| Learning Disabilities | | | | diagnosed as learning disabled. Or possibly as a |
| September 1993 | | | | child you were told you had a reading problem |
| Imagine having important needs and ideas to | | | | called dyslexia or some other learning handicap. |
| communicate, but being unable to express them. | | | | Although different from person to person, these |
| Perhaps feeling bombarded by sights and sounds, | | | | difficulties make up the common daily experiences |
| unable to focus your attention. Or trying to read | | | | of many learning disabled children, adolescents, |
| or add but not being able to make sense of the | | | | and adults. A person with a learning disability may |
| letters or numbers. | | | | experience a cycle of academic failure and |
| You may not need to imagine. You may be the | | | | lowered self-esteem. Having these handicaps--or |
| parent or teacher of a child experiencing academic | | | | living with someone who has them--can bring |
| problems, or have someone in your family | | | | overwhelming frustration. |