Dealing with Learning Disability

Learning disability is the core problem, the parents, teachers, psychiatrist and the students dealing today. Having a learning disability doesn't mean you lack in intelligence. It is a genetic problem which can be dealt in due course of time. It is actually proven by many successful personalities almost in every field. Personalities that dealt with learning disability include scientists like Albert Einstein, Galileo; Hollywood personalities like Sylvester Stallone, Tom Cruise; rulers like Nelson Rockefeller, John F. Kennedy; artists like Leonardo da Vinci , Walt Disney; writers like Hans Christian Andersen, Agatha Christie.

The causes for learning disability are mostly genetic however some experts think brain development and environmental impacts also cause learning disability. Experts believe that genes are the basic cause of learning disability, the child suffering through such disorder has a history of one of his parent suffering from the same. On the contrary some experts believe that human brain development is an indicator in gauging learning disability. For those children who encounter problems like low birth weight, lack of oxygen, premature birth may encounter learning disability in future. Also those small children who receive head injuries may encounter this problem. Infant and small children are prone to environmental pollution which also includes toxicants that may also result in learning disability. Poor nutrition in an early life can later result in learning disability.

Learning disability might be difficult to tackle but all problems are sorted with time. Patience is the keyword for those suffering from learning disability. Medication deals against learning disability, various medicines are prescribed by the doctors to enhance child's attention span, concentration power, control on impulses and hyperactive behavior. Special tutor/ teacher is the most common option for a student against learning disability; a tutor assists the students with special study skills, note-taking strategies, organizational techniques which help them compete with learning disability. Some schools also provide special attention to those suffering from learning disability. Individualized Education Program (IEP) is organized by some schools which help in recognizing the strength and weakness of the student that helps him/her prove best in his/her school. Apart from spending some regular time with tutor IEP utilizes some special equipment like laptops or books or tapes that helps student resolving his/her problem.

Although there is no cure for learning disability; help from an expert, patience from your side and love and support from your teachers and parents can make you achieve the unachievable. Human is prone to adaption and thus a child with learning disability can anyways acquire all the aspirations through some innovative learning strategies. If Albert Einstein and Walt Disney can, than why can't you?