learning disorders
Reading processing difficulties
Learning disorders are conditions that impair the ability to acquire specific academic skills despite normal intelligence.
They include dyslexia (reading), dyscalculia (math), and dysgraphia (writing).
The term emphasizes that the difficulty lies in processing rather than motivation or effort: She was diagnosed with a learning disorder in third grade.
Also called learning disabilities.
- dysgraphiaImpaired ability to write
- dyscalculiaImpaired numerical cognition
- dyslexiaDifficulty processing written language
- reading difficultiesImpaired text comprehension
- attention deficitImpaired ability to concentrate
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