| Is your child with autism struggling with academics and | | | | crazy it can get for the child if everything they read |
| you are concerned that they may have a learning | | | | gets scrambled! Also major educational implications. |
| disability? Would you like to know about different kinds | | | | 4. Dysgraphia is when a person struggles with forming |
| of learning disabilities so that you can advocate for | | | | letters or writing within a defined space. Some children |
| special education eligibility that your child requires to | | | | with disabilities have poor handwriting but this goes |
| benefit from his or her education? This article will | | | | beyond that. The child does not remember how to |
| discuss 7 common type of learning disabilities and | | | | make the letters and then physically struggles to do so. |
| some signs and symptoms of each. | | | | Assistive technology is a great way to help a child |
| 1. Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is | | | | benefit from their education, if they have dysgraphia. |
| neurological in nature. A few of the common signs are: | | | | 5. Dyscalculia occurs when a person has trouble |
| difficulty with accurate fluent word recognition, poor | | | | solving math problems and grasping math concepts. If |
| spelling, poor decoding, does not understand that | | | | a child is given appropriate instruction in math but still |
| words come apart, and can be broken down. This | | | | cannot grasp basic concepts it may be due to |
| difficulty tends to result from a deficit in the | | | | Dyscalculia. |
| phonological component of language. Also difficulty in | | | | 6. Non Verbal learning disabilities is a specific disorder |
| reading comprehension, reading is labored and does | | | | which originates in the right hemisphere of the brain. |
| not flow easily. | | | | This causes difficulties with visual spatial, organization, |
| Some parents are being told by some special | | | | and executive function areas. |
| education personnel that their children cannot have | | | | 7. Written Language disability is when a child cannot |
| Dyslexia because they do not switch their letters. This | | | | grasp sentence structure and also cannot put their |
| is a myth and actually does not occur with a lot of | | | | thoughts and ideas into words. Many children with |
| children with dyslexia. Dyslexia is more related to being | | | | disabilities also have a written language disability. One |
| able to break down and understand language. | | | | sign is that the child's writing assignments seem |
| 2. Central Auditory Processing Disorders (CAPD) is a | | | | immature and do not match the way the child speaks. |
| disorder where a child can hear fine but the information | | | | It is critical that a child with this disability be taught |
| gets mixed up in side the child's brain. For Example: | | | | appropriately so that they can write papers etc. If they |
| You may tell your child to go get her hat and she | | | | do not learn this skill it will keep them from post school |
| comes out with her boots. Some parents think this is | | | | learning. |
| defiance but if what you say gets scrambled, the child | | | | What is very interesting in the last several years is that |
| cannot respond appropriately. This has major | | | | many children have begun to be diagnosed with |
| educational implications as much of teaching is done | | | | several disabilities, not just one. Some children with |
| verbally! | | | | autism may be later diagnosed with Dyslexia, or |
| 3. Visual Processing Disorders is similar to the above | | | | Central Auditory Processing Disorder or other learning |
| but what gets mixed up is visual information not verbal. | | | | disabilities. By understanding and having knowledge of |
| While some teaching is done verbally a lot of teaching | | | | these 7 common LD's may help you advocate for |
| is done with books and reading material. Imagine how | | | | your child. |