What Is a Learning Disability?

What is a learning disability? Mother playing with child with down syndrome

A learning disability can include ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), Auditory Processing Disorders, Dyscalculia (Math), Dysgraphia (Writing), Dyslexia (Reading), Dyspraxia (Motor Skills), Executive Function (Mental Processes), Information Processing Disorders, and Visual Processing Disorders.

What is ADHD?

What is ADHD? Child with ADHD Trying to concentrate.

At a young age children can sometimes tear through the house like a tornado, leaving a wake of destruction in their path. Especially young boys enjoy roughhousing, climbing on furniture and seemingly lose interest in their toys after only several minutes. For many parents these years are exhausting but time limited. Children under the age of five often exhibit all of these symptoms and more. They are a function of their growing and maturing neurological system and not necessarily a picture of what is to comeā€¦