Many of the difficulties experienced by those with learning disabilities are also experienced by other people. For example, when entering university it is very common for students to be confused about finding their way around the campus, to have difficulty learning to organise themselves, to feel overwhelmed by the amount of work that is expected, and to find it hard to balance employment, home, study and leisure.
Someone who has a learning disability often has much more than their academic learning affected. Whether you are a person with a learning disability or someone who is involved with a person with a learning disability, it is important to understand just how the disability impacts on a person's life. So if you have a learning disability or are a parent, brother, sister, friend, teacher, employer or work colleague of someone with a learning disability, please read on!
Imagine enrolling in opera school if you were tone deaf! This is the equivalent of continuing in formal education for many people with learning disabilities: it requires constant work in the areas of greatest weakness. But by using the right strategies many people with learning disabilities have succeeded and you can succeed too!
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