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In the United States and Canada, the term learning disability is used to refer to psychological and neurological conditions that affect a person's communicative capacities and potential to be taught effectively. The term includes such conditions as dysgraphia (writing disorder), dyslexia (reading disorder), mathematics disorder and developmental aphasia. In the United Kingdom, the term learning disability is used more generally to refer to developmental disability.
Someone with a learning disability does not necessarily have low or high intelligence, nor any innate inability to learn. It just means this individual has an impairment to their ability due to a processing disorder, such as auditory processing or visual processing, that is detrimental to normal teaching methods. Learning disabilities are usually identified by school psychologists through testing of intelligence, academics and processes of learning.
Official definitions
The term "learning disability" was apparently first used and defined by Kirk (1962, cited in Streissguth, Bookstein, Sampson, & Barr, 1993, p.144). The term referred to a discrepancy between a child’s apparent capacity to learn and his or her level of achievement. A review of the LD classifications for 49 of 50 states revealed that 28 of the states included IQ/Achievement discrepancy criteria in their LD guidelines (Ibid., citing Frankenberger & Harper, 1987). However, the National Joint Committee for Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) (1981; 1985) preferred a slightly different definition: More on [ Learning disability ]
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Attention Deficit Disorders and Gifted students: What Do We Really Know? - Summarizes the current scientific knowledge about ADD and ADHD in children and presents the issues that are related to ADHD in gifted students. In addition there is discussion about the causes, diagnosis, medical interventions and educational strategies.
Double Inequity, Redoubled Critique: Twice-Exceptional Students, the Equality Ideal, and the Reward Structure of the Educational System - What we are learning about students who are both gifted and LD, by Margi Nowak, Ph.D.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education (ERIC EC) - Access to FAQ on gifted education from the ERIC database.
Eton Academy for Learning Disabled children - Eton Academy is an accredited 1-12 day school in Michigan dedicated to educating students of average and above average intelligence with specific learning disabilities.
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Gifted and Learning Disabled - information on learning disabilities, gifted, learning disorders, attention deficit disorder and more
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Gifted But Learning Disabled - Curriculum needs for helping children who are exceptional in having both outstanding gift(s) and disability.
Gifted But Learning Disabled: A Puzzling Paradox - an article by Susan Baum.
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Gifted Children With Learning Disabilities - signs, symptoms, solutions.
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Giftedness and Learning Disabilities by Maker and Udall - ERIC digest #427. Information on learning disabilities in the gifted.
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LD OnLine: Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities - information on learning disabilities, gifted, gifted/ld, learning disorders, attention deficit disorder, ADD, ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dysnomia, speech disorder, reading difficulties, special education, parenting, teaching, psychologists, pediatricians.
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Resource Group for Gifted and Learning Disabled - Source of information on being both gifted and LD, also known as twice exceptional, or dual exceptionalities.
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Special Ed or Gifted? It May Be Hard To Tell - Article by Susan Winebrenner uses case studies of two twice-exceptional children. The two students experience disparate environments and have very different outcomes.1998.00.00
Specific Writing Disabilities in Intellectually Gifted Children - Article discusses writing disabilities in detail. Specific studies are explained as they relate to comparisons between gifted students and average students in numerous areas of writing skills. 1995.00.00
Twice-Exceptional Newsletter - Regarding gifted children with learning or attention difficulties. Articles, profiles of experts, research findings, news and events.
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