Learning disabilities affect how a person reads, writes, speaks,
and calculates. They are caused by differences in a person’s
brain and include several disorders that affect the ability to
learn. The NICHD is one of many NIH institutes and other federal
agencies investigating the causes of these disabilities
(including those that might be genetic and neurological),
studying methods for evaluating children who may have the
disabilities, and developing strategies to address these issues.
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disabilities - Learning disorders - Learning differences -
Developmental reading disorder - Developmental writing disorder
- Developmental arithmetic disorder Medical or Scientific Names
- Dyslexia (pronounced dis-LEK-see-uh) - Dysgraphia (pronounced
dis-GRAF-ee-uh) - Dyscalculia (pronounced dis-kal-KYOO-lee-uh) -
Dyspraxia (pronounced dis-PRAK-see