Learning disability. 2
Learning disability.
Introduction.
Learning disabilities can be defined as neurologically-based processing problems that
interfere with processing problems and can interfere with necessary learning skills like reading
and writing. Multiple learning disabilities are, however, not a life sentence to being attacked of a
postsecondary educational experience. Anyone can have the disability which ranges from
attention deficit disorders, learning, and other health-related disabilities. In this essay, I will
emphasize different misconceptions that lie behind learning disability.
It’s wrong to argue that individuals with learning disabilities should not attend college.
After Deborah was diagnosed with the learning disability, the supportive parents, little college
assistance and excellent academic assistance have aided her to be one of the most fortunate
students with the learning disability. Statistics also show that more than 9% of college student
reports having learning disabilities of different magnitudes.
Learning disability should not also be related to the slower learner or mental retardation.
Students were regarded as retarded and tracked down for options after high school. Many
scholars like Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Louis Pasteur and Charles Darwin have aided in
understanding learning disabilities over the years (Winner, 1997). Learning disabilities, however,
does not exist if they are kept hidden. It was defined formally as a heterogeneous of disorders
manifested by significant difficulties in the acquisition and use of reasoning, writing, reading,
speaking, listening and mathematical disabilities.
Colleges are not eligible in inquiring learning disability in joining students. In the
scenario that involves civil rights, colleges have been cited to include questions in their
