Sentences with phrase «having the learning disability label»

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For those of you who are wondering, «being labeled» refers to having your child noted as one or more of the following things, such as: «Learning Disability,» «ADHD,» «Autism Spectrum Disorder,» or «Other Health Impairment» to name a few.

Since the 1976 - 77 school year, when Congress first required public schools to count the number of children with learning disabilities (LD), the share of school - age children labeled LD has risen from 1.8 percent to 5.2 percent.

The answer may not be immediately obvious depending on the picture you have in your mind of a disabled kid, but the truth is that the vast majority of kids in the United States labeled as disabled have learning or speech and language problems — which are not usually as pervasively debilitating as Carlos» disability of Autism.

While 67 percent of 14 - and 15 - year - olds with speech and language impediments transferred to regular ed, only 25 percent of kids labeled as having specific learning disabilities and an abysmal 13 percent of those labeled as being emotionally disturbed did so.

During 1st through 3rd grades, Oscar attended a self - contained classroom for students labeled as having learning disabilities.

Although not all of our clients have a diagnosis, some of the many labels that have benefitted from our services include: ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders - Levels 1 and 2, High Functioning Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, learning disabilities, sensory dysregulation, executive dysfunction, twice - exceptional, gifted and talented, social anxiety, socially phobic, expressive - receptive language issues, specific language impairment, traumatic brain injury, Tourette's Syndrome, PDD - NOS, Dysgraphia, etc