Posted by Ted Rosenberg

The broadest definition of Learning Disabilities

http://www.state.ia.us/educate/programs/ecese/cfcs/docs/ld_tech.pdf

1) Learning disability can be differentiated from other disabilities.

2) Many students experience learning problems or learning failures, but
not all of these are the result of a learning disability.

3) Operational criteria can be delineated and reliably applied to
identify a learning disability.

4) Persons with a primary disability diagnosis of learning disability
have intellectual ability in the average to above average range.

6) Learning disability is unexpected or unpredicted learning failure in
language, reading, writing, or mathematics.

7) Learning disability is intrinsic to the individual as demonstrated by
deficits in one or more of the basic cognitive processes essential to
learning.

8) Severe discrepancy between expected and actual performance is only
one
criteria for determining a learning disability.

9) Learning disability is not synonymous with underachievement.

10) Consideration of data from multiple sources on multiple variables is
necessary for determining a learning disability.

11) Persons with a learning disability exhibit intraindividual
differences across academic domains with distinguishable strengths and
weaknesses.

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• I think this particular FAQ while having some good points but unfortunately also perpetuates a number of common misconceptions about disabilities in general. Collin

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