Sentences with phrase «reported having a learning disability»

A new study by the University of Iowa, however, found that only one third of undergraduates from 11 universities who reported having a learning disability were receiving accommodations.

Regardless of disability status, older students reported greater financial obstacles than younger students, but this was particularly true of students who reported having a learning disability.

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The next day, Josiah, who has a learning disability, reported that he'd been teased by other students who had seen his failing grade.

Outgoing chair of the Police Federation, Jan Berry, welcomed the report, saying: «The need to identify and support people with learning disabilities through the criminal justice system, and the process by which some can be diverted more appropriately into healthcare settings, are concerns that have been neglected for too long.

The report exposed a truly disturbing picture of the lives of people with a learning disability; nearly nine in ten of those surveyed had been bullied in the past year.

The Prison Reform Trust has previously reported on the large numbers of people with mental health problems, learning difficulties and learning disabilities held within the prison estate.

In the UK concerns about institutional discrimination raised by the charity Mencap in its Death by Indifference report, and the Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities, have highlighted the importance of tackling these issues.

The research, reported in the journal Learning Disability Practice, has generated a list of recommendations which are being sent to leading supermarket chains.

On its face, the report is shocking: According to a study in the February Journal of the American Medical Association, chronic childhood health conditions — from allergies to learning disabilities — have doubled in recent decades.

Data published in a scientific journal called Pediatrics indicated that moms of autistic kids were 5 times more likely to report having a good relationship with their children than moms of children with other learning disabilities.

The gap grows as they progress through school primarily because of differences in the proportion of students classified as having a Specific Learning Disability (SLD), which he reports is for most students a relatively mild and subjectively diagnosed dDisability (SLD), which he reports is for most students a relatively mild and subjectively diagnosed disabilitydisability.

The term «learning disabilities» has become too vague and has strayed from its original meaning, which referred to children with a neurological problem that has an academic component, the report says.

In addition, there are reports of parents seeking to have their students diagnosed with learning disabilities in order to gain accommodations on the SAT or for other reasons.

In language arts, students research and report on a variety of disabilities and learn about famous people who have overcome those disabilities.

The U.S. Department of Education reports that in 2002 there were about 3.9 million children, or 8 percent of those enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools, classified as having mental retardation, emotional disturbances or a specific learning disability.

They often have insufficient academic support to meet their particular needs and may even be identified as needing special education services because language needs can be mistaken as learning disabilities, according to the report.

It describes these practices and, incorporating recommendations from The Final Report of The National Mathematics Advisory Panel as well, specifies research - based recommendations for students with learning disabilities and for students who are experiencing difficulties in learning mathematics but are not identified as having a math learning disability.

The good news: Natalie reported that the kitty is «totally healthy otherwise,» so she and now 3 - year - old Magoo have learned to live with his disability.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (Commission) has released an Inquiry Report regarding its inquiry into the systemic barriers facing post-secondary students with mental health disabilities entitled «With Learning in Mind.»

About half reported having been tested for a learning disability and there is over-representation among Indigenous, minority and LGBTQ + youth.

As reported in the Summer 2012 issue of FOCUS, The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry, approximately one - quarter of children and adolescents in the United States have a chronic health condition including trauma, disability and potential life - shortening illness.