This document discusses learning disabilities, including that they are neurological disorders caused by differences in brain wiring that make it difficult for children to perform tasks like reading, writing, spelling, reasoning and recall, despite their intelligence being average or above average. It outlines laws like IDEA that require public schools to provide special education and IEPs to disabled students. Specific learning disabilities are also defined, like dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia. Famous historical figures who achieved success despite having learning disabilities are cited as examples.

3. A learning disability is a neurological
disorder.
 A difference in the way a person's
brain is “wired”.
Children with learning disabilities are
as smart or smarter than their peers.
But they may have difficulty reading,
writing, spelling, reasoning and
recalling.

4. Hereditary – Genetics.
Prenatal – From
mother and father.
Postnatal –Biology

5. SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW
IDEA- Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act of 1990.
special education and related services
for disabled schoolchildren ages 3-21 (or
until high school graduation).
IEP-The IDEA requires public schools
to create an Individualized Education
Plan (IEP) for each disabled child.
The IEP is designed to promote student
success in the K-12 system.

6. Short attention span,
Poor memory,
Difficulty following directions,
Inability to discriminate
between/among letters, numerals, or
sounds,
Poor reading and/or writing ability.

7. DYSLEXIA
DYSGRAPHIA
DYSCALCULIS
DYSPRAXIA
DYSPHASIA
DYSTHYMIA

8. •A language-based
disability in which a
person has trouble
understanding written
words.
• It may also be
referred to as reading
disability or reading
disorder.

10. A writing disability
in which a person
finds it hard to form
letters or write within
a defined space.

12. A mathematical
disability in which a
person has a difficult
time solving arithmetic
problems and grasping
math concepts.

14. Alexander Graham Bell – Scientist, He
also founded the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company.
Octavia Estelle Butler-An African
American science fiction fiction write.
Albert Einstein-German-born
theoretical physicist.
Galileo Galileo-father of modern
physics and also father of
observational astronomy.

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