LEARNING DISABILITIES

2. inability to perform particular purposive actions, as a result of brain damage.
4. a condition giving rise to difficulties in acquiring knowledge and skills to the level expected of those of the same age, especially when not associated with a physical handicap.
7. inability to write coherently, as a symptom of brain disease or damage.

1. a general term for disorders that involve difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols, but that do not affect general intelligence.
3. severe difficulty in making arithmetical calculations, as a result of brain disorder.
5. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children.
6. language disorder marked by deficiency in the generation of speech, and sometimes also in its comprehension, due to brain disease or damage.