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  • Essay / Accommodations for Students with Learning Disabilities

    IntroductionDuring my middle school years, one of my classmates studied all the time, even during recess. Every day, all the students were playing, chatting, and enjoying their time with their friends, except for this one girl who had no one to hang out with other than her books. Regardless of her hard work and perseverance, she ended up getting low scores and she always failed. At that time, schools in my country did not pay due attention to learning disabilities. However, if she had been diagnosed with LD, she would not have been blamed for not trying and she would have overcome her problems. Learning disabilities are not a disease but a neurological disorder that affects the brain's functions in receiving, processing, analyzing and saving. information. People with learning disabilities have difficulty learning in typical ways, and the reason behind this difficulty is usually undetermined. Certainly, this has nothing to do with the quality of the teaching, the intelligence of the person, or any other factor. Thus, whatever the reasons, LD can have an impact on the person's skills in reading, writing, spelling, listening, speaking, thinking or solving problems. mathematical problems. This imperfection in the use or understanding of language, spoken or written, is not the same as intellectual disabilities or other disorders (“What are learning disabilities?” nd). Jason Kane has outlined five misconceptions about learning disabilities that people wrongly believe. First, “the term “learning disabilities” is interchangeable with other disorders. (2012) » Although the term learning disorder implies perceptual disorders, brain damage, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia...... middle of article... ...attracts Hall. Retrieved from: http://www.education.com/reference/article/primary-characteristics-students/Steele, MM (April 30, 2005). Teaching students with learning disabilities: constructivism or behaviorism? Current Issues in Education [Online], 8(10). Retrieved from: http://cie.asu.edu/volume8/number10/Successful Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities. (nd). The Division of Learning Disabilities (DLD). Retrieved from: http://www.ldanatl.org/aboutld/teachers/understanding/strategies.aspWhat are learning disabilities? (nd). The National Center for Learning Disabilities. Retrieved from: http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/what-is-ld/what-are-learning-disabilities#comment-632855762Types of Learning Disabilities | Education.com. (nd). Retrieved from http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Disabilities_2/