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The Bottom Line On Learning Disabilities
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5 Learning Disability Myths
There
are a great many myths associated with learning disorders. They range from the absurd, all the way
to the absolutely rude and hurtful. Learning disabilities impede
the way people process information, whether it is in reading,
writing, or in communication skills. Many times the association
of ADD or ADHD has come up, as if every case of a learning
disorder is directly related. There are many myths however,
that are so far fetched or just not even in relation to learning
disorders, that it is easy to see exactly why people with this
affliction are very much reclusive.
Start
with the most absurd of the myths, laziness. The notion
that someone that is affected with a form of learning disorder
is just lazy cannot get any further from the truth. There is
no medical association pertaining learning disorders with a
lack of energy or drive. The fact that the individual seems
to have no desire to complete their work is just that, they
don’t. It is not for a lack of energy or drive, it is out of
fear that they will mess up, and it will get noticed and in
turn centers them out amongst their peers.
The
same can be said for the thought of sheer rebellion. These
kids do indeed stand out from the rather rebellious crowd.
A child that is rebellious will fight and give trouble, where
a person with a learning disorder generally does not want to
draw too much attention on themselves, at least not in the
school anyways. Behavioral issues are another common belief
in the mind of the unknowing. To assume that one has a said
condition such as ADD or ADHD solely because they try to pass
off their work or are having trouble in the classroom is to
say the least ignorant. The behavioral issues are in fact the
result of the lack of processing that the brain does, when
it comes to the scholastic work. This is an easy way to get
a person with a learning disability to become very restless.
Low
IQ is a common assumption as well when it comes to the
person that has a learning disability. In fact, the truth is
that the majority of students that have learning disabilities,
score higher in actual IQ tests than most of their peers that
are not afflicted with the same conditions. It is fact; IQ
has absolutely nothing to do with a learning disorder. The
idea that learning disabilities are a direct result of mental
retardation is completely false. There is no direct correlation
between MR patients and the conditions that are prevalent in
a learning disability. Learning disabilities are not in any
way a form of mental retardation. The process of receiving
information to the brain is the problem with learning disorders.
There is a sort of break in the connection, which inhibits
all the appropriate information from coming in and being processed.
The
idea of a learning disorders being related to many of the
issues that have been mentioned is simply not the case. There are already many problems associated with learning disabilities
as it is, people with this sort of affliction do not need speculation
as to what their problem is or where it comes from, what they
need is method to fix it. They need support to overcome this
problem, for if they have none, the future of the said individual
would surely be troublesome. Learning disabilities have a tight
hold on students whom have not had any prior help, like from
their parents in the way of home lessons that strengthen their
skills in reading, writing, and comprehension. Communication
is always a large issue as the process of taking in what is
being said can become quite scrambled. Helping the individuals
with said disorders cope with the stress of not being the same
as everyone else is a very good first step, in their way to
a productive life. A really nice gesture would to be a book
buddy for someone you know that is afflicted with a learning
disorder, give him or her a chance to show some amazing improvements
before your very own eyes. Now that is a sight to see.
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