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Learning Disabilities

1. Who can diagnose a learning disability? A Psychologist or Psychological Associate who is registered with the College of Psychologists 
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Nonverbal learning disabilities (sometimes called NLDs, or NVLDs) are a large group of learning disabilities that are best defined in 
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If you’re new to the field of learning disabilities, you will be coming across a great many new terms and 
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Assistive technologies (AT) can range from simple physical systems like colour coding or using an agenda, to physical assistive technologies 
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About Social Skills Learning disabilities can affect any area of a person’s life, including how well we learn the social 
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Writing is composed of a great variety of skills, abilities and knowledge, including specific fine-motor functions visual-spatial abilities language and 
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Mathematics can be affected by learning disabilities – as frequently, according to some, as language skills are affected. Types of 
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Reading is the process of taking and understanding that information from written language. The skill of reading has two main 
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“LDs – which is short for learning disabilities – affect one or more of the ways that a person takes 
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