Learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can frustrate students, confound parents and challenge educators. But all are treatable ...

Learning disabilities are common. Between 8% and 10% of children under age 18 in the U.S. may have some type of learning disability. Learning disabilities have nothing to do with how smart a person is ...

Learn about the tests commonly used in diagnosing learning disabilities such as visual-motor integration and achievement. If your child is struggling with school assignments despite showing real ...

If Johnny just doesn’t seem to “get it” no matter how many hours he says he’s studied, there may be reasons other than just lack of trying. If Susie does really well in most subjects but can’t seem to ...

BALTIMORE -- One in five people in the United States struggle with learning or attention disabilities, according to the Learning Disability Association of America. While they can make learning ...

One of the most common questions I get asked about an evaluation is, “can you evaluate for just (fill in the blank).” On occasion, I’ll happily reduce the evaluation time and just assess for the ...

Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability that involves many different symptoms, with at least some of those symptoms affecting between 15 and 20 percent of the population, according to the ...

Different learning difficulties do not correspond to specific regions of the brain, as previously thought, say researchers. Instead poor connectivity between 'hubs' within the brain is much more ...

Growing up, I didn’t know much about learning disabilities. I'm older than social media (and the internet), and it wasn’t until I was in a teaching program in graduate school that I learned more about ...

Only one third of undergraduates from 11 universities who reported having a learning disability were receiving accommodations, a new study has discovered. College students who receive special ...