I’m a college student assigned to do a program on people with physical disabilities as well as learning disabilities. I need to portray as many of these disabilites as possible in one room. First, if any of you could tell me the main and most diagnosed ld’s, and then what it’s like working with students or adults with these disabilities, so that I can show this in my program. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Re: learning disabilities...all of them
The most diagnosed LD is “specific learning disability.” That’s what it is called. The most common symptom s are poor reading and/or other language skills.
Re: learning disabilities...all of them
You may want to look at LD as a hidden disability. LD is pretty much a catch-all and quite often a degrading and inacurate lable.
Please don’t help perpetuate the myths.
ADD AND LD
HI,
IM STILL FAIRLY NEW AT UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD OF ADD AND LD.
IM AN ADULT WOMEN, AND NOW DEALING WITH IT.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HERE. I WISH I COULD MEET OTHERS LIKE MY SELF.
IM TOLD ALL THE TIME, I SKIP AROUND, AND JUMP FROM ONE PROBLEM TO THE OTHER. BUT WHEN TOLD ABOUT IT, IM SO IMBARED. AS I KNOW. I HAVE TRIED, TO START, TO NOT TALK, TO PEOPLE, BUT THEN
IM ALONE. IF I DO TALK, THEY REALIZE, I HAVE CAMANACATION PROBLEMS. ALSO.
I HAVE PRETTY MUCH DECITED TO JUST ALONE. AS I REALIZE FRIEND SHIPS ARE HARD. FOR PEOPLE WITH THIS MESS. BUT MUCH BETTER THAN THEM , SAYING THINGS AS THEY DO. AND FOR ME TO OPEN MY MOUTH.
I WOULD LOVE TO HERE FROM OTHER SINGLE WOMEN. ALONE AND GO THROUGH THIS. IM HOPING WE MIGHT UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER.
Re: learning disabilities...all of them
[quote=”amac”]I don’t know if these are the most diagnosed ld’s but these are the ones that I have encountered the most: MMD, ADD, ADHD, MMR, & OCD.
OCD is not a learning disability (not sure what MMD and MMR stand for).
I agree with Sue on this. ADD and ADHD aren’t really learning disabilities either. Many people with them have learning disabilities though.
—des
Re: learning disabilities...all of them
Well, if you are looking for specific types of specific learning disabilities, I can tell you what it is like to be the mother of a dysgraphic.
Dysgraphia is a fine-moto-grapho disability. Basically, he can barely write. He is going into the 6th grade with a second graders handwriting. The problem lies in the fact that the person spends all his writing time just focusing on how to “draw” the individual letters. This makes it very difficult for them to adequately express themselves on paper. He is very articulate, has a wide and varied vocabulary, but can barely get a “C” on a 4 sentence written report. We have been told many things:
He is lazy.
He just doesn’t want to learn.
There is nothing wrong, writing just isn’t his strong suit.
He’s just average, so he is getting average grades.
He will grow up to be a doctor.
However, many schools do not realize that this disability greatly affects the childs ability to learn more than just “writing”. It affects any assignment that involves writing, be in science, social studies, or math.
Hope this helps you some.
I don’t know if these are the most diagnosed ld’s but these are the ones that I have encountered the most: MMD, ADD, ADHD, MMR, & OCD.
I have realized that working with these students you have to be patient and take things slow. I have also learned that using a variety of ways to teach the material works. If a student learns best by haering, do a lesson where the class doen’t read the lesson, but hears it read to them on a CD. Or if a student does better with visual, use the overhead, poster paper to do assignments. I try to incorporate at least two differenttypes of learning styles into each lesson plan.