disabilities: Education for Every Child Learning disabilities cannot be outgrown and they are not a result of laziness, poor academics, or a poor home li...