Fact Sheet About Learning Disabilities

“LDs – which is short for learning disabilities – affect one or more of the ways that a person takes in, stores, or uses information. LDs come in many forms and affect people with varying levels of severity. Between 5 and 10 percent of Canadians have LDs.

LDs are a life-long condition – they do not go away – but can be coped with successfully by using areas of strength to compensate and accommodations such as technology.

LDs and their effects are different from person to person, so a person’s pattern of learning abilities need to be understood in order to find good, effective strategies for compensation.”

There are a lot of myths surrounding learning disabilities that prevent children with LDs to receive help and support they should.

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People-with-LDs-are-just-lazy-fact-people-with-LDs-often-have-to-work-harder-but-the-results-may-not-show-their-efforts

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All-LDs-are-outgrown-by-adulthood-fact-people-dont-outgrow-LD-Often-by-adulthood-people-have-found-ways-to-use-their-strengths-to-compensate-for-their-LDs-Many-adults-seek-work-environments-that-are-a-good-fit

myth-LDs-are-all-the-same-fact-LDs-are-complicated-and-vary-from-person-to-person-LDs-come-in-many-forms-and-affect-everyone-differently

myth-Learning-disabilities-and-ADHD-often-co-exist-fact-It-is-true-that-nearly-one-third-of-children-with-learning-disabilities-also-have-ADHD-however-ADHD-is-not-a-LD

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Myth-People-with-LD-cannot-have-successful-career-fact-some-successful-people-with-LD-include-Richard-Branson-Keira-Knightley-Jay-Leno-and-Carol-Greider-just-to-name-a-few

myth-Learning-disabilities-affect-only-boys-fact-More-boys-are-diagnosed-with-learning-disabilities-66-percent-of-children-receiving-accommodations-in-the-united-states-are-boys

myth-Glasses-can-help-fix-learning-disabilities,-particularly-dyslexia-fact-Learning-disabilities-have-nothing-to-do-with-vision-dyslexia-is-a-brain-based-disorder-not-a-vision-based-one

Myth-Left-handedness-causes-learning-problems-Fact-Left-handedness-itself-is-unrelated-to-learning-When-there-is-no-impairment-of-this-kind-left-handers-learn-as-well-as-right-handers

References: 

https://www.ldao.ca/introduction-to-ldsadhd/what-are-lds/

https://elearninginfographics.com/10-important-facts-about-learning-disabilities-in-children-infographic/

https://specialpride.com/BlogDetails/15-myths-and-facts-about-learning-disabilities_30

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