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Learning
Disabilities
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A learning disability
is defined as a persistent condition of presumed neurological
dysfunction, which may exist with other disabling conditions.
This dysfunction continues despite instruction in standard classroom
situations. Adults with learning disabilities, a heterogeneous
group, are characterized as having (a) average to above average
intellectual ability, (b) severe processing deficit(s), (c) severe
achievement-aptitude discrepancy(ies), (d) measured average achievement
for age in at least one instructional area.
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Students
with learning disabilities mostly have average or above average
intelligence, but they face problems with ‘information processing’.
Academic adjustments such as the way a course section is conducted,
use of auxiliary equipment (such as taped textbooks, readers,
computers, and lecture notes), extra time to take tests and recording
of lectures would be some of the ways in which instructors can
help students with learning disabilities.
Click
on this link to go to the Learning Disabilities Club website
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